The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-15
WITHIN THE ROPED ARENA.
TWO FIRST CLASS SKIN GLOVE FIGHTS
BETWEEN CLEVER LADS ExPECTED.


The Draw Between Joe GODDARD ana To,
Lees-A Cha.ee for Joe MeAuiiss tbs
he shouid P-ost By-wm siavin slui'
bic Over suiiivnn's Demand ssr Ts-e 3
Grimn the Favorite Over Larkin..
New Workers have no club to give them bi
glove contests. but just now they have pros
pect Of two skln-glove fights that promise 3
| be rare In the way OF treats. With Tom Gala
| CHAN and Billy Kenny In one match. an,
Spider Kelly and Bill Plimmer in another. gu
sporting public will see two lrst-class English
men meet two clever Americans Both OF tn
| homo representatives hail from within fcv
| miles OF New York City Hall. and boil
| are quito able to do justice as sucl
representatives. Kenny. the Jersey Cit
lad. has not been tried out yet, but HI
has been In such q large number o
competitions whoro the game was hot, ant
stood the gan we'll. that there is good erount
for saying that he has the right sort OF heart
In his only experience with kid gloves he no,
only stood of in n six.round 10. man who
weighed ton pounds more than himself but
scomed to have oven shade the best OF the en-.
counter. Kenny was simply called upon to last
for. SIX rounds, but his gamecock spirit got
away with him and he went in to force the
fighting. contrary to the advice Of his seconds.
He made out remarkably we'll. despite badly
split lip. from which he suffered after the third
round.
Tho few who have seen Callaghan say that,
while Kenny's heart may DO in the right place.
the Jersoyman will never be ablo to stand
more than u couple OF Toms punches. 1.-THE
Irishman." as Cnllnghan is called ut Staten
Island. smashes the bag with incredible force.
A. L., II A.I
strength of his back and legs is said to be in
the blow. He is no SNOWY boxer. but fighter.
puro and simple. His record helps to provo
this theory. Tho man was born and
brought up in tho Newcastle. England. dis
trict. and has fought dozen times.
Bis contests have generally been with
bare knuckes, though he has engaged
in two-ounce glove matches three times and
four-ounco glove fight once. He has won
them all. except one, whom the ropes were cut
in the second round. and not one Of thom
lasted over six rounds. The men he met are
not known ON this side OF the Atlantic, and
tho boy never met any Of the cracks In Lon
don. but the work he has done appears to
make him out a fighter who does things In
hurry. In Kenny Callaghan will meet the
clcverest boxer he ever went against. and per-
haps he will find it impossible to land one OF
his crush-all blows. The Jersey City folks
think so. at all events. and are prepared to
back their boy against Callashan first and
Dixon later.
Charley Norton. the ex-champion light
weight, knows a good boxer whom he sdes
him. After Norton took a look over Bill Pl!m-
mer. tho undoubted 110-pound champion Of
England. who presented himself at Charley's
establishment in Newark one day about a
month ago. he said to himself: Here's like
~ locking lad Tl give him try" The try
the III 10 mans showing. hut even surprised.
so much 50 that he determined to do it again
before making w his mind Rd as t" the new
COUPLE Of days aiterward. July sfi confir sa
:Norton's fret impression; and t required Just
e1 asan.s re 81 na ks Sst sps
we'll. for Thinner. Concernine Kelly. iittie
RReed Re said His stys is very well known to
trial horse against many men ten and twenty
pounds heavier. and he always gave great
Ct s lint H nhd has Se Sns
With belief that any man in his class can AN
There is no doubt that the sports hereabouts
eyp p peasse Sf rs ss h sDd
bust ness Within tho Ropes VII, BE- co su
we'll aware Of This. and have. made tho price Of :.
hand who will pay this sum eheerfnily for any az
@ that they know to be well handled. IT is
u she ea to 9fy 200 CT S win be
,Yenty or thirty will have to be admitted free.
rhere ought "a be no trouble. then in dispos-
J,g OF the tickets necessary to make up the |
The news that Tom Ices made nm eight
draw Ira lee goddard in
nd has been put forth as 2 fitting opponent
Zoe Choynski. a very hard hitter, and that
rave rave him higher boom. But the Australian
Weighed about forty pounds more thap the
'ividly about this time. ''1 '0''
Joe MsAuIiire has at last chance to par
lass staining by beating, Patsy Cardifi. but
4! e can gain foothold on the path Of ascent.
me G Ca TER Guh men have ~
on his feet onse They hops t tRat
isstory, even i,I OYER Gard, will give him
s sFsfef hssss fy hps idie ana
Joe don't WIN the money he'll never have an
Paddy slayin has ONCE more fixed date for
nd he says he will make sulIIvan fight or
etire". He will find John l. ready to make
,atch. but not for the Immediate future. OF
elay that will Demand and ls t o may be
nat he will refuse to sign articles unless the
0s %hs TIL saE pae viii n
eas enable! time may be an impossible one
'onld, follow II Slavin takes good advice
g will make the match. His purpose is al
.a't ten months Tor t!e battle hs. will have ali
van, viii be nearly i5 years old. and siavin
as tho advantage OF hall dozen years. which
2 big item In favor. Of fighter at this time
liie; The Australian may be sure that If ho
uibbles over the ten months wait he'll make |
o money on the road in tho United States
Johnny Griffin is already the favorito in the
citing IN his match with Jimmy Larkins.
hts Is chiefly, because Jimmy Carroll says he
iii win; and the New Orleans sports have
eeafse r Grin is training faithfully. accord
ernest; Larkina is training on the same Kind
soil that no will fight on. and thisis consid-
he he n heSt WaPren Jimmy Is Just MS conf
ire. hut 1t has been hintcd that the Jersey.
an will. In this go, play more OF waiting
philadelphia 1t should he q great fight.
lyhow.
ConfOrtables.