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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1896)
U rol iry UH l1 I if lJ s" 1 ? r && ?" '. . ? tTr - J- r -1 n s- - ."- t 3 " V&W THE COURIER. 'wtmmmmmammmtmmmmmmamammmmmmmmmmmmmmmesmmKmBmamBmKiaKaaBtammmmmammmmam S1500MPR1 ti L " rcureiiva, isivimuii - n. - w g f K . gH , .-' :!- raxe Meet Lincoln, Neb. July 3-4, 1896. I r S . 1 -.-.? I I-V :! J i -r ; : 1 Fastest Men in the West will be Present REDUCED RATES ON ALL RAILROADS. haber and Kurphy are not likely to " meet again- The state meet of the Nebraska dl vis km of the L. A. W., which will be held In this city, at the M street bi cycle park, July3 and 4, will be one of .the biggest wheel events ever held In 'this section of the country. There will be fLSM In prises, and ten races each 4ay. Local wheelmen say that some exceptionally fast time will be made. Hackett, the Kansas rider who is prac ticing, m this city for the. race, rode a mile in 2.-S9. paced, Saturday. There will be wheelmen present from all over the west. That much talked of Corbett-Sharkey fight was pulled off successfully in San Francisco Wednesday night. While Corbett received upwards of $5,600 for the exhibition it was not for any money consideration that -he -entered x this fight In a signed article In the San Francisco Chronicle which ap peared before the fight, Corbett made this explanation: "I came to San Francisco for no purpose but to see my folks and my friends, and I have taken on this fight to show my friends and my admirers that I am not a physical wreck, but that I am Just as quick and just as clever as Z ever was. I consider Sharkey one of the coming heavyweights, and I don't think any one has a license to knock him out In four rounds. However. I will guaran tee that the people will see a red-hot fight" Corbett failed to knock his man out in the four rounds and the fight was declared a draw. This man Sharkey 4s possessed of everything that goes to make up a successful fighter except .science. In strength he is superior to Corbett and he actually grows fat on hard punches. He fought an eight round contest with Chdynskl recently, and it is said he endured more hard punches and suffered the least than anyone can imagine. Even Choynski with his Herculean strength couldn't make even an impression on him. The fact that Billy Brady has had another unpleasant experience with the National club of London precludes any, hope of. Corbett and Fitxsimmons meeting in Its ring. It is not known . who was to blame in the -matter, but it wasn't diplomatic In Beady to ac cept an invitation to witness any fight to the club until he had made his peace with its members and been assured of their forgiveness for his "words spoken in the heat of debate." as the parlia mentarians -put it Everybody is sorry that the. unpleasantness, .occurred, but even if it had not there was only a remote possibility of the contest taking place under the club's auspices. It does not follow, though, that Corbett and Fits cannot meet within six hours ride of London. There is a place across the channel, where they can battle to their heart's content, without fear of maglsteral or police Interference. The, place is within easy reach of the roughs and toughs of London, and they might re-enact the scenes that were witnessed when Frank Slavln was prevented from winning with Jem Smith at Bruges. Corbett would re- ' ceive fair play in the ring of the Na tional Sporting club or before any as semblage of English gentlemen, but it would not be advisable for him to trust , himself to the-tender mercies of a "mob or rougns. Brady is likely to post Corbett fully on this matter, but the difficulty, .1 opine, will be this: The Bolingbroke or some other London club may offer a purse for Corbett and Fitz's conten tion. If they accept and go into train ing a hue and cry may be raised against the match by the "unco guid" which may Induce magisterial Inter ference. -Then the suggestion might be made to pull the affair off "across the channel- In that suggestion there is danger to Corbett Fitxsimmons has Jim gauged to a nicety. He knows that Jim is slow to anger, but that when he takes the bit In his teeth he cannot be, controlled. All he would have to do would be to insinuate that Jim was "afraid," and that would settle it All the friends and advisers he has couldn't prevent Corbett from tackling "Auld Clootie" himself in his fiery pit if such a taunt was made by old Nicodemus. I look for a lively time this summer If Sharkey does not last four rounds before the Pompadour champion. Fits has given it out cold, however, that he will not meet Corbett In a cablegram from -London, he makes this statement: "I am over here to look for a match. This means that I will meet any man in the world, barring Corbett and color. I have con stantly stated to my London friends that I will not meet Corbett under any circumstances until he has first met the men whom I have named and sug gested to him." If he stands by this he will, no doubt be accommodated, for Denver Ed Smith has challenged Ccrbett and if he cannot come to terms with him he will challenge Fitxsim mons, who may be called champion by Indirect process. It is hardly possible that Corbett will waste any of his time on Smith, for he cannot add any fresh laurels to his pugilistic fame and the 110.008 which he would probably gain is not a tremendous inducement to a man who has 9200,000 or 1300.000 in the bank, and that is supposed to be the sine of Corbett's pile. Dan Creedon, the Australian pugi list will mix up in a fight with Joe Choynski. the Calif ornlan. In the near future. The. men ace to meet at 162 pounds, weigh in at. the ringside, and fight for the biggest purse anybody will offer. The match was arranged by "Parson" Davles, for Choynski. and Colonel Hopkins, for the Australian. Choynski and Peter Maher may come together sometime in July. The Na tional Athletic club of Sacramento telegraphed Maher that it would match him against the Californian. THE POLITICAL SITUATION. Lincoln has been full of politicians and candidates all of the week. Not in a great many years has so much interest been manifested so far in ad vance of the convention. Many of the candidates have opened then quarters in the hotels and have their placards on view. A great many county con ventions have been held during the week, but the relations of the leading candidates are about the same as they were a week ago. The forecast In last week's Courier is just as applicable now as it was then. Notwithstanding the conflicting can didacies of the something like eighty aspirants for a place on the state tick et, there is a" deep seated sentiment even among the politicians, in favor of making the greatest effort to nominate a strong ticket, regardless of deals. A prominent republican from the middle western part of the state, said yesterday, and what he said voices the opinion of a great many thinking re publicans: "I am down here to stay until the convention is over. I am not for. any candidate or set of candidates. My only desire is. to have the convention make the wisest selection possible. I think republican success depends In a great measure on the action of the convention. There, are many particu larly strong candidates, and it is pos sible to name a ticket that will elect it self, and help to roll up a big plurality for the electorial ticket On the other hand it would be easy to make a mis take and place the whole republican cause in jeopardy. What we want is victory. The best way to get it to put up a strong ticket with men on it who cannot be attacked. I care not wheth er the candidate comes from this part of the state or what his name Is. I only ask that he shall be a good man, a strong man. And the same way with the other offices." PAVILION THEATRE. Burlington Beach. The Lee-Sherman Dramatic com-, pany, which is highly spoken of by our exchanges and which embraces Robert Sherman. Edwin A. Lee. Frank" Howard, Chas. Lawrence. L; M. Wil kinson, John Martimer, Jack C. Gal laway, Fred Thomas, musical director, Alice E. Lee, Maud Pfaff, Carrie Stone, people well known as dramatic and specialty artists will commence an en gagement of eight nights at this popu lar resort on Sunday evening, June 28. The initial performance will be Mabel Heath. The play will be inter sperced with character specialties and Mr. Wilkinson will give evidence of his marvellous power. There will be an entire change of bill nightly. This applies to the dramas as well, as the specialties and mind reading. RUTTY-MULLON. The processional, the vestments of the church, the organ accompaniment made Eleanor Mullon's wedding one of the most impressive of the season. Everyone knows Nellie Mullon. She was an infant when her family moved from England to Nebraska in the seventies. The groom is an English man also and on Monday afternoon a braming, joyous Englishman who took no pains to conceal his gratitude to fortune. The family present at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Mullon and Miss Lydla, Mrs. White and son, and Mr. and Mrs. John Thayer, jr., son and daughter. The ushers were John Randolph, F. W. Taylor, Fred Houtz and Fritz Westermann. Dugald White and Gladys Thayer walked before the bride, standing be fore the chancel rails during the cere mony. They are very pretty children and their solemnity and anxiety to do as they had been told was affecting. Their bearing could not have been bet tec if they had been trained in Em peror William's school for pages. Rec tor Silver married them. The re sponses were scarcely audible for Miss Rice's accompaniment, but the rec tor's voice was plain. The Episcopal marriage service for irrevocableness and finality Is unapproached. It takes bravery to turn around after the cere mony and face a lot of more or less critical and admiring acquaintances. Mc. and Mrs. Rutty walked down the aisle and smiled at each other and their friends as though it was easy. The bride's dress was white brocaded satin and lace and she looked lovely. The reception at the house immedi ately afterward was very small. Mr. and .Mrs. Rutty left on the .9 o'clock, train for St Louis, from where they will go to Buffalo. Burpk Pansy, Her Majesty's Per fume, has that delicate, yet refitted and lasting odor, much desired by the eon sumer. 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