Show x Sr TI b b lr fO LL I I George Dixon Hopes s to lie Ilc a l Fac Factor i tor in ill Featherweight Question FACTS ABOUT YOUNG CORBETT HoW Spike Shannon Broke Into the thc National l to The lame return there l la likely tu 10 br u genuine ine 1110 stir Ih among the Ihl featherweights HI II In IA n 1 legitimate I IIII as fill linn haK been hl 11 successful and fIll 1111 I while hJ hili monr In III l 10 do talking Advices from London My II I will Mill throw down dOlln the gauntlet tn III nil 1111 featherweights and hl With his hl own Young orb tt HI H iI JK H HW I K WlM H H Ht Hj i iI 4 t y i j I till t I III c I II I 1 r 1 I I T i iT I r I Ii IiI I J j I I r I I I y J f j 1 r f fi i i iI I i J IJ I r f t X I I II t II rr H H F 1 r H H I t tSI SI Who Will WillI b Fern Feen In n 1 Hull Fight I at ILl the Salt on Saturday Next II relinquish tho title unit step III Into Inlo Iho higher hl which IB I ns liS public The fhe us he hl will demand thin Ihl Apropos oC H II Thus rhu for he hI hns been 1 11 n IL fairness credit to lo the Iha sport 1 In nil 1111 hl hi contents lont he hV him never naked for Cor or Riven articles of ot IIII agreement word hn been he III Ms hili ami he never broken his hi word Unlike e 1111 kl n 1 many cheap chelp boxer ho h has never er complained of oC the Ihl oC the Ihl house hOIl e unil whether working on n percentage or he h linn IIII never m I u II crowd Twice when 1111 engaged to II box Philadelphia he hI was to 10 have or In receipts I lie to 40 o per rent relit of tin till did not take luke the trouble lo 10 count up tho hOUFe merely took hi hl guarantee which In III Instance was lens leRa than Iho percentage of oC the home On the other bin business acu acumen men wan WR frequently displayed Coming to n clubhouse In 11 a I l on a I night he was WiLK to III box hox lie hI cd speculators Belling along the Iho curb at nl an 1111 ad nil Arriving at lit the he ha sought out Ih business who posed ax a one Hald Arc re you Retting a I share of oC the ticket And 1111 before the wily wl business hIl manager er could he ho added I v 1111 nt or 01 1 will tint 1101 go 0 on Ho III pot ol Ills hulf of oC the Ihl toll 1011 exacted from till the public amounted to 10 like SIG IC Out In III Denver hero 11 ho hl became n 1 champion he hI ns a UH ns an ex extremely liberal fellow Ho II hud K mo olle through n 1 sum lIun of ot money found himself on Oil the eve nf oC a 11 contest In nn adjacent village about FO 0 miles milt from Denver without tho Iho price of u I ticket He pleaded with the engineer III f fn n 1 freight train to 10 allow him to III tide Ihl In Inthe the of the Ih locomotive which waH granted He arrived at lIt the Ihl village lIIn e In time lime to keep 1 1111 Ids appointment and de defeated n a big IIII burly hurl miner returned 1 to 10 Denver 1 cIJI with In III ils pocket He lie paid oft off nil bin preying ln debts I It IM III alleged 1 11 I III that before day daybreak III break he had but of oe the lIow Spike butted Into the national gamo In told lor by II In Inthe n the Ill 11 forget my II debut d Into Inlo pro 10 company In tho Ihl Inn of oC u game which 1 I had paid my 11 1111 to 10 K Rot hit In the Ih iye C with a 1 ball had to 10 to ho assisted 11 to 10 the Ihl boneh That van luck for Cor him but It I lom lo 1111 money for tor mp IIII The lol of oC the Ihl left the with hut hul right men Tho Unil three i runs the Ihl n 1 Will kill II vaa game If o tho Iho rore Me he ho had not nol Ih lie no nil of the without it 1 He lie Junt climbed tl up lip on Oil the home and If IC there 1111 on player In I who willing to 10 piny for him during the lilt rest t lIt of oC the Iho game Ht Ih that If Ie there thul was such n 1 ont ono bin hla Her er would hu hI worth n 11 n II ten My M pal darted to lu me In th rills ribs and I to 10 that I r a hrubo on the left I Ki alio 1 l feeling well I that much mono anyway The tI of oC the was WILS I 1 Know Just what hul 10 H ff 7 looked like I hUll hud never no r owned u a bill of thit denomination more Wot Wat Mm the Ih more did my ur I me III on I knew 1 I needed f eder Im to ai I out to It my position I limped Ilk a II II player I J over liver 11 siy 11 about toying me 1111 a n ft 1 t of splints and I rom coin il to If wl h le home playing 1111 tho ti K When 1 I got nicely located 1 I accident all illy Jlanell up UI Into the and ami when 1 I lal aw Hint S of oC inK in hI my In 1 I nearly Cain ted About this hour of ot Ih samu day Ihl n II ball that looked d like a II pea came Iown my III nay at al the rill int of lit Ilk SO 80 an all hour I u 11 blind In the th right lion the next t I remember of ne wile was the to 10 his hlA Bent s nl Say Hu the and howled like I on Oil the Ihl III tried to 10 look note During the r rest 1 of I made three Ihrl with my bat one with OH nn Ih brut I of oC authority It II has hUA been heen d Col 01 A A Pope N I going Into the game very cr strong next Ho I Ie li III to tn have about 0 O a 1 f tow w middle rider rh spi Inters are lo 10 nil all through thi and they Ihl wll 1111 the western they Ih not 1101 seen sn 18 the Iho r of or the Ih I A W Woo 01 ron will try tt revive the ry c to 10 where It IDS a 1 few trl ago 1111 will 1111 be 11 sprint raN motor for the Ihl west HAI middle motor pure for the Ihl e IR M t motors will be hI used exclusively anI has hn sign r 1 for the Ihl His coming bach into Inlo the Ihl game In this country will he be a n great boom to 10 the Ihl ent to lint Hot Springs week he mid before he fore he went Ihal UP 11 expected to III but tor next than before In his life Franz Hoffman has hin gone to In the tory lo 10 build Michael wo motors notor mid he 1111 Ihl hoy will be he the roil real things Kennedy l and It IB ie HI lIa Id are nrc In Inon Inon on the lilt and a ns they lire not n t In Inthe the IIII cycling Homo gamo for tur their health thiro will in Ill something lIninI Most of oC the Iho amateur riders that were put In III tho s H this fall will follow the circuit If Ie nil re reports 11 ports lire true It II Is to 10 It If this bunch had not 1101 hen been thrown over 0 1 there would woul l not be he enough pro riders to 10 milk make tip liP the circuit At the tho It H next mini mer Hr there will be lie n big of oC Including one on full week w ek of oC au automobile and cycle racing The fhe one mile track Irack In the country will bj hp built for COI tho automobile Ince In of or the Ihl mill mile track will lo a IL grand lira nit mill mile bicycle track Irack There will lu h ery day do I the champion pio lIU rider of or country he hI will not nol go I to lu until next sum summer mer 1111 He I h tins been offered r n big hi sum of uC money by h a 1 cerIa In concern to lu HIli here until after the cycle rate In III Ht HI Kramer nho has been a IL big hll match nice In St with of the Ih of oC i till thi world le Ie Velio I lO the French I cy cycling cling fays that Kennedy 1 now trying to sign Film up Kile guard bring him Mer here this Ihl tip III to 10 ho hns nt lint been orr l tl money to 10 come no I 10 In ho Iw will be hI able to 10 mall i more money mone In this spring he con nn here her hereIn In regard to 10 the report fol rol OPI a 1 very I prominent of oC tho thoN thoA N A 1 nin nuch n man ns Col 01 IH III getting Interested In tho us nM U It n f fel w months ago the going very er much 10 w the bad Halt take great lIt lItIn In the lilt II of tho Iho It Is estimated that hn stored awny lIn about S t r I JIH the tho result of oC six dare daredevil erl devil work with his hlA famous bullet t No Noi NoYel i Yet Yel he hI Is not He says HaS he hl n IL fortune At present he Is In III Detroit taking life He III III hu ho does not propose to 10 the for the Gordon Dennett cup In o y What Is there fur for ni to gain In III that thal A tin Ihl cup rUI reputation Is 18 the puts It II The Tho cup may 1111 bo ho boliner liner thun any nm to 10 be hl won on this IhlA side III hut but I have 1110 my IK to In muke i 1 I May SO 30 meed Ill I until week In December once In 10 a to 10 of ur t ii on I expect to 10 and make WW Then Ill and go 10 Into business 8 with Tom Cooper r rI My I plain for fOl next nr not nol com complete I may 1111 get Tom forn Cooper to III man mannge I mr 11 In n II trip through the Ih couth After the N w York Vork automobile show Mho I shall h go couth try tn for the y words r inti be on the Day l tuna coun I L r h N 7 may mn be h elsewhere Then I shall 10 In I New Orleans for the Ih Iras cle c lp and I we t through II II My contract with the until Aug 1 I and tin Ih big lilg metis that time DoeH JO M racing pay III Well It me but hul I get et as 1111 high at ILI CO to I r nt pf the rc l l nt where her I race mr There III not nol much left for tur th I other fellow A young man who ho hi h hIhl H the Ihl nerve skill can un make n IL fair Cli I Income out of It Here li I what hilt J J I n has to III say a about the between het H Jack Jill and Tom key kl Unless Munroe Ins hu Improved it deal slur since he h met me 1116 at III Butte Hutte I I he hp will prove 1101 nn capy victim for T m Sharkey when they Ihly ionic tO In III Inthe the Ih ring rillA I 1 urn Hili familiar with Ih R II methods m having fought him r and J I think I know knol v ik points III well us hla hi strong onen on 1 buttles un It with lol r t 1 1111 both holh of oC which he hI Willi n I 1 Ido do rio not take seriously In 11 fact mi 1111 cin not nn opinion 1111 a 1 result of oC his in Ih bouts bIM n the men were of little lI II MahT r Is II un iv nil all out oUI a n nr he h he was little more a II the of oC Vun roe gre If jt t Improvement em en I it Il will wll take loke hint him a 1 long lime to In dispose of a n man manlike like Ilk Sharkey If Ie the hint him In the proper r manner he will win I do not mean to 10 ray 11 o Is mich a I great or u IL clevor boser rl lie IH neither but he hI Is In nevertheless IM u IL pretty tough Inu h proposition He lie can n 1 punching he a I way H hu hua hUIL a IL nt his which is IA tur ur to 10 do whenever It ranches the Ih A right to In the th Jaw JI 1 will bi Ii easy MII to 10 land on Munroe It will surd surel put him out oUI Ut I t Sharkey send III a 1 couple of his hl to In and 1 I II I II will take lalE the Iho out oUI of Jt him hili Munroe IH III not developed d to 10 any extent mound the body urn urna a blow then will have great Ir al effect Itt It II will weaken him to 10 nn Ln extent Iha I the Ihl right on the Jaw will put him hi to sleep AI ep can of these Mum oo linn hUM little or no defense He III IH IK by h no means a I hi d when lu III Is III trying to 10 i L blo I Id III tit there ir Is j for tor tort t l to tn do but hUI to lu 1111 advantage of oC this opening never hall 1111 to In IH 11 him for tor irh Ith a hard Kinni an e while linn liml III much UK IS of 01 Ih JI I wild Is III not nol clevor In hi fact he hI Is thin Ihl fart Cal makes it Il all the more mol for nn 1111 opponent to 11 land IlInd on him at III the IIII time II him n dangerous one who is III dan lights and leChl which am Hiiri to 10 rall damage if IC they Ihl Munroe would be ho an easy victim for fill forn n IL straight Jab hilt but this Is otic olle blow that very rr seldom uen This I Is II because h lIu e tilt Bailor does not 1101 believe there Ihm IH It enough h force In n tI U livery 1111 He lIl prefers u 1 or 11 Jolt JolI which In I backed up till h tho Iho forc of or his body which comes COJO s for with the Ihl swing |