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Show TAKES STEP IN UJPSE 8 National's Matching of Wells and Hague May Clear Heavy- A weight Muddle. ' , , i M'INTOSH DISCONTINUES "WHITE HOPE" SEARCH ''Doubtful Policy," D'ahlgren's Classification of Britt-Nelson Britt-Nelson Fight. BY BIOHABD DAHLGEEN. . Special Cable to The Tribune LONDON. April 2$. For originality In sporting history this takes tho prize as a tribute to a, man who was not afraid to take a chance. To win a sweepstake prize of $1500 and to bo debarred by tho rules of his employers from accepting It, was the fortune of a clerk In tho Bank of Liverpool. No gambling In any racing rac-ing event Is allowed by tho directors of this. Institution. ' The directors and officials, having satisfied sat-isfied themselves that , tho rule was not known to tho lucky clork, determined, like good sportsmen, that ho should not lose. They thereforo told' him that ho must return the money to tho Bweepstako committee and then they put their hands Into their own pockets and made up a similar sum and prcsontcd It to the clerk. John Divine, tho remarkable 'old steeplechase stee-plechase jockey, was born in 3810. He entered the service of the Marquis of Waterford as stable boy, and many exciting ex-citing experiences ho had on untrained horses when he was only 11 years old. He did some racing at Maghull. but what he Is most proud of is that ho rode In .the first great national at Alntree. His horso was Primrose, and ho finished second. Tho marquis had a pet name for Divine, an Irish nickname, 'Teener-corn." 'Teener-corn." Later on in his history he volunteered volun-teered to tako two horses, owned by tho Earl of Sefton, to Egypt for tho Pasha. This caused Dlvlno to lose his apprenticeship, appren-ticeship, and he was barred from racing again. Divine lives In Liverpool and to this day ho Is hearty and hard at work. John E. "Madden, tho American sportsman, sports-man, shipped Adam Bode to this coun-try, coun-try, and tho colt will entor J. Cannon's stablo at Newmarket ' to completo. his preparation for the JDorby. Adam Bede, who Is by the French stallion Adam out of Grace GumberU (a daughter of Sainfoin Sain-foin and Maid of Mentmoro and bred by Sir John Miller), stands 16 handB, 1,4 Inches In his plates, and Is a horso of the finest physical typo. Tto most prejudiced preju-diced Englishman who.haa seen the horse admlta this. After tho way it!) which sporting men have beon floundering about and tho Ill-timed, Ill-timed, not to say feeble, efforts made to clear the air as reenrda the heavyweight heavy-weight boxers. It la gratifying to find the matter taken up In tho proper quarter, that is. by the management of the National Na-tional Sporting club. Mr. Bettlnson may w may not, in matching Bonibr, Wells and Ian Hague, havo put tho best goods together, but he has certainly taken a step In tho right direction. Haguo defeated de-feated Chase, some consider luckily, and though Dan Flynn does not count In anything any-thing that concerns the Lonsdale belt, which Is now offored for the first time, Wells defeated the Amorloan and in doing do-ing so atoned for the reverse ho met with at the hands of Moir. t As a fact tho bout between Wells and Moir cuts really ho figure, and subsequent subse-quent events have put the last-named out of the business as regards tho recognized recog-nized heavyweight championship, of Great Britain, for though his match -with the American. Flynn. was something after the Btyle of a aide show, tho fact ro-1 mains that wllllo Walls beat Flynn. the last-named gained the award over Moir. Wells Has Profited. Wells has profited by the brief spell ho had of physical culture and Hague has again promised to train faithfully and wclj. In his contest at piympla with Flynn. Wells certainly fought on Improved Im-proved linos and could he but acquire more power In his hitting he would, with his great height and reach, assuredly prove a tough nut for tho best to crack. Chase was a disappointed man when, with victory apparently In his grasp, he went down and out before Haguo. He was to be pitied, however, and not blamed, and Is perforce compelled to take for a time a back seat. Chase can afford af-ford to wait, and that ho Intends doing until his fists get strong enough for fighting. fight-ing. Then tho man will be ready, also tho money, and It may be that his detractors de-tractors will have a dlfTorent song to sing. Wo ha'c got Wells and Haguo to go on with under fair and square conditions con-ditions for which one cannot but bo thankful, and If a customer, can be found for the young South African, Storebcck. tho heavyweights may. after all, furnish something worth watching. So far Hacuo as a trained man has been a joke. Tho burlv Yorkshlreman. If all one hears from Sheffield bo true. Is to be taken In hand severely for his match with Wolls. Hugh Mcintosh, promoter of pugilism. Is said to havo abandoned his search for thd white champion. Tho defoat of Bill Lang upset tho "search," and now, it Ib said, Jimmy Brltt has severed connection con-nection with the boxing promoter and Is returning to tho ring. In looking over the Australian mall tho following occurs In a lottcr written to a Sydnoy paper by Mcintosh: t "A white chamMon must, and will, be found, and for my own part I shall nover rest content until I have discovered tho missing man." These lines were penned last December Decem-ber and the white champion is still missing. , A1 , Tho return to tho "magic circle" of Brltt will como as a surprise. Jimmy will be 32 next October, and. considering that ho has been on tho shelf somo tlmo, his proposed fight with Nelson strikes ono as bolng doubtful policy. Still. If tho rounds aro limited to six. Brltt may have a strong hand In the business. All the same, 1 shall not believe that Brltt means fighting until I hear of him being be-ing under the charge of the referee. It Is reported here that Mike "Twin' Sullivan, the well-known welterweight of Massachusetts, will shortly arrive to moot Johnny Summers In London nnd Harry Lowls In Paris. HBaSHBWHBaBBBBaBBBS |