The evening world., 1891-05-11


The much-talked.of glove contest between
Jimmy Lorklns. of Jersey City. and Jimmy
hagen, OF Philadelphia. for ,he 1po-pound
championship and a purse of 81, 800. will take
place this evening. The men weigh In sharp
att N. at Foley 4 Cahill's establishment, IS
New TX avenue, Jersey city, and enter the rim Q
promptly tor. NJ. Pat CahiiI, the champion
am iteur middle-weiRht, Is warm personal
friend OF Larkins, and will more than likely be
In his corner. Neither Of these men has
ever been defeated, which makes this battle
all the more interesting. The most OF
HaRen's nights have reen four-round goes
in Philadelphia, although he did nght .
ten-rouud draw with Frank Murphy,
the Enplisnman. and two finish tights
with Tommy Danfor,h. LarIlns, who 10 re-
garded a. the champion OF that weight. has
quite a record. As an amateur distance
runner at i've miles or more he ranked second
to p. D. Sklllman, Of the n. Y. A. e., until
+. c. Carer champion OF England, arrived
IN America, wh-n he ranked third man. HIS
first appearance as boxer was
1885, when he met and defeated Sam Nc
Cartny, at that time the festher-we
chant ion Of New Jersey. His next
appearance was at the competitions OF the
Scottish American A. C., when ne defeated Al
Cakes, J. Boyle and Alex Gallagher, in the
125-pound class. Gallagher was dissatisfied,
and they fought to II nnish shortly afterwards,
when Larkius proved AN easy victor. His next
encounter WIS when lie fought for tho 100
pound chami iiOnship Of America, In 1887, sDd
doieatcd Joe George. Al Fla ,hmsn and
W. Hass. He next met and defeated
Johnny Farrell, of Harlem. His nrst pro-
fessional tght was with Paddy Fitzgerald.
which resulted in a draw in twelve rounda
He next fought a four-round draw with Ike
Weir. His nrst skin glove fight was with Jack
Delancev, wnom he defeated in nine rounds
Bo defeated Con Dugan In eleven rounds and
Flank seel in seven rounds. His last n ht
was with biil Hook. OF England, June q, 1889,
whom he defeated In round aud a half. aud
tits ia the 1rst fight he mas been able 10 get on
since then.
Gus Guerrero has CHALLENGED any six.day
pedestrian IN the worl 10 run ten, fifteen OF
twenty mie race for 500 side.
Yale sticks to her ultimatum-no baseball
games with Harvard this year.
The fight between Tommy White and Georre
er-weignt chamTionship OF the North wes', and
Tor STAKES Of 81. 200, at Foit Wayne, Ind. Sat
urday night, Resulted IN draw, after forty
nine rounds.
The Harlem river presented q gala day ap-
pearance, yestsrdHy. ~ Il was fairly alive vi h
struggling humanity. Every Doat club located
along the Tiv was represented on the water,
and some clnrs had every boat they owned
afloat az the same time.
The Law ard Order League has horn getting
Its work In this vicinity, and yesterday hum
ureds Of eDthu.iastic baseball men were dis-
appointed. owing 10 an Injunction restraining
Mount Vernon from allowing games on their
grounds on Sunday.
There will be an Interesting double-sculi race
arouLd Staten island tomorrow morning,
which is attracting considerable attention al
present.
Some Of the Nassau Boat Club boys are still
suffering from the effects OF their annual
Spring opening. which took place last satur-
lem River.
The Bridge Athletic Club is anxious TO give
smother boxing entertainment before the warm
weItner sets In, In order to bridge 1t over
the Summer.
II IL all poppy cock TO talk about dlasatlsfac-
lion existing over the termination OF the re-
cert bout between Callen anu Butler. The
fact 10, Butler was not IN II At any stage of the
game, and he was lucky TO get out Of It as
easily az he did.
The coming ten-round contest between
Slavin and Kilra,n Ia attracting cons! !derable
attention In sporting circles a! present.
The Orange Athletic Club will hold It's an
nual Summer games Saturday, June 8.
The Lorillard Athletic Club held a set OF
games yesterday morning al Caledonia Park
jersey City. JOho Firtle won the l0O-yard
dash from scratch, John Moran won the 44O-
yard run and Frank Doian the one-miIe run.
], will he trine lonesome for the local ad-
mirers Of baseball from now until May 80.
The pool tournament OF the Lorilard Ath-
leno Gun will be started to- night In Jersey
City. their prizes are not only costly, but
very handsome.
An athletic entertainment will be given by
the NyHck Rowing Club, this evaning in
which numDer OF Manhattan AZ iletic Clno
boys will take part, Waiter De Baum and Pat
Slauery have been engaged 10 Spar q four
round bout.