Two Jims Will Meet Tonight For World Heavyweight Fight
New York May 10 James J Jeffries and James J Corbett will fight twenty five rounds tomorrow night in the Seasuie Athletic Club arena for the world heavyweight title held by Jeffries They will wear five ounce gloves under Queensbury rules with no hitting in clinches Expected attendance ranges from 10000 to 15000 with 60 percent of the gate about 45000 The winner takes 75 percent of the gate about 33760 the loser 25 percent Absence of heavy betting noted with reasons cited including Corbetts claimed improved condition and scarce Corbett currency No hugging or holding will be allowed and Charley White is listed as referee
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Mars Spy
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Clark Stakes Triumph by Lieutenant Gibson at Louisville
Lieutenant Gibson captured the Clark stakes at one and one eighth miles carrying 127 pounds, equaling the track record of 1 54. This win earned A. H. Smith of Chicago 3500 dollars while Thrive Florizar and Kentucky Farmer were scratched. Odds favored Flaunt and Dieu donne, Gibson led Flaunt by two lengths and dominated the field in clear weather before 15000 in attendance.
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Wedderstrand
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Little Billy
Headlight
Kinnikinnie Wins Harlem Selling Stakes at Morris Park
New York May 10 Harlem selling Stakes and Crotona lightweight handicap headlined Morris Park card. Kinnikinnie nosed First Whip to win the Harlem stakes while Mark Cheek at 7 to 1 took the Crotona easily. Contestor won the first race over six furlongs, with Magnificent second and Withers third.
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Lady’ Dinesey
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Meehanug Tan
Herbert
Queen of Song
Maximo Gomez
The
Kentuckian
Asquith
Central ‘Trust
Hammock
Hardly
Charentus
Baseball scores and a fielding error halt Pittsburg Chicago game
May 10 report notes Pittsburg beat Chicago 9 to 4 amid a seventh inning error by Everett on Ritchey’s throw. Beaumont scored the winning run on Tannehill’s sacrifice fly. Attendance 2,500. Also Selma defeated Mobile 8 to 1 as Bailey, Selma’s pitcher, dominated until late. Racing season opening延期 due to strike, now May 17.
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Taylor
Chance
Swartwood
Selma
Mobile
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Batley
Siith
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Broad Referee Disqualifies Cleveland Boxer After Fouls
In New York on May 10 at the Broadway Athletic Club Kid Broad of Cleveland faced Oscar Gardner of Omaha. Broad fouled repeatedly, drawing cautions until the referee, exhausted after the seventeenth round, disqualified him. The bout had been fiercely contested with Broad appearing stronger before the penalties.
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New York
Broadway Athletic Club
Kid Broad
Oscar Gardner
Broad
Punishment and Lynching Debate in the South
A discussion argues against lynching as a remedy for interracial crime, urging legal due process and swift yet fair trials for rape and related offenses. It stresses the need for prompt court action, proper venue rules, and comprehensive judicial safeguards while acknowledging regional white fears and race tensions.
Debate on lynching law and criminal justice ethics
A lengthy argument discusses how to curb lynching without eroding civil liberties. Proposals include better sheriff involvement, sworn posses, and penalties to fund state education, while rejecting summary trials or drumhead courts as dangerous to liberty and order.
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Béerson
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Ita
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Feucale
Lucas
Gemu
Wwe
Ins West
Kussin
Guvern Aumgens
Muaness
Wussel
Stryfe
Reform and lynching debate at southern conference
Speakers including John Temple Graves and Mr Cockran denounced mob justice and urged lawful, humane control of crime, condemning lynching as undermining justice. They promoted education, equal justice under state policy, and federal support for Black uplift, warning against race hatred and violence.
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John Temple Graves
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Cockran
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Tuskegee School
Booker Washington
Bryan Declines Comment On Nomination In Sioux Falls
Lincoln May 10 W J Bryan the likely Sioux Falls convention nominee avoided comment on the action at Sioux Falls and Cincinnati He spent the day with his family at his Lincoln home and asked to be excused from discussing the nomination while the Towne selection arrived after he retired.
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