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Show GENERAL Sl'OltTlXa. cunnnNT cvbnt in Anioun DEPAnTMBNTS. Tho lh ot th. llarqtlU ol (Jnln-Ixrrr (Jnln-Ixrrr ltrri.ll. III. tonnrrtlon Mltkllm ItulM Tliat llo.rrn III. rt nl 11.11-Il.f.n,. 11.11-Il.f.n,. Not Ilia II..I ItrlcliKlor, Tht mamuls ot Quwtiiharry, li) mmo wa mmt pronilutntlr iutxeUtJ In ttio tmlillc mlnJ viltti the boilng rulea nhlrli bar his nam ilteil on I'cb 1, on unntmnreJ by cabla from Imlon, linRlanil lie wtu Imrn 'illy :, ISM, and mccwde.l to thi tltlt In 1851 He filled Amirlia In H, horlly ntter having bm tmrroj (rriin lil teat In thi house ot lords at n rep-rewntatlro rep-rewntatlro Scotch peer on the gro.ind tbat ho hail been heard publicly to deny the oxlitence ot a floil and announce an-nounce lila Adherence tn frro lore doc-trlnei doc-trlnei Thit ho ni not tbo orlRlnator ot tho boxing mips bearing hla name li shown by tho npprnded extract from Ijnd nnd Water of l-ondon, written In 18SC, not long nttcr the death ot J. 0 Chambers, sporting editor ot that Journal, Jour-nal, and Idontined with rowing and boxing "Nineteen years ago the mirquls of Queoniberry, himself a good btner, taking much plcasuro In the sport, placed three sllrer cupi ns prliea for ' sparring among amateurs In the hands of the lata Mr Chambers lleautort house grounds was the first veiiuo chosen for tho contests, and tho opening open-ing meeting. In 1807. gne eufllclcnt Indication In-dication tint spirrlng competitions among amateurs would toon become an Institution, nnd an essentially Kngllsh pastime nddtil to tho category ot IMt-lh IMt-lh sports l'or a. long tlmo the 'Quecnsberry cups' held their on, and the annutl meeting would, no doubt, lin-e been the chief boxing event of the present day had the arranger ar-ranger enta met with tho approval of the l"ge number of boxers who wore called Into existence theroby When llu cup-were given, tho uonor u we remember rightly, made no stipulation iu to how they were to be nnarded other than tbat thtr should bo held for a year Thero wore no rule ns to the duration ot rounds, and tho decision ot the Judges, who called time' whenever tiler pleased, were not always satisfactory satis-factory Tho "Slnrquls of Queensberry's rules,' therefore, of vrhlch wo hear so much, as n matter of fact never emanated ema-nated from tho marquis himself, and his namo has fur many ers been made use or for professional glove lights In Ungland. America and the colonies col-onies In tho most unwarrantable man-ter man-ter Ills lordship, howevor. Is a thorough thor-ough sportsman at heart, consequently his rellrenco In the matter may tie accounted ac-counted for During tho progrsss ot tli(A challenge cup competitions, I whli-h on and after 1S0O took pUce nt I Mills Ilrldge grounds, most or, tho best nmtrur boxen of the dy until recently re-cently hae taken part In thems nnd I lr safflclent roallty was not Instilled Into the earlier contests to please some ot the gluttons' of the present day, the sparring gnerally was by no means to be despised At one tlmo the universities uni-versities sent competitors to West Urompton, but ns boxing became more and mora popular the excluslvonei whli h for so long was maintained was broken down Many nmateur boxing rlubs were formed Iu Umilim nnd dlf-I dlf-I fsrent parts of the country, and although al-though at first their entries woro not always acceptable to the 'executive ' they could not bo very woll excluded and the old order ot thlngi became changed Tho Amateur Iloxlng association asso-ciation storied about Are yeirs ago Instituting In-stituting championships under fresh rulea and regulations, and as they held their meetings In I-nndon the Queens- MAnquis or qunuNsiinmiY. berry cup championships became far less attractive" J.rtrlr.' 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Those who believe that Jlm-Corbett and Jim Jeffries will clash at an early data are likely to be a bit disappointed, disappoint-ed, writes Macon In the first place, Jeffries' left arm the tendons ot which wero torn nnd Injured by a "medicine ball" while he was In training for his bout with Tom Sharkey, U far from bolng well There Is a bare poulblllty tbat It will never bo as sound as It was beforo the accident Jeffries knows that It Corbett gets Into anything like flrst-class condition he will not be an easy man to defeat Corbett Is fully aware of the extent of Jeffries' In-Jurlos, In-Jurlos, and I have no doubt that It was because of that Information thit he was so desirous of getting the first chance at the champion That la one reason for the doubt Another Is the fact that Jeffries will not risk bis reputation rep-utation with any good man unless be has the assurance that bis left arm will not fall him In the --' " would be a fo' H1 ag,lB lB a 'rtapUl coulltloni WW " b" ' m"t 9htky. tH "" l tike plaro la April. 1 In It "l"'l Iriti Joe (rOrMarSk K"1 n einh and be-llcves be-llcves ho bsianoiig't ntamtnia left tn stand a fw iw "R1"" II umstehet to box 8hkPllt " In l'lilladel-phlt. l'lilladel-phlt. a . IVler Mab?nd r.u. liuhlln in all probability wrttw' " Maher Is anxious to tatHe KMhlln In a llmltel-round llmltel-round bout, Sa '" J-orr th Irishman's ." thai he I prepared to sign arllrb Vlsllora to th I'xrls expmltinn w.ll probably haU an opportunity of wli-nesslng wli-nesslng several baporlani Iniernitlon-al Iniernitlon-al fistic events Wlll'am K llrailr hss dtfldetl to hold a 0tlo Mrulvil di ring the exposition, la which tlte bent kh-tn kh-tn of Ilnglacd and Anurln m take part Menomn and Talmir nay meet there again. Tom O'ltourke Is wraihy over tho criticism that has been heaped upon him of htc lie r: I've hid absolutely ab-solutely no connection with the tlroad-wny tlroad-wny club this year, and yet mot ot tho criticism which haa had to do with the Choynskl-MtCoy fight has been leveled against me Whatever my sins mny be, t am as Innocent of any connection con-nection with that mill as Is the rim In tho moon " Tho lliaini Ian Wnmn llaaltr. The- best woman bowler In the world Is Miss Iloso M Murray ot Toledo, nOSK M MUHItAY. Ohio Mlaa Murray Is fnnd of nthtstlci of all kinds, but bos developed a pro flelency at tenpins that makM hsr Us equal of any bowler In Toledo, wasre the game Is ery popular. Shoreesttlr rolled a total ot US. and to show thU It was no fluko rolled another nooje ef our :00 on tho same day. Miss itor-ray itor-ray works hard tn an oltlce nil M Hsr father Is so plaosod at her inll t tenpins t)it.li.lHhllli anjiltJ. ullt In his rasldenoe. "if' Ham itl.v Mill In K Ham Wis, the eterun player who has been In actlt servhe oatbs green diamond fur nearly n quirter of a century. Intends placing a etal-profes-slonil team In the Held at hli homo In UiilTalo, N V., next n that will gUe the best of them i hstvj run for his while alley " Wise said, (a recently recent-ly speaking about his team: "I am going to get up a team I hat ftl awp thu "seml-profesh ' off the map of western Now ork Vh wi will Just eat them up 1 hey w ill think that the champion Ilrooklyna are In front of them. Why. look at my coltiand talk sevenup to me. There li Duly Nash, Kit Chamberlain, Dan Btnrn. High I'atton, Hoc Amole. Jimmy Kllroy, Puddles Iloehm. Joe Dobson Jrk llat-ties llat-ties and your Undo Sammy, besides many others on thu reserve lisL Do you think that there Is another baso-ball baso-ball aggregation within 100 miles that can stand up beforo usT If you know f any have them send their tnnllengcs early, for we expect to be a very busy team when the season opens." Olhr HHirlln llallrra. The young duke of Weatmlnitcr la said to care llttlo for the turf It appear ap-pear that tho great racing stud of the Into duke Is tho property of hl widow and tho young man lua no Interest whatever In the racing horses A nura-bcr nura-bcr of the horse will be h IJ shortly. Ilech Olscn. the wrestler, who nr-rled nr-rled In this country recently Is dt-scrlbed dt-scrlbed ns a traanndously big follow, standing moro than six reel high Hit match with IJrnest lt"hr 'r world's championship will " araeco-Iloman atyle, be.t two In thret falls. "Muggsy" McfJraw do lares posltlvr ly that he will stick to the new Amcr lean association, nil repo-ts to the con trary notwithstanding McQriw will probably manago tho Hattlmoro team If the new organisation becomes a reality, nnd It look very much -as If It would. H waa a clever mote on the part of tbo new association when, u signed a lease of the Union park ball grounds In naltlmorc, thus leaving a National league club In that city -without a playing field Last season tho Cincinnati were the first Into training quarters They went louth a week In advance of any other league team Thla year the St I,oul nrowns will break the Ice They will go to Hot Springs March 1 one -aeek In advance ot the Ileds It li quite likely that the Chicago will also train at this favorite health resort The Pittsburg will do their training t Thomaavllle, Ga , or Ashevllle, N C The Philadelphia will go to Charlotte, N 0 , the nostons to Durbsm, N C , and the Ilrooklyna to Savannah, aa. The New Yorks have not )' decided where thsy will train |