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Show Eighty "Summers" Does Not Hinder Him in Least in Giving Exhihitions. ENGLISHMEN NEED FIFTY THOUSAND FOR POLO TEAM Driscoll-Attcll Fight Creating Great Interest Among European Euro-pean Pugilistic Fans. BY RIOHARD DAHLGREN. By Cablo to The Tribune. LONDON. May 7. Why should a pugilist pu-gilist allow advancing years to keep him out of the ring? If you should ask Jem Mace, tho famous old boxer, that question, he would likely say that therein there-in no reason why a lighter should retire from the active game until Father Time put him down for thc count-sln tho last great struggle. Jem Maco is famous on both sides of tho Atlantic, although he Is bettor known to thc old timers than the youngsters. He Is still lighting and this week he celebrated his eightieth birthday. Jem is Just os spry at 80 as he wa3 a score of years ago, and he can lmndlo his gloves with tho best of thorn, although time has sapped his lire and his quickness. Jem still boxes, but ho doesn't try to win belli!. "This talk about a boxer being done at 35 Is all bosh." said he as we were discussing the light gamo about the time of his birthday. "It's all in tho way the fellows live and work. They concentrate all their life time energy and strength In a few years of fighting. They are calling Jeffries Jef-fries an old man and he Isn't half as old as I am by about six years. Bob Fltzslmmons was known as an old 'un before ho passed .'IG. It seems that a fightor cannot do anything these days after he passos the 20 mark. "The youngsters allow their gains to get away with them. Tho most of them can't stand prosperity and they fight too often." "Would you go up against Johnson?" I asked thc old "fellow. Jem's eyes twinkled as ho repllod: "If Johnson was os old as I am I believe I could knock him cold In one round." The meeting between Mace and John L. Sullivan was an affectionate one. Both represented types of thc gladiators of tho old days. For a long time, nearly three years in fact, there was much speculation over whether Jem Driscoll had a punch or not. Hi3 ring battles both here and In America lefL thc decision open to some, but there were others who believe that Driscoll had a wallop as wicked as the5' come. Driscon will bo seen In tho states soon, and his victory over Spiko Rob-son Rob-son Is sure to got him some good matches. Followers of polo felt certain that thc Continued on Following Page. MACE IS STILL IN BOXING GAME Continued "Prom Preceding Pago, success of tho American playera here last year would act ns a stimulus and they wcro right. Interest was flagging in international in-ternational polo when the Meodebrook team, headed by Harry Payne Whitney, won the cup and carried it across the Atlantic. Por a time poloslsta here wore in a daze, for polo had always boon looked upon as a strictly English pastime, pas-time, In which the English were so superior su-perior that they could not bo boaten. Supporters of tho game have boon asked to subscribe $50,000 toward tho cost of sending a team across tho Atlantic In quest of tho cup tho Princess of Wales handed over to tho captain of the American Ameri-can team last year. Tho sura named is a large one, but no moro than necessary-It necessary-It 1h said the expenses of tho American team amounted to 540.000, and tho English Eng-lish authorities do not Intend to stint the cash with so much at stake. Buying and schooling ponies will run away with a lot of money, and the beBt are required to give the Britishers any chance. Even with equality regarding ponies, it is by no means certain the challengers will win back the cup, as tho present holders are a much better combination than Mr. Watson's team had to meet when the Englishmen first crossed tho Atlantic and "lifted" tho trophy. Richard Croker, the Irish-American, who recently arrived homo In Ireland, believes be-lieves Nell Gow will win the derby, although al-though Mr. Croker does not predict absolutely ab-solutely that Lord Ilosebcry's horso will be the victor of tho classic. Mr. Croker says. "From tho information available at this time, Neil Gow seems to have more than an even chance to win. In addition to the superb qualities of the horse, this entrant will be ridden by a Jockey acknowledged ac-knowledged as being tho best In the world." Mr. Croker will witness the derby. lie says that he has no intention of retiring from turf affairs, although he will pay more attention to breeding than racing In tho future. Danny Maher, who will ride Lord Rosc-bery's Rosc-bery's horse, Nell Gow, In tho derby, will moke a fortune In 1910 on the turf. Lord Rosebery had to pay the American the sum of $20,000 merely as a retainer. There Is much speculation upon the size of Maher's fee In the derby, and somo estimates esti-mates are as high as $50,000. although I hardly think this flguro Is worth dwelling dwell-ing on. When Mr. Merry won the derby with Thormanby his jockey, Constance, received only $500, although Mr. Merry won $500,000 on the race in wagers. The French government has caught the boxing ' fever. Tho mighty gladlatora whose faces are marred with dust and sweat and blood In the ring are at last getting some proper recognition. Daniel McICotrlclc. who Imported Joe Jean-neatte, Jean-neatte, Billy Lewis and Jim Stewart across the Atlantic and mndo tho game of "le boxc" famous In Paris, hns been decorated by President Fallleres with tho Order of the Palm, Mr. McICotrlclc may now wear a violet ribbon In his buttonhole button-hole as an Insignia of the national order. or-der. "It is zc one grand honaire, is the phrnsQ which Daniel is now learning to say, according to my French correspondent. correspond-ent. The Derby will bo run Wednesday, June 1; distance, one and one-half miles. Latest betting: 3 to 1 against Lcmborg. 7 to " against Nell Gow. 10 to 1 against Rochester. 10 to 1 against Trcssady. Wouldn't It bo a .1oko if Trossady or Rochester would win? I have 6een stranger things happen. And I might add In a whisper that many of the turf followers who rely upon unique methods have made bets on both long shots. Harry Lewis, tho American fighter, who has spent the winter entertaining Parisians by his prowess, Is coming to London to give ti3 a chance to sue him work Hum1 will likely come over to sec the McFarland-Welsh tight, but ne- gotlatlons aro on anyway to bring him across the channel in June to moot Tom Thomas nt tho National Sporting club. Harry Is also slated to fight Toung Josephs Jo-sephs on May 18 in Paree. A fight equaling in interest that of the JeffrloB-Johnsoh contest will bo that bo-tween bo-tween Jem DrlBcoll and Abe Attell in tho United States for tho featherweight championship of tho world. Attell and Drlscoll both have International reputations. reputa-tions. Both are clcvor, strong fighters. Attell Is hotter now than he ever was, and Drlscoll hae demonstrated that he has a phenomenal punch. Just when and where the fight will take placo Is not known, but I daresay it will be in California Cali-fornia about the time of tho heavyweight championship battle. Job, a five-year-old gelding, won the Grootc Vborpaars (tho Dutch Dorby) at Tho Hague. Job was ridden by Lyno, an American Jockey. Practically all tho' big turf events so far have been won by American Jockeys. Harry Payne Whitney, who has been here watching somo of his horses run, discussing turf affalrB In America, said: "This year will bo much better than Ia6t year or the year previous. While betting has been banned In the cast, that doen not detract from the quality of the racing. We have better horses and Jockeys than we had before betting was kllled., |