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Show SPORTING BRIEFS. Courtney, with the Boston Nationals last season, had many offers for 1903,' but decided to stay in his home in Los Angeles, where he is slated to play third base. Five different locations have been discovered dis-covered for the American league baseball base-ball team in New York. Evidently New Yorkl has yet some chance of growing. There is talk of a return match be-twen be-twen Joe Choynskl and Peter Maher as son as Choynski recovers from his illness and Is able to begin training.' P;eter Maher Is figuring on taking a trip to Ireland this summer to see his old home. Maher has not been across the water for years. The visit Of Jack Munroe to Cleveland last week was the means of stirring up a number of fighters' ambitions to meet him. One fellow. Till BAdgly. offered to bet (500 that Munroe could not stop hiiti in eight rounds. The miner, however, did not notice the challenge, Joe Bernstein announces that he will leave for England in three weeks. Bernstein Bern-stein never has been acrosa the Atlantic and. as there are many fighters in his class in England looking for engagements, engage-ments, the impression prevails that he ought to do well, abroad. "Some people do not think that I am in earnest about meeting Bob Fltxslm-mons," Fltxslm-mons," said Marvin Hart recently. "But I am, and if he will give me the chance I will go agalnst'him for four or six rounds. -J am keeping in active trim all the time, so that he will not catch me napping in case there is something some-thing doing." gBMOSSSJSMSSMSSMSSSSaSSSIWMSMSBSj |