Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-01-29
THE PRIZE RING.

Jimmy LarkinS of Jersey City knocked
out Jack Delaney in the ninth round by a
glove contest gotten up By a number OF
amateur athletes and others on Staten
Island, January 23 1t WAS an interest
ing exhibition of the art OF hit and come
again, but L3rkins, who did all the lead
ing and forced the fighting from the start,
| proved very much the better man, finally
getting in n punch on the Jaw that settled
the business.
Freddy" Gallagher, Of Cleveland, Ohio,
and Sam Bittir, OF Gait, Ont, are matched
to engage in a glove contest, limited TO
eight rounds, under Queensberry rul,s,
using medium. sized gloves, at Ryan's gym
nasium, il the former place, on February
! The winner of the contest is 10 take -
per cent and the loser "a per cent OF the
gate money, and should neither win ont
right, OF which there is a probability, then
the receipts will be divided, and both gladi-
ators will have a pretty coed Doodle, If
reasonable expectations in regard to the
affair are realized.
Jack Fogarty, now in Fittsburg, is max
ing strong efforts to arrange a fight with
Denny Kelleher, of Boston. FOgarty and
his hackers are prepared to make Kelleher
a good offer to come here ard fight on q
barge with hard gloves. The Boston pugi-
list has been written to on the matter, but
has not replied yet. 1t is expected that he
will accept Fogarty's offer. Ii he does the
battle will take place within foul weeks
from signing articles.
Before next Saturday arrives Mccartney
and Dempsey will have had their battle If
all goes az expected. The contest is being
looked forward to by every sporting man
in America with great interest. A num-
Der of Pittsburgers have bought their tick
cts, to 20 and see the fight at Jersey City.
The event is sure to he exceedingly we'll
~patrunized, and both pugilists will prob
ably be well paid no matter what the re-
suit OF the contest is.
Denny Kehleher takes exception TO a
statement made in a letter from George
La Blanche to the effect that the latter
had twice defeated him in glove contests.
Denny says that he will be pleased TO &C
commodate the Marine with o fight to q
finish, using skin-tight gloves, in a regular
sized ring, at 152 pounds, give or take two
pounds, for 81, QO0. a side, the eight to take
place 10 four or six weeks from signing.
Frank McHugh and Tom Hanley,
weighing respectively l07 and lbs pounds,
fought with small gloves for a purae Of
500, near Newport, Ky. Hanley forced
the fighting from the start, but although
he was the heavier man, he was deficient
in science, and his opponent administered
heavy punishment, eventually knocking
Tom out in the twenty-irst round.
Captain Bill Daily and P. Sheehan, of
Boston, have posted $500 in that city with
a challenge from Mike DAILY to Jack Nc
Auliffe to fight for 81, 900 a side and, the
light weight championship-belt now in
the possession Of the former. Thus far
the money has not been poyerei, nor Ia.
McAulife returned answer to the PROPOSE
tinn.
The great crank" of the coming six.
day race will probably be developed in
Merritt Stout. He is an Arabian by birth,
and his hobby is that he can get along on
less food and water and do more running
than any man in the world. He is doing
ABOUT ffty miles a day at present and sub