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Show AMERICA'S CHAMPIONS OF 1904. Athletics T. F. Klely Automoblllng Darney Oldfleld Bowling , Msrtln Kern Dosing ,. James J. Jeffrie Billiards.... J. Ferdinand Pogganbtrg Chess Frank Marshall Cycling (professional). - Frank L. Kramer Cycling (amateur . Marcua Hurley Qolf (professional). Willi Anderson Golf (amateur) -H. Chandler Eaan Golf (women'a) Miss Oeorglana Dlehop Jockey ... Eugene Hlldebrand Skat diehard Derghold Skating (professional .John NHsssn Skating (amateur) . Maurice Wodd Tennla. Holeombe Ward Tennla (women'a) Miss May Sutton Trap Shooting Fred Ollbert floss Dreaka World's Record. Italph W Hose, Hie joung California strong man, who has held the attention atten-tion of the athletic world fof a couple of )er, made a sensational Now York debut Dee. 31. at the games of the Pastime Athletic club, held at Madison Square garden. It wn oxpeoled that tho University of Michigan student would add a con plo of Incline to George Gray'a record of is feet it-. Indies for nutting tho twenty four kiuiii1 ahnt. When Hose was Introduced ho receded re-ceded nn ovnllon from tho S.000 spec Intnrs that filled the garden He responded re-sponded by throwing the shot 37 fett S't Inches wllh apparent ease, breaking break-ing all outdoor and Indoor records A few minute later the young glnnl eclipsed tills effort by putting Iho shot 38 feet 2i inches, making n now world'a record Dick Sheldon, tho old Yale football ploer competed against Hoso and pill the shot 3G feel? Inches, also beating Gray a record Ryan Anxious to Fight. The challenge Issued by Phlladol rihla Jack O'Hrlen beforo ho sailed for tho West Indie that he would fight any man In tho world for n lido bet of 15,000 and tho mlddle-wolglit cham ptonshlp of tho world haa been accept cd by Tommy Iljan, a claimant to that title llan says that he l ready at any tlmo to mnko a match with O'Hrlen, and will bet him $5,000 that ho will beat him In n flfleen or twenty tnlntito round bout beforo tho club In Ban Francisco that will offer tho largest purao. ltrnn wants tho fight to bo decided de-cided within three months, a ho clalma ho need thnt much tlmo In which to train for such an Important bntllo, Aa O'Hrlen Is nnxloua to fight Ilyan. tho Indications aro that ha will glto Ilyan tho preference over Hob Fits-stmmons, Fits-stmmons, who haa also challenged him. Famous Old Pacer Dead. Illuo Dick, the famous old pacing horvo owned by Hubert I- Cook of near Bhephordslowu, W Va., is dead It la assorted by soma person tliat the hnrse wns IK yanrs old, hut he eau be traced back only thirty six years nnd It Is pretty certnlu that ho wns nt least of that age A quarter of a cen tury ago Hlue Dick was n famous pacer. pa-cer. Ho was best known on the south 01 n circuit, but he had been on rare tracks nil through tho north and oast. It la said that hi beat record waa mado at Now Orleans, where bo paced a half mllo in 1:00. Jockey Nlcol, Jockey Nlcol, who Id the riders at tho Chicago tracks last aprlng, summer sum-mer and autumn, hns como forward again at New Orleans and promise to duplicate his feat during the winter season. At Chicago Nlcol was In com petition with 11 rather modlocra lot of riders, hut In tho south ho Is matched with somo of tho best Jockey lu tho ISast and hla raco for supremacy la proportionately harder. Ho la prac tlcally a now comer, ns his apprenticeship appren-ticeship expired only last August Dllllngs has Costly String. O. IC O Hillings has more than 1300,000 Invested In flnn horseflesh. The cost of maintaining theso horse is placed nt 1100,000 a ymr Ho own, among others, Um Dillon (1:01), queen of tho trotting turf, Major Ma-jor Delmnr (2 01W). world' champion cham-pion gelding, Tho Monk nnd Faulty, world' trotting record to pole, 2:Q7; Charlie Mac (2:111), world's record to saddle; l'rlnco Direct nnd Hontas Crook tliOOVi), world's pacing record half mile to pole; Mornlug Star scd Prlnco Direct (2:00) world' amntrur pacing record to pole; Prince of xtsHsasflsfl Orange (3 ftfi'-,). liulse J e ft c won afvVBBfl ( 00 U) Fred S Wedgewood (2:00), KJKB Masctto (2 0IU) and August Pointer bbsbssKSlJ (2.0IU) aHffrT Jeff and Munro Make Up. ssbcbsbsb&S ' if Jack Munrn. tho Hulto miner heavy sbbm5' ' weight, will In all probability don tb LGW glotos sgaln In the squared circle asssff'jft-'f''i with Champion Jim Jeffries Thomea ssssssKT will not try tn knock enrh other out, aass! as they did In their battle In Ban LKkY Plhnolaco last September, but will oa- assBsgV"' ' change swings and Jab at closo qunr- (sLHawl' ter. with mi Intention whatever of LLLwL'J putting each oilier lo sleep Thu cam,- VsbbiV 'ml which these big fellows will en- ksssWm gage In will he a three round cxtiltil- LKseiai Hon I miii I. a part ot the pefformanco xssssKbl of "Davy Croekctl," In which play sasVssssS Champion Jeffries Is now starring. sssstssfll Oenedlct Austrian Champion. K3bI The champion three year old of tho KfifirV season of I KM nn tbe Austrian trot- Hflsssfl ting turf was llenwdlct. Kin of Wit- igLH burn M. who won over SIO.OQll Ills ntssssH bet renmt was at tbe rate ot 1 JM 6 WsssbsbsbI Ier kilometer or about 1-22 er mile. Sia! Ills sire Wllburn M . is by Wilton, VsbsbsbsbI 2.1JW out of Hose Lvyburn, 2 10U SsbsbsbsbI (pacing) by Onward 2 JuU, nnd had nsssss! an American record of 2 .!7 but trot Sbsbsbs! IchI In 2 10', in Austria Hcncdlct's lasss! CutHta r ssassssl tm Mtr , H 1'iiw irus. B 4(mTikw esx H dam la tho Amerl(.n bred) Till; M Drown, by Hanker, aon otItydyk's H Hamblctonlan. t M 3r" H Vandeibllt Secures Dickson. H John 8. McDonald haa accutcd a H contract 011 n western rider, Dickson, H who jiresumably will ride for W. K. H Vondcrbllt In Franco next yesr. 11 4bIbbsbs1 ha been riding at St. Ixul, and ha ,H waa signed by Judgo Joseph A, Mur- bsbsbbI phy, ncllng for Mr. McDor.sU, ,Dlc "jH son waa apprenticed to Clint Durnc.lt, 'H who haa gained soma fama as a do- H vrloper of Jockeys He wilt probably , H rldo nt Now Orleans until tlmo to ro- H lmrt lo hla new employer. Ho still la M ciilltlwl tn tho npprrntlco allowanco. H Drltt Wanta Whit. H "I ennnot aay whether I Vvlll accopt "JsBi Willie Lewis' offer for a match," said H Champion llrltt. "Just now I am Jn B hope Dial my noxt match will bo H with Jabes White To meet Whllo In H the ring 1 would forego many other H considerations At any rato, I-aball H nwnlt moru dcflnlto detail of l.owis' H challenge before making up my intrrd. H "Aa long aa I am In the lighting M game, however. I will not bo dodging H any mntrho Just now tho only ques- H Hon Is which one will bo tho most ad- H vantagiou to myself," H Western Football Player Honored. jH Two Wistcrn player, JCckers,al of H Chicago and lleston of Mlchlgau, axo M on Walter Camp's All American . eleven, which is announced In -Vl- JH llcr's This Is Iho greatest tribute, 1 LsLibI Western football over received frtjin H Iho Nestor of tho game. Only twlca H beforo havo Western playcra been ac- H corded thla honor, lleston was fr, . H Camp' selectlou for half back, last jH yiar, whllo Hcrschbcrgcr of Chlcagc -sH mado Iho full back lxjalttoii In HOC. sbbbbs1 Will How at Hsnlsy. sssss! Johi J. F. Mulcuhy and William M. fiH Varley, tho champion doiiblo icull Psssssssi crow of America, announcu that thoy i jH will comiieto In tho Honley regattndn iis! ligtnnd noil July. VjssBi Vnrioy and Mulcahy aro very fast, JKaBBi their victory In August In Uie chain. bbbbbb1 plomhli race nt St. I-ouls being ono fLLseW of Iho finest nmatcur etcnta In years. liE Plan for tho trip Include n new sjLiWjH American shell nnd an Kngllsh built ( HaUH hunt MgsstisS Will Play for Rice Trophy, CWPil ' Arrangements for another cablo KvmSlf v chesH match wllh Oxford and Cam- IsiVsVlr?1' bridge for tho Isaao U Itlco Interna sOsssvC " tlonal trophy have beui practically C- compluted. Clialrman G W. Tucker. tV:' Jr. of tho International Intercollegiate. asl cablo chess match Thu dates sug- a!' goatod aro Friday and Saturday, April llH1" I 21 and 22, Tho trophy la held by H tho Kngllshmen, who havo won three a? matches out of five xLsh AaaaBi I ' Duffy Leaves England, , asBVii Arthur F. Duffy, the American aBrjr ) sprinter, arrived at landon De9.pi, atsBjIrt Just In time to catch the steamer Qr- HUi. tola, on which, In company wlh M- MassisBsS' fred Hhrubb, the Itngllsh runner -ot ftMaHallF Iho Soutli London Harriers, ha wIII.ko TiliHD'fl to Australia, where they will partlcl ?bbbsIe pato In the principal sport ot the oca 'vjJIHH aon. Duffy's first race will lie at Met- ijSM bourne Feb. 21. v ' H9H 4dBBl |