Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-14
PUGILISTIC.

George ". when the Prince Of Wales,
was 4 great admirer of prize fights and q
constant admirer of the ring.
Sullivan and Cardiff are not matched,
Sullivan's agreement with Ryan prohibits
matchmaking prior to November ID.
An English exchange thinks Smith is not
really anxiOust to meet Sullivan. Very many
are not for that matter. lt'sdollars they arr
after, not Il thrashing.
Tommy Danlorth, champion feather
weight Of America, and Jack Hardine, o.
Philadelphia, are matched to fight will
skin-tight gloves for $3.50 a side and tn,
championship lleather-weight) within foul
weeks.
Tom Collins, the lightweight pugilisI
who fought Billy Edwards in 1871, fol
the light. weight championship, is dying
in the Northampton, Mass, Lunatic Asy'
lum. Liquor has made him a physical
aud mental wreck.
Jack Dempsey writes that he will arrive
in New York from San Francisco about
the middle of December, and that he viii
make New York his home. He expects Il
fight Charley Mitchell in New York fol-
$3.50 a side and a purse OF 81 800.
Bill Dunn, of Philadelphia, who recent
" made a draw with Jack FallOn, the
strong boy of Brooklyn, met Jack Smith
| the eX-amateur heavyweight champion,
in New York on Wednesday night, and
knocked him out in three rounds. Dunn
had the best of the 90 from beginning tC
end.
Arrangements have been made for a
match between Harry Mccoy, who fought
Ed. Kelly some time ago, and Abe Will
liams. a local pugilist Of color, OF Bloom
ington, III. The fight will probably take
place at Bloomington or at StreatOr on the
Odd of the month. 1t will be to n finish
Tor $500 Il side.
There is another boxer anxious to meet
John L. Sullivan. He halls from Omaha,
and his name is Bill Monihan. He weighs
1870 pounds, and stands ) feet 10! inches
in height. For the past two months he
has knocked out every man opposed to
him. and his friends have authorized him
to issue a challenge TO the champion. he
wants to bet 1000 on himself.
The quickest prize fight on record In
Connecticut was fought by the light OF
kerosene torches at Cedar Swamp, on the
mountain, ncr Bristol, early Sunday, Dc
tober 80. The contestants were Tom
HOulihan, of Hartford, and Albert Stevens,
of Springfield. The fight was for a purse
of 800. 1t lasted one minute. HOulihan
first delivered his opponent a terrific blow
in the eye, then another on the eye which
drew out a stream of blood, and thOn an
other on the neck. Stevens dropped hi:
hands, said he had enough, and the fight
was ended.
The prize fight between Jem Smith and
Jack KniftOn, the ~s1-tonner, for E4OO and
the heavyweight championship of Eng
land, is interesting the English sporting
men Just now, and much money has beer
wageIed on the result. Jem Mace ha:
charge of Knifton, and he has cOnfded Il
his more intimate friends that Kniftor
will win. Mace says that if the Sl-tonne
defeats Smith he will bring him to Thu
country and will match him against Sulli
van for $4,000 a side. Knifton weigh
80 pounds, stands six feet in heigth, ant
even Smiths hackers admit that he vii
give their champion a hard battle. The.
I think Smith will win, however, and hav'
offered to increase the stakes from ElU t
81 900 a side.