The evening world., 1889-03-16
FIX A CHAMPIONSHIP STAKE.
WHY WOULD NOT $1,000 BE ABOUT THE
RIGHT AM0UNTp

Pref Donovan and the Gentle Art OF Self
Defeuse-To-N Night Set Down for Cal
MoCarthy's Fisht-Heavy siuaHinG and
College Athletes-BilIy Edward. Ready
to Back Peter jackson Against Any
HoRvy-Wciaht, Barring Kiirain.
A well-known sporting man, who has him
self won many q lightweight fight, says:
There should most certainly be q rule
made that q ohampion-or any fighter, for
that matter-must fight for &1, 900. II he is
q champion and will not accept challenge
for that amount he should forfeit the cham
pionship TO the challenger. II challenged
party is not a champion and Affects to con-
slider the o., 600 beneath his notice, it should
be accepted as evidence that he ia afraid to
meet the challenger. Why. Heenan and
Sayers fought their great hght for q stake of
f2OO-&l. 900. All tho great fights were FORM
erly fought for about this amount, or less.
1t seems to me that the pugiists OF to-day
put on great airs"
Prof. Michael Angelo Donovan. Of the
New York Athletic Club, vehemently denies
the soft impeachment that he is instructing
members of the fair sex in the art Of self
defense. This statement may be accepted
with the proverbial grain of salt.
Champion j; Lawrence sullivan's belt is
Johnsou's Brooklyn establishment,
The capabilities Of Holskes unknown. who
Is matched to fight Gal" Mccarthy, are to
be tested tonight at an out t-of- -the-way up
town resort. He will be pitted against first
class man, who will try to make the occasion
Nl~ al AAN
who will be admitted to witness the exhibi-
tion, A Philadelphia despatch says that the
unknown Is Matthew j. MCCARTHY, of that
city. He has also fought under the namo of
Welch.
The sparring exhibitions which have been
given this week at q Brooklyn theatre by
Billy Madden and Jack McAulife were by
far the best feature of the performance there.
These two clever men showed what REILLY fine
boxing is.
The good work done bv members of the
Staten Island Athletic Club attracts much
attention. Tho Club makes special feature
of boating. The eieht.oared crew it put
on the water last year was an exceptionally
good one for crew of this class. They
would have given some Of the college crews q
close rub. The Club expects TO boast an
only had the time for practice and training
that college men have, they could turn out
an eight to be proud Of findeed.
Some heavy slugginR matches may now be
witnessed at the regular Spring meetings of
the college athletic clubs. The boys make
up by RluRging what they lack in science. As
O rule they seem unable to acquire any degree
of the GOODNESS necessary to good sparring.
They go at each other with Sullivanio rushes
as if they wanted to end the contest in one
round The result is, they resemble butchers
by the end of the fight. They appear to lose
their heads when sparring with any ono but
their professional trainers.
Harvard Broken Hearted " was the grue-
some heading Of an article IN q morning
paper. No beloved instructor had died. as
tered hearts was the lack Of a pitcher for
their nine. Alack, this is lack indeed I
Bates, ON whom they relied and who is almost
the equal of Stagg. was, iRnominiously
his studies. Harvards hopes are now cen-
tired in Luce. But he is rather loose in his
pitching. 1t looks ss if the champion Yale
| nine will have q walkoyer this year, unless
one of Prinoeton's dark-horse pitchers can
wrest victory from them.
It is not generally known that the objects
ester" is to jump the Genesee Falls. He
is there, waiting for an opportunity to emu
late Sam Patch. 1t is to be hoped he will not
share Sans fate.
jim Barker wants to match Jack Hopper to
fight Gushing for $500 or o. 900 at 1913 pounds.
The second of the fve regular meetings
held during the year by the New York Yacht