KAISER OFFERS PIUZE FORINTERNATIONAL.BALLOON RACE

To beat 2:02, trotting—Sweet Marie lost.Time. 2:03%. • . : \u25a0 r

To beat 1:53, pacing—

Dan Patch lost. Time.1:53.

2:24-class trotting. $2000. three in five—

Lil-lian R won the second, third and fourth heatsand- the race iv -2:11*1. 2:11. '2:11%. SisterCollette won the first beat in 2:03%.

2:18-clas* trotting. $1000, three la live—

Bnddwon the third, . fourth and fifth beats and therace In 2:10%. 2:12. 2:12%. Ilobln C won thefirst and second heats in 2:11%. 2:10^.

2:12-class trotting. 11000. three in &t*—

Dr.Frasse won the fourth, fifth and seTenth heatsIn-2:12%. -2:14%. 2:16%. Grattan Bells woothe second and .third heats in 2:11^. 2:10%.Chartey •T won the first and sixth heats In2:11%. 2:14H- : -^ /

2:IS-elas3 paclnsr. $1000. three in tire; un-finished

—Robert Herman won the second and

third beats in 2:10%, 2:09%. Moore won thefirst heat In 2:10^.

2:08-class-trottlnjr, $1200. two In three: un-

finished—

The President won the \u25a0 first heat In2:07%. W. J. Lewis won the second heat . in2:07%.* Van Zandt, John Taylor. Tnrley alsostarted, v \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0-

LEXINGTON,Ky.. Oct. 8.—

AtUoday'smeeting of the Kentucky Hojseßreed-ers* Association, the 2:12 -trotting eventrequired seven heats. The race wasbetween Dr. Frasse. California' Wonder.Grattan Belle and, Charlie ,T. In thisrace, as in all of the other events ofthe day, the fields were so large thatmuch scoring had' to be done beforethe horses received the word, but ineach heat the spectators jsvere rewardedby ".the closest "and most striking fin-ishes that have 'ever been seen at theBreeders' course. Dr.Frasse served asthe medium of a big killingby hisowner, Algerman. of San Francisco./Sweet Marie has a mark of 2:02 andfinished the mile this afternoon in2:03%. She would probably havebroken her record had it not been thatshe faltered in

'the stretch, and her

driver, thinking? she was to "break,"pulled her- up. She made -the quarterIn-'^l^, half In" 1:00. three-quartersin,1:30%. mile in 2:03?«. Results:

DR. FRASSE TAKESTROT OF SEVEN

HEATS.

Sixth race, one nlle; selllnjr-XAnna D*y 03.Dr. Meany 03. Bitter Hand 99. 10O«Henry Watterson 100, Lune Me 103. Unbaiyat103. Petit Due 105. MorenJa 107. J. P. May-berry 103, Alcor 110. ;Benrollo 113. - >

Fifth _• race, flre anil a half furlonps—

ElsieJanis 92. Zanllsa S2, Sam Cook 92. Emma V 02,Spider Web 02. Sir Geoffrey 05. Hereafter 102.Salnrtda 102, -Judith Lbulse 102; Rotlicet. 105.Light Wool 105, Mlnot 110, Zlpango 110, BitterBoy 110.

Third race, six'furlongs

—St. Tammany 90,

McCbord 99, Hazel Thorpe 09, Shawana 00. Fed-eral 99, AurocelTer 09, Batlnskl 99. Frontenac102, Enroy 102, Charlie Eastman 104, Hector104, Pretension 109, Martha Gorman 109. Pla-toon 109. (Couple McChord and Hazel Thorpeas AlTey.entry.)•Fourth;race, one mile, Cherokee handicap

—The Clansman 95, Marshal Ney 100. Dollnda IC2.Miss Doyle 104. Arthur Cummer 105, El Otros107. Hannibal Bey 109, Wexford 116

LOUISVILLE,Ky.. Oct. B.—Following are theentries and -weights for tomorrow's races:

First race. flTe and a half furlongs, selling—

Caper »7. Chandler 100. Malta 100. GoldenPheasant 100, Lightning Conductor 100. LadyArion 101. Tom Dolan 10*. Margaret Morris 104,Bushthorpe 104, Chaste ICS. Frank Flesner 105.Gromobol 106, Boserrlan ICC, Camp 10S, Llylus108. Alyth.110.

Second race, six furlongs, selllnj—

Cull 05,Lady Carol

'102. Posing 102. Marvel P 104.

Kohnoflow 104. Oasis 104. Toboggan 105. Intense105, Suzanne Rocamora 105,* Mayor Johnson 105.Veribest 106, Fair Calypso 107, CUfton Forge110. Martina 111. Rerolt 111, Alsono 111.

LOUISVILLEENTRIES.

B7 the New York Morning Telegraph.'First Race Caper, Boserrlan, Buih-

thorpe.Second

'Race Clifton Force, Lad y

Carol," Marvel'P.

Third Race— Charlie Eastman, Pre-tension, Platoon.

Fourth Race—

Marshal Ney, Elotros,The Clantman.

Fifth Race— Judith Louise, Mlnot,Lightwool. ;;..;.'

Sixth Race— Morendo, Rubalyat, Al-cor. I .. .

Weather clear, track fast.

LOUISVILLE SELECTIONS.

Several hundred persons from neigh-boring cities arrives tonight, only tofind that all reserved seats had beendisposed of three days ago. and thatthey would be compelled to stand Inline tomorrow and take their chanceson getting inside the grounds throughthe general admission game.

Tomorrow's game wil^be played onthe grounds of the National League.President Murphy having won the toss.'giving him the first game. Wednes-day's game willbe decided at PresidentComiskey's park, and the other fourgames will be alternated between theSouth Side and the "West Side parks.Should itbe necessary to play the sev-en games the .National Baseball Com-mission will decide where the seventhshall be played.

In all parts of the city wagers arebeing made on the final result. Theteam representing the National LeagueIs the favorite at all the way from 8to 5 to 3 to 1. the odds. varying wherethe followers of one team or the otherare most numerous.

Both teams spent several hours Inpractice today, and tonight "it was saidtomorrow would find them batting inthe^ following order:

Americans—

Hahn. right field; Jones,center field: Isbell. second base: Davis.short3top: Donohue. first base: Dough-erty, left field: Tannehill. third base;Sullivan or McFarland. catcher.

Nationals-— Hoffman, center field;

Sheckard. left field; Schulte. right field-Chance, first base: ,Stelnfeldt. thirdbase; Tinker, shortstop; Evers, secondbase; Kling,catcher.

Pitchers not'tlefinitely decided upon.Umpires

—Johnstonc. National League;

O'Loughlin. American League.ST. LOUIS. Oct. 8.

—The local Ameri-

cans won a hotly contested game- fromthe St. Louis Nationals today. 4 to 3.It was the first of a post-season seriesof seven for the championship of thecity.1 Score:

R. ,H. E.Americans ..00100201 x—lH 1Nationals ...0021 0000 o—3 S .'-••

Batteries-^-Howell and Spencer: Kar-ger and Noonan.

HARTFORD. Conn.. Oct. 8.—

The Phl-adelphla and "Washington AmericanLeague teams played an exhibitiongame here today before a large crowd."Waddell's pitching was the feature ofthe contest. He had sixteen strike-outs, eight of whieu were successive,and he struck out every man on thoteam, . thereby making three Vecord3.Thirteen strikeouts occurred In fiveinnings. -Score:

Washington 010 1 2 0Philadelphia ..2 5 1

Batteries—

Kltson and Warner; Wad-dell and Pchreck.- Umpire

—Tim Hurst.1

CHICAGO. Oct. 3.—ldeal baseballweather is predicted for tomorrow, andtonight every one in Chicago who eversaw the national game of Americaplayed is anxiously waiting for thocall of 1time tomorrow at 2:30 o'clock,when the Chicago- Nationals and Chi-cago' Americans will meet in the firstgame of a series of seven for theworld's championship.

-Both teams are

in excellent condition for the struggle,and both are -confident of victory. Thepitchers on both teams are in greatform, and both Managers Chance andJones tonight declared that the losingteam would have no excuses to offer fordefeat except that the best ballplayershad won. As to who would pitch thefirst game neither Chance nor Joneswas able to announce tonight with anydegree of certainty.

-LOUISVILLE, Oct. 8^—A good Mon-

day programme was provided for race- ,goers today. Pretension, which hadbeen performing well in the East, sofar outclassed his field in the featureevent that he was a prohibitive choice, Iand most of the play was on Princess jOrna and Hector for the_ place. Break-ing none too well. Pretension at afast clip raced Usury into submissionat the half and -then opened a lead oftwo lengths into the stretch, which heincreased, winning as he pleased.Azora outfooted Usury on the stretchbend, earning; second money easily.

The steeplechase furnished, the mostexciting finish of the afternoon, Cre-olln winning from St. Volma by ahead. Summary:

First race, selling, fire and a half farlonjr*—

Laura E won Earl of Leicester second, Jlj Bes-sie third. Time. l:0S.

Second race, selling, one 'mile—

Auditor won.Paclflco second. Whippoorwill third. Time.1:41 2-5.: Third race, parse, seyen furlongs

—Pretensionwon, Azora second. Gold Mat third. Time. 1:27.'-; Fourth

"race, free steeplechase.

"handicap.

short course—

Creolln won St. Volma second.Lady Jocelyn third. Time. 2:55 2-5.Fifth: race, six furlongs

—MUs Leeds won.

Airship second, Frank Bill third. Time, 1:14.-Sixth race, selling, mile and a sixteenth

—Missouri Lad won, Dudley second, Athena third.Time, 1:48 2-5. v

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

PRETENSION WINSTHE FEATURE

EVENT.

BASEBALL GIANTSSEEK WORLD

HONORS.

Edited byR. A. Smyth.

with pickpockets. Over 100 of them 1were taken into custody around the jgrandstand and locked up in a cottage jnear by until the race was over and tha,big crowd had

"departed.

- Tom Dillonifor correct styles In hats,cor- Van Ness and McAllister;sts-,» .'•corner Van N*ss avenue and McAllist-r.'J2.50} 55.."0, 55.00.

•tJus«T--.f« bO. lPV.fr:««l r:w >•••r-intjnfnt wlil

NEW YORK BUYS^FERRY. SERVICENEW YORK" Oct. :S —Formal an-

nouncement; of completion of .\u25a0nego-tiations for the, purchase Iby the

•'cityofvthe'.-.Thtrtyf ninth", street :]ferry 'prop-erty.:*.whlch'f operates a";line- of*:boatsbetween 'the lower end of Manhattanand Brooklyn,. was ': niade today -J byController'Metz. . The; price; to"^bejpaidby the city Is $750,000, a:reduction"; of$S3o.ooo^from: *the

'price "\u25a0\u25a0'" originally

ask«»il. ,"

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TO \u25a0? EXHIBIT DOGS AT STOCKTON.

LOS ANGELES, Oct.; B.^—J.W.; Brooks.owner: of

*the ;,;Ascot fkennels jand ;Cwln-ner of 'all- t*e\principal :prlzcs|atritherecent

*Southern California

Show.satr.Venice.^Cal.; left tonight? forStockton with:twelve \6t his^best j^dogs,which he, will-\u25a0, enter ,'in vthe; StocktonKennel. Sliow.^openingi- Thursday: ;(Hisfour^best'Boston bull:terriers,',- Bay SideChauncey/:" ;Endcliffe- Quaker;: ;JerseyLillyJaridJEndcliffelDorothy.^areTambngthe: number. ;Other "local ;dog'r fancierswilllexhibit'at

'Stocktoo."^SfcwßMißM|

.;LOUISVILLE,\u25a0 Ky., Oct., B.—^Just ,be-fore-the'horses^.went/to.the. post in thesixth-jrace today Bookmaker SamStephens; .kicked

- :Ed' :Alvey,;a .localbookrnaker.vf under C the .chin. [*\u0084-. Alveydrew;a \u25a0pistol andifired ;at;Stephens at

range. iThe bullet cutover, his stomach and;lodged [

in ;the : clothing of-.Bob Winslow,'Stephens', cashier? ;;Wlnslow/ picked :the .\u25a0bullet i'butjbf^ hisjundershirt, wherei It|hadUodged; against ;the*skin;of;his ab-jdoraen: ;

"He -was"';uninjured;?save '\u25a0 for!a*'"?

bigjblue:bruise.J:TheJrow; started over jaTjbetTand almost:ca.usedfa'pariic in the |

1betting 'shed. .. V

"BOOKIE" SHOOTS "BOOKIE."

COACH 3IURPHY WILL RETITRY.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Oct.;8^"Dan" Murphy of New London, 1 Conn.,will again -coach the Stanford crewsnext spring. Murphy telegraphed hisacceptance; of the cardinal

'terms to-

day. *but' he, will not, commence: workuntil- January. \u25a0 The .famous ..coach'ssuccess with*the Portland crew, whichh» took East last summer, •uinducedWisconsin and. Harvard to make himflattering 'offers and his decision- to re-turn to Stanford Was hailed with pleas-ure on' the' campus.*

NEW YORK. Oct. P.—

Lawrrr.ce M.Gildersleeve, a youns man of Hunting-

ton. L. L. •Kiiose neck 'vas broken fouryears • aeo in c. football scrimmage,has Just b»en ffiii;-ttendance ofllcerof the Hcntington High School. He*\u25a0?* an c*hl*-t*and Is now able to par-ticfuat^ in all rport* lie o:>ee took

rraet nrr«l Ina .KootUnll Scrlin-masr, nccov«rr» Kully.

Younc Alhlrtc. \V*o Ilnd HI» Spine

UAS BROKKX NECK PATCHBDVP AS COOD AS NEW

MeLOUGHLIN AND STRACHAN WIN.Maurice McLoughlln! and -RobertStrachan - won the final match 'yester-day/ in1-the handicap doubles tennistournament •'- for:> the .Manager's ' cup,competed for by,\,the members :of theGolden Gate Junior-Club. \u25a0 Their op-ponents; were '-'Midget" John Strachanand /Joseph; Bernstein/ 1-'to whom; theyconceded'- arvhandicap ;of,owe "30 andgive 15.*' :Despite ; this -disadvantage,McLoughlln ".;_ and •-, the f.older. Strachanwon about ras J they;pleased, the :scorebeing 6-3, .6-2.' > ~s r

. NEW' YORK, Oct. B.—Mrs. George H.Jenks, ,60 :years old, wife of a Chicagophysician,', Is in;' a -serious condition atSt.' Luke's Hospital; as the result -of

-a

peculiar Occident; ln"her. apartments atthe Waldorf-Astoria- early, today.:, Mrs:Jenks has

-long.been a vlctlnv-of tIn-

somnia 'and' it;has '.been'her. custom • totake *aYhot ;bath 'Immediately: beforeretiring.' '\u25a0-, Some

"time >after . The moneyIs: pouring, in from all sides and therequired amount willbe oversubscribed.The mine owners are pleased over theprospect of having the bout take placeIn Searchlight. ; ;

MONEY PLENTIFULFOR BATTLE AT

SEARGHLIGHT.WEST NEWTON, Mass., Oct. B.—The

honors. ln the qualifying -round, whichopened "the twelfth national iwomen'sgolf at the BraeburnQountry. Club

'today, rested -on the

shoulders 'of Miss,Pauline Mackay: ofthe Oakley Country Club of Bostonand the present title-holder.. -Her.scoreof 87 fforrr the eighteen holes was thebest. card of the seventy which '\u25a0. werehanded in. Miss Frances C.dsgoodof:the) Country Club, Boston, made an89, the' t>nlyVother score under 90;

-• The- remainder of the field of;thlrty_-

two;players^who .qualified: for the^firstround of match play tomorrow;; had tomake 103 or better in order to con-tinue iii the 'play, for theVchaniplon-shipr Of- these thirty-twos players, in-cluding. Miss.Mackay and' Miss Osgood,seventeen are from the Boston dis-trict.

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BOSTON GOLFERSLEAD IN EARLY

HONORS.

SEATTLE, Oct. B.—Vancouver. B. ?\u0084will be a member" of the Pacific CoastLeague or its successor next year. Un-less Seattle gets a new backer thereis a chance for. the NorthwesternLeague taking this. city and Portland.J. P. Agnew, one of the present own-ers of the team, has announced hisretirement from the field. Should theCoast League surrender the territory,Lucas of the Northwestern. League willplace teams here and in Portland andadd Vancouver and Butte. Spokaneand Tacoma "would, complete the ;cir-cuit. If this dear falls and the CoastLeague survives, then Vancouver willapply for a franchise in it.

VAXCOUVER TO JOIX LEAGUE.

BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 8.—

The firstword from the Anglo-American polarexpedition comes from V. Steffansorj,the Harvard instructor, who haswritten from Herschel Island .underdate of August 28. He says:"Iarrived here August 9, after an

Interesting jaunt of 2100 miles. Wehave plenty of ammunition, but mostof the natives are short and the winterwill be a hungry one. Ihave noclothes but a summer suit, for all mineare on the ship, and my coat andboots must come from deer and seals."/^Steffanson's first intention was not

to go to the . Far North, but to makeethnological reports on the' tribe ofIndians on the Mackenzie River, saidto be the most "savage on the Ameri-can continent. ;;u:"-

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

FIRST NEWS FROMPOLAR PARTY

PEKIXG, Oct. S.—

China has protest-ed to the International Bureau of Tele-graphic Administrations at Berne,Switzerland, against Japan's continued

control of telegraph lines In Manchu-ria. Representatives of China recent-ly visited Japan and attempted to ob-tain the restoration of the Chinese lineson an agreement regarding thejr futureworking. Since then Japan Tias filedwith the bureau a schedule of rates tothe principal Manchurian towns, givingthem Japanese nam^s, and also hasfiled cable rates from Port Dalny toJapan. China asserts 'that the opera-tion of the cable is a violation by Japanof her former agreement on the sub-ject.

CHARGES JAPANESEWITH BAD FAITH.

Sixth race, handicap, orie mlle-^Grapplc 117I^gibtilla116. P.ed Friar 114. Pater 105. Orllene97, W'es 102, Guiding Star 90.

Fifth race, selling, fix and a half furlongsstraight course— Belcast 10«, Blackmate 100.King Brush 103. Barlngo 105, Kilter9S, Malacca96. Anlrans 94, Mintberia 03, Killochan 92, Ros-well f>2.Strny 92. Rifleman 92, Gild 01. SailorOlrl S9, Pnngent 80, Royal Lady SO. UmbrellaSB. Ben Strong 87, Mexican SilTer 94, Knightof Ivanhoe 87. Round Dance 93.'. .

Fourth race, the Fatrview. mile and a six-teenth

—Athlete 10(5, James Reddick 105, ArC-

llrta 101. Stole OS, Belle of I'eq-jetu 93, LecuardJoe Hayman 90. . -. .\u25a0

Third race, maiden two-year-olds, |fire and ahalf furlongs, straight course

—Llnnepec 107.

Mar&thon 107. (ileuuam 107, IN>j-Ki \u25a0 i.m Hii',King 107, I^id of Langdon 107. Coble-fklll 107, Cambysses 107, Rappahannock 107,Mariiaee Banns 107. Corkhlll 107, Lansman 107.Smillnß 107, Miss Spooner 104. Reba Stone 104,Vlra Voce- 104, Gold Circle 104. Compact 104,Prisoner 104, Xmas 104. Harry Ganluer 104.Rollicking Girl 104, .Manila 104, Suada 104,Woolstartle 103.

Second race, Corlnthia stake, steeplechase,about two and a half miles

—Grandpa 170. Yama

Christy 154. Dick Roberts 152, Tom Cogan 152.Commandant IAI,Maximllllan-150, Pure I'eppcr100. Oleroso HC. Chere Ami 145.

First race, one mile, selling—

Samuel H. Har-ris 107, Blrouac 105. Nemesis 105, Penrhyn .102.Baron Esher 102. Robndor 101, Chimney Sweep101. Colonel White 101, Belle of Jessamine 99,Suffice OS. John Lyle9S, Dekaber 98, Crestfallen(•fi, Columbia Girl 80, Anneta Lady 94, Sblneon03, Mintia 93. Bowling Bridge 93, Quinn Brady&3, GroTllla 93, Marklc Mayer 80, Daruma 65,Leonard Joe Hayman Sit.

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NEW YORK, Oct. B.—Following are the en-tries and weights for the races at Belmont Parktomorrow: ©:" .• .";.. . ".

BELMOXT PARK ENTRIES.

- \u25a0\u25a0•'.' 'Any person who shall, without thepermission of the owner thereof, takeany automobile, bicycle, motorcycle,1

'or

other vehicle, for the purpose of tem-porarily using '.or operating the same,shall be deemed guilty•of »a misde-meanor, and upon conviction thereof,shall be punished by- a. fine not ex-ceeding two hundred dollars; or byimprisonment not exceeding threemonths, or -by:,both such fine and im-prisonment. En. Stats., 1905, 185.'

"In justice to the right class ofchauffeurs, who perform their dutiesfaithfully and use the 'cars they aredriving"properly and according to theirowner's directions, we believe that thisstatute should be vigorously enforcedagainst willful violators of it, andwherever we observe a breach of it,itwill[be called to the owner's atten-tion, with, the end In view that thedrivers of White cars shall be the bestmen in the business. Our policy towardcars owned by ourselves will be astrict observance; of the statute, andany of our employes using cars with-out'permission will regret it."

The White Garage management hascaused a

'notice .to be" posted all

through its building to the effect thatit will seethafthe lawis strictly ob-served. The vnotice reads: ;

"It is not generally known that thelaws of the State of California makeIt a crime to use an automobile with-out the owner's consent, but"such is thecase, .and all chauffeurs disregardingthis ;put ' themselves at 'the .owner'smercy as prosecution. Thelaw Is tO'be, found under Section 4998of:the'r Penal Code, and reads &s tol-lows:.;\u25a0>"'V>;V.Ht- - \u25a0*\u25a0 \u25a0 ;;. .•"-\u25a0;

There Is a •luH-iinYthe- automobilegame for the. present. „The Vanderbiltrace of last Saturday, marked the endof the -national- game for the -year.

The pleasant weather of the lastfew days has caused .many .of.theowners to make short. trips out of thecity. The warm, '-'moonlight nightshave also caused the. garages" to beemptied, and practically.^every one whocould afford it was motoring -cither iiVhis own car or a hired "vehicle. • ,:'

Locally- there are:,but -three*' moreevents;; the; race meatjjati-San^ Jose,';: thespecial )race*/*at vSantay'Rosa ;;andItherio-stpp runof the Automobile Club ofCalifornia to 'DeKMonte: "The. latterevent willmark ;the tffflclal close of theseason in.San Francisco. \u0084 -^ />';

' :There" Is/ one leak /that some of the

owners have to put-up • with,'rthat -is

costly.. That is the. running ofvthecars by the chauffeurs without" theknowledge, of the owner. \u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0['. Time .andagitin news has been .brought to the {owner that his automobile has beenseen dashing around at night when .hehad thought that it.was safely stalledIn the;garage. Most of the garageshave a check on. the cars, but : therehave been 'occasions "when a .car." hasleft the garage :without. "It

" beingchecked out. >.Then again private carshave been- taken out at night and, usedin the rent, .service// This', has beenpossible by;-those who were supposedto do the checking standing in withthe chauffeur. But there ,is a lawagainst /using, an automobile withoutthe knowledge of the owner, and thosetaking- but' the car, \u25a0 or

- any "one whoaids a;chauffeur in taking; out a car,is liable to punishment. . • ;

R.R.I'Hommedieu.

Ml.v*. Irene; %\ ickuiun, im enthusiastic autoinobilist, at the nheel of a Reo.

Jack Sullivan, manager of the Ev-erett Club, where poor little JohnnyCrowe met his death a few nights ago,arrived yesterday with a commissionIn his pocket to match Percy Cove,the rising young bantam of-tho North-west, with Frankie Nelll. Sullivan isanxious to have the fight take placeat Colma. Sullivan says he will posta $2000 forfeit to guarantee that hisboy will do, 118 pounds ringside at 6o"clock. Sullivan will likely have atalk with Neill today, so Frankle willbe kept busy with Cove and Bezenahon his trail.

Manager BillyRoche of the ColmaClub has practically signed up LewPowell and Dick Cullen for a" thirty-round bout on the evening of Novem-ber 9. Cullen gave his consent to thematch yesterday. Powell says he Isready to meet Cullen and will comearound and sign the necessary papersIn a few days. The fight should provea rattling good one.

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Bezenah stopped Tommy Feltz inChicago inside of six rounds and hasbeaten practically every little man inthe business outside of Nelll. Hencehis desire to meet the Californian.Bezenah has fifty-nine straight vic-tories to his credit and does not knowthe meaning of the word defeat. Heis one of the very few crackerjackswho have never appeared before a SanFrancisco crowd and therefore shouldprove a good drawing card here.

Reid has $2000 in his back pocketthat he wants to put up as a side betagainst Nelll or any other man whomhe can find. Johnny says his littleman will fight,at any weight from110 to 120 pounds and will go anyroute his opponent may select.

latter wants to match Gus with any ofthe little fellows now before the lime-light He prefers Frankle Nelll, butwill take on any likely looking one.either here or at Colma. Reid sayahe will stand for any referee, and thepurse can be split to suit the otherfellow:

'

* • \u25a0'\u25a0 \u25a0', ~•Vv". \u25a0\u25a0-Gtis Bezenah. the fighting lad from

Cincinnati, arrived here last night fromSeattle chaperoned "by Johnny Reid. The

There was a wild rumor afloat dur-Ing the afternoon that Eddie Graneywas about to match Kauffman withGeorge Gardner. BillyDelaney gavehis consent to the match, and said hewould sign up right away. Everybodyknows that Gardner would come hereon tho fastest limited train he couldf>n«3 if he could pick up a match here.But the fighting public has seen Gard-ner in so many unsatisfactory goes thatSt is very doubtful if it would careto stand for the big fellow from Lowellag-nin.

Itlooks as though Joe Thomas willbe sidetracked if the Ber&er-Kauffmannfight is put on. 'Up to yesterday after-noon everybody thought that Thomaswould be signed up with either Wal-cott or Billy Rhodes. The chancesare that the popular young middle-weight will have his inning In theevent that the Berger-Kauffmann nego-tiations fall through.

IfCoffroth can show Berger that Kaufmann is as good a drawing card£s Jack O'Brien the former willconsent to the match. Sam is possessedof the idea that ho Is one of the'-brightest stars In the pugilistic firma-ment today, and openly declares thathe will light no one unless he sees. abig, fat purse. He wants the pro-moters to show him where the coinIs before he will talk any businessWith them.

Coffroth will bring Delaney andBerger together this afternoon, whenthey will have a chance to discuss theproposed bout In all its phases. Itlooks as though there is a chance forthe match, as Coffroth generally landswhen he goes after big game. He isafter this match hotfoot, and If thereis a reasonable chance to secure it hefigures to do so. \u25a0 «?•"

A fight between .the two big Call-fornians would certainly prove a greatdrawing card in this city. The fightfans have been yearning for a chanceto see them make passes at each other,and as both have a large followinghere they are bound to pack any housein which they- appear.

A fight between Sam Bcrger and AlKaufmann is the latest ripple stirring:n the world of fisticuffs. Promoter Jim Coffroth desires the match forthis month, and if he is capable of talking Berger into signing up withinthe next twenty-four hours the rest willbe easy, for everybody knows thatKaufmann would walk a thousand miles for a chance to jump into thering with his former clubmate.

Coffroth and Berger were doseted for several hours last night. Theyciscussed the possibility of the match, its drawing capacity, its effect onthe world at large, and, in fact, everything that could possibly be broughtup in connection with a Queensberry contest.

This,v however, was all done without consulting the other side. Kauf-mann willnot arrive inhis native city for several days -yet, but his manager,Billy Delaney, is on the ground, and as he is invested with full power toact for Kaufmann the match can be made before the latter arrives.

By William J. Slattery.

Sin A A~i LAT rv j iHcP i-1igMatch nowDepends on c*amuel yWho Demands aFancy Purse.

Coffroth Wants to PutThem On This Month

. First JElaee— John' Lyle, Anetta Lady,Leonard Joe Haymao.

Second Race— Grandpa, Pure Pepper,Yama Chrlnty.

Third Rare—

Rrba Stone, SmilingTom, Rappnhannock.

Fourth Race— Arkllrta, Belle of Pc-qurat, Leonard Joe Hayman.

Fifth Race—

Barlnge, Mintbery,Kolgbt of Ivanhoe.

Sixth Race— Grapple, Losltilla, Orl-lene. <

Weather clear; track fast.

By the New York Mornlnz Telegraph.

BELMOXT PARK SELECTIONS.

Ballot, owned by J. R. Keene, wasmade the favorite in the first half ofthe Matron stakes for colts and gel-dings. Ballot was far ahead in theclass and received a bigplay. He wentinto the race at ;9 to 20. Ridden byRadtke, he went well throughout andwon handily by half a length: Okenite,an 8 to slshot,' took second moneyfrom Hickory. The race was worth510.600. \u25a0

The second division of the Matronstakes, for fillies, was won by T. Wil-son's Adoration. Miller had the legup on the Wilson filly.and rode herwell at all points,: bringing. her homehalf a length to 'the good. Pope Joan,J. R. Keene's nominee, was a heavilyplayed favorite and closed at 6 to 5.She failed to show her usual speedand finished third. Fantastic took sec-ond honors.

The Jerome handicap for 3 -year-olds,at one mile and flve-slxteenths, wascaptured by Harry Payne Whitney'sIronsides, a 5 to 2 shot. The Meddlercolt equaled tjhe world's record for thedistance, 2:20 3-5. Summary: v

First race, selling, one mile—

Maey Jr. won,Glronnl Balerlo second. Runnels third. Time1:38 3-6.

Second race, the Matron stakes for colts, sisfurlongs, straight

—Ballot won, Okenite second,

Hickory third.. Time, 1:12. .• Third -race, the Matron stakes for fillies, sixfurlongs

—Adoration won. Fantastic second, Pope

Jwan third.. Time,.1:11 4-5.**F6urth-race, theIJerome handicap, mile . andflve-slxtepnths

—Ironsides won. Good Luck sec-

ond. Running Water third. Timet .2:10 3-5.Fifth race, six and a half feirlongs. straight

—Altuda 'won, Arlma second, Merrill third. Time,1:18 2-5. \u25a0 .. \u25a0

Sixth race, mile and a furlong—

Bad Newswon, Martin Doyle second, \u25a0 Jungle Imp third.Time, 1:52 4-5.

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.NEW YORK, Oct. B.—The West-

chester Racing Association began itsshort autumn meeting at the BelmontPark course this afternoon. Despitethe raw and ct>ld weather which pre-vailed there was a very heavy at-tendance atfthe course to witness thesport. The opening day's programmewas one of great Interest and im-portance, containing the Matron stakesIn two sections, one for colts and geld-ings and the other for fillies, and. thehistoric Jerome handicap. .The trackwas In fast condition. The betting wasbrisk. ;.,^--i