Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-09-14
PUGILISTIC NEWS.
Gossip About Fighters and Their Coming
Fights.

Fights.
The Seattle Athletic Club is going to
match Danny Needham and Billy Mahan
10 fight for a 81 900 purse.
EngliShmen are reported as surprised
that Jack Dempsey will not meet Jack
Burke when such big inducements are
offered.
Jimmy Kennard, 'the st. Paul Kid, '
announces that he will challenge the
winner of ,he fight between Dixon and
Murphy.
Denny Kelleher, the middleweight,
/ has left Boston for Minneapolis to meet
F the BLACK Pearl about September IS,
before the Twin City Club.
Ted Pritchard and Billy Mccarthy
are matched To fight before the Pelican
/ Club i'm London. October 4, for $500
purse. Pritchard is an oddS-On favorite.
George La Blanche has written to the
/ Gladstone Club, of Providence, offering
TO fight Ted Pritchard, the English
middleveight, at 154 pounds, for 81
600 purse, -. 500 10 the winner.
Lord Lonsdale is reported as some
what discounted because the OrmOnde
Club has made Richard X. Fox stake
hold erof the $500 fair play money
after he had been at first selected to
/ hold it,
Richard X. Fox has promised 10 give
Joe McAulifTe a gold watch and chain
/ if he wins i'm his match with Slavin.
I Heavy wagerS have been made on the
/ Slavin-McAuliffe battle, also ON the time
| 10 will last, first blood and first knock
down.
Baltimore athletic clubs are consider
ing the feasibility of organizing and ap-
plying for membership in the National
Amateur Athletic Union. If all the
local clubs should enter the proposed
association it would have membership
of 600 or 700 to begin with.
Dick Roche placed a goodly sum on
the Carroll-Bowen fight yesterday,
taking the Carroll end. He says that
he has $1,000 more TO wager on the
EngliShman. The fight takes place to-
morrow night at the Columbia Club,
New Orleans.
Tom Connors "a had hard time with
VIM. Henry, of Jersey City, big fellow
who occupied COnnOrS' attention for II
minutes. at the end of which time Ref
cree Lunt gave the Englishman fall.
Henry claimed that he was not thrown,
and the entire audience was of the same
opinion.
1t is not generally known, but it Is
fact that John l.. Sullivan is almost
totally deaf i'm his left ear. He told
party of friends about it while here.
The deafness is the result of an injury
to that organ received i'm diving from
the spars Of vessel when a boy into
the'waters of Boston harbor.
There is strong likelihood of a
frbt between spider" Kelly, the
champion, and Matt Mccarthy, of
Philadelphia. The proposal has met
with favorable response from both men.
Mccarthy has shown greatly improved
form Of late and will be backed by re-
sponsible parties.
Jack Dempsey, speaking last night in
reference to the ten round go. be-
tween Tom Mccarthy and Mike Bren-
nan, the Montana giant, said: The
set-to will be one of the livelieSt ever
seen about here. know both men, ana
/ I'd rather lose $50 than miss seeing
them box" They meet tomorrow
night
1t was reported last night that Jack
McAulifTe, who has been in Boston Tor
10 days attending to some private 0uSl-
ness, had sailed on one of the Cunard
boats from that port for England. Wal
ter De Baum telegraphed the light
weight champion to learn his where
aboutS, and last night received from
Jack the characteristic reply III
would be a long swim. "-Nelc IoH
World.