Show e v t tU v M U WO 00 8 0 0 OW O Ot a 4 0 6 o i SPORTING SPORTING GOSSIP OP OF THE WEEK o oo o o o oo o o o 0 o o o o o o o o 0 oo 0 o o 0 r o EDDIE OL LENNY i i OOl 0 0 I c o A Toting FeatherweIght Who Is Ii o 9 4 Climbing to the Top of o othe 9 the Pugilistic 9 o oo I 0 o 0 o 00 o 0 o o oooo c U I tl It Sf s BY LeO u ti u r a oo o Jj O 0 00 00 fl a NE ot of the most mol promising I ONE O JUst now Is Eddie Ien ny who recently taught fought n a 23 5 round draw with Kid Broad In Brooklyn Lenny la II the te featherweight champion of Canada And a great grent many experts who ha have e watched his hili career think he will In time be the champion of the world nt at that weight won the title of oC champIon of Canada b by defeat defeatIng defeating Ing JIm Smith the former holder halder of at the tho title In 11 rounds Toronto at Lenny Is an aggressive fighter and Is b always at hIs man during durIn the whole allowing him a moments rest lie has hoa suet Inet mOre than to 60 men durIng the three years yean In which he 11 has been boxing often octen facing el tram from G 6 to 16 15 pounds more than himself and hu has lost but two fights In all that time lie He has never neer been knock eel cd out or even badly bruised In a light fight The two men who have hae obtained deal Ions slona over him are harry Forbes and George Dixon both of DC whom he met last year Lenny Lenn took up boxing In the tall or of under Bobby Dobby Dobbs the well known colored lightweight with whom lie he trained for tor a year Lenny was waa born In In Nov November SiB 1818 ot of Italian paTents parents lie stands 6 feet m t Inches In height and fights fight at from to pounds pound I IOne One characteristic of Lenny Is that unlike moat fighters he la is not fond Cond of oC the companionship ot of men ot of his own profession preCession but prefers to be ol at home with his hla family for tor he is II married and hits one child ThIs fact has probably ably had a good dent deal to do with his suc lue gees for Cor It has hili kept him from Crom getting Into bad habits and thus thull ruining his hll health Ito Ho smokes nor chews tobacco and seldom drinks anything In Inthe Inthe the shape or of IntoxIcating liquors lie lives at Crum Lynne Pa and being In the tho country gets get lots of outdoor u ex erciso which enables him to keep In good health and In trim for tor his hll many engagements In the rIng year Lenny took part In no bras Ius th than I 12 11 battles only two tO ot of which ho he lost the ones onel against Harry Forbes and George Dixon He lost to Forbes on March 91 31 at Toronto but met the ChI ChIcago Chicago cago boy again at Coney Island on Sept 11 and partly redeemed himself by getting a draw Ills 1118 detent defeat by George Dixon occurred In New York Lenny staid with the dusky champIon for the 25 5 rounds and a 11 good many peo people peo pIe who saw lAW the mill are of at the opinIon that the decisIon should hould have been In favor ot of Lenn Lenny rho they say lIay certain certainly ly Iy had the better ot of the argument Lenny also fought 20 O round draws last year ear with Patsy Hole Haley and Joe Bernstein though In the tho latter case l spectators think the reter referee e should have decided In favor tavor of th the Pennsylvanian As AI a matter or of tact fact the referees seem to have had hod It ItIn In for tor the Italian In several of his hie batties bat batties ties Many critics who witnessed hIs recent go with h Kid Broad at Brook Drook Brooklyn lyn assert auert that Lenny had the better ot of It In almost every round and should have havo had the decision lie that as It may however It can be seen that Lenny Len Lenny ny Is In the tho float flight ot of the feather featherweights featherweights weights and a dangerous aspirant for tor champIonship honors honora lie Is set Ct sous loul to tr try conclusions conclusion with Terry Mc McGovern Govern and as the young Is willing to take on all comers a 8 meeting meet meetIng Ing between them will probably be ar arranged ranged SpeakIng of oC Terry McGovern hIs bout with Oscar Gardner on the ot of this month ought to prove n a great battle although looked Qt at from a superficial p point of at view the Omaha Kid would seem to be hopelessly outclassed A comparison ot of his hll last few Cew fights with the ree rd made mado by the terrible Terry Is ant anything Ing but flattering to the Kid As n a fact however last en fights furnish no real line on his hili actual ability For zor p long Ions time last tall fall third Oord nor ner was laid up with malarial fever Cever and owing to Injudicious management he was matched for tor several contests bey be tore fore he had hod entirely recovered A sick lick lickman man cannot fight like II a well one and Gardners showing was consequently away below par lie He lot lost to several tighter anti and drew with others who ho are not really In his hll class and consequently has been put down by many as a 8 has been Gardner has all clang along declared that hIs showing during the last lill few months was due to his hll poor physical condition but that having had a good long rest he will be All as good a fighter as he ever was when he meets Terry McGovern is In the rIng JC If It be tru true that the Nebraskan has bas really recovered from torn the effects ot of hIs sickness and can regaIn hll he t strength anti and cleverness ho he has at least leat leasta n a fighting chance to swear the laurels laurel now reported sport by the Doth Both boys tight on the same plan Doth Both are rushers and both keep their arms tree free and ready for Cor business when ot at close quarters Neither goes for tor a clinch or hangs on to his hll opponent but keep battering away whenever lie be gets n a chance I 1 look to see th the Brooklyn boy emerge tram from the coming encounter n a winner but all the tho same lAme It Ie Gardner I is In the condition ho be claims to have reached h hmay he may toot fool us UI all yet ret The recent stories that have beEn sent out tram from British Columbia about Peter Jackson have hae set the old timers to tell leg lag reminiscences of oC the battles ot of the great negro heavyweight When Jacky Jack son Eon first landed In this country ho bo had hada a frame and constitution equalled by few tew living mon moa but the lionizing ha reo re received at the hands ot of certain sporting elements to In San Slin FrancIsco and london Landon confirmed In hIm n a love of oC liquor that finally wrecked even his magnificent physique Jacksons fight tM loo with lIh Paddy Sin 1 vin In England though ono ot of the greatest test In the tho s ot of the tho rIng In InJured fay the vitality of both contestants to an extent from which t neither over tull fully recovered It I is strange to note at this time by the way oy that while I is slowly dyIng In poverty In northwestern Can Canada ada hll old antagonist and otmer pu till S Slavin n le 1 farther north In Alaska whore lie he is I caul to be fast Calt getting rich claim at gold pro No Now that the National Cycling nasa RUO elation hOI has been recognized b by the In Cyclists association III as the tho governing body of racIng in thIs cOUn cOUntry country try and all ho fighting end that so 10 hurt the tho genie camo last reason eason hMO have COme to an end cud It seems certain that the sport pott will receive a great spurt In pUblic favor tavor Already plans ore are being formed that should Insure greatest season In the annals ot of the sport races with motor cycles cycle and races bey bt tween crews on motor machines will be bevery very popular The public hu has been d up to exciting sport and wants to see lIeo very Crt fast tut riding Tracks nr are not noli In the course of construction with bank lags Ings steeper r even than those In use ule tact loat summer at nIGht by electric light will undoubtedly bo be very t popular and It certainly la Is fascinating In the glare ot of the white globes with theIr sharply defined shadows to see the well nett named infernal machines machine careering roUnd the six or eight lap tracks at a speed of oC from to pu per mile Several old timers and others who decided last season lenlon to retire have lie do to rIde again being lured by bythe bythe the prospects ot of large purses and lots lotsof of oC racing One Olie of these thee old timers timet who will again be seen on the track la If O MC MCMurphy I IMurphy Murphy win who last laRl year made the lla ride rho behind u locomotive on tong Long Island Murphy lur hY told me the other day that he Intended to 10 In for some five tIo fivemile mile paced races racel sald he heI I thInk I have hae a license to ride against any man In the world at that distance or Of course courle 1 may be beaten but I 1 think not and I am goIng tl to try anyhow Murphy Murph when a cIrcuit follower tollow r some somo years oars ago was noted nil as having the fastest leg action ot of nn any man on the track tracie and In his hili recent exhibitions on a ahome ahome home traIner has shown that he has hoa not lost his ability In that line The recent action of at Frank L Kra Kramet I ra met amateur bicycle champion ot of the United States durIng the past two years In turning professional lonal has cast gloom Into tho rho ranks ot of the speed mer merchants merchants chants Last season Kramer was head I and shoulders above all IJ other amateurs amateur and In prIvate trials durIng the tho past few weeks white In training ho he has haR beaten Cooper last years champIon professional and others of the fast Cast Inca Inen Kramers admIrers predict for tor him B a career In hIs new field neld oC at action more mou brilliant than even that ot of the Immortal Arthur Arlhur Zimmerman whom he resembles bles In style and action to a remarkable degree U He Is II a magnificent pace tel tal I lower and his hIli sprints to a finish have hae often otten proved that at this game ho he Is III the I equal of oC any myone one Kramer lives In East Orange N J Jand Jand and rode last year under the colors ot of otI I the Wheelmen of oC New York Yorki i Two years ears ago hI he carried oft the prin cipal championships held under the auspices ot of theL the L A W and last year confirmed his rIght to the title by de tenting all the crack amateurs In the competition for Cor N C A honors lIe will try to tell eclipse pee record of first during one searon and do all his hll racing during the thi sum summer um ummer mer In this country |