The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-29
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
Temperance Cadets Enjoy Wrestling
and Sparring.
AMATEUR BOXERS TRIED OUT.
Who VIII be Entered from the MetrOpole
Club for the Boston Recommendation
Burrows Wins u sheffield Handicap
Current Athletic Gossip.

Woods Hall in Olneyville held about as
many people last night as 1t was possible
to crowd between the four walls. They
were an enthusiastic lot of yonng men,
but gentlemanly throughout. The occa-
sion for the gathering was the Athletic
exhibition of the Temperance Cadets and
that the young teetolers and their friends
enjoyed the evenings fun goes without
the saying.
They would have liked it better If the
DAILY Cannon bout had been finished They
wanted to see them go il the three rounds
and it would have been better for all con-
cerned If they had finished the bout
They are not accustomed to seeing set
tos stopped right in the middle of one
and it CRATES hard on their feelings. With
the big gloves which were used no dam
age could possibly have been done if it
had been finished.
1t was $50 o'clock, when Master of Ger
emonies John O'Connell announced to
the audience that it was the intention eff
the Cadets to hold these exhibitions every
month, and after requesting the audience
TO pass no remarks on the men while they
were at work, introduced as first event q
wrestling match, catch-as-catch-can STYLE
between Frank Herrick and Fleming. The
TWO DIX CrdWleu Une
ropes into the 1S-foot ring, which was
built upon a raised platform, and were
greeted with hearty round OF applause.
They got at it in short order and were
soon struggling on the padded carpet for
a fall, or rather Herrick was, for Fleming,
who was the lighter of the pair, appreci-
ated the fact that he could not down" his
big opponent and SO acted on the de-
fensive. Herrick found it no easy task to
get his wiry opponent on his back, and for
ten minutes he pulled and tugged at the
man before he could get a fall. Ii was
very close exhibition; and the crowd APP
preciated the splendid work of both men,
Next came Pierce and Riley with their
hands encased in big six-ounce gloves.
They made il interesting for the crowd for
three rounds, Pierce doing all the leading
and some pretty stopping. Riley showed
himself equal to the emergency, and when
they came together for short arm work
was right there every time and mixed
them up thick and fast.
McSherry and Mccarthy were then in
troduced, and for three rounds kept the
audience in a continual roar of laughter.
1t was McSherry's first public appearance,
buehe very soon showed his superiority
over Mccarthy at the game and had fun
with his opponent throughout the bout.
Lynch and Mckenna were the third
pair, and while the latter was the lighter
by at least twenty-eight pounds, he had
everything his own way, and demon
strated to the entire satisfaction of the
audience that his opponent was very de-
ficient in everything pertaining to the
manly art.
DAILY and Cannon were next introduced,
and promised to be the liveliest of the lot,
had it not been stopped. Cannon was,
without doubt, the most awkward boxer.
if such he can be called, who has ever put
up his hands before an audience in this
State. He ignored the rules of boxing al
together, using his right for the lead and
his left for the guard, and when he got
into il his arms flew around like wind
mill in ten-knot breeze. II was hot
while it lasted, and the audience wished
the three rounds could have been COM
pleted
The wind-up was between Triggs and
Cunningham and for two rounds il was
the hottest kind of give and take boxing.
Cunningham could not stand the strain
however, and at the close of the second
round nature went back on him and he
was Obliged to quit.
The boxers of the Metropole club were
tried out i'm the gymnasium last night and
they made a good showing. Athletic
Manager Harry Cornish, Swimming In
structor Robinson and Mr.. Trynan, all of
the Boston Athletic Association, and Mel
son Innis, also of Boston, were there to
see the sport which was Tor the Denefit OF
Mr.. Cornish, who is experimenting the
arrangements of the amateur boxing
tournament of the B. A. a. to be held on
Jan. 30. Young Reardon, Joe Henricques
and Billy Costigan put on the gloves and
demonstrated what they knew of the
game, which was most satisfactory to Mr..
Cornish. Costigan was tried out with
Whitford and made great showing. The
three men first named will be entered in
the l05, l35 and 15s pound classes respec-
lively with Fred Scott in the heavyweight
class. -
IL will he interesting news to those in
terested in foot racing to learn that Tom
Burrows the English sprinter who won
the lO0-yard dash at Narragansett Park
early in the summer, was the winner of
the Sheffield (Eng) handicap on Christ
mas Day What IL was worth TO Bur
rows TO win il not known yet, but tn the
winner of one of thes Sheffield handicaps
il always means hundreds il not thou
sands of dollars, aud we may infer that
Tom is richer by good many pounds
sterling than when he left these planta-
tions. Burrows is also entered for two
other handicaps and when these two have
been run he will probably return to this
country.
The governing committee Of the Provi-
dence Athletic Association will meet to-
night. when the report of the finauce com
mittee on the lease which il is proposed To
execute with the Industrial Trust Com
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