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Show SPORTING GOSSIP. Morgan Williams wants to light Frank fiotch and has Issued a dell to that end. Mat Goodwin says he has $10,000 ho ill bet on Britt. Nat Is a friend of i : He had better keep that bun-iin bun-iin till after the fight. Perhaps James Edward will want to borrow some inoney' je Two blind men will engage in a rock drilling contest at Butto on Labor n,v Although neither can see, both lire Mi" to bo experts in single handled hand-led work. But no man would consent I to trn for cither 0f them" Kid Goodman and Herrera are ' m,tched to fight in Boston this month, I sorne time about the 15th. This too nfter the Mexican had decided to retire re-tire from the ring. It's tough on a ' man when ho can't get out of busl-I busl-I ness and take a well earned rest. John L. Sullivan writes that he "Is on the ground" and ready to meet Charlie Mitchell. But then John L. has an engagement in a vaudeville theatre at Seattle, where the fight was to have taken place and perhaps he I needs the publicity this will give him. Umpire Red Fay, of the Wisconsin Association of Professional Baseball clubs, has admitted having taken money for throwing games. This Is the first case of an umpire doing dirty wcrk that has come to light in many I yeirs. Fay was removed from his position, as he should have been. Just before the Pacific National league busted up, Tozer nskoa rort-hnd rort-hnd for a place. The manager told him be had better stay with a sage hrush aggregation for awhile. The other day Tozer went up against Portland Port-land and put them out of business and now the Lewis and Clark bunch are sorry they didn't sign him. "Dick" Richards, formerly sporting editor of the Tribune has established "The Sporting World and Amusement Record," the first number of which appeared ap-peared last Saturday. Wo wish the I hoy success, but this is a very unap-preclatlvo unap-preclatlvo town and it will doubtless be a get down and scratch gravel proposition prop-osition for awhile. But perhaps ho may succeed in shaking up the moss backs. & V II Bean seems a well disposed young man, although several hammers are being used againnt him. But until it Is demonstrated that ho is not on tho square ho ought to bo given a show. The contests managed by him have been all right up to date and the sports should glvo him a run for his money. Tho Schreck-Barry fight was a dandy and ought to have had a ; much larger crowd. If tho patrons of tho game would turn out a llttlo bet- i ter instead of standing round tho corners cor-ners knocking, perhaps some day, wo might get a top notch contest on. 9TJ10 sporting writers aro all taking a shy at tho Brltt-Nelson fight and nil sorts of predictions are being made. However, wo haven't hoard from San- dy Grlswold, of tho Omaha World-I World-I Herald. When ho speaks just copper f what he says and then bot according-f: according-f: b' It's a sure thing winner. It looks m from this distance and at this tlmo as ! f Nelson had a shado tho best of Britt asserts that ho has tho Daiio's measure taken and that he win lay htm out Cohi, but then there wore others who also had his measure taken, and when tho mill wns over Battling Nelson was dancing in his corner, Mlko Schreck nnd John Wlllio, who are to meet in this city on tho evening even-ing of September 5, are both in town. Both are confident of a victory. WHto Is a big chap, built much the same as Tom Sharkey, with a jaw that indicates in-dicates a fighter and a neck liko a healthy young bull. It is said that Wllle is a mixer and never gives his opponent a rest. Ho won from Marvin Mar-vin Hart and has fought Root and Gardner. Schreck nnd his manager think that Mike will do Willo in short order. Of course both sides aro doing do-ing a lot of talking. Tho matter shapes up like a good prospect for a very oven scrap nnd we are picking no winners at this writing. Tho public will have to atend tho mill in order to find out what is doing. Manager Wlllard Bean did some very fine work in getting this mill, as several other clubs east wanted It. Bean outgeneraled outgen-eraled his rivals and got it here. o |