The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-17
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
Big Benefit to Prof. CastaIdi at the
Gymnasium on Dec. 2.
CARY'S RECORDS NOT ALLOWED
No Signs of Peace Between the League and
Association-The Latter Will Have the
I2-Clnb Circuit--Larkin and Griffin
Compared.


That veteran fencer. Prof Joseph Cas-
taldi, champion of America until defeat
ed by Prof Davis last August, will be
rendered "A benefit at the Sanitary Gymna-
sium on Wednesday evening, Dec. 2. The
benefit will be under the direct super
vision of Supt. John ii. Smith of the
gymnasium, and the Metropole Ath-
letic Club will also lend its aid
in making the event a success.
| Among those who have rendered
their services for the occasion are Profs.
| ID avis, Lewis, Lemaire and all the leading
amateur fencers of this city. Prof. Cas-
taldi is well and favorably known TO all
fencers, both professionals and amateurs
in New England, and the coming benefit
TO the old master will see many of these
crossing blades on the floor OF the Sanitary
| Gymnasium.
Prof. Napoleon Servatius who has not
participated in such events of late will
probably appear on this occasion and
among Others from outside the city who
will appear will be Prof. Noble. the sculp-
| tor of Cambridge. Altogether IL will be
galaxy of fencers such as is rarely seen
together on single occasion. The even
| ing's program will include bouts with
foils, broadswords, single sticks, daggers,
poinards, double poinards and every other
weapon kuown to the fencers
The wind-up will be a l5-minute bout
with foils between the beneficiary and
Prof Davis.
The coming benefit will be Prof.
Castaldi's last appearance in New Eng
| land in fencing contest. He has been a
teacher of fencing for thirty-five years,
and during the past twelve years has been
instructor TO the Government Training
| School at Newport, and in conjunction
|
best families of the City by the Sea. He
| has recently at his own solicitation re-
ceived his discharge from the Training
| School, and will hereafter conduct
private fencers' school in New York city.
| During mis- time he has met and defeated
| all the best foil experts in this country,
| and for years had been considered chassl-
pion of his art until three months ago
when Prof. Davis lowered his colors.
The officers of the Boston Reds say that
it looks very little like twelve-club
league. AT all events there will be no
| consolidation, except on equal and salts
factory terms to both the Boston Reds
and Athletics. This does not seem prob
able, and the public may rest satisfied
| that the League and Association will be
in existence in 92 as in 81; with separate
| clubs in Boston and Philadelphia,
| 1t follows, therefore, that the war Is on,
| aud will be unless the League is satisfied
| to interchange and respect contracts,
which is also by no means probable.
| The board of governors of the Amateur
| Athletic Union, at meeting held in New
| York yesterday, had as the most import
ant matter to be attended to, the record of
| 81 seconds for 100 yards made by Cham
| pion Luther III. Carey. The claim to the
record was backed up by affidavits Of sew
eral trustworthy timekeepers, but the
| board did not feel equal to the occasion
1 concluded n "a ASH pr1f nf
| it was TO refer the matter to the next
| board OF governors. The same disposition
| was made of application for records of j.
| w Rich at standing high jump and w. c.
! Downs at quarter of "a mile.
| The contest between Johnny Griffin of
| Braintree, Mass, and Jimmy Larkin OF
| New York, for the featherweight cham
| pionship of America, is the national pu-
| gilistic event OF the month. IL is the first
| championship fistic encounter of the
| year unless that of McAuliife and Glib
| bons be considered one, and there is still
| considerable doubt as to whether or not
| the lightweight championship for a stake
on that occasion when they met at two
| pounds above the lightweight limit. One
thing is certain; the go on Thursday
night will not be so one-sided champion
ship contest rs was that between McAu-
| life and Gibbons. Larkin has never met
defeat and by those who have seen his
| performances there Is general belief
| that he is without peer in his
class On the other hand very few,
if any, of Larkin's friends have ever
seen Griffin in the ring. He is compare
lively unknown, except by reputation
outside of New England, and he acquired
the greater part # that reputation by de
feating Spider" Weir. That was at
| Nantasket Beach last April. With all his
proverbial agility on his legs, the ''insect"
| couldn't keep out of the way of Griffin,
and he knocked him down as fast as he
could get up. / never saw a more sur
prised man than was the Spider" on that
occasion, and he was also the most pleased
man in several counties when the police
jumped in and stopped the "go" in the
sixth round. The "Spider" was on the
| floor at the time and would have been
counted out but for the timely inter
ference of the police.
There is now very little doubt but that
the contest between Sullivan and Conley
at the Rhode Island Athletic Club on
| Thursday night will come off according to
program. / saw Sullivan yesterday and
| he was looking as fine as n fiddle He
had just come in from aten-mile walk and
was being rubbed down by his trainer, jim
| my Murray, who will be in his corner when
he meets the Cambridge man. Sullivan
was down TO weight, and trihe below.
lie is little fellow for 140-pound man,
| and by n little exertion could reach the 135
pound mark, but he told me he preferred
TO have the extra five pounds of weight
| and strength than to risk il at 1876 pounds.
| The program for the evening has been
| changed little, and instead of the ten
round go which was to precede the final
event, the club has decided to put on two
! four round goes between clever men, one
| pair of whom will be from Boston
|