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Show lii Kid Herman, who has not been very prominent in pugilistic af- H fairs since Joe Gans gave him such a beating out in Nevada, has been Hf heard from. He has been offered a match with Clarence Forbes at Hi, Benton Harbor, Mich., on September 7, but up to the present. writing HI hasn't gotten up nerve enough to accept. H Pendergast, the lightweight champion of the American fleet, H put it all over one Raff of Sydney at Sydney on August 24, the H Australian lasting but five rounds of a scheduled ten-round go. But little is heard about the forthcoming Nclson-Gans fight, but most of the reports would indicate that Nelson will have a cincli when the two meet. Reports from Gans' headquarters arc to the effect that he is not in good condition at all, while the Nelson bulletins declare that the Dane is as fit as a fiddle. All of this dope may be on the blink and Gans may be sending out reports of poor health, "signs of old age creeping on him," and all that kind of stuff just to make the odds favorable for a big killing. Some of the stuff being sent out by Gans' press agent would indicate that he is in such bad shape that the men may not meet at all. Some of the real wise ones in racing circles in New York state sec in the shipment of race horses to Buenos Ayrcs by Haggin and Kcenc the end of racing in that state. It is claimed that a number of other horsemen intend following the example of these noted horsc- The Utah team finished the 200-yard rapid fire and the 200-yard slow firing contest ahead of the representatives of five other states in the national match at Camp Perry, Ohio. A Washington dispatch announces that within a few years one of the gamcst and showiest specimens of the fish kingdom may be caught out of a thousand streams all over the country as a result of President Roosevelt's efforts to save it from extermination. This fish has been named the Roosevelt golden trout, and is at present found only in a small stream on the slopes of Mount Whitney in California. The Coney Island Jockey Club is planning to run races this fall in such a manner that the authorities can not interfere. Should it be found that professional betting can not be stopped, the gates will be closed to the public and the races will be run for the benefit of the members. It is to be supposed that the members do not engage in betting. Prominent billiardists of New York City arc planning an open tournament in which both amateurs and professionals will compete. By the way, isn't it about time another billiard tournament was under way in Salt Lake City? Sam Langford, the colored scrapper, is hollering his head off because he can't get a match with some of the real goods among the 1 white scrappers. What's 'the matter with Langford shicing his castor in Johnson's back yard. These two colored pugs arc doing a whole lot of talking about the white scrappers being afraid of them. Let them get together and furnish a little pugilistic excitement on their own hook. It has been decided to hold the preliminary trials for the Davis international lawn tennis cup, won last year in England by the Australian team, in this country, on the Longwood, Mass., courts. fl Stanley Ketchcl has been offered a match with Terry Mustainc, who has demonstrated that he is some pumpkins as a scrapper as a result of his encounters with Twin Sullivan and George Gardner. If Stanley accepts, the scrap will take place in San Francisco. Tf prize lighting was permitted in -Salt Lake, this scrap could be secured, without a doubt. Mike Fisher, who is to take an all-star base ball team to Japan. the Philippir 3, and probably to China, will have for the guardian of the second sack, Pearl Barnes (Casey), who first gained a reputation in this state, playing on Dad Gimlin's team. The people of Ogdcn are to have some real horse races the first of October, if the coin will bring the fast ones out, it having been dc- cided to put up 4,600 in purses for four days of racing. Louis Durham of the Indianapolis team has on three different occasions this season pitched two games in one day and won both. Durham was at one time a member of a Salt Lake baseball team and was considered too slow. One of the most interesting base ball games of the summer was pulled off at Walker's field on Sunday morning. It was a battle royal between the meat cutters from rival butcher shops, the way the cutters slaughtered the national game being a fright. But the parti- cipants had all kinds of fun, while the spectators declared was worth forty times the price of a league game. Catcher Street of the Washington baseball team has succeeded i m performing an often tried feat, which in the past has always rc- suited in failure. He caught a base ball thrown, or rather dropped from the top of the Washington monument, the ball dropping from a height of 550 feet above the pavement. |