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Show THE SPORTING WORLD.- MANAfiEK. GKOGSKKCK PltOM ISKS . KOBE GOOD BASEBALL. The r,yott-Thompson Mill Slavin Wants iu 3VIeet Jackson Again Yale nnd Oxford Ox-ford Will Not Row This "Year. Sam Grocsbeck says that nptwlt.hstaud.ing the light support yiven the ba'l tossers in the Denver-Sa'.t Lake series, the season has not ended by any means, and lie promises to provide some more good games in the near future. The l.ynott-Thoiupson MllL Lynott and Thompson are both in active training for their 10-round glove contest, . which comes off on July US. The place for the meeting; has not yet been definitely decided de-cided upon, bat it will be selected this week. Sporting Splinter. Peter Maher has challenged Frank Slavin, but no match has been ratified as yet. Joe Choynski has refused the offer of the Pacific Athletic club to rijrht Joe Uod-dard Uod-dard for toOOU. Ooddard has twice defeated Choynski. Kearney P. Speedy of St. Louis dived from tne St. Louis bridge Sunday morning, n heiifth of 100 feet, lie made several evolutions evo-lutions in the flight, but received no injuries. injur-ies. Gysey Glcason of England knocked out Jock Davis of Portland, Ore., on an island outh of Burlington, la., early Sunday morning. The battle was fierce from the itart and lasted seventeen rouuds. The friends of Frank Klavin are rallying around him again aud he is to be tendered a complimentary benefit next week. Having failed to get another match on with Peter Jacksou, it is very probable that Slavin will try aud get on a match with Joe Goddard, tha antipodean champion. The runner which accompanied Nancy Hank when she trotted in 2:11)4' at Belmont Bel-mont course Thursday was taken from the west by Adam I-'orepaugh. jr. After the rce he was named Abe Lincoln, and Budd Ioble will take him to Detroit to go with Ksricy iu her trial against the watch on j my ii. Captain Cartwell of the Yale crew has decided de-cided not to accept the challenge of the Oxford crew to settle the question of the International college championship. E. B. Floyd Jones, president of the Yale navy, ays that Yale will probably contest at the World's fair, though the bureau of athletics at Chicago has by no means completed arrangements ar-rangements for the race. It is probable, however, that Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Cornell and Oxford will compete if the winner win-ner will secure the title of international champion. In a letter t-) the London Sjiurtitiff Life , Frank Slavin declares himself as follows: . "I have uo desire to trespass upon l'eter , Jackson's well-earned reputation or interfere inter-fere with his business prospects, but I wish to box him attain. 1 am ready at a moment's notice to post AK) of my own money aud can tind backers iu Australia to the extent of X 1000 or more. This-practically means that I will box Jackson for 500 or JtlOOO a side (more if necessary), subject to the same conditions as before, and for a purse of i'MMX) and upward. Au auswer through the Sfnirtinr Life will command my immediate immedi-ate atteutiou." "Parson'' Davies. with Peter Jackson and Joe Choynski, who are at Achen, in Germany, Ger-many, wiil return to London in two weeks and then tour through the English province for a short .time, after which they will go back to New York. Choynski says that he is willing to light George Godfrey at the Coney Island club, but that the purse offered is too small. The friends of Frank Slavin are rallying around him again, aud he is to be tendered a complimentary benefit bene-fit next next week. Having failed to get auotber maich ou with Peter Jackson, it is very probable that SJavin will try aud get on a match with Joe Goddard, the antipodean antipo-dean champion. Peter Maher has challenged chal-lenged Frank 81avin, but uo match has been ratified a yeL |