The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-08
|FEBEAU HAS FLUNKED
I. Has Fled From His Match
With Billy Smith.
<rreR MEN FOR THE CONTEST.
IN uswkins aud Jerry Haley viii
r,eAt December Io-Jack Dempssy's
rrainer-Bassbati Notes.

=. lsral spertsng fraternity were thrown into
IA ssAse al excitement yesterday by the gen.
-,,r rtrculased report that rig Fred Tebeau,
- fs.na,, an. had Jump the town in order to
/ ~ 81 NEE ring with BIZ Smith before the
ssrSs Ashi &c Ciub next Wednesday night.
- 1unouucsm was senera ~ srcep ed, as
"a sfrt nsd ben ih-own out in the sporting
~iunpt d the Posr-iNTELLiGENcER thai To-
ss.1 ~ given mere o wsras tnau deeds.
= - fully . week ago that the directors OF
20 sanb Art suspected thst their charge had
- french leave. for on Tuesday telephone
- nom Dick Prtchard. ct th race track.
'1s1ed he fact that he h al not seen beau
Se The latter had en- aged quarters Al his
:s1sayv he Friday previous. Ths club officers,
ING Tebeau's tendency TO absent himself
g his training haunt for days Al q time. pa
..slv await his return, but the non-appear-
s~s a the Freuchman caused them TO make
~ arrangements for the entertainment OF
- nemp4 r on the tight of the 10 b. That
- q bss gone il certainty. Teegrams have
- sent 10 al .re tions, and reli-bl informa-
~r. i received that he IL in Portland. smith.
4 8 iasie for his life, quit his training gu .rters
! = disgust last night
- matching OF unknown men and erratic
nuiuees BY athletic organizations has never
*S1esxd pro6 able This has been the exper-
sfans for pughstic honors must undergo
Hrourh sfrs ing on before his bid for Purse
{ -styrs consideration. The mistake OF the
hrsl Clue N matching Tebeau can be condoned,
! fevtyef, O. 4 gr at d. sl OF local pres ure was
Reousht to b. or upon the board of d rector, ~
E4ys him Q chance. fore Jscx Burke's star
- dimned by La Blanche and Smith cnn-
ddersble criticism VS. occasioned on account
the cubs refusal To match him against
4 Youus Mitchell, and the repeated requests of
lAe memheu 70 match a cal man cansed
prrse % b hung up for Tebeau with the result
arvsdy kaown
/ The cab Itself can be congratulated upon
febesu.s heart failure. for mad he been pied
% snscr the arena wi smith anything but
Vel. contested battie wou d undoubted y have
,sussd. fne two unfortunate featurSs OF his
6epanure are that ashiugton street sporting
nan, relying upon besu's hounr, forfeited
~ 10. the latter's appearance In the ring, aud
lily Smith now lacks ~ chance OF winning
H10 which he desired. with Q view Of going TO
yew York aud again CHALLENGING mmy G r
III, WHO downed the Australian asst year when
be after was suffering from rheumatism aid
efner ailments tina had pulled him down TO La
NundG
BIs the club members will on next Wednes-
~ evening witness a much better cunle.t than
epuld % xpscred from the men 6rst selec ed.
] ~ directors have hung up $500 purse for
1nisn nght between Dannie Hawkins, of San
I lssnclsco. and Jerry Haley. OF sacramento.
khntsm- weignta II should be rafting 60 and
E1sboUfaly Contested, as both have fought for
|EAsEpionship hoLora Hawkins bsttled two
1ighu before he lost the Pacific coast amateur
|zknlAm.weignt championship to Fred B gan be-
|E6m the Golden Gate Clue. San Francisco The
Ensa conlestcd seveniy-shr rounds to . draw
Il = the hiss night of . tournamsnt but on tne
blowlug evening Hawkins strength failed
: 1!m, and he vent down in fifteen rounoa
ualey Il game little fellow. who two years ago
kasht Tor and lest the professional bantam
aampionship to Danny Manonsy after q splr.
1sd battle. Since that event Jerry has had .
EOn Of hard-earned victories He Is . tough
[att0 crack.
1lsrs will also be . ten-round .go'' on the
g7smme tetween George Turner. coiofed,
- "a. Morris,y, for q $500 lurse. Turner
night tsody smith ten ronnds in the old Re-
pton Clue last spring. nd there was a division
~ opinion % to the victor. Mo risey 10 a
Hanger b re, but the way he handled nimself
4lhst Turner ut a local theater last Friday
lleht proves the mat b to be an even one. All
~ msn are in active training and entnusi-
nac
h The coming contests Will be probably the last
men outside OF the clubs own rooms. The
<acers and directors are taking steps To erect .
gymnasium IN the city. and plans are well
RXAs1eY n az