Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-04-28
THE PRIZE RING.
0hioago's Heavy Weight Champion. Jes.
Dalton, to Meet 0olorado's Cham
pion, j. p, Glow.
The Records of the Two Men and Terms
Of the Coming Battle at
the Raoe-Traok.

The sporting fraternity, not only OF
Fort Worth, but OF the state, are on
the qui vlve over the coming fight be-
tween Capt. Jas III . Dalton, the cham
pion heavy weight of Chicago, and
j. p. Glow, the champion middle
weight OF Colorado, now resident OF
Fort Worth.
Jas. Dalton, manager OF j. IL. Dial.
ton, has been In the city for two
weeks arranging the fight, and now
the preliminaries have been agreed
upon. Both men are game, and will
give such a display OF science In the
manly art rs will delight the specta-
tors. The fight will be at the driving
park on May 10; stakes $3.50 eide,
winner TO take gate money. The men
will fight with what Ia known
rs small Gloves five rounds,
points to determine tbs winner.
Dalton Is 81 years old, stands five feet
ten and one half inches high, fighting
weight l72 pounds Dalton has fine
record, having met number OF the
leading lights OF the ring. On the LIST
Of October, 1881, In Chicago, he met
the ex-champion, Paddy Ryan, and
fought draw in four rounds In fifteen
minutes. He met and defeated Prof.
John II. Donaldson, the champion of
Wisconsin, at Milwaukee, on May
| Is, 1888, fighting three rounds in eight
| minutes. Donaldson Ia the man who
| fought eighteen rounds with John l..
Sullivan at Cincinnati.
On May is, 1884, Dalton defeated
Jim Goode OF England In three rounds
| In ten and one-quarter minutes, fight
ing at Chicago. He has fought eleven
battles, being worsted in nut two, one
of them being with the champion,
John l.. Sullivan. Patsey Cardiff, who
Will act a. trainer and second FOR Dial.
ton, Is good man himself and knows
how to handle his man.
After his fight here Dalton goes to
| San Franclsco TO meet Cleary and
| other pugiliets of the Pacific coast.
John i. Glow, who will face Dalton.
is ae game "a man rs ever SHE'D his
''castar" in ring. Glow became a
| candidate for iistic renown at the age
%, In the state OF Colorado. He IL B
feet, | ] inches In height, his fighting
! weight being 1850 pounds. Glow has
| fought many battles, among which
| were his contest with VIII Cush, mid
die weight OF Colorado, whom he defeat.
ed In seventeen rounds. He defeated
Tom Brennan OF Leadville In eleven
roundt; defeated Harry Pearson in
nine rounds; was TO have fought Burt
Price, but Price forfeited 800; defeat
ed George Morrison, middle weight,
| twice, once Ia two rounds and second
time In six rounds; defeated John
Davis, a heavy weight from En-
| gland In ten rounds. DC.
feated Mike @. Theabole in one round.
He knocked out q. w. Doane, cham
pion heavy weight OF Wyoming, In a
minute and half.
Whipped Dannie Lang, champion
heavy weight OF Illinois, in two
rounds.
Defeated Con Morris. champion OF
Illinois, in two rounds, at Denison,
Tex, early this year.
Whipped Harry Q. BeDpie, cham
pion middle weight OF Texas, in TWO
rounds.
He also stood up for four rounds
before Dominic McCaffTev, one OF the
hardest sluggera 10 the ring, winning
stake Of 500 and - per cent. Of the
door receipts.
These are the men who, according
| to the Marquis OF Queensbnry rules,
Will give our citizens display Of
| manly vigor and science In the art Of
self-defeDHe. Betting has already
begun and when the day comes thou.
eande will be up.