The evening world., 1888-12-01

Feather-weiGht Contest-The mcAuiine
Myers Encounter.
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w. r. Wise, OF the California Athletic Club,
who negotiated unsuccessfully for q Mitchell
Dempsey fight in San Francisco, has written
q letter to the Police Gazette in which he states
that the statement made by Mitchell that the
California Athletic Club was q great admirer
Of Jack Dempsey, and that the members Of
the Club would, in the event Of o contest be-
tween Dempsey and himself, show the former
~favors, is not true. Says MIR. Wise: Since
Mitchell met Sullivan, and Dempsey met
Donovan. l may state that the residents of
the Pacific Slope look more fevorably on
Mitchell. Tn California Athletic Club, It
must also be understood. is neutral, and
never shows any fayoritism, and only offers
purses for competition merely to ind out the
best men in the tistic arena"
Palace Hall. in Brooklyn, will be the scene
OF another great glove contest Monday
meet Jack Fallon, the Brooklyn strong boy.
A great deal of interest centres upon the
| affair. and the mill Is quite certain to be n
rattling. one. After twenty victories in
jackson. the colored vy-weight, and
thereby lost the title of champion. Fallon
has figured in several rafting glove encoun-
ters, and will make things pretty lively for
| Smith, the light weight, while Denny Butler,
Mike Donovan's trainer, is attending to Lees.
Ike Weir and Tommy Danforth. who are to
meet in the Athenian Club rooms at Boston,
next Tuesday night, to do seven rounds with
the gloves, are reputed, both, as being in the
very pink of condition. The Spider, who
has been keeping up to meet the winner of
the Havlin- Warren fight, is IN especially good
shape. The Bostonians will see something
superfine in the exhibition of manly skill.
Baseball interest to-day is centred on Pitts
burg, where the Joint COMMITTEES on Arbitra-
ton of the BASEBALL Leagues ia at work. Presi-
dent Byrne says the Association is going to
follow the League in grading. the salaries of
the same.
According to advices received from Eng
land Jack Dempsey will soon have a new
rival in this country. He is Alec Roberts,
the weight champion of England,
who will come over the sea in quest of glory
and gore, which he will undoubtedly have
brother. Dick Roberts, fought Mitchell a
hard battle for the championship of England,
but IN finding out that his smaller brother
could whip him retired. Alec will come
backed by a good record, and it is said by
money also.
William O'Connor, now champion oars
man of America, leaves town today for
Toronto. and will take with him to his Cana
dian home the Police Gazette $1. 600 cham
pionship cur, which he won from Teemer
last week.
It will in all probability be three months
before the fight between Jack McAuliffe,. of
Brooklyn, and Billy Myers, of Streator, ILL.,,
the Illinois cyclone. for %, 500 q side, the
pionship of America, win take place. A for
felt of $500 is now deposited by
viii not be made until Feb. i. Other
deposits of $500 will be made Dec. / and
Jan. 40. If either man fails to make the re-
quired deposits on the above dates the money
up will be forfeited. The men have agreed
to fight to a finish, with skin gloves, at 1856
pounds. McAulife has also q match to settle
in the ring with Jake hyams. the English
lightweight.
Bryan E. Lynn, of the New Haven Sars-
Sergt. Walsh, Capt. James G. DAILY or any
other man in the world in a mounted broad
sword contest for $500. He has deposited
800 with Richard K. Fox.
The Manhattan Athletic Clubs twelfth
annual Winter games will take place at Madi-
son Square Garden, Saturday evening. Dec.
10, commencing at 8 O'Clock sharp. l.. Z.
Myers, champion middle distance runner of
the world, will make his first appearance in
America in three years at this meeting. and
will attempt to break the indoor half-mile
record.
The agitation of q race between the crews
of Yale and Cambridge goes on. but the
crews are no nearer a race than they were
when it was first proposed. Capt. Woodruff
says the Yale crew would not be in condition
to row a race in April. the time it is thought
aud the Yale men talk very discouragingly
about going abroad.
The Olympic Athletic Club will hold iti
regular weekly Sunday cross country run
from the grounds of the Staten Island Ath.
letic Club, on Sunday Dec. 2, instead Of the
usual starting place at Fort George; The
members will meet at the Staten Island ferry
at 9.46 A. n.
Jack Kenny, the Harlem feather; weigh,
challenges Cal Mccarthy to o finish fgh,
with bare knuckles for $500 a side.
w. T. Young. the English runner who
was barred from the Prospect Harriers' meet
ing under the Amateur Athletic Union
rules, because he had run at the N. four A.
championships. has written a letter in which
he charges the Union with jealousy and un-
Just discrimination He also says that since
|, Messrs. Connef~ and Moffatt would not be
able to compete. under Union rules, all the
athletes in England would think himself aud
George "a. b. } afraid to meet those men II
they Joined the opposite association.
A Roman Punched.
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