The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-30
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
To-Night's Athletic Exhibition at
the Metrople Club.
GIBBONS DEFEATS BOWEN,
The Stakeholder OF the Whitehead Herrick
Match Refuses to Give Up the Money
Joe McAuiine Beats Patsy Cardiff
Callahan Takes Murphy's Place.

The weekly athletic exhibition at the
Metropole club tonight will be a treat for
the members. and they will probably turn
out in force to witness the contests. These
Wednesday evening entertainments are
becoming more popular every week now
that they have become a fixture Of the
club, and as the men get down TO business
there is material increase In the attend
ance.
The exhibition tonight will include
standing and running jumps, hitch-and-
kick and one or two other events in the
gymnasium, besides short distance swim
ming races, diving contests and water
polo.
will be held next Wednesday evening,
when officers for the ensuing year will be
elected.
The house committee is arranging for a
''ladies' night" to be held sometime in
January. 1t will be full dress" affair,
and will be on an elaborate scale.
The boxers who are to enter the Boston
tourney on Jan. 80 have already begun
training for the event.
II is understood from good authority
that Stakeholder Mitchell, in the recent
wrestling match between Whitehead and
Herrck, refuses TO pay over the stakes To
the former, and will divide them, because
of the unfair decision of Referee Ash
worth To those who know anything
about sport this will seem an unusual
procedure and bad precedent to estab-
lish.
In all sporting events the referees deci-
sion is final, whether il is so agreed to in
the written articles or not. That Is what
the referee is there for, and If he gives an
unjust decision the only redress the loser
l.. t. hot hn 10 nf xAr nm
opportunity to repeat it. Referee Ash
worth's decision was rank in this case, OF
that there can be no doubt, but his deci-
sion is final, and the stakeholder who
knows his business will pay the money to
the man he declared the winner. IL Is not
for the stakeholder to officiate as referee.
He is simply to hold the money.
Austin Gibbons defeated Andy Bowen
before the Metropolitan Club in New
Orleans last night in forty-eight rounds
for a purse of $500 Bowen weighed in
at 132 pounds and Gibbons at 1873. Four
ounce gloves were used.
Up to the fourth round there were only
three blows struck, two by Bowen and
one by Gibbons. Then Bowen began to
do some execution, and found Gibbons
with him every time. II was give and
take to the ninth, when Bowen's superior
cleverness became apparent and he landed
-efteh on Gibbons neck and body-He WAS
trying for the knock out blow all the time.
He had far and away the best Of 1t down
to the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh
rounds. playing all the time for his favorite
spot and reaching the spot often. From
the twenty-seventh until the forty-second
round Gibbons received more punishment
than he gave. In the last-named round
he began TO cut out the pace: Bowen.s
hard work had told on him and his blows
began to lack force. lie was unsteady on
his feet and short Of wind.
Gibbons chased him around the ring and
landed hard and often. In the forty
eighth and final round he drove Bowen TO
the ropes, and finally settled matters with
a Knockout blow. Bowen made game
fight, but Gibbons superior endurance
won him the battle.
Joe McAulifre defeated Patsy Cardiff in
fifteen rounds last night The contest
came off in the New Wigwam, under the
auspices of the California Athletic Club.
twenty-five hundred spectators were pres
ent. The purse was -, 500 of which $500
was for the loser. McAuliffe had the best
of it throughout.
The exchange of courtesies between John
l.. Sullivan and Frank Il. Slavin is as far
off as ever. The match which nearly every
sporting man in this country thought
would be made yesterday was not effected.
Sulliyan's hacker, Charley Johnston, met
Slavin and Mitchell according to appoint
ment, in the New York Herald Office.
Johnston insisted that his $500 deposit
be covered Mitchell asked for the condi-
tions before covering the money. Johns
ton said: twill back Sullivan for SlO,-
600 side and as much more as you like to
mt up. the battle to take place in Sep
tember before the club Offering the largest
purse. If, however, you are defeated Dy
jackson the match will have TO be de-
clared off, as Sullivan will not meet
beaten man under any circumstances"
Slavin replied that he would not make
n match so far ahead with any such pro-
yiso in il, but that he would cover the
money and meet Sullivan before he tried
conclusions with Jackson, If 1t was agree
able to Johnston. lie stated that he was
not his own bacKer, and did not feel like
making such a match AS proposed until
he had time to communicate with Charles
Piese, at Monte Carlo. and obtained his
consent
This ended the business for the day.
Johnston will leave his money up until
Slavin hears from his backer Slavin is
anxious to meet Corbett in six weeks for
an outside bet and the largest purse that
any athletic club will offer. He is will
ing TO meet Corbett about the time the
latter boxes Mitchell, if that event takes
place, or as soon after as Corbett chooses
Mitchell says that he will not fight TO
finish with CorDett or anybody else.
Tommy Callahan, "the Irishman," is to
take johnny Murphy's place in the match
with Cal. Mccarthy ut the Olympic club,
New Orleans, for the $500 purse. Cal.
had his own way in making the match and
insisted that il be at 1l5 pounds, weigh at
the ring side, and 500 go To the loser. Joe
Early, who formerly backed Mccarthy,
but is now looking out for Callahan's in
terests, said before making the match: II
don't expect Callahan TO win, but i want
TO try him. IL Tom can't beat Mccarthy,
rthere will he no use in matching him with
Dixon, and want 10 find out IL the Irish
man is good enough TO risk money on
against the colored boy"
New York is up in arms over President
Noung's announcement that Dan Rich
l.. IL.