Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-01-05
PUGILISTIC NEWS.
Points of Intere st About the Plans Of Pop
ular Box srs.

Points of Intere st About the Plans of Pop
ular Box srs.
Bill Reader, the champion 126-pound
boxer of England, will very likely visit
this country about the end of Marc b next.
Since Reader go cleverly knocked out Sam
BIakelock he has become the pet of the
Pelican and other sporting clubs about
London. Reader is very short, but of
sturdy build. If be comes to America,
Austin Gibbons of Paterson, will find him
very difficult man to defeat. The Eng
lishman intends going to California and
making fight for some of the big purses
offered by the Frisco clubs.
Fred. Burns, the well-known announcer
at athletic games, says he has had 81, 900
intrusted to him, with instructions to
place it on Cal Mccarthy in his coming
fight with Dixon, of Boston, who DEBATED
Eugene Hornbacher 80 easily last week.
Burns goes to Boston to announce at the
games of the Boston Athletic Association
very soon, and he will endeavor while
there TO place it all, or as much as he can
at even money.
Joe McAuliffe, the California giant, de-
spairing on a match with Jake Kilrain or
Frank Slavin, has challenged Smith, of
Denver, to meet him to finish, and has
posted $500 with the California Athletic
Club to show that he means business. The
Denver heavy weight has been complain
ing that nobody in his class would meet
him, and will now have an opportunity of
showing mis- skill against McAuliffe, who,
like himself, has a large amount OF money
behind him.
The California club is in communication
with Frank z. Slavin, the New Zsalander.
who fought Jem Smith in Belgium, with
view to match him against Joe Nc
Auliffe the California giant. In the
event Of failure to corsummate this the
club will again endeayor to bring Kill
rain out to meet the Californian.
Jake Kilrain and DR.. Adler left New
Orleans for Richburg, on December II.
Jake will Immediately 90 into training
for his match with Vaquelin. The Olympic
Olub have rendered the use of their arena
for the coming contest free of charge. The
place is capable of seating 500 spectators
comfortably.
Johnny Reagan, who has recently re-
turued from the mountains and is looking
first class, called 81 the Illustrated NeioS
office recently and issued a challenge to
match Joe Allen, likely young lad, to
box any 1O5-pound man in the world.
Reagan is also anxious to match Petit
Donovan against any 126 pound man.
Resgsn is willing to agree to any reason
able terms.
The California Athletic Club is in re-
CENT of cablegram from Peter jackson,
saving that he will meet John L. Sullivan
for a $4,000 purse, winner to take sll.
He leaves for this country January 10.
Parson Davies precedes him one week. AT
the meeting Of the California Club Direc-
tors the date was changed in the Jack Nc
Auliffe- Jimmy Carroll contest from Feb
ruary 90 to March Il.
The match between Pat Daily, trainer
of the National Athletic Club, and Mike
Nolan, will be pulled off inside the next
ten days. The National boys think that
Pat can do Nolan in short order.
Sim Collins challenge to fight George
Dixon is the talk in pugilistic circles.
Every one thinks that his offer is one OF
the fsirest ever issued, and many think
that Dixon should answer it at once.
Joe EARLY says Gal Mccarthy will trst
meet George Dixon if the Bostonian Will
agree to fight with skin gloves. 1t is not
positively known whether the colored ban
tam will cuncede the point, his challenge
calling for two-ou1ce gloves.