St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-13

There seems to be a lull in pugilistic
events. Pat Sheedy has not set the date
for Sullivans meeting with Cardiff, and it
is not apprehended that it will take place
much before the middle Of January. The
only event of importance in the near future
is set to between Billy Bradburn and Pat
Killen Christmas night, which will take
place at st. Paul.
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Speaking of Sulliyan-Ben Hogan, the
reformed prize fighter. who is well known
in Minneapolis, mounted the platform and
interrupted a set-to between the champion
and Steve Taylor. at Los Angeles, Cal. The
pugilistS suspended operations and allowed
Hogan to proceed with his eXhortations, in
which he pictured the fate of unrepentant
sinners in vigorous language. At the close
he was heartily applauded by the large au-
dience present. and the show proceeded.
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Billy Hawkins. the Winnipeg light
weight, claims he wants to meet any man
of his class in the Northwest, and Billy
Gleason writes from Ashland that he will
be accommodated if he means business.
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Billy Hawley has provided George Harris.
the Black Pearl, with boxingmaster, and
is having him initiated into some of the
mysteries of ring tactics. Harris has shown
that he possesses good hitting and staying
qualities, as well as a cool head. While he
has won every match in which he
has participated he has shown woeful
lack of science, and before he meets an
other man he is to be taught to box. A
match has already been made for him with
a Chicago unknown, but the event will not
take place for some weeks yet.
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Tommy Warren, the feather-weight,
seems to be having red-hot time in the
East. Light-weights anil feather-weights
from all parts of the country are springing
up to dispute his claim to the champion
ship. At Philadelphia he recently met
four men of his class in succession and a
draw resulted in each case. Minneapolis
sports are confident that Warren can ''do''
any man of his weight but not in limited
number of rounds. Warren is not a
knocker out. His generalship is what has
won his battles for him.
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The six day go-as-you please bicycle con-
test. for six days and six nights. commences
in Minneapolis Dec. 10 (midnight). The
contestants are Albert Schock, the famous
all-round long-distance athlete, w. j. Nor
gan. the forty-eight hour champion of the
world, and Mile Louise Amanda, the
famous lOng-distance lady bicycliSt. Schock
and Morgan, who have made sWeepStake
of 50. 900, allowed the lady to enter, pro-
viding her hackers put up $500 as entrance
money, and then sign guarantee that the
lady will ride 200 miles IN the LA hours
in order to obtain any share of the receipts.
The gross receipts will be divided so, 80 and
30 per cent respectively to the winners
A concert of vocal and instrumental music
will precede the start OF the race On Sunday.
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Brownie Wallace, manager of the Wash
ingtOn rink, says:
For three years previous to coming to Min
neapolis, at different times l acted as Wood
sides trainer and manager, and duriag the
same time efzciatsd in TIE same capacity for
Morgan. Consequently you will acknowledge
that l certainly know something of each
mans ability. Previous to the start Of last
Thursday night several of the men who bet
that Woody would win, asked me my opinion
or, as they termed 1t, ''tbey wanted a straight
| tip" and told them 1 did not know who
would win; that / considered Woodside good
man, but the distance was decidedly in
Morgans favor, as Morgan has de-
feated WoodSide in every race ever
fifty miles they have ever ridden.
Invariably they insisted that L knew, and
they wanted tip In other words, they
wanted sure thing. SO they could rob some
body. After the men had ridden about sixty
| or sixty-nve miles | saw that Woodside was a
tired man and was suffering las his state
meIt has since preved), and, barring accl-
dent. Morgan, whe was ridisg strong, looked
| to me like the winner. Therefore l consider
til. cry Of "hippodroms" as all bosh, and
| that the referee should have decided In Nor
/ gan's favor. Such decisions as these not
emily injure the contestants, but injure the
| sport and reflect both on the Washington
rink aud myself. Ny experience with both
Morgan and woedsids has proved to me that
| they are above such business and that
Thursdays race was hosestl con
| tested. Princes record for l0e miles was
hours, "a miautes. Morgan beat that in this
| six-day race, doing the distascs IN hours
IL minutes, and in the disputed race IN
hours minutes and 22 SECONDS. And Wood
side covered the distance in better time by {
minutes than be ever rode before. These
facts should be taken into consideration. a.
should the fact that the parties who are doing
| the most bowling are those who bet on Wood