The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-09-30

Madison Square Garden tho third week IN
October. Mr.. Lumsden Is the long -dis-
tance champion and holds most OF ,he
Scotch records. Stage is a nnelooklhB
specimen OF manhood and flyer.
The Princeton Varsity and scrub foot
ball teams played their first practice gene
Monday, Which consisted OF two fifteen,
minute halves. Symmes Riggs ana
Thomas did not play, as they are IA poor
the he scrub cru ~ toam, n.d and did some good tack
ling. The playing was quick and sharp.
On Saturday, Princeton will play her
first regular game with Rutgers. Ihe
seniors and freshmen played their hrst
the seniors won by . to >.
For years there has been n demand Tor
something satisfactory in the line OF rules
covering boxing contests. The Queensberry
rules have been revised and re-revised time
and time again, but still they did not MI
the bill. Nobody could point out just
wherein they were lacking, but il was
agreed by all that there was something de
ficient somewhere The Australians have
been at work on the rules of late and the
Melbourne Athletic Club has adopted
code which they think will fill the Bill. IL
is a sort of cross between Queensberry ana
and London prize ring rules. IL differs
from the regular Queensberry code In
that I" the rounds shall be two minutes
duration with thirty seconds wait between
the rounds. In case OF fair knockdoWn
the referee shall declare the round ended
and the seconds can enter the ring ana as
sist their man to his corner, but in case the
man slips or goes down from light blow,
the referce shall order the men 10 con
tinue: When both men are clmched the
refe:ee shall order them to break ana
neither shall strike another blow until the
referee gives the word, but when one man
c1inches 4 O avoid punishment the other may
hit him as often as he can; any competitor
wilfully falling shall lose the contest
The rounds being OF two minutes dura-
ton, insures fastwork, while the half min
ute rest is really sufficient from the spec
tators' point OF view. II leaves great
deal for the referee TO decide and IL re-
mains to DO seen whether 1t fills the bill
or not. .t,
At Music Hall tonight Prof. Davis will
shake hands with Prof. Lewis ana then the
pair will proceed TO settle the question as
To which is the better man. There are lew
people who have ever seen Davis with the
foil who do not believe that he Will win
from the Roman, but the latters friends
up on Federal Hill are 80 certain that he
will get the best OF the Metropolis IN
structor, that they are willing 10 oner 50
10 gl Oh lllil, NlNuOul NIlNlhk w SNC ~ Wv
can get even money. Is Lewis ringer!
Perhaps he is, but even so ne
has got TO be one of the best fencers
who ever handled a foil 10 defeat DAVIS.
There is little doubt but that Lewis
countrymen expect him 10 win, but IL ne
were the best man in the world he would
hardly call for odds Of five To one, because
it must be remembered that Davis comes
pretty near being up towards the
toD of the ladder, for he defeated
the veteran Castaldi, who was the
acknowledged champion of America. lie
had never met defeat until he ran afoul OF
Davis and had met the best fencers OF this
country and Europe. The contest to-
night will he one bout, and the man scor-
ing the twenty-first point first viii he the
winner. Before midnight we Will know
which is the better man.
The checker match won by G. f. Barker
of Boston from j. p. Reed of Chicago was
the second restricted match played IN this
country, the first having been played in
Providence last September between Barker
and Freeman, and lost to Freeman. The
Chicagoans talk of return match which,
If played, will take place in this city, the
checker centre OF the country. Nearly
all the backing received 10y Barker in
the recent match, financial and other
wise, was furnished by citizens of
Providence, and l.. a. fillinghast the
caterer, has offered to back Barker or Free
man against Reed for 5000 provided the
match is played here. Clarence III. Free
man, the great and modest draught
player of Providence, who coached 4ir.
Barker in the Barker-Reed match, will
share tho $1,000 stake.
The Rhode Island Athletic Clubs mana
gers have lots on their hands just now.
Being the only club of the kind in the East
at present, they have pretty large field
to draw from, and will doubtless furnish
a deal OF sport before the summer is here
again. They are trying TO match some
body in the i40-pound class against Sulli-
van, aud at the same time they have
several other things on their hands. Me
Carthy has written to Secretary McCurdy
Offering TO meet Bobby Burns again for ~
purse OF 500, which the club will offer
II Burns will 20 il. Cal. would
stake for any amount that will suit Bobby.
Frank Lannon has gone to Boston to-day
for the club TO sec what Burns and Larry
Killion think Of IL, and II they agree "A
match Will be made right away. The win
ner will take all this time Lovers OF the
art may also have the pleasure of seeing
Ike Weir, the SPIDER, and Frank Seele,
both OF Boston, In the Rhode Island
Athletic Clubs ring ere long. They were
to have made match yesterday in
Boston, but postponed ~ until they
could ascertain what inducement if any
they could get from some club. Secretary
McCurdy received "A letter from them to-
day asking what the club would give and
answered them that they could have half
the gate receipts. This ought TO be enough
for them but they are both troubled with
big heads and it remains to be seen If they
won't ask the club to mortgage Olneyville
and hang il up for them to spar for.
What great fight it is between Chicago
and Boston for the penant. IL reminds
you of old times in this city in 1854 when
Providence was in the league and Boston
was fighting it out with the Grays for first
place It's toss up which of the two clubs
wins the flag, but think the Bostons are
little the best for the reason that
they have two more games to play than
Chicago. After the games yesterday the
standing of the two clubs was, Chicago,
.62G and Boston, .624. That's pretty small
margin isn't IL To-day Boston plays
two games, and IL they win both and
Chicago wins also the Boston men will be
in the lead and will hold il To the end