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Show Arrangements for Dig Fight. In spile of the tail Unit hnth .lef fries anil Kit'-limnni ere' willing tn meet nn July ".'V nrinrdltig to ngreo-tneiit. ngreo-tneiit. the promoters ore InlktiiK of postponing the ennilint lu order to Insure larger flnaniitii returns. The affair haa already lui-n a mutter of so much doubt I hut It would seem desirable de-sirable to bring It of? ni-eoriling tn schedule, as will likely he done. The only reason fnr ninl.lng a 'post-ponenicnl 'post-ponenicnl Is lh fail that Here will he a cunventlun of lodge men In Snn Francisco In august, and that the chnnces for a crowd will he belter al hat time. The subject has twice been brought tip The (list time It was dei-liled to bring the men together togeth-er July 1.1, which was the dnte chosen In thn Inst act of nriwii a algned hy the fighters. The Idea of delaying tho fight cntne tip agulu last week. The thourhl thai special rales to San Krnmiscn would prewill at that lime and that there would he Inrger crowda In the city seems tn he qulto a point In deciding the ilute of the bouL It boa been praiili ally decided to let the original dnte stand. Jeffries Jef-fries and KHMlmmons havn alrendy tieen training for several weeks and have worked with t'.ie Idea of jneetlng July 2.1. Posslhly for finnniinl reasons rea-sons It might he better to make a poatHiiiemeiil, but there bus been so much planning for thu buttle for the chntnplunshlp thnt the average man would rather know that there will be no further dPlay. Ono lull-resting point In thp contest among too heavy weights has apparently appar-ently been settled. It Is thnt Mm for belt will again sally fnrtb. as a challenger chal-lenger aud try to win back the title he lost to FlUsliuiunua . morn than nve years ago. According to resirts. t'oriiett una neon promised a inatcti both by Fltzsltiiiuoua and Jeffries, the arrangement being thnt the winner Is to fight Porhett at Snn Francisco about a month after the contest. If this Is so It will add Interest to the heavyweight bout. Although Cor-hPtt Cor-hPtt ma7 not be counted ns a probable prob-able chnniplnu, be Is always acknow edged to ho a marvelous boxer, which leaves any fight ho engages In an uncertain one. In tho training quarters at Hksgg's Springs aud Harbin Springs Jeffries and Fltzslmmona are simply attenillni to business. Iluth aro In good con dltlon, although neither bos dono any-thlua any-thlua In a hurry. The tmtulna ewcind, is long enoiisli to oivo them a chanty to work gradually down to the seat fighting point. Fltr-slinmons now has fleorgo Dawson of Chicago as aa adviser, ad-viser, having been recently Joined by the man from the Chicago Athletic Association. Dawson la a good adviser, advis-er, and It was planned long ago that he should be with FlUalinmons at the time of tho battlo. Cornell's Splsndld Showing. A correspondent writing from Ilha ra, N. Y.. on the day of the grcnt college col-lege boat races, says: Just as the setting sun broke thruugh -the dull gray, lowering clouds trom which rains had been falling s greater part of the day, the Cornell university eight wound up a great series of aquatic triumphs which set the followers of Ithaca wild with delight. de-light. In throe races, the four-oared, the freshmen, and the 'varsity, Cornell Cor-nell literally swept the docks with a superb exhibition of rowing skill wnleh again placed the methods of Coach Courtney upon a memorable pinnacle. The Cornell four won by aliout four lengths, with Pennsylvania Pennsylva-nia five lengths before the Columbia boat. The Cornell freshman eight won by a length, with Wtncnnaln second, a half length In front of Columbia, the latter beating Syracuse a length, with Pennsylvania live lengths back a CorntJLj Cornell ale" ' .i 'iiu t iiloi-'.lt race with i'ns an ii, v ., row- lu . roi i- . I Ihlr'y Un lo lu .i.ii. -.v . i havlr-g ijm li-ngHm '.a snu- . t.o win. i up, Wisconsin a"i..il y a .;m mid a half, Col until unt-il 'hi I i.v ii.-o lengths. v i..oii.ln. after a desperate struggle strug-gle with Columbia, Mulshed a lcnr.th In front of Kdward llatilau'n puplhi, the latter healing Pennsylvania hy two lengths. The QuaKriH, with a great spurt lu the lout half "ille. got up from last plm-e anu aelrtted Qsorsrinwi ty a a nnt length norgo- i town crossed the Imp iibout three- i nntnurn of n h-in-i'i in front of Hyra- j note ' ' ' ' ' I H" ri-onU were luoL. ti. , Cornell J -ni"l t:,e 'tnrniiy inn-, four miles, ln ty ii,.i4 ; )nst year's recrr.! wa ! I f.;- i J I. i lie lime nf the fiehnuiu ' I ivf s !l.3l 4-1. ilirtitlue two mile:. I tll record l elug It : 1 . Vj . Ill the four-o-T' il r:e-e t'.e llMie was ln:t.l 3.1 for lf mil.-s the re. nrd hell V n:31'-j. In de h in' lest the Cornell oars TnWi il'ti'ayi-d remarkable waterman-slilp waterman-slilp I'beir stroke was easy and grs'efiil, yet It was powerful all the wtr liro ii.h and the men got all of tlajir itreugDi and weight Into the bl'!' I There was mi splashing, no fluk't, no inti-nltig of rrahs, but an evennrhs nf niothin that was puelry In Imlf It whs, lu fii't. a series of easy vli tiirles, fnr si nn time were the Cornell crews hard pressed. Wisconsin's Rowing Csptsln 0 C w, Tliniigh the Western college crsr was defenled In the races nt Ithaca, N. V., I. carried off thn honors second to Cornell. No Boxing at Denver. Tho city of Heuver la once moro dosed to the boxing game, and the spurts are now trying to figure out wbat was the cause uf It all. Some liltme It on thu adverse criticism isiised hy Young Curlmlt's fight with Kid ltroad, while ot tiers are willing to believe that tho boxers sro mado to suffer fur tho pnlllleal differences edatlng between rival organizations. Tie Flro and Police Hoard Issues permits per-mits In lienvcr and Uiorefore has the lioxinK game under Its coulrol. Rev-ersl Rev-ersl times during the last few years the bosrd has seen fit Ui put tho hau an the boxers, but by aomo mysterious tguwr . th elub ens.na.aeis found a say A get 1 tho hoard and the result re-sult was tho reopening of the gamo. After running (or a short time tho cluhs were again refused permits, but influence waa brought to bear and the hoard granted a permit for the contest con-test between Corbutt aM llroad. Since that lime the opposition to boxing box-ing has developed stronger than ever aud Hie fight betwii'ti Corbett and Dave Sullivan will have to be brought off In some other city. Ouffy Failed to Compete. Tho results of the London Athletic club mooting at Stamford Ilridgo wore as follows: One Hundred Yards Handicap II. M. Hllbery, yards, won; time, 10 1-10 seconds. A. W. Duffy (American) (Amer-ican) waa entered, hut did not compete. com-pete. Hammer Throw E. D. May, Oxford, Ox-ford, six feet handicap, won; distance, 134 foot 3l Inches. It. W. Edgron (American), acratcti, with lib feet 1 Inches, was third. Badgers Choose Csptsln. Robert O. Stephenson number four In this year s boat of Marluetto, Wis., was elected captain ot next year's crew Ho Is a Junior In the civic his-"irli his-"irli al course and rowed on his freshman fresh-man . i-ew and In last year's varsity. English Win Polo Cup. Tho KugllHh polo team won the third and deciding match at Hurling-ham Hurling-ham In tho series fnr tho Atnorlcan halleugo cup. Tho Englishmen scored several goals to the Americans' one. Chess Notes. A now chess club has been organised organis-ed at Tltuavlllp, Pa. It la said that Janowskl and Hrlileo-ter Hrlileo-ter may shortly play a match at Carlsbad, Carls-bad, Germany. A correspondence chess match of twenty-seven boards a side has been begun between Mississippi and Teias. Tho recent telegraphic rhesa match between tho Itochesier and Byracus chess clubs results In a victory for the former by a score of tVi to Hi. An exchange statea that nourishing ehess clubs have been established at Constantinople, Ilelrut, Syria and Djibouti on the lied Sea. The first named club has the title of exchequer orlentnlo and meets at the Pora palate. pal-ate. Max JuiliI of St. Ixiiila has signified his willingness to participate In a wistcrn championship tournament to ; h held In t 'bh ago. with a llrat prize ( tluO, and a number of leading Chi-go Chi-go playora huvo agreed to enter rui-h tournament, if ofllelala of tho i'ir.1 club succeed In getting up Oils t'lnriiament there Is little likelihood "t many Chit-ago players cotnpotlng in toe tournament lo ho held under the auspices of the western clleaa ansor!a-imii ansor!a-imii at I aim Mlnnetiitika. Minn., Aug. witn prUes of tlim. H". (10 and II In 'addition to apei lal prizes. |