Show TH C YV N jeffries 13 a surprise party the narrow escape ot of champion jim jeffries from defeat at the ban Is of an unknown fighter named jack monroe coit in butte mont was one of the biggest surprises that the sporting world has experienced in many a day jeffries is so big and strong that I 1 was not believed any man alive could inflict sufficient punishment to have any effect on him when such hitters as fitzsimmons sharkey and corbett could make no impression on the giant boilerman boil ermal er it was hard to figure out chere ft here anon anlon else stood a chance of hurting him but the unexpected happens in the prize ring as well as in other walks of life here comes a fighter who was mas never heard of before jack monroe who if reports be correct had the champion almost out jeff was to put away the ambitious boxer in tour four rounds or forfeit monroe stayed the limit had the better of the cali call fernian in the earl part of the fight sud AM sent him to one knee nith mith a straight punch the first time tha jeffries had ener e er been knocked off his feet in the first round the champion coached by his touring partner bob fitzstmmons then waded in and al though he aa administered ministered severe punish ment mant to monroe the latter was there at the end of the fourth round waiting for more monroe Is known as the amateur heavyweight champion of the west he is a big good natured fellow and has the reputation of being able to deliver a powerful blow his stock will un take on a big boom now if jeffries ever gets a chance at him again awn the champion will be more cau call bious and probably endeavor to give mr monroe a beating that he will long remember doesn doean t want corbetts corbett 8 game corbett has about despaired of get ting a match on with jeffries Jeff rles jim s brother harry has posted a of 2500 with sam of francisco which will probably uncovered when jeffries was noti fied that corbett s forfeit had posted he didn dian t enthuse over it a bit he came mine out in flat footed fashion and stated that his tour with fitzsimmons if it proved successful might extend to europe and that he would not in this to give a man whom he had already hipped whipped another chance at the same time jeffries Jeff rles pointed out the fact that corbett had done noth ing in the winning line since he stopped charley mitchell at jackson ille nearly ten lears ears ago from this it would appear that the champion I 1 as about given up his idea of accord ing corbett the return match he prom ased this will prove cold comfort for corbett who for the past sit six months has been training along rather conscientiously tor for the battle le 1 e cov eted two great F gaters may meet philadelphia jack 0 brien and tommy ran may come together soon after new years biati was mas in chi cago not long ago and expressed a willingness to take on george gard ner jack root or jack 0 brien As the last named boxer has long been anxious to hale haie a tilt with the mid die dle weight champion there should be little trouble in arranging a bout be tween the two the battle should prove one of the best ever engaged in by middleweights middle weights ryan and 0 brien are boxers of the first rani and a nd each possesses posse ses a great amount of science lovers of the sport hope to see the two brought face to face in the ring before long new yacht challenge belgian yachtsmen are deeply inter ested in the america cup races ac cording to direct information and it if present plans ale ate carried 0 it the A ant at yacht club will challenge for the trophy in 1904 the club proposes next year to enter tor for the german em geror s cup at kiel and for the eng lish cup at the Heli goland regatta and also to build a yacht as challenger for the america cup on lines laid down by M maurice grisar who will be the principal it if not sole owner of the chal lenger 04 ay 0 prom saddle to ed tor al cha r jockeys are not dot supposed to be lip b sed with any too plentie I 1 il a sup ply of brains it fa i therefore the etore lefore sui to read of one of their n niber forsaking the cad ad lie ile f r the editorial chair ahls Is what hat charles thorpe i 1 about to do it if thorpe be as sue Vess fill in ill journalism as he has h as been ao a a jockey his name should stand out prominent i before long in news paper circles he ile has been one of the best of the american jockeys who have cut such a swath on european tracks for a few years past on ac count of his age he is known among bis his youngai fellow jockeys as grand I 1 la a during the past year he finished fourth in the list of winning jockeys on the french turf piloting eighty horses to victory he could have re dewed his contract with his employer a french nobleman had he wished but he has acquired enough wealth to retire and lead a less strenuous life thorpe will take editorial charge 0 of a weekly newspaper in a small town in i nebraska i uti A corn com ng bowler fred strong who sprang into na dional prominence by winning the in bowling championship of the X rum N G united states at buffalo last january has ot of late been rolling in such sue h phenomenal form that the best of the local judges are willing to concede him the honor of being the leading bowler in the country the element of luck has much to do with the winning inning w of the national champ as in a short series of three games one or tw 0 splits ruin the chances of the con strong strongs s play since he won the honor demonstrates that his win was nas by no means a fluke in his re cent tournament games it has been a rare th ng for him to roll under the average mark and in the chicago league the premier organization of the city he possesses an average of 1621 16 21 tor for twenty tm enty one games it if he Is able to maintain his present speed it seems likely he will secure the world s N recoil for high average the chain p on hat has been bow bowling ling only three years but took naturally to the sport having been prominent in track athletics and football when at college veteran breeder retires cicero J hami n founder of the vil lage age farm m v I 1 0 has spent a lifetime in breeding bre an I 1 developing harness har bordes u and who for years has been a foremost figure on the turf has been compelled by the infirmities of old age to retire from active participation in the port he ile is now 83 82 years of age and is so feeble that last summer he failed to recognize the abbot when the great trotter was driven onto the track mr air hamlin has advanced original breeding theories and their worth has been shown by his success in ng speed to mr hamlin really be angs the creditor credit cre ditkof of organizing trotting meetings on a large scale in this country countr almont jr mambrino king and chimes were some of the gibat sires owned by him his village farm at east aurora N Y is the leading establishment of its kind in the country A western heavyweight heavy weight fred russell the big western heavy weight who came into public notice a couple of years ago by making a good stand against tom sharkey is anxious to get on a match with kid mccoy it is extremely eit remely improbable that mccoy will consent to meet rus sell as the hoosier boxer is well aware that a victory over the man mati aiom lom the mould add nothing to his standing standi rg in th boxing world and the kid is just i ow in need of all ar the boosting in this direction that he can get russell Is possessed ot of considerable strength but his ki hi of the points I 1 the fight fighting ilig g game Is not vory very extended he can deliver a hard punch but would mould nave much in land ing it II 11 the man in front of him had any science at all with mccoy in anything lile e old time form he could make ruell look lil ill e a novice in the ring ketcham string at home was much rejoicing round and al out toledo the botne day when the ketel am string including Cresce Cres ceu ui and the other topnotch ers reached their hibernating quarters cresceus crescens Cres ceus the w worlds orld s chamon chain i on trotter and a string of nine other fast ones owned bl b geo 11 II ketcham of 0 coledo are no q artere I 1 at the betcham Ivete ham stock farm tl TI i the N nd p of the trip that be besin bes in at I 1 11 i I 1 a al aol aal ol 01 s X 7 laet last mr 1 etal im am sal I 1 that tl ti e talc tair about ciesel 9 a i I 1 the I 1 being lost N as all i 0 c ie ice all there waa was to it N ab u that tl re as some delay in mal in inq ra a I 1 a ay roi cot I 1 i sections I 1 e tw een ath in I 1 C acin catl |