| Show SPORTING GOSSIP The Coining of Beach tIe Australian Sculler to America Other Matters Special Correspondence NEW YORK March 7 The Turf Field and Farm is authority for the statement that 810 was the amount offered William Beach the Australian champion cham-pion sculler of the world to come to this country to row Hanlan and Gaudaur I very much doubt that any such offer was made but even if it should really prove to be true and Beach should come over hero and defeat both Hanlan and Gaudaur which I feel sure he would not be able to do it would prove nothing as Teenier could with very little trouble outrow either of the Americans and J think the Australian a well Beach realizes that he is getting past the time of life when an oarsman should be in his prime and will make no matches with first class oarsmen unless he has things arranged ar-ranged to his own satisfaction Evan Lewis the Strangler and I Toe Acton the Little Demon will wrestle their second match best three in five catch as catch can tyle at Chicago Murch 14 In the coming event the conditions will be slightly different from those which prevailed at their last meeting three points now being necessary to constitute a fall As 1 have before stated Acton if he wants to and he is generally out for the money will win almost as he pleases He is the one man upon whom the strangle cannot can-not be made to work Lewis by the way wrestled Jack Carkeek a few nights since at Minneapolis and the latter was unable to do anything after the first bout owing to Lewis strangle and hang hold which practically put him hors de combat Dominick McCaffrey may impress some few of his ardent admirers with the belief that he is not afraid of any of the heavyweights heavy-weights but I will confess that I am of the opinion that Dom always wants both ends and the middle of the string For instance it was announced a few weeks ago that Dominick would shortly fill a weeks engagement at the Comique Philadelphia meeting all comers The engagement begins tonight but in looking over tin > names of those who are to meet McCaffrey I have failed to find one who should not be n Dimple marker for any first class heavy weight in the country The two best men lOu he is t meet a Fallon the young Brooklyn giant who will be a good one when he is a little older and Denny Killen brother Pat I Pat Killen verified my prediction made a few days ago when speaking of the Killen McDonald ten round fight The battle fight batte occurred I curred on Friday night at Minneapolis and true t his word Killen knocked out McDonald I Mc-Donald Duncan C senseless in the second round He would serve Patsey Cardiff the Windbag the same way with a few more II rounds as leeway Patsey knows th how and of the from I Duluth ever ad fights shy te strong man I The Lea e meeting which is to be held t I day at the Fifth Avenue hotel this city will II effxtually dispose of the much mooted question ques-tion of the eighth club There seems to b avery a-very general impression that Indianapolis will be the fortunate city I do not pcJti ely assert it but I will venture the opinion that Indianapolis will not get there even i Kniibas City should alsofail to do s OCTY COHEN FRESH California Vegetables arriving daily at C B Dursts |
