St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-16
THE COMING STRUGGLE.
Burke and Greenfield In Excellent
Trim For the Championship OF
England Tussle.
Opinions Expressed That the Meeting
Will Result In Good
Work.
What the Irish Lad Has to Say about Ryan's
Breakdown and the American
Referee.
Paddy Evidently Afraid of Burke, But ths
Latter Will Force
Fight.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, March 15.-With Burke up in
Racine, with Tom Chandler and Greenfield
at Beloit, with ''Nobby'' Clark, and each
man taking the best of care of himself, there
can be no excuse for poor match when the
men get together at Battery D next Monday
night, under the management of Parson
Davies, for their six-round contest, Marquis
of Queensbury. When they fought two
weeks ago Greenfield was stiff from
his hot fight with Fryer, the third
night before, and his 1,0O0-mile
Journey He offered that as an excuse for
being so slow in his delivery and under the
circumstances il was reasonable one, but
there is no chance for an apology from either
man for his defeat next week. They will
have had two weeks for close and careful
training and both announce that they expect
to be in the best of trim for
THE STRUGGLE.
AS matters now stand each has won a
battle and each is dissatisfied with the
referees decision. Both are anxious
to be generally recognized as the
champion of England, title
claimed by both, and disputed by Charlie
Mitchell, and the coming meeting ought to
public doesn't want a draw. Their other
match was a pretty and skillful contest.
There was no hard hitting, and neither man
used his right with any vigor. 1t was neat
but tame, and something better must be
shown at their coming match to
SATISFY THE AUDIENCE.
Smarting under his recent defeat and
feeling it all the more keenly because he
thought it ought to have been called draw,
Greenfield will undoubtedly fight from the
start with determination to down the Irish
lad. Burke has too much at stake to risk
giving poor &C count of himself. If he
should be beaten it would seriously
affect his standing in matches
now pending. He will have to
fight hard, since the principals
have so much depending on the result OF
their approaching meeting. 1t behooves them
to see to it that their contest is above the
faintest suspicion of being
HIPPoDRoME.
Should the match be decided a draw, OF
should the fighting seem tame, and Chi
cagoans will be quick to notice it if it be,
nothing can prevent widespread suspicion
that it has been cut and dried.
Burke has been in Chicago for
several weeks and is widely known. He
has always been gentleman, and the
friends he has made would be 10th to think
i'll of him. Greenfield, although not so well
known personally, came here with straight
record and will hardly care to spoil it. Burke
came in for few hours yesterday afternoon,
looking brown and hearty, the very
PICTURE OF HEALTH.
He likes 1t up at Racine, and has enough fun
with his work to make life pleasant.
''Which would you prefer. to fight Ryan to
a finish or spar him ten rounds!" was asked.
Eight to finish" was the Irish lads
reply Greenfield is a good-humored, pleas
ant fellow with a philosophic turn of mind,
although he is not satisfied with his treat
ment by American referees. He alludes to
it good humoredly but pithily by remarking
with a laugh, ~ faced Sullivan four rounds
in Boston and gave him as good as he sent,
and they gave the fight to Sullivan. thought
Fryer in Philadelphia and
and they called that draw. Then l came
to Chicago to spar Burke and neither man
got a scratch, and they gave that fight to
Burke l can't understand the American
referee Paddy Ryan, as will be remembered
not long ago issued challenge to any man
in the world to fight to finish with hard
gloves, 81, 500 or S., coo side, depositing a
forfeit of $500 in the Office of the sporting
journal to back up his challenge. This
money was covered with $500 by Parson
Davies, on behalf Of Burke, he offering to
back the Irish lad against the ex-champion
for the sum of 81, 500, the fight to take place
either at
BUTTE CITY, MONT,
or at some other point that could be mutually
agreed upon, where such contest could be
brought off without interference on the part
of authorities. This acceptance fell
like a thunderbolt on the RYAN
camp, and the fact that they had
no idea of arranging a genuine fight
was proven BY the fact that they wished to
fight either at Battery D, Chicago, or else
take TWENTY-FIVE men on q side and fight
within 100 miles of this city. Such a proposi-
ton as this was absurd. The very fact that
such match had been arranged would put
the authorities on their guard and the men
and their hackers would be under police sur
veilance in less than twenty-four hours after
they had signed the articles. The Burke
party refused to arrange a Sullivan affair
and then
THE RYAN PARTY