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Show hi . zzzzzz llil l l ..ri . -J j LITTLE INTEREST I l PRIZE EIGHT H' LONDON", Monday. Sept IS, Al- H though Uio world's heavyweight cham- H plonshlp presumably is at stake, the H coming battlo between. Champion Jack H Johnson and Bombardier Wolls, the H English title bolder. Is not causing a. H giant deal of excitement in sporting: H circles. Even tho big purse of $40,000, n tho largest ever given for a prize fight Hji outstdo of tho United States, has not Hi atirrod the public to enthusiasm. If H opposition can bo considered advor- H tlsoment, the fight has received it H from the sporting writers as well ns H from the pulpit. H Most of tho pugilistic experts, writ- H Ing for the sporting papers, continue M I to criticise Wells' backers for pormlt- H ting him to battle against the chara- H pion. These writers agree in describ- B ing WoIIb as a promising but inexperl- enced fighter, and they doploro the Hj blight to his career which a defeat at W this time would entail. H Rev. F B. Myer of Regents Pnrlt B chapel has denounced tho proposed Br match from hie wilplt as a brutal H prize fight, which Bhould bo prevented HBW by the law, which permits only boxing H contests. H It was described, according to him, H as a great boxing contest, becauso H prize fights were contrary to law, B "but." ho added, "tho fact that ono of HHJj tho combatants Is the negro Johnson H who won tho champjonshjp In a sick- H enlng exhibition last year, and has to H hold it against the English champion, H proves that thoro is no real difference 1 between this contest and tliat of Inst H yar, which Araorican opinion baiv H shed to the outskirts of their clvlliraj H Apparently unmoved by the opposN M tlon, tho two men are hard at work M at their respective training quarters, H Johnson In Paris nnd Wells at Lolgh- 1 on-Sea and Earl's court. When John- 1 son loft here for Paris ho was fat, H and if he attains fighting weight by H October 2 he will have to put in somo H Btrenuous work over the boulevards H Weils claims to be In the pink of H condition and looks it. H This will be the first heavy wolght H championship to he decided here since H fhn fight between Tommy Burni nnd H Gunner Moycr at the Notional Sport- M ing club, and preparations arc being H made to accommodate a record crowd. H The match will take place in the Bin- 1 press hall, Earl's court, a place now H used as a skating rink. Tho hall will 1 be converted into a perfectly equipped HJ boxing arena. Heating 18.000 and pro- 1 viding standing room for several thou- M sand more. UMPIRE EVANS IN FIGHTING TOGS CLEVELAND, Sept. 21. Umpire Williata Evans hit one man, heat up another and was himself roughly handled han-dled following tho ClevolandVPhlladel-tfhia ClevolandVPhlladel-tfhia baseball game here today. A general fight resulted and 2,000 men swarmed on the field.. The spectators objected to Evans calling a foul ball on Soeond Baseman Ball of tho Cleveland Cleve-land team in the eighth inning, and when ho put Butcher out of the game in the ninth for proteotlng after two 3trikea had been called on him, they becamo more aggravated. "Whon the garao was over and Evans walked toward to-ward the clubhouflo, a man Jeered him with an oath, Evans said, and Evanfc struck him. Evans again started for the club house, and in front of the entrance en-trance another mail is said to have cursed him. Evans resonted this with his fists, and soon thro wae a general molee, which did not ond even after the members of the Cleveland nnd Philadelphia Phila-delphia teams bore the umplro innldo tho club house Tho crowd Btirccd around the entrance demanding that Evans come out. Several women were in tho crowd. Evans was not beaten badly, though ho complained of a pain In his back where someone had kicked him, "Tho first follow used some pretty foul language," he said. "His fists wore clinched, but I hit him first I did not hurt him Just knocked off his hat The other fellow, standing In the entranco to the club house, refused to let mo by and I hit him several times. I am sorry such a thlnp occurred, but I had to defend my6elf." Several years ago Evans was nearly killed when hit by a pop bottle at tho St. Louis American park. OBOEI J1RIES The entries for today's running races at the Four-State fair track In-, chide the be6t material in tho barns. There will bo four running events on tho program. The flist harness raco is the 2:40 class trot or pace for a purse of $300. This Is woll arranged Tho third day's racing program of tho eight-day meeting at the fair grounds promises to bo as good or better bet-ter than any of the others to follow. All of tho best jockeys riding in this meeting will be up this afternoon. Tho entries are: First raco, trot or pace, 2:40 class, purse $300 Lucrlscens, Wabrlska King, C. iHrect, Stride On and Mary Manners. Second race, five furlongs, selling Navarro, 111; Sir Barry, 108; No Quarter, 111; Byron', 105; Kuropat-kin, Kuropat-kin, 105; Capitoifa, 108. Third race, one mile and an eighth selling Oreenbridge, 110; Buna, 107; Chas. J. Harvey, 110; Dorothy Ann, 107. Fourth raco, four nnd a half furlongs, fur-longs, pelling Pavan, 109; Titus', 109; Davie Andrews, 109; Maxims, 109; Soverus, 109. SASEBM CINCINNATI CUTS DOWN GIANT'S LEAD Interest In the closing games of the National leagUo season received a little atlmulous by Cincinnati de-ieating de-ieating New York Sunday, cutting five points from tho latier's lead. Chicago Chi-cago was unable to play a scheduled doubloheader with Boston because of rain. After one more game at Cincinnati Cincin-nati today, New York, goes to Chicago "Wednesday for a four-game series. Tho standing: Cldb. Won. Lost PC. New York 89 48 .630 Chicago A?,' 57 .593 Pittsburg ,.82 fi2 .569 Philadelphia .76 64 .543 The only game in the American league lea-gue was between Philadelphia and Cfeyoland which Philadelphia won, increasing in-creasing Its lead to 83 points. The standing: Club. Won, Lost, PC. Philadelphia ... ,.95 15 .670 Detroit ., ....84 57 .596 Cleveland. ...74 67 .525 New" York .73 69 .514 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Philadelphia 5, Cleveland 3. CLEVELAND, SepL 24. Philadelphia Philadel-phia defeated Cleveland today, bunching bunch-ing hits on Baskette after two wore out in tho fifth inning. One-handed catches by Derrick rind Baker of line-drives line-drives cut off several runs and saved the AthleticB from defeat. Score: R.H. E. Cleveland 3 c 1 Philadelphia 5 7 1 Batteries Baskotte and O'Nell; Martin and Lapp. 1 NATIONAL LEAQUE. Philadelphia 8; st. Louis 2. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 24. Philadelphia today defeated St. Louis easily. No mau on the local team made a hit or got to first baSo until the fifth Inning. Lobert, in the eighth, scored from first on Huggin's -lld throw. Score: rt. n, E. Philadelphia 8 7 1 St. LouIb 2 6 2 Batteries Alexander and Cotter; Harmon, Zackert and Bliss. Game Pootponed. CHICAGO. SopL 24. Chicago- Boston Bos-ton game postponed; rain. Cincinnati 6, New York 5. CINCINNATI, Sept. 24 Tn a poorly poor-ly played but exciting game bofore an enormous crowd, Cincinnati defeated de-feated Now York today The $11,000 Beauty Marguard opposed tho 6,500 Rubo Benton when the game started, but Marquard was relieved by Wiltso after Cincinnati had gathored five runs off him and the score was tied at the ond of the sixth. Wiltse allowed allow-ed only tares hits during the romaln- ' dor of tho contest, but as two of these' were bunched in tho soventh, they were enough. Benton was hit hard but kept the hits well scattered and struck out nine men. Score: ' R.H.E. Now York 5 12 o Cincinnati 6 10 2 Batteries Marquard, Wiltse and Myers; Benton and Clarke. AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Kansas City Kansas City 5; Louisville I. At SL Paul St. Paul 3-5; Indiana-polls Indiana-polls 2-3. At Minneapolis Minneapolis 6; Toledo To-ledo 1. At Milwaukee Milwaukee Colum bus game postponed; rain. WESTERN LEAGUE. At Denver Denver 7; Des Moines & At SL Joseph St, Joseph 3; Pueblo Pueb-lo 2. At Omaha Omoha 2; Lincoln 7 Second game- Omaha 3; Lincoln 0. At Sioux City Sioux City 7; To-peka To-peka 2. NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE. Each Win One. First game: R.H.B. Seattle 3 10 1 Vancouver 6 13 1 Batteries Fullerton and Shea; Wll-lett Wll-lett and J. Shoa. Second gamo: R. H. B Soattlo 2 2 0 Vancouver 1 3 0 Batlorloc Whaling and Sage; Ger-vala Ger-vala and Lewis. Wins One and Tie. At Tacoma, first gamo: R. .H. E. Portland 15 17 6 Tacoma 9 12 4 Batteris Jensen, Stovall and Harris, Har-ris, Moore; Annis, Higgins, Baker, Lynch and Burns, SIcbt. Second gamo: R.H.E. Portland 2 3 2 Tacoma 2 1 2 Batteris Tonneson and Harris; Annis An-nis and Seibt. Flvo Innings; called to catch the train. Spokane Wins Doubleheader. At Spokane, first game: R.H.E. Victoria 4 7 3 Spokane .5 11 1 Batteris Lako and Grindlc; Kraft and Ostdlok. Second gamo: R. H. E. Victoria 2 4 3 Spokane 12 14 4 Batteries Thonsen and Grlndle; Kraft, Welsh and Splcsman. COAST LEAGUE. Vernon Takec Two Games. At Los Angeles, morning game: R. H. E. Vernon 6 S 4 Sacramento 5 9 5 Batteries Brackonrldge, Stewart and Brown; Thornton, Thompson, FltzGerald and Thomas. Aucrnoon game: t n. 21. jk, Vernono 6 7 2 Sacramento 3 11 1 .Portland 4, Oakland 2. At Portland: R. H. E. Oakland 2 7 2 Portland 4 8 1 Battcrlos Christiansen, Martlnoni and Mitzc; Honderson nnd LaLonge., Wine One and Tie. At San Francisco; R. H. E. Los Angeles .... 1 .....0 3 1 S'an Francisco 3 10 1 Batteries Agnew and Abbott; Miller Mil-ler and Berry. Afternoon gamo: R. H. E. Los Angeles 10 14 2 San Francisco 3 9 5 Battories Nagel and Schmidt; Fla-ter Fla-ter and Berry. , |