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Show ; TEN TO EIGHT. f HOSE ARE THE ODDS OFFERED BY j THE FRISCO SPOKTS OX TURNER. ; The Colored Man is Said to be In the Pink of Condition Plimmer Shows His Superiority Over Johnson. i Rccardinff the Williams-Turner tiirht Carl Smith sajs in the San Francisco Chronu-le: After several switches the Turner-Williams match has been permanently settled to begin next week's season of sporting affairs. Coming Com-ing on Monday, this match is calculated to start tho week well, for it is generally believed be-lieved that it will be a good one and a rushing' rush-ing' one, with nqdelay for variation of watthes or climatic influences. In fact, the two men are expected, from their past performances, per-formances, to get right in and close the thing with a fair amount of neatness and dispatch. There has been some talk of slack training on Turner's part, but telegraphic Inquiry resulted re-sulted in an answer on Saturday to the effect that the black man was in such condition as befits a pugilist on the eve of battle and is taking care of himself properly. Turner is picked as the favorite in the betting at 10 to 8, the favoritism being based on what is known of him. Williams is counted a pretty good man by hearsay, but not one who has been thoroughly tried out. It is true that he has beaten everybody in sight of Salt Lake. But the men he has beaten have not been known as among the best of the class. Sporting Splinter. "Buffalo" Costello has not yet succeeded in getting on a match. Budd Doble beat a good field in the 2:28 pace at Philadelphia yesterday. His best time was 2:23. Thompson seems to be the favorite among the sports in the contest between himself and Lynott next week. On the night following the Williams-Turner fight at San Francisco, Dawson and Needharn wili meet at the California Club. Billy Plimmer used up the tattered shreds of Fred Johnsons reputation by out-fighting him in the three round fight at the tatter's benefit in New York on Friday night. The whole turf world is talking about Yo Tambien. She is undoubtedly the best 3-year-oM filly that ever felt the weight of a saddle. Tammany, however, is a great colt, and whether the filly can beat him or not is a question. Billy Madden, the manager of pugilists, who is well known in Salt Lake, has really elaped and is now a married man. Until re-crAthe re-crAthe only rings that Billy knew anything any-thing about were of the twenty-four foot size, witn ropes ana staKcs. ine otner aay he invested in a gold ring eighteen karats fine. The young lady is Miss Eileen McGin-nii, McGin-nii, aged 18, and a resident of Hoboken, where, until day before yesterday she lived with her widowed mother and sister Katie. Mrs. Madden is of medium height, has a well-rounded figure, tapering arms and a wee little arched foot. She has jet-black hair, and over the deep blue of her eyes is a delicate tracery of velvety black brows. Her features are perfect in detail. . - - |