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Show S0:iE SKC?J ST0?JES " CF, VARIOUS SPORTS 'Uncle Kkk Youns la worth' $100,000 land 3oes not need any rainy-day fund from the league. So declares a well-, known baseball man. About the only thing: "Nick" ever -made a bad guess on was Louisville & Nashville Btock. He had a fine block, but got scared after af-ter It had made a ten-point rise, and Jet go. Had he held on he would have scooped in thrice his "winnings. John Montgomery Ward, The Torfner treat shortstop and New .York man-. . ager. Is said to have an Income of 3100,- . 000 a year from his law practice. The value of the Canadian Derby will this year be Increased to , 33000, the largest amount ver given for a Tace In Canada.- . . George Slosson ays that the postponement post-ponement of th Paris billiard tournament tourna-ment satisfies him, and that he will now be a contestant. The tournament begins February 15th. T. C. McDowell says that he has no hope of being able to train his colt Alaa-a-Dale again. This youngster won the Kentucky Derby at Louisville, but went wrong ' immediately afterward. after-ward. . Dave Barry, the former light-weight champion of Canada, will re-enter the boxing game. , Peter Jackson la promised 11200 to meet Billy Woods, colored, at Los Angeles An-geles next month. i After fighting 537 ring battles Oscar. Gardner, the clever feather-weight of Minneapolis, is anxious to re-enter the Jring. . v , . ' v . ' ,Tour.g Corbett has been asked to name his terms for meeting Jack McClelland Mc-Clelland in a six-round bout In Pittsburg Pitts-burg within five weeks' time. Jack Lan?!ng of Camden, N. J., has challenged Hushey McGovern, Terry's brother, to box him at 112 pounds. T.-eigh In at 3 o'clock the day of the ftht. before any of the Philadelphia clubs. , , , ... Lilly Lavisne, one of the most practical prac-tical promoters of boxing In the country, coun-try, 6u,r?psts that judges 1-e appointed to act w ith the referee. This is already dons In amateur bouts. If there Is a clean Unock-out there is nothing to decide. de-cide. If a bout goes the limit, or if there la a foul or other infraction of the rules, the Judge form a board of stewards, stew-ards, together with the referee. "If I get on a fight with Munroe, I will expect to Jab him until I put hlra out of l-7sine.-s," ays "Kid" McCoy. "If I vould set myself and try to win fcy lanJinsr one knock-out blow I might pet the worst of It, as eld Jeffries. I nevtr lost, a f ;ht in my life until I c'.-.ar?ed rr.y tactics from Jabbing and tried to win a battle with one swing. . Y.'f.en a mn Eets himself to land a l::iock-out punch he Is ea?I?r to get at, c::J rr.ay receive a blow that will put ti:n out tt buia-ess." |