T1IK OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 3. 1003.
STAR AUSTRALIAN PUGILISTS
Teter Jackson and Robert Fitzsim
sons Head the List.
SOME WHO HAVE SHOWN IN RING
Jo r.nitdnrrf, Vohi lirlffo, Mlllr Mnr
'. phr, Jim Hall, Dun rrrHna,
Prank r. Slavin, orir
DnnKoa and Othrr.
"While England and Canada cnn l-ast
of few great pugilists who have won fame
nd championships In years (ronn by, the
British empire 1 not to' bo drsplsed as a
whole In this respect, for Australia has
turned out many remarkable prise fighters.
Tommy Burns is a, Canadian by birth, and
England has been well represented In the
ring by Jem Mace, Charley Mitchell, Jem
. Carney, Alt Greenfield, Ben Jordan, HUIyJ
Plummer, Pedlar Palmer, Jem urlscoll,
Owen Moran and others, ifit Australia
can boast of at least two champion heavy
weights, Teter Jackson and Robert Fits
slmmona, who were real champions In their
prima, Something' like twenty years ago
Australian Billy Murphy brought the
featherweight championship to Sydney, N.
B. W., when ho defeated the famous Ike
Weir, the Belfast Bplder, by a knockout af
Frisco In 1890. Joe Ooddard. thfe Barrier'
champion, earned the distinction of mak
ing John I BUlllvan decline his challenge
when the latter visited Melbourne, and
later, when Ooddard came to this country,
he won real fame by knocking out Peter
Maher In three rounds.
Frank P. Blavln, who beat Jake Kilraln
at Hoboken In 1894, was another star from
the Antipodes, while deorgo Dawson, after
winning the lightweight championship of
Australasia, came to America and mounted
the boxing ladder so rapidly that Tommy
Ryan finally sidestepped him for welter
weight honors. Other Australian fighters
who won' battles in this country were
"Young Ortffo, Paddy Gorman, Tom Mea
dows. Jim Hall, Billy McCarthy, Abe Wil
lis, Jim Barron, Steve ODonnell, Dan Cree
don, Tom Tracey, Billy Smith, Jim Ryan,
Jack Mall, Jack Blavln, George McKenzie,
Hughey Kaplor and George Mulholland.
Peter Jack so m the Great.
In Australia the ring experts still claim
that Peter Jackson was really - champion
of the world on three separate occasions
first, when John I Sullivan, after signing
articles to meet the great black man, sud
denly backed out and drew the color line;
second, when Jim Corbett refused to fight
the famous sixty-one-round draw with
Jackson,' and, third, when Fltzslmmons,
before he became an American cltlsen,
cave Peter a wide berth. But the Aus
tralians are disputed by many veteran ring
followers In this country. Jackson, how
ever, was a wonderful pugilist, as well as
a clean, well balanced man, who made
friends wherever he went. He was not a
native Australian, for he was born at
Christlansted, St. Croix, West Indies, on
July I, 186L He stood six foet and a half
Inch In his stockings and weighed when In
fighting trim, close to 200 pounds. '
Jackson began his ring career In Sydney
in 1882, when he quickly demonstrated
that he was a terrific -hitter by knocking
out several husky opponents. Including Joe
Ooddard,. in four rounds. In 18S4 he was
knocked out by Bill Farnam in three
Tounds, but when they met In another
bout -the police. Interfered after six rounds
had been fought. It was In 188 that Jack
son arrived in San Francisco for the first
time. He began his American career ns
champion of Australia, for he hRd stopped
Tom Lees in thirty rounds at 8ydney two
years before. Before 1888 ended the big
colored man had beaten George Godfrey
and Joe McAullffe at the old California,
Athletio club, the former In nineteen rounds
and the latter In twenty-four. In 1889 Jack
son was very busy. He defeated Patsy
Cardiff, Shorty Klncald, Sailor Brown,
Mike Lynch, Paddy Brennan, Ginger Mc
Cormlck and Jack Fallon. Then he sailed
for England, where in the short pace of
eight days ho beat seven men, each In
three rounds. On November 11, 1889,
Jackson defeated Jem Smith In two rounds
at the Pelican club in London, his chief
second be trig Bam Fltspatrick, Jack John
son's manager.
Jackson returned to America with a big
reputation in 1890, but nobody would fislit
him except second raters, and after stop
ping Denver Ed Smith In five rounds Peter
sailed for Australia, where he fought a
draw with Joe Ooddard, the battle lasting
right rounds. Jackson returned to Amer
ica in 1891 and on May 21 of that year he
met Jim Corbett, then- a comparative
novice, at the California Athletic club.
Hiram Cook, the referee, declared the bout
r o content after sixty-one rounds of mill
ing. . After knocking out a couple of
"dubs" In January, 1892, Jackson sailed fur
England, where he knocked out Frank P.
Quaker Maid Rye
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Blavln In ten rounds at the National Sport'
Ing club, Lnndon, and wen the champion
ship of England and Australia. Parson
Davles hsd Jackson under hts wing then
and brought the famous negro back to
America, where he starred for a year In
"Uncle Tom's Cabin." Jackson was living
at a great pare at that time and soon lost
his vitality, so thst he wss merely a
shadow of his former self when Jeffries
kneeked him out In three rounds at 'Frisco
In 1S9. Jackson became a physical wreck
after that and died of consumption in
Australia In 1901.
I'lliilmmoM the Best.
Fltzslmmons, who wss born In England
hi made his first appearance In the
ring at Tlmaru. N. Z., at Jem Mace's tour
nament, when he defeated four men and
won the amateur boxing championship of
New Zealand. The next year Fits took
part In another tournament and defeated
five men, including Herbert Blade, a. Maori.
The Cornlshman then fought his way to
the front as a professions! until he met Jim
Hall In 1890 at Sydney. Hall won In four
rounds, but Fltzslmmons declsred after
ward that ho "laid down." In May of that
year Kits arrived In California, where he
best Billy McCarthy In nine rounds. In
January. 1891, he defeated Jack- Dempsey
for the middleweight championship and was
Immediately recognized ss a phenomenal
rugjltst. This fight took place at New
Orleans, where, abont a year later. Fits
met Ieter Maher for the first time. Maher
outweighed Robert by about thirty pounds,
hut ths Irishman took an awful beating
and finally quit In the fwelfth round, say
ing to his seconds:
"He's a dlvvle! I can't see him when he
hits me snd I can't punch him whin he's
near!"
F" then declared that he was ready to
fight any man In the world, regardless of
Weight. In March, 1893, he knocked out Jim
Had in four rounds at the Crescent City
for a $40,000 purse, but Fits received only
a part of the supposed winner's share.
After fighting a five-round draw with Joe
Choynskl In Boston, which was stopped by
the police. Fits knocked out Dan Creedon
at New Orleans In two rounds and then
put Maher away In a couple of punches at
Lsintry, Tex. Tom Sharkey, aided by
Wyatt Earp. the gun fighter, who was
referee, beat Fits on a foul In eight rounds
In San Francisco in December, 1898. Then
Bob was matched with Corbett and won
the world's championship at Oarson City
on March 17, 1897, In fourteen rounds, the
famous solar plexus blow doing the trick.
Fits held the title until Jeffries knocked
him out In eleven rounds at Coney Island,
but he kept on fighting, putting to sleep In
succession Jeff Thome. Jim J Daly, Ed
Dunkhorst, Ruhlln nd Sharkey, who was
stopped In two rounds. Robert was then
ready for another mill with Jeffries, who
beat him down and out In eight rounds at
'Frisco In 1903. Fits was nearly all In
when he got a decision over George Gard
ner In twenty rounds the. next year, while
In. 1905, when Philadelphia Jack O'Brien
put him to sleep In fifteen rounds, he was
a pugilistic joke. 1 A year ago last July
Robert stacked up against Jack. Johnson
and was smothered In two round
Frank Slavic's Career.
Frank P. Blavln, known In the ring as
Paddy, was born In Maitland, New South
Wales, In 1862. He did a lot of ring work
in 1885, 1886 and 1887 In, Australia and ar
rived In England in 1889. After knocking
out Bill Go ode and Frank Toung In jig
time he fought a fourteen-iound draw with
Jem Smith at Bruges, Belgium. This mill
was for $2,500 a side, the championship of
England, with bare knuckles, under Lon
don rules. Blavln was the better man and
was winning, when a gang of Birmingham
roughs, headed by Jem Carney, broke up
the fight and slugged the Australian with
clubs and "knuckly dusters." Blavln, how
ever, got the money and was acknowledged
"the champion of England." Blavln, nearly
a year later, stopped Joe McAullffe In five
rounds at the Ormonde club of London
and then whipped Charley Mitchell In a
bar-room fight. Mitchell and he made up
soon and came together to America, Blavln
making his bow at Madison Square Garden
In sparring bouts with Mitchell and Jim
Daly. That was in 1891, and shortly after
Slavin beat Jake Kilraln in Hoboken in
nine rounds for $5,000 side, with the late
Jere Dunn as referee. A year later Slavin
was knocked out by Jackson In London,
also by Jim Hall in seven rounds at the
same club. Then the Australian began to
slide down hill and in 1907, after he had
been put away by Nick Burley in two
rounds at Victoria, British Columbia, he
decided to quit the ring.
Cirll f- a Wosjder. .
Probably the greatest boxer that ever
stepped Into the ring was Toung Grifto,
whose real name was Albert Griffiths and
who first saw the light of day at Sydney
In 1871. Grlffo was only five feet four
Inches tall, and after a wonderful record
In Australia, consisting of thirty-nine bat
tles, some with bare knuckles, without suf
fering a defeat, he came to America hailed
as the featherweight champion of tha
world. Grlffo began operations in Chicago
in the latter part ot 1893, fighting drawn
battles with Tommy White, Solly Smith,
Kid Lavigne and Van Heest and defeating
Young' Bcotty, Al Jansen and Ike Weir on
points. Grlffo went to Boston then and
beat Billy Murphy, also boxing an eight
round draw with ' clever Johnny Griffin,
On June 29, 1894, he boxed George Dixon
to a draw In twenty rounds at Boston. In
August the same year Grlffo beat Jack
McAullffe at Coney Island In ten rounds,
but the latter got tha verdict by means of
an error of judgment, which caused a great
rumpus. Without the stigma of defeat,
Grlffo went down the line after that, meet
ing Eddie Lceber, Bull McCarthy, the Ken
tucky Rosebud, and Jack Hanley. -In
1895 C.ifto and Dlxi.n went twenty
five rounds t) a draw at Coney Island
ha batll') dilns one of the moil scientific
In the hlstoiy of puglltm. Ths Australian
then stopped Horace Leeds in twelve
rounds and' boxed draws with Jemore
Quigly, Jimmy Dime, Bull McCarthy and
otheis. He defeaUd on points later on Joe
Harmon, Kldie Curry and Chart. y Barnctt.
A remarkabto exnlbiton by Grlffo was
against Lavigne at Maipeth In 1895, the
the decision being drawn at the end ot
the twenty-fifth rounj. Ten round draws
with Dixon and Gans followed, but QSffj
sit drlnkinj hejv ly a 1 the time anj was
rapidly losing his grip. He was arrested
frequently as a vagiant, was lommltted ti
the Insane asylum teveral times and a f w
m.ii'.hs ago ne was r.portid dead trim a
complication of diaeaces. But he Is st'U
alive In Colcago a wreck..
Joe Ooddard av Glaat.
Joe GoddarJ, t ie Barrier champl n. wis
born at Fyrauiul. N. g. W. In 1861. He
at a s x-footer and a typical giant In
build. He began firming in IMS and after
losing to Jim Hall In four rounds and box
ing an e'ght round draw w.th Jackou a
Melbourne, ho knocked Joe Choynskl out
twite, each tme in four round'. Iu Octo
ber! 1S91. John U. Su 1 van reac iej Mel-
I bourne, and Q. ddurj challenged ( Mm.
Duuivun aoagio, me issue ana pui up nis
spa-ring partii'r Jack Ashtjn, as a buffer.
Ashtui w(i game, but Ooddard b at hlra
In eight rounds. U-tdda d a rived In Fr sco
in Msy, 1892. He was promptly matched
with Joe McAullffe tor $5,000 and woo on
a knocWo'it In fifteen rounds. An el.ht
round draw with Billy P.nlih of Australia,
which the pollee stuppej. followed, snd
tt en Guddard cams east. Ha tackled P.-ter
Maher at tha Coney Island Athletio-club
for a t7,W0 purse and peter went to sleep
In three rounds. This success msde Ood
dard look like a champion, but eirly In
ISM. Denver Ed Smith knocked him out
In eighteen rounds for a $10 CM) purre at the
Olympic club. New Orleans. Ooddard went
back to Australia after that ant won
some unimportant battles, after which h
proceeded to South Africa, arriving at
Johannesburg In July, 1895. He boxed
two draws there w.th Tut Ryan, another
Australian, and beat Denver . EJ Smith
In four rounds. In 1897 Ooddsrd again ar
rived in this country and was knocked
out In six rounds by Shatkoy at Frlsc?.
He put Maher awsy In a round hot lonj
after that, but he wound up his csreer by
suffering detest at the nan 'a of KIJ McCoy
(foul), Gue Ruhlln and Sharkey.
Aastrallaa Billy MerpHy.
Billy Murphy wss a star featherweight,
no mistake. He was born st Auckland,
New Zealand, In 18A3. snd was t
feet Inches tall. He was 20 years
old when he entered the ring, and after
many great battles In his native land he
arrived In California In TO. Five days
siftp.r leaving the ship he. knocked out
Johnny Griffin In three tounds snd then
stopped Ike Weir In fifteen rounds for the
featherweight title. He went back to Aus
tralia In 1890 and lost his title to Grlffo,
Murphy pulling off his gloves sfler fifteen
rounds of hard milling. After being de
feated by Jim Burge, the Iron Man, and
Grlffo again Murphy returned to Amer
ica and fought a forty-round draw with
Johnny Murphy In Boston. A thirty-two
round battle with Tommy White was de
clared "no contest," sfter which. In 1893.
Johnny Griffin knocked Billy out In seven
rounds at the Coney Island Athletic club.
Weir slso put the Australian to sleep In
six rounds, the men making 120 pounds
ringside. Grlffo scored snother success
over Murphy In eight rounds at Boston In
1894. and In 1895 Billy's most notable battle
was a twenly-round draw with Tommy
White. Solly Smith beat him In fourteen
rounds In December of thst yesr, while
Dixon stopped him In seven rounds In this
city In 189T. Murphy retired from the ring
In 1907.
Dan Creedon's Record.
Dan Creedona crack mlddlewleght, was
born at InvcrsaglU, New Zealand, In 1868.
In 1890 he won fame by staying eight
rounds with Jim Hall, after which he won
the middleweight championship of Aus
tralia by knocking out fltarllht In .vn
rounds. Then he beat Jim Ryan. Buffalo
costeno, Charley Dunne and Mick Dunn
and with a lot of prestige he came to
America In December, 1893. The follow
ing August Creedon knocked out Alex
Greggalns In fifteen rounds at Rnhv th
He proceeded to cut a large figure after
wiai wnen ne best such men as Dick
Moore and Frank Chllds. SO that h flnallt,
got a match with Fltzslmmons at New Or
leans. But Creedon was the easiest kind
of a mark before the wonderful Cornish-
man, wno put him to sleep in two rounds.
Creedon. however, would not quit the
game, but went on meeting all comers.
He went to England in 1895, where he
oeai Tang Craig, the Harlem Coffee
Cooler, In twenty rounds end then knocked
out Jem Smith In two rounds. It was
1897 that Creedon took a terrible beating
from Kid McCoy, the battle lasting fifteen
rounds Then two years later Joe Walcott
?,dTO C,reedo n out in a punch, after
which Walcott beat him twice more on a
fw f." bouU of twenty rounds. By
that time Creedon w. n.i . ..
, ... - puncning
W" d"d ."' McCoy. Jack
treatlVi " " Dlclt 'Bren all
treated htm to severe defeats, but he keot
Hsht .t ,t. i 1902 he turned to fu
yea", ."."o CntlnUed ,IrhUnff Until
Jim H.ll m. Ch.mpioB.
mm,IKaI1, I",d he Uken care " h'".
worTrf eVt Wn tHe ch""Pln.hlp of the
wortd for he was a wonderful two-handed
PUsillst. game, aggressive and clever. He
T"b, lt Autralla " 1868 and was
feet inch tall. ln h!a elrIy clpMr hfl
scored victories over Joe Ooddard, "Btar
Jjth nd,Tut d fought a draw
with Creedon. He won the middleweight
champtenahlp of Australia when he stopped
J ? lxteen round l 8yi"y
in 1890. Fltzslmmons immediately chal
lenged Hall to fight for $200 a side and
they met a month later. Fits, who was
knocked out In the fourth round, has al
ways insisted since then that he rur
Posely quit. At any rate. Hall continued
to hold the middleweight title until the
following September, when he was knocked
out cold by Owen BulUvan In ten rounds.
Hall arrived In Ban Francisco In 1891. but
he spent the next, year or more having
a good time. He boxed a number of
second ratera while on the road, but he
never trained a minute.
In August, 1892, .Hall knocked out Ted
Pritchard at Brighton. . England, In four
rounds. That gave him such a boost that
he was matched to fight Fltzslmmons for
the middleweight championship of the
world st New Orleans on March t. 1888.
Hall s seconds on that occasion were the
famous Squire Abingdon, now . dead,
Charley Mitchell and Jack McAullffe.
There were some high old times at his
training quarters, where the squire made
wine flow like water. Hall was a 10 to
favorite, but when It came to fighting
Fltzslmmons made a monkey of him and
sent him to dreamland in the fourth
round. Hall went to England a few months
later and knocked out Paddy Blavln in
seven rounds, but he continued his high
living and finally, after Choynskl had
beaten him twice ln . succession this re
markable Australian went to the dogs. The
last heard of htm was in Chicago. He was
practically penniless.
Bill Squires, until he was knocked out in
a punch by Burna In 'Frisco In 1907. was
ragrfled as a phenomenon In Australia.
But he has turned out to be one of the
biggest false alarms that ever toed the
scratch. Though powerful nhvsicallv.
8a u I res has no heart and la the ehimntnn
lemon of the ring. The present fighting
craze In Australia Is not new, for the
boxing game has been the rage there for
many years.
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COLLEGE BASE BALL FAULTS
Weaknesses Exist Chiefly in the Of
fense. ,
SLOW TO GRASP SITUATIONS
It I a- I.eaaaers Hat Twice as Well mmd
Raw Bases Three Tlaaee as Well
laexperleajee the Mala (
Handicap.
Base ball as played by college students
suffers much In comparison with the same
game as plsyed by professionals. Anybody
who has followed professions! and college
base ball closely must hsve merked the wide
difference In quality between the two
that Is, taking the best college base ball
snd the best professional base ball as ex
pounded by the tesms of the big leagues.
It Isn't thst the college players are lacking
ln Intelligence as applied to the national
game. , The reason for the difference is
that base ball Is a business with one, a
side Issue with the other.
Rating the playing of the major league
teams at 100 per cent and the college game
would be 75 per cent In fielding, 60 per
cent In batting. 60 per cent ln pitching and
33' per cent In base running. The collego
fielding la within a quarter as good as
the big league fielding, but the batting Is
only one-half as good and the base run
ning only one-third as good. In short, the
college game is weaker In batting and base
running than In fielding and pitching. The
college player knows less of the Inside
game, the offence of base ball, than he
does of defence as compared to the best
professional.
These figures are the estimation of David
Fults, thsn whom nobody Is better quali
fied to express sn opinion on the subject.
Fulti was a first class college player, a
first class professional player and has had ,
success as a coach. Therefore he has had
opportunities to acquire knowledge of the
professional and college game from all
angles.
What Fnlts Says.
"With the college man," he says, "base
ball Is more of a conscious effort. The
professional, on the other hand, does the
same things by Intuition, though an In
tuition- born of experience. Long training
along certain lines makes the game second
nsture to him."
"Does the professional play the game
more Intelligently than the college man?"
"He does Insofar as It Is a business
with him. His life Is given up to It, Is
spent with men .who are the peers in that
calling. He comes In dally contact with
the most advanced base ball that is played,
snd he becomes capable of doing things
that the college man knows about, but
hasn't the ability to perform; for Instance,
the squeeze play and the hit and run play.
"But why haven't the college men the
ability to perform these plays?"
"Want of opportunity. The college man
plays bsse ball about two months and a
half in the year and then "meets an oppon
ent about twice a week. Moreover, the
teams that his team meets are as a rule
of the same, base ball grade as his own.
And when It comes to learning the weak
and strong points of his opponent's play
and making the most of them, you must
remember that that he goes against a
particular opponent not more than three
times ln the season at the most. The pro
fessional has the advantage of playing
against the same teams for six months at
a stretch."
In answer to a question whether the col
legian had the natural mental ability of
the professional, needing only the experi
ence to bring it out, Fults said:
Tes. his mental caliber is such that
with the same experience and the same
physical ability he would make a better
player as soon as he overcame a certain
nervousness in executing the game, grew
accustomed to the excitement and the sur
roundings.
JC'ollege Base Rennlna- Poor.
"College base running Is a good way
behind the professional game," continued
Fults, 'and It is an idea ot mine that It Is
further behind than It should be. I've
seen college teams that never attempted
to do anything in base running, seen them
stand still on the bases when the opposing
catcher was weak In throwing and the
opposing pitcher didn't know how to hold
them close to the bases. Again, the oppos
ing basemen didn't know how to touch
touch a man sliding to a base. The chances
consequently were all In favor of the base
runner, yet he made no effort to take ad
vantage of the percentage In his favor.
The college player runs fast enough, but
he is slower than the prof -sslonal In gett'ng
a lead and doesn't slide as' skilfully.
"I know that when I was ln college I
never attempted to, steal as I should have
done, though I always could run fast and
slide well." (Fults was one of the best
sliders professional base ball ever had."
"I didn't real: z 9 until later that many a
time in college games I could have tried
to steal and gotten away witu It. 1 sup
pose I Improved 60 per cent In base run
ning after leaving college and about 2
per cent In batting and 10 per cent In
fielding. Of course I learned a great deal
of base ball as a professional I never kite
at college, especially about the execution
of plays and the times ti try them.
"But the main point Is that the collleglan
doesn't get the training. It happens thai
studying Is of more Importance In his
career than base ball. And that may have
Ha effect on his ball playing, particularly
his batting. Bubo ball, almost more thau
and other game, requires perfect sight
batting more than anything else In the
game' I don't mean that going to collego
Is bsd for one's eyeslgnt, but when one Is
studying a good deal his eyes naturally
get tired and that has st lcaat a tem
porary effect on his batting.
"I think It is the tendency of the coach
to Sxpect too much from the college
players, the coach having seen a good deal
of professional base ball, while somo of
his pupils may have seen little or even nono
of It. For all that, college players some
times do things In a game tor which the
coach cannot find any excuse and he won
ders what could have been In tholr minds
to prompt them to try such a play."
WORK TOE WIZARDS OF THE CUE
Busy Days Ahead for the Men Who
Play Billiards. ,
NEW TORK, Jan. 2. Busy" times for the
professional billiard players will soon bo
at hand. Besides the 18.3 balk line tourna
ment, there probably will be matches be
tween "Jake'' Schacfer, "Willie" Hoppe,
George Slosson and George Button, and also
matches between a number of shortstop
players, which ' will Include "Tom" Gal
lagher, Ora Mornlngsbar, McLaughlin, Cut
ler and Cllne.
It Is possible that before the big matches
come oft In March the contestnats will be
asked to pass on a contemplated change
ln the rules governing future champion
ship matches of the 18.2-Inch balk lino
game. There Is some talk that the' length
of the championship matches may be In
creased from one night's play to two or
three nights, and those who favor the
change are of the opinion that these games
will be lengthened from 600 points to at
least 1,500. and If tho prominent players
agree to this the rules will be modified.
Sutton has begun active training for his
match with George Slosson at 18.1, wftich
will be played -late this month."
This event will be. the Madison Square
Garden concert hall tournament. The en
tries will be limited to slit, and If Hoppe
does not enter the probable contestants will
be "Jake" Schaefer, George Sutton. George
Slosson, Calvin Demarest, Ora Mornlngslde
and Albert Cutler. Purse money to tho
amount of $3,000 will be hung up, together
with $300 entry fees for each player and
the gate receipts. The winner will get B0
per cent and the three who finish next to
him will receive 25, 15 and 10 per cent, re
spectively. " Each game will consist of too
points, all ties to be played off. The win
ner must defend his title against oil chal
lenges. The amateur players are also making
plans for some championship matches.
Now that Calvin Demarest, the former In
ternational champion, has turned profes
sional It leaves the Association of Ama
teur Billiard Players In a peculiar position.
Last year Demarest won both the national
and International championship, but when
he decided to turn professional he re
turned both championship trophies to
the amateni association. Under conditions
the cups would go to the players who fin
ished second In two tournaments, but as
the date of the Class A tournament Is so
near at hand the two trophies remain with
the board of directors of the Associa
tion of Amateur Billiard Flayers until after
the two tournaments.
As Demarest outclassed all his opponents,
there was very little encouragement for
amateur players to compete in the Class A
tournament, but with Demarest out of the
way new life will be Instilled Into the
amateur tournament, and as a result sev
eral of the most promising young players
will enter Into the tournament. Luclen
Berolle, who finished second to Demarest
last year. Is likely to return to this coun
try In the spring and make another effort
to carry the championship trophy back to
Billiard Players will shortly be held to de
France. A meeting of the Association of Amateur
termlne the location and the date for the
matches. New York will be selected for
one and it la probable that both tourna
ments will be held in this city.
FOR NEW YORK'S BIG AUTO SHOW
Madlsoa Square Gardea Is Belnar Made
Itradr.
NEW YORK, Jan. S.'-The work of pre
paring Madison Square Garden fcr the
annual automobile show has been under
way for a week In those parts of the
building not In cun-ent use. The show
opens January 16. From now on the work
will be prosecuted vigorously, the big
garden being given over entirely to the
carpenters, designers and decorators.
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Suits and Overcoats
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Men's Suits as
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regular price 7.60,
price sale
3.75
Men's all wool suits in all the new
styles, all sizes.
$5
$10 value
Brown suits and all colors, hand
tailored, regular price $15.00
One-Half price "7 50
Hale 'W
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Dependable black kersey overcoats
black velvet collars. Italian
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sale J.i J
Fine Vienna. Kersey and Melton
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7.50
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Men's Pants
Men's pants, strongly sewed, ex-
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Sale 7 Ce
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Men's wool pants, nicely made, all
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Men's Heavy Fleece Un
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$1.25 Wool Sweater Coats,
sale price
$2.60 all Wool Sweaters,
sale price
76c Wool Sweaters,
at
3 6c Cashmere Sox,
sanitary feet
$1 Cotton Flannel Night
Shirts, on sale, at
49c
49c
59c
35c
69c
1.49
39c
15c
49c
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19c esabroidered sox, 1 ff
sale price llfC
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shirts, 60c values JC
50c Preferable suspenders, C
on sale, at. I J
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on sale, at
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at
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Sox
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