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Show PAGE DAILY UTAH TWft STATE 2 Newsy (Gossip WorM Spofffflim SAUCER RACES OF 75- WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1908. JOURNAL, FORTONI6HT II - Exhibition Match Arranged for Gienwood Management Has E- John L. Sullivan, Just Nineteen Years Ago Today, in a Ferocious Battle Made Jake Kilrain Bite the Dust in Historic Old Richmond Histoiy of the Battle, xcellent Program for morrow Evening, Together With the Race Glidden Tour Through Picturesque Country for More Fans This Evening. Than 1,600 Miles Will Start From Managers Heagren and Sutherland, of Gienwood and the saucer track. In order to prevent conflicting with the Chamber of Commerce outing at Sylvan Park tomorrow night, have d changed the race night at the saucer to this evening. An especially fine Hat of events has been procured, the feature of which will be a motor race between Daredevil Whittier, of Salt Lake, and W. E. Samuelaon. The rivalry la keen between the two riders and a fast event la assured the public. In the professional race at Salt .Lake last night, the record waa lowered. Tonight a lap race will be run, McFarland and the entire bunch riding In an effort to clip even a few more seconds from last nlght'a fast time. The quarter mile amateur dash promises exciting aport. The amateur riders will all enter in the mile open race, and will ride to break the j ftutaists Hops falo Friday I Kilrain landed time and again, Sullivan. aside from a split ear, black eyes, and a scratched neck, bore no marks of punishment, save In the broken fingers. Kilrain, on the contrary, was a pitiful spectacle. His lips were cut, left ear smashed and hla body, especially about the short ribs was raw from the murderous blowa Kilrain was knocked out In the seventy-flf'.- h round, going down from a succession of punches that would hava killed a man of slighter physique or one not trained to the second for the contest IS toric battle And It is today the principal subject of discussion In all places where fight fans congregate. Many are the weird tales that the grixxled McFarland Clips Five Seconds old timers tell of their experience on that great day nineteen years ago. From Record Made On Glen- -. Hard to Have Fight. wood Track By Lawson. In those days it was a hard thing to pull off a championship fistic affair. There was no such thing as licensing a fist fight. There were no. permits. At the Salt Falac saucer track laat Fighters and followers were forced to night F. A. McFarland clipped nearly find some quiet place where no officious sheriff might interfere. They took the ten seconds from the world's record for chance of arrest every time there was a professional race. He seva scrap. Rometlmes they were ar- ered the two miles In S:88-which rested and heavily fined afterwards. wiped off the slate the time of 4:05, And there wasn't much money In the ; held by Iver Lawson. This record has fighting game. The gate amounted to little or nothing. Voluntary contri- been held by Lawson (Or several years butions mnde It up. The men had their and wgs mads on the Clenwood track hackers, who were forced to put up in Ogden. big side bets as an Incentive for the For the mile race, P, bat'Ie. The winner was given a "split" Lawrence broke the record, covering by his backer. The loser usually got the distance In 1:80 5 and lowering nothing but a beating. Rometlmes when the former record time of 1:54. which Rullpran won a fight he handed his was made by F. A. West on the Olen beaten rival fifty or a hundred dollars wood track three yeara ago. One lap as a plaster for hla hurts. from the tape, Lawrence Jumped away Militia Was Useless. from the bunch, winning by several When the Sulllvan-KIlral- n special Brwdbeck DTdnl Enter, pulled out of New Orleans an attempt was made by the authorities to stop 1L amateur lap race was The In fact. th militia of Louisiana and won by A. Brod berk, who had failed to Mississippi were out in force, ordered en'.er tor the races, and who selecteJ by the governors of the states to stop his own handicap mark. He caught the fight, no matter where It cam off. the scratch men on the first lap and But somehow or other the tralh arrived hung there to the finish, winning out. at the ae!rced spot without Interfer- but the Judges did not "see him" and ence. The ring wss pltchej and the gave first place to Phil Wright Giles fierce fight began with little delay. beet out Lawrence for second place by As perfect a specimen of brute man- a foot hood as was ever seen was John L. Suld The livan when he stepped Into the Impro- ma.ch race wag won by W. E. vised ring that day. That he was able after his motor had given out to stand seventy-fiv- e rounds before He had gained two laps on his field Kilrain and knork him out In the end j an(j wa riding strong when the a high tribute to hla trainer, that tor wrong. Jenkins, Wilcox and prince of conditioners, Billy Muldoon. Agras. being anxious to place as great Sullivan's Drty Foul. a distance between themselves and round that Ramuelson. overdid themselves and It was in the forty-fift- h Sullivan committed an act so foul that lost their pace after they had' regained the excuse put forward for him does the two lapa. and Samuelaon came not mitigate the offense. After knock- along and won out within fifty yards ing down Kllrsln he deliberately of the tape. Samuelaon had of a lip the etart when the men were Jumped upon the fallen man. sent away, and a great many people Again, Sullivan demonstrate,! courage. When the fight was thought that he had gained but one concluded It waa discovered by the lap and held that Wilcox had won the crowd that he carried a broken finger race. on each hand. His seconds had known The Summary. this for thirty rounds, but his ope Three quarter miles amateur ponent did not. Throughout he long won. Meyer second. Crebs third. battle these broken fingers gave ex- Time, 1:80 t cruciating agony to Sullivan, but hs lap, handicap, amateur smashed away at Kilrain regardless. Wright (15), won: Giles (scratch), secKilra'n Was Gama, ond; Lawrence (scratch), third. It must be said of Kllrsln that he Mile handicap, professional Samutor el nor. (scratch), won; Hollister (85), showed gameneas and a dislike the runaway tactics In which he In- second; Mitten (85). third; Palmer dulged at Mitchell's orders. But hs (75), fourth.. Time, 1:58. was In the hands of men who were Two-mlopen, professional McFar-wlillng to resort to every trick to land won. Downing second. West third, down Sullivan and had promised to .Hollister fourth. Time, 8:55 e motor-pace- d rame obey them. In the belief that they lue'son won. Wilcox second. A gras plan better than he. After the fight despite the fact that third. Jenkins fourth. Time, 7:45 three-quart- er 4-- wheel-length- s. two-mi- le four-corner- . ed motor-pace- Sam-uels- mo-w- on as two-thir- ds . Spar-tanll- Iaw-renc- 4-- Two-ml- 5. le le 8-- I Five-mil- 5. Sam-cou- ld 8-- 6. Llissos and Ghildrons $1 and $2.00 n" o'clock. Th feature of the evening's famed for will be a free wrestling exhtheir beauty. First of these Is MilCarl Poulter of ford, in Pikt county. Pa., which la ibition bout between reached after a run through the Dela- Ogden and Ed Ferguson of this city. ware Water Gap and up past Bus kill Both men are clever and well 'matched and Dlngman's Ferry, The trip from and have made excellent progress on A pretty wrestling exhibMilford up the weat shore of the Hud- the mat ition is promised. son will lead through the glorious scenIn the evening there will he n special ery of Port Jervis, Middletown, Newball In the pavilion and a fine grand Alfrom and burgh, Kingston, etc., vaudeville program has been arranged bany to Boston the route leads for the new theatre. The other amusethrough nature splendors all the way, ment features will be conducted as including passage through the usual, with the exception that the enand over Jacob's Ladder. tire proceeds la to he given by ManSeme of Scenery. Richardson to tho Ogdm Chamager The run from Boston to Poland ber of Commerce. Spring is the route leading through The fund raised by the outing, which Sommervllle to the Middlesex Falls all day tomorrow, will be delasts Parkway, on the Revere Beach Park- voted to a vigorous campaign of valle ride along the uable way, with a advertising for Ogden and Webeach and past. the amusement places ber county. This day's run brings the tourists for It la expected that the attendance the first time to the shores of the At- will break all records for any resort in lantic. tho city as nearly everyone has fallen From Rangeley there le a dajr of in line with the Chamber of Commerce travel through the pristine woodlands boosting movement and. defiles of the White Mountains to Bethlehem. From Bethlehem, which Is near the foot of Mount Washington, TOMMY MURPHY AND JACK the route for the lat day leads across GOODMAN FIGHT TO DRAW Vermont by way of Rutland and eouth by way of Glens Falls to Saratoga.. The chlf change in the rules is the introduction of official observers. Each NEW YORK. July 7. Tommy Murcar will carry one, appointed by the phy and Jack Goodman fought a maker of a rival car, and the rules redraw at the Navarre Athletic quire that these observers shall be ex- club tonlgt. .The boys fought with pert or capable men. Another impor- great determination and only good tant change is tho allowance of the condition and bulldog grit saved them "time lost through tire trouble." oq many occasions from taking a full Ne Quarrsla This Year. fount There will be no committee to quarrel about questions this year, as ths club. There are a number of other chairman of the touring board. Frank changes, each Important, and so tar as B. Hower, has been named by the A. is shown every objection that was A. A. as manager of the tour, and he raised in former tours has been met will have full charge. The rules per- by changes in the rules. The cars competing tor the Glidden mit clubs naming several teams of three each and a team of three being trophy are divided into dames as folcomposed of all one make. The sya- - lows: Class A Cars valued at 11.500 tern of scoring is similar to that of i and upward. Class B Cars valued at laat year, but the rules exclude a tie 12,600 and up to 88,500. Class C Cars ' and provide for the - actual winning valued at 11,600 and up to !.600. of the Glidden trophy by some one 1 Class I Cars valued under 11,500. enter-talnme- BUFFALO, N. T-- July I. Nothing of the weather but the man in now needed to make thla year's Glidden tour, which starts from this city tomorrow, the moat successful motoring event of Its kind ever held in America. Most of the cars and drivers entered are now in readiness for the long and picturesque tour, which will cover 1,168.7 miles and occupy foui teen days, of which two will be Sundays, when no travelling will five-mi- le two-ml- le two-ml- le be done. The start will be made early tomorrow morning, if condition, ars at all favorable, and when tne cars gilds away for the first days Journey to Cambridge Springs, Pa., a vast crowd of motorists from all over the coun-trwho areoday taking part In the national good roads .meeting of the American Automobile association, will cheer them on their way. The Day Schedule. The schedule day by day, with the overnight stopping places, is as follows: July 8, Buffalo, N. Y.. to Cambridge Springs, Pa., 1174 miles; July 10, Cambridge Springs to Pittsburg, 110.8 miles; July 11, Pittsburg to Bedford Springs, 100.4 miles; July 18 (Sunday), at Bedford Springs; July IS, Bedford Springe to Harrisburg, 107.8 miles; July 14, Harrisburg to Philadelphia, 188.5 miles; July 15, Philadelphia to Milford, 188 miles; July 10, Mllofrd to Albany, 158.5 miles; July 17, Albany to Boston, 184.8 miles; July 18, Boston to Poland Springs, Me., 154 miles; July 10 (Sunday), at Poland Springs; July 20, Poland Springs to Ranegley Lake, Me., 178 miles; July N. 81, Rangelvy Lake to Bethlehem, H 180 miles; July 82, Bethlehem to Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Stop at Springa The recurrence of springs as stoppings places la suggestive of how the more serious competitive character of thla year's event la to be offset by stops at points of beauty and restful-nes- a From Philadelphia on, excepting only Albany and Boston, the stops y, record. Giles is going after the three-mil- e record as well and haa announced a determination to lower the present time of 4:85. Adequate car service will be provided by the Rapid Traslt company. The races start promptly at :16 and immediately at their conclusion there will be dancing on the new floor. . I,1AIIY CRACK SHOTS LONDON, July 8. Crack rifle and pistol shots of several nations will congregate at Rlslcy tomorrow to betournament for the gin the three-da- y Olympic international championship. The clay bird shooting tourney at Uxendon will also commence tomorrow. Although pitted against some of the beet marksmen of Europe, It is believed that the American rifle team haa a fair chance to win first honors In .the .Btsley contest The members of the American team are as follows: Major C. B. Winder, Capt. C. S. Benedict, Lieut H. E. Simon and Corporal L L. Eastman, all of Ohio; Sergeant W. F. Leuaher, of New Tork; Major W. B. Martin, of New Jersey; Sergeant E. B. Jeffers, of Massachusetts; Captains K. K. V. Casey and J. W. Hes-io- n, of Delaware, and Capt E. A. Hessian, of Delaware, and Capt E. A. Greene, of the United States Marinis Corps. 1 will be mountain resorts WASHINGTON, July 8 A meeting of the Republican national committee will be held her today, when It is expected that the question of the chairmanship will ba definitely decided, NOTICE two-mi- - six-rou- nd I ILL you step right in, Sir, and save from $3 to $7 on a Suit? You j On account of the large numbers of owners of brood mares who desire to breed to X. Direct 218)5 Reg. No. 44845, Mr. A. G. Fell haa decided to keep him In the Stud at the fair grounds the rest of the summer In charge of F. W. Horton. make money any easier or It's right In the midst of the Suit season and another Suit would come in very handy it would help out next season, alto. The Suits are the best we've had. There are no better Suits. Fabrics new, cut correct and ! ! tailoring perfect. Single or Double breasted styles, TO BING BEFORE PRINCE. BERLIN. July 5. The Arlon Society of Brooklyn, which Is making n tour of Germany and giving concerts tor charity In nil the principal cities, will sing before the crown prince to- morrow In the new Potsdam palace. cant j TO BREEDERS. Two-Pie- ce Suits, etc. Were Overloaded . On Suits, Thats All! It's for this reason we are holding this sale. It will be just like presenting yourself with money to buy a Suit I now. YOU NEVER CAN TELL Just exactly the cause of your rheumatism, but you know you have it Do you know that Ballard's Snow Liniment will cure It? relieves the pain reduces the swellng and Umbers the Joints and muscles so that you will be aa active and well aa you ever were. Price, 25c, 50c and 81.00. Sold at Geo. F. Cave. FRED M. NYE CO. 2413 Washington Avenue A nt Berk-shir- es TO SELECT CHAIRMAN. ke -- Tomorrow, all day, will be Chamber of Commerce day at Sylvan park. To help along the cause, leading business houses of the city have agreed to close about 8 "Boost-for-Ogde- for Good Weather. two-mi- ls B, Special Attractions. Buf-- Glen-woo- If the NEW ORLEANS, July peck which represents Richburg ha no other excuse (or occupying a place on the map of Mississippi, its existence is Justified by the sporting men who annually make pilgrimages to the historic spot where John La. Sullivan proved his supremacy over Jake Kilrain In the most memorable battle ever fought under London ring rules on American soil. Jt was Just nineteen years ago today, on July I, 1881, that those two gladiators of the ring met near Richburg and proceeded, with bare fists, to attempt to knock the eternal daylights out of each other. In the e"d Sullivan was victorious, but round it was not until the seventy-fift- h of one of the most ferocious battles ever witnessed anywhere that Kilrain bit the dust, to the great disgust of Charlie Mitchell, Richard K. Fox and Tony Moore. 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