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Show TOMORROW'S FIGHT. Both Turner and Williams in Fine Fettle. THE COLORED MAN FAVORITE And a Itarrel of Money Is fitting I'p On the 12 exult William H and His Friends Are Confident KngHfth Fighters Coming to This Country Somethina; Ahoat Iielt liiirke fiBteMt Wpoi ting- iottip. Tomorrow uigl.t Jim Williams will meet Turner In the squared circle at San Francisco, Fran-cisco, and either suffer hi first defeat or go up several notches in the pugilistic world. 000 purses. The attenuated! Bob is chock full of confidence that be ill defeat Jim. "I could go into the ring and figUt him tomorrow," to-morrow," said Bob to the writer. It is unfortunate un-fortunate that these two men ever met under the suspicious circumstances that they once did in Australia when Fits "lay down." Bob now admits that, but he says he was fjrean and they ;ave him the double-cross. "There will be no laying down any more," he added, "for I want'that $40,000. Sporting: Splinters. Stamboul trotted a mile in 2:0S flat at Stockton, Cal., on Wednesday. Lawlor and Casey, the well known experts at handball, are to play shortly for a large purse and the championship of America. Jack McAullffe has gone to Bangor, Me., to rest for a couple of weeks to try' and recover re-cover from his late indisposition and endeavor en-deavor to brace up. In an interview with a newspaper man before be-fore leaving England Peter Jackson said that, win or lose with Jim Corbett. it would Of course, Turner is the favorite in the betting, bet-ting, both here and in 'Frisco, and that is only natural. He ha been in the ring for many years, and has proven himself to be a good fighter, having great strength and sand to back Op his science, and, more than all, he is a good general. His merits are known to a certainty, because he was tested in his fight with Greggains. Williams, on the other hand, is an unknown quantity. He has defeated every man he has ever met in a tinish fight, but has never yet been iu a contest which tested his ability t" the limit. But that is just the reason why we tip him as the winner. After having seen him in every mill in which he has engaged, with one exception, it is our opinion he has it in him to whip Turner. Of course it will be a hard fight, although probably not a long one. The most intense interest is taken in the result in local sporting circles, and a lot of money is being wagered. In fact the betting bet-ting has become so lively that pools will be sold at Wilson & Busbj's, the Williams headquarters, tonight, and the bulletins from the ringside will be received at the same place tomorrow night. Private advices received liere from San Francisco state that both men are in line condition. Talk Abont English Fighters. In conversation with a New York Sun r'e- be his last appearance in the ring. The general impression in the East is that Yale will defeat Harvard on account of superior su-perior coaching. With Harvard's team the Yale coacbers could make a team of record breakers. Connie Donavan, a clever bantam-weight boxer, is said to be the unknown who is to fight Danny McBride on the night of the Costello-Greggains match at the Coney Island club. The Van Heeet-Sol Smith fight will take place in San Francisco December 27. Smith is a big favorite because of Van Heest's size. As both are eavage rushers the fight should be a short one. Pugilists who have gone to San Francisco to fiarht comrdain bitterly of the skinflint treatment suffered at the hands of the California Cali-fornia and Pacific clubs, and warn Eastern East-ern boxers to stay away from the Golden Gate. Jack Skclly, who declared after his defeat by Georce Dixon that he would never fight, is out with a challenge to anyone from 118 to 125 pounds for a purse and stake. He is looking for Johnny Griffin, Eddie Pierce, Cal McCarthy or young Griffo. John Quinn of Pittsburg ha a string of fighters for it horn he would like to arrange matches. He will back Ed Smith against Joe Butler, the colored Philadelphian. whois making a name for himself, or will match Ed's brother against any of the light weights, barring Jack McAnliffe. Paddr porter a few days ago, Con Riordan, just over from the other side, says of the English lighters: ""Mitchell is in good condition, and says he really means to tight Corbett. They are down ou him for good in England. Many persons there think that he should have served his two months' sentence for assault, instead of appealing the case. England justice jus-tice is very harsh, and if he does not have a hearing pretty soon it may be several months before his hearing is granted, and then he will have to serve out his term. He and Jim Hall are constant conmunions. "Hall is in excellent condition and keeps himself that way nearly all the time. He is not of the kind of man that run around at night. He lives quietly at Brighton and takes plenty of exercise in the country: Jim appeared to be anxious for a fight with Fitz-sinimons, Fitz-sinimons, and it wouldn't surprise ma to hear of Hall aud Mitchell arriving in this country any day. Hall issued a card In one of the English papers recently to the effect that he would fight either Corbett or Sullivan Sulli-van if they would bet him two to one in the stake money." In speaking of other English fighters Rlor- McBrlde, who is also under Quinn'a management, manage-ment, has backing to fight ia the featherweight feather-weight division, and would like to meet Johnny Griffin. John Baptiste of St. Louis, formerly an amateur wrestler, has issued a challenge to meet any 150 pound man in the world for $100 a side at the following games: Grseco-Roman Grseco-Roman wrestling, best two in three falls: holding out heavy dumbbells la horizontal position for weight; lifting heavy weight with neck from stooping position to standing stand-ing position for weight and number of times; raising heavy dumbbell over head with one hand for weight and number of times. Here is a chance for Sandowe. Con Riordan, the California pugilist, hat returned from England. He ay: Charley Mitchell told me that he felt confident of de-feating de-feating Corbett, and that he will make a match -rith the champion as soon as he arrives ar-rives in America. The Englishman ia heartily heart-ily sick of England and is anxious to get out of it, and his countrymen are just as anxious anx-ious to get rid of him. He will sail for this country as soon as his trial ia over and take up his residence here. There ia no question in my mind about his making a match with dan said: ''There are several good men coming to this country on account of the big purses oilered. A little Birmingham lad kuown as Fred Precious, and one of the best in England at 110 pounds, is coming over to get on a match with Billy Plimmer or some other clever little man. Charles Tilley of London, who fights at 126 pounds, thinks of making the voyage around the holidays. Then there's Stanton Abbott, who is matched to fight Sain Baxter at 132 ponnds before the National Sporting club for a purse of $1000, will leave for America immediately after the fight if he comes out victorious. About the best match now on in London is the one between Tom Burroughs of Melbourne, and William Robinson, better known as Cock Robin. They will fight in the National club abont the 1st of next month, and will get a purse of '200, besides betting 100' on the outside." "What kind of a man Is Dick Burgs?" the reporter asked. "Well, he's one of the hardest hitters I ever saw. That's about all there is tojhim, because he's not a bit clever. To tell you the truth, I don't see how he can land on a clever man like Jack McAuliffe. He's game and has the hitting powers, but a man must be clevar nowadays." When asked what seemed to be the trouble ith Austin Gibbons, he said: "Gibbons was really a very sick man the night he was to hav9 fought Abbott, and I know for a fact that be had been laid up for three or four 'days with chills and fever. Those clubmen over there won't listen to a man when he says he's sick. They want you to fight. Why, look at my case, for instance, Corbett. Hall is also in splendid fighting shape, and will accompany , Mitchell to America. It seems that there will be a race for the America's cup In 18P3. Lord Dunraven's challenge for the time-honored trophy is on its way to this country and bears the signature signa-ture of the royal yacht squadron of Great Britain. H. Maitland Kersey, the agent of the White Star line and the American representative repre-sentative of the English earl, received a cablegram at noon yesterday from Dun raven. ra-ven. He wires that the challenge for the cup is coming through the mails of the steamer Germanic, which left Liverpool Wednesday and Queenstown yesterday. Tha ship will reach this country a week from tomorrow. to-morrow. There has been, according to the Paris newspapers, a hitch about the two billiard matches between Jacob 8ehaefer and Maurice Mau-rice Vignaux, the French champion. The matches were to have been for $1000 a side and the receipts. The first game was to be 800 points up, at fotirteen-inch balk line. The second was to have been a three-nights' affair, 1200 points up, at cushion caroms. Vignaux, it is reported, has kicked against the articles of agreement submitted to him by Schaefer. The kick may postpone the games, which were to have been played this month. - ' Arrangements have been completed for Eilly Myer and Jack McAuliffe to" meet December De-cember 10, at the Second Regiment armory in Chicago, in a six-round go on their merits. When McAuliffe was in New York before the Godfrey fight he met Meyer and suggested a ten-round go between" him and Myer to take place in Chicago. .After some discussion McAuliffe agreed to meet Myer in a six-round contest. The terms, however, were not satisfactory to either party, and an agreement was not reached until last night, when Kennedy received a telegram from McAuliffo naming December 10 as the time. when 1 was wnippea oy Jacii Mavm in nineteen nine-teen rounds. That eight I was in a terrible condition, having been confined to my Quarters for ten days suffering from stomach trouble. If I had not fought tbey would have thought me a quitter." "What was the master with Slavln in his flerht with Jackson?" "That was a great surprise indeed. Slavin didn't try to stop one of Peter's blows; he seemed to be looking for a place to land all during the fight. I don't think he ever counted on Peter's cleverness or he would have fought differently. Slavin is coming to America next spring and will look for a tieht with Jackson or Corbett. He will back himself." Kiordan will probably be matched to fight Charley Hankins of Paterson next week. The following cable was sent to Richard K. Fax at Morley hotel, London: "President-Noel desires Mitchell and Hall to place their deposits with you to show they mean business. When this important part of the matter is attended to articles will be forwarded, for-warded, signed by Fitzsimmons. Noel is anxious to have the Hall-Fiizsimmons match settled at once. If Mitchell's money is posted Corbett will know he is in earnest and cover deposit" Phil Dwyer, who backs Corbett, says he will produce $10,000 to pit Jim asrainst Mitchell, Mit-chell, or any man who fancies be can wallop him. Some talk is heard that Mitchell contemplates con-templates shaking the dust of Albion's shores and settling down in this country. "Well, Charley might become popular here after a bit, but it will be the greatest fight he ever had on tils hands to get there. Even though )tbe Corbett-Mitchell mill is off, the Crescerit City club still has the Hall-Fitzsimmons Hall-Fitzsimmons argument for their Mardi Gras feature. Tb&t match is almost as good as settled, and President Noel only awaits the news froniAlall that he haa signed the articles arti-cles which were sent to him the day after the livelybouncing of the $40,000 and $45,- |