Show FITZSIMMONS TO MAKE DEBUT AS A REFEREE 1 Former Champion Will Officiate at the McGovern- McGovern Sullivan Fight at Louisville on oil Saturday light will be The ThC pugilistic calcium Saturday turned toward Louisville light where Terry lerry rr McGovern Go ern andaVe andave and have x matters for a aVe Sullivan will m lengthy argument at the Marquis Marquist c t g garne r The articles call I p Sf or the boys to welsh weIgh In at pounds it t t 3 o'clock fi 1 inthe th h afternoon a at the Auditorium where the e contest is to toke ke ke place and and t that t they y are t to be I It in inthe t the ring at 0 3 I o'clock to receive ions from flom Referee Bob Fitzsimmons As s the day of ot th the thc b battle dra draws s ne near r focal oeal fight fIgi enthusiasts enthusiasts' arc w warming tip up up Eb b th the importance of th tire the contest Terry Q spite pile his d at fet at the hands of or Young Houns Corbett on Thanksgiving day s 's s the favorite In the few ew bets that ha been pl placed ced Ills His long list of victories vic DriEs tories and the manner In which headed he Beaded through the boys in his divIsI n nel Wore el ore the Denver boy called a n. halt toils to toIs his ils Is progress made a lasting Impression n t tion i on m the populace to f r course ourse students of ot tl the e g game me figur fig fig- ur ire Terry a sura suro winner but Dave since McGovern has met defeat must mast mastbe be e conceded a chance chanco It would not be unreasonable treasonable to state th that t before the o of Corbett to th the the head of the weight Bather ranks Sullivan an was sas upon as Terrys Terry's legitimate n eat ent nt and if it considered strong and cl lever ever ver enough to cope with McGovern fore the latter succumbed to Cor- Cor tt tt why not now Dave always claimed he was the oklyn oklyn boys boy's equal equa in everything to the game gams and was wasT 0 T the verge of or matching with him s cral eral times but Inability to tp agree t poh 1 a a. referee prevented their coming oming t gether ether etry's upset by Corbett gave him th long-hoped-for long opportunity t to ta exchange ex x- x i change hange blows with McGovern as the J latter to r rehabilitate himself in pug rug doTh dom m was compelled to to take takei him on Agreements gr regarding weight conditions conditions condi condi- etc were reached without any unnecessary waste oft of- words but with withe withie ie e naming of the referee came the usual suaI bumping of ot heads McGovern's p party named all the well known well ring officials with the exception of ot Tim H Hurst who is interested in Sullivan's Sullivans I fare but none was acceptable to ye Then FitzsImmons was named an and ana accepted t This his stumbling block removed the theOS theO'S boys OS O'S held themselves to their irve training quarters and reports' reports have ve them on edge for tor a grueling cont con- con tt it t McGovern's future ring career iges upon the result of the contest as a defeat will drop him into the abyss oC pugilism while a victory will perch i- i him in m on a rung of ot the pugilistic ladder within thin gras grasping ing distance of Young Corl Cor Cot l bett t. t E Fitzsimmons upon this occasion w will ll make his first appearance as a r referee feree ich ich in itself ought to be a mag roag 0 i for the Re event events New New Orleans Races EW TEW ORL ORLEANS ANS Feb M. t tty ty y results f r First race selling one mile mile- mile Eugenia nia won Algie i M. M second Fleet FIet Wing fh-d. fh rd Time 1444 Second race mile and s seventy venty yards ya Ird ling Meme Meme Wastell won L TOY D Second s a rend cond The Way third Time Third hird race handicap full course steeplechase ceYlon leChase-ceYlon Ceylon won Mr J ROse Rdse S ond Bristol third Time lee Fourth race New Orleans City Rail nail r raad d company selling stakes half mile thle frank rank Rice won Bill Nixon second second- Maverick l third Time 49 Fifth fth race mile and one eighth Jg Coin oln won Star Cotton second Cir Cir- cus third Time lr race selling seIling mile and nd three three six Garter piths Garter Ban won Joe Doughty ond Beana third Ti Time e 2 06 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 The following are the artic articles s 4 1 I 1 of agreement signed by Jam James s J. J 4 if i and Robert Fitzsimmons 6 4 for tho the championship contest to 4 3 6 take place next May 4 4 We the undersigned James J J. J orI or 4 I 4 Jeffries of or San Francisco Co Cal 4 fr z Robert Fitzsimmons of Bath 4 4 I Beach N N. Y do hereby agree to 4 I into enter enter Into a a. boxing contest for 4 r J I 1 the weight heavy championship 4 i- i 1 of the world the following conditions cont con- con 4 t- t to govern the match 4 1 1 That the contest shall be of oft 4 t I 1 twenty rounds' rounds duration r 6 1 2 That gloves gloves' weighing five five I 1 5 ounces each shall shan be used 4 1 3 That the contest be con- con Ie 4 fr 4 ducted under the Marquis of 61 6 fr 1 rules 1 01 I 4 That the contest shall take takei Ie 4 4 i place at the club offering the 4 i i- best Inducements bids to o be 4 6 opened March 12 in ms m. 4 01 4 J 1 G. G That the purse will be dl dL- I 4 II I 1 60 vided vided 60 per cent to the winner 4 v 6 per cent to the loser 6 6 01 6 That the moving picture I privileges I shall become the en- en 01 4 41 1 5 tire and absolute property of the 4 2 winner of said contest 4 I. 1 7 7 That Tha the referee for said 1 contest shall be sele selected ted on the I 4 10 fr 1 day the bids for tor the contest are 4 e- e fr 1 opened and accepted ted 1 z 1 8 That the contestants be per- per perI I 4 II I 4 tl the use of soft s surgical al' al 6 I Ie 4 bandages subject tp the Ie 6 4 fr tion tion of the referee 6 6 01 9 That the battle battle shall take 4 51 1 place on or about May I 6 I- I 10 Th That t neither party to thi this this' I 4 1 01 agreement shan shall e engage gage in a a ring ringe 1 e 4 contest with the exception of I 6 sparring in connection 4 4 tion with theatrical engagements I 4 II J 4 I 1 prior to the date selected for said 4 4 contest 1 11 10 1 11 That forfeits of 2500 2500 a a. side 4 e- e 4 shall be posted posted- by the parties to 4 1 this agreement when the club bid I t is accepted 6 1 12 That each contestant shall 6 4 his furnish own gloves subject to to fr Z the inspection of ot the referee 4 4 Signed JAMES JAl JEFFRIES 4 1 ROBT FITZSIMMONS 4 I 4 4 44 |