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Show II i ! aH The Passing of Frank Ecne. The recent defeat of Erno In San "Francisco by Jimmy Brltt, the Pacific coast champion, relegates tho Buffalo boy to the "has been" division. Erne has not fought In the dashing style of a few years ngo In any of his recent battles. Since his defeat by Terry Mc-Govern Mc-Govern In Now York a couplo of years ago, when tho Buffalo boy took away much of hla strength by training down to 128 pounds to tako on the thon' Invincible In-vincible Terry, Erne's work In the ring 3ias been of the mediocre order. He fell a victim to "Rubo" Ferns at Fort Brio and only a few months ago lost the championship to Joo Cans in a battle bat-tle which -lasted but one round. Now comes his defeat at the hands of Brltt after a gamo but Ineffectual struggle Surely the clover Buffalonlan Is no longer tho star that ha once was. Erne has not lived a fast pace. Years of hard training and many gruelling battles bat-tles havo robbed htm of his former speed. He passes Into the list of sec- onu-raiers to ino regret oi tnousanus -of his admirers. No boxer In the arena to-day stands higher with the fraternity frater-nity than tho former lightweight champion. cham-pion. Ho has alwayB been a credit to the profession and there Is not a blot -on his pugilistic escutcheon. One of the cleverest boxers who ever faced an opponent b.o was as game as ho was skillful with the gloves and always fought a battle to win. Ho gave away too much in some of his encounters and this contributed greatly to his undoing. un-doing. Erno declares that ho will fight no more. It is said to be his Intention to engago in business In New York state. A Veteran Horseman. New England possesses the most remarkable figure to be found on tho turf. His name is Charles Taylor, and he Is well-known In his section as a harngss horseman. Taylor Is now 96 years of ago nnd for tho great-or great-or part of his llfo has been driving trotters and pacers. -Ho knows the good points of a horse about as well as anyone. Tho veteran horseman, In splto of tho fact that he la within but four years of tho century mark, still takes a seat In the sulky whenever when-ever opportunity offers, i , Dal Hawkins In England. Among the American boxers who have gone across the water to seek dollars and glory In thO dominions of Johnny Bull is Dal Hawkins, tho clever California light-weight. Yankee lightens havo had no troublo In cleaning clean-ing up tho best oxnxjnents of tho flstio art on tho other sldo and theso have been of a pretty low caliber. There are no reaBy first-class fighters to be found In England to-day. It was not so long ago that an American boxer who was not regarded as anything moro than a third-rater here took a run over to tho "tight llttlo lslo" and whaled tho best men they could put before him. Ho won tho championship champion-ship of England without half trying. This Yankeo "scrapper," who provod a terror to cnir English cousins, was Jack O'Brlon of Philadelphia, who today to-day Is regarded as tho best middleweight middle-weight la the -worW, with tho possible possi-ble exception of Tommy Ryan. Dal Hawkins should not find It hard work scoring over any.of them beyond tbo Atlantic in his class. Dal was at ono time regarded as tho probable champion In the lightweight light-weight division, but whllo his work was of a high class ho fell Bhort of )om!ng up to tho expectations of his friends. Hawkins Is one of tho most graceful fighters who over stood within the ropes. Some of his bat- V Q DAL HAWKWS ties with .Too Gana havo boon the shortest, but fiercest, on record. Jack McAullffe Penniless. ' Jack McAullffo, tho old lightweight champion, who siiono In tho palmy days of John L. Sullivan and Jack Dempsey, has not a cont left of tho fortuno he earned In tho prize ring when ho was the king-pin In his class. McAullffe. who Is now as big as it heavyweight, finds it hard work making a living In the metropolis, Like old Johji 1... Jack did not appreciate appre-ciate tho value i.r n dpilnr when ho had ono. As ci (nmnnco of what chancos the oncp ncp'Uar boxer would tako with lils roln 1 only necessary to tell of the big vegor ho made on I Cl the Sulllvan-Corbctt fight at Now Or- B leans. He had Just won a purse of H $10,000 for whipping Billy Myers, the H Streator Cyclone, when the coming H fight between Sullivan and California H Jim was mentioned. "John L. will H whip that fellow sure," said Jack. "To B show you what I think of his chances H I will just bet this wad I am after H winning." He bet the entire purse. H Sullivan, as s well known, lost and H Jack went home broke. McAullffe H had dropped out of sight completely H In Now York until the other day, H when he was arrested, charged with H theft, but was later exonerated. H Michigan's Football Captain. H Curtis G. Redden, captain of Mich H Igan's 1903 football eleven, Is an 1111- H ReaoeN IB 'I I H nols boy and received his preliminary H education and football training at H Rossvllle, 111. Whllo nt school he played end and full back on his H school team. In 1900 he entered the B law department of the University of H Michigan and made' the 'varsity team H In bis freshman year, playing oppo- H Bite end to Neil Snow. This position H he has filled for three years so well H as to make him a prominent candl- H date for end in all the all western elevens selectod In the last two years. H He Is one of the best men In going H down the field on punts and a sure ' H tackier. H Famous Football Family of Poe. I Football In America apparently runs .H in tho blood, Jurglng from the number W of families who have produced experts --?' I In tho game. At the bead probably W stand tho descendants of tho famous I poet, Poe, who havo probably done I moro to give the Tigers tholr reputa- I tlon on the oval than any other set I of men who have passed and kicked, I says Harper's Weekly. For nearly 20 I years the Princeton team had a Poe I upon It, the only gap being three years I between 1884 and 18871 Johnson, the I oldoBt brother, entered tho university I In 1880, and his skill Immediately at- j) traded attention to this namo. Edgar " Allan, tho second brother, played quar- 4 torback, and acted as captain In 1889 and 1890. John P., Jr., being the next brother to go upon the oval, in 1895. Princeton was fortunate In having two Poes, John nnd Nollson, upon its eleven In 1894. Then came Arthur In ' f 1898, Qresham wearing the colors In i 1901. g After World's Record. The Abbot. 2:03K. ex-champlon trotter, will bo sent against the world's trotting record next season. Ho has been sent to tho Patchen Wilkes farm at Lexington, Ky., to get in shape for his trial against time. John J. Scanncll of New York, owner I of Tho Abbot, Is confident that the ifj horse can Improvo upon tho present -t record. Tho Abbot was not at his f beat last seabon; In fact, ho only started once, and In that time was 4 defeatod by Chain Shot In slow time. . 1 His poor showing was due to sick- 4t 1 ness contracted early in tho' season. "? j Whllo training for the proposed I ,3 match with Lord Dorby, which was J 1 to have taken place at Brighton J Beach. Tho Abbot went lame and the ?. match bad to be declared off. He has ' como around all right now, however, and his good condition leads his j owner to bellevo that after a rest he will bo better than over bofore. Last Year's Champion Absent. Tho bicycle team that carried off 1 first honors In tho six-day race In ' Now York last year Is not represented ' ? In this year's contest. The victorious , pair in 1901 consisted of Archio Mo- , Earchern and Bobby Walthour, f ' and that thoy would havo mado f ' a formidable team In this 1 ' wcok's "long grind" tbore Ib no ' ! question. Thoy havo planned tp be competitors in tho 1902 race, but fate ruled otherwise. McEarchorn met a tragic death, through an accident while riding at Atlantic City last summer sum-mer and Walthour broko his collar bone at Atlanta, Ga., a few months i ngo. There was general regret on all ,1 sides that this pair was missing, as ' ! fi they wore both great favorites with I the crowds that assembled in Mndlson 1 I Squaro Garden to wat-h ho "dIuk- I " r , ' Ni 1 |
