Show SOME S OM F SHORT Silo RI STORIES OF VARIOUS SPORTS Fred Johnson tho the former featherweight featherweight feather feather- weight champion of England who waa defeated h by George Dixon at it Cone Coney Island Island IsI- IsI and about nine years rs a ago o. o has haft returned to the ring Johnson Johnon Is now now matched to box Bill Dill Hackney If It Johnson wins h he will throw down the gauntlet to Dixon A colored colorNI pugilist of or Indianapolis named Kid Blackburn is anxious to get on a n fight with Joe Cans Gans the dusky champion Jo Joe however that the hoosier put U up a n. forfeit lt of oC to become a 11 side bet for the encounter Blackburn replies that he cannot see matters in that light Philadelphia Jack OBrien O'Brien evidently evident evident- ly lr Intends to leave c nothing slip lIp through his Ills lingers fingers and having a number of engagements engagements en en- on hand his bank hank account will necessarily be Increased before the new year ear He lie has hal just clinched another match one of ot ten rounds with Con Riley which will take tako place at al FIndlay 0 O. In October S Montague A. A Holbein the Englishman English English- man who has made so ro o man Cut ful ui attempts to swim the En English lI h channel chan chan- nel lo Ic the man who made cycling so popular In England and was the pioneer pioneer pio plo neer long distance champion of En England England Eng Eng- land in the last decade Holbein gave pave up cycling a few years a ago after an 31 ac In which he broke his leJ leg Since that time he has turned his at attention attention attention at- at to swimming French automobile drivers laugh at atthe atthe atthe the amat amateur ur methods which the Americans Amer mer Ican take to 0 avoid 0 ill acci acci- dents In France a driver is never ne permitted per per- to use a machine nachine without a li license li- li cense cente and h he cannot secure the license until he has hns demon demonstrated b by a 1 long starles rles of or tests that thal he thoroughly understands understands un un- the thc machine and can manage manage mann man man- n age e It without endangering the lives cs of pedestrians Alec Greggains manager of the San Francisco Athletic club has haA tel telegraphed telegraphed tele tele- I graphed East Enst for Philadelphia Jack OBrien O'Brien and Tommy Ryan Ilynn to come corne out and fi fight ht he before fore his club In n October or battle with Geor George e Gardner for Cor the weight light weight middle ht and champlon championships of the world Gre Greggains also Sent Pent Joe Cho nn an offer to battle bat t tI the tle- with Gardner in In Ix los Ios s Angeles ele Alec tele telegraphed the fair headed boxer from California that he would guarantee him hima a n purse of ot 1000 win or lose loge if he would come to Los Rube V addell is no fool Cool even cn If he does and says sas queer things s and anel any anyone anyone I one who ho picks him up for a dub duh will I pet get et the wor worst t of It Hube Rube has pitched thirty games ame for Cor Philadelphia and won won twenty one of them He lie lo lost t eight I ht and andone andone one ont he was wa walIe lIe tied In In- Connie Mack Ink has hasben b ben en hot after him to sign n for Cor nc next t season sea sea- son ron At nt an Increased salary rolan Somo Some pla players players play play- ers might Jump at the tempting bait but the th big pitcher Is IB all alive to the fact that there Is a a. baseball war var nn and that his services ser are In demand and that If he holds out he lie can name his own salary Hube is holding out for more mone money than Mack tack has offered The Th Philadelphia manager manag r has the reputation reputation tion ion of being a n slick Jollier and ond he lie will probably get Rube nube but hut It will take something more substantial than glad hand to win his |