The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-09-21
SKILL AND MUSCLE.

The boxing season Is "on" I'm dead earnest
The ring year opened last Friday night, when
McAuliife demonstrated his right TO the title
the present week the followers of the 'nagicn
ring Will have lots 10 talk about.
The most important of the five events on the
slate no far as we are concerned here in Rhode
Island, Is the contest between Jimmy Scully of
Woonsocket and John a. sullivan of Cali
fornia which is scheduled for the Rhode Island
Athletic Club next Thursday night. This will
unquestionably be the best contest, so far as
real hard sluggng goes, that this club has had
Everybody who has seen Scully in the ring
knows how hard and often he can punch when
he wants TO, and he intends 10 show his friends
this time time that he won't quit" as many
believe. =" II am beaten this time IL will be
when am knocked OUT he said to me when
the articles of agreement were drawn up, and
be looked as II he meant every word of IT,
sullivan comes here with record of seveen-
teen victories, and at the same time does not
hesitate to admit that he has been Knocked
out twice. lie has fought a forty-sevcn-round
draw with Billy Mahan, whom he has twice
defeated and has lost 10 once. In one fight
the records show he was Knocked down forty
Just little punishment. The men will weigh
lao pounds, give or take two pounds, Thursday
noon.
Tonight this same Billy Mahan, who has
fought John A. sullivan four times. will meet
"Shadow Maher, the Australian, in the ring
of the Occidental Club in san Francisco, for a
purse OF Sl,On, and at the same time the
Woods Davis fisht will be pulled of at the
Pacific Club In the same city.
Next on the programme is the fight between
Cal Mccarthy and Tommy Warren at the
Olympic Club, New Orleans, tomorrow night.
Cal Is likely to get the "dinky-dink" in the
fight. lie made n grave mistake, | think. in
consenting TO let Warren weigh llS pounds six
hours before the fight after lac had agreed 10
weigh at the ringeide. Warren Is really H.
pound man, and lis pounds six hours before
the fight means that Warren will DE pretty
close TO the featherweight limit when time"
Is called.
The California Club will ring up the cur
tain on Wednesday night and introduce as
Mitchell. III Gallagher wins, Jack Dempsey
will rc-entcr the ring and challenge him. In
case Mitchell Is the winner Dempsey will not
challenge him, as they arc bosom friends.
Locally there Is any amount of "boxing"
talk. About everybody Is wondering what
Bobby Burns is going 10 do next. That's n
hard question To answer. Johnny Murphy of
Boston wants To give him IA "go,n but Burns
h looking for bigger game. Cal. McCarty also
wants to fight him again, and Arthur lumley,
his mentor, told me at the observation-disclosures
fight that he would arrange another match
right away for 2. skin glove fight whether Cal.
wins or loses with Warren. Jack McAuliifc Is
To take Bobby under Sis wing aud teach him
something OF his own cleverncss, aud then
look out.
The sports are still talking Of the Slavin-
SOuthwick 'go" last "Wednesday night. Itdid
not take long for slavin To demonstrate the
fact that Southwick was not "in IL" with him,
and the latter also showed that he is dead
game and can stand "A barrel of punching
Jack Falvey and Jimmy Murray are anxious
90 clash fists, and the Rhode Island Athletic
Club intends TO holds out inducementsto 10 them.
Murray has always been cnvious of Falvey's
title of state champion, and Is willing to put
them on with him.. The question Is, could
Murray stand trainingf Opinions differ on
this point. Falvey has good business now in
his boxing school at Newport, but would doubt
less give jimmy n go" If there was enough
In IT,"
No moro fights I'm Hoboken. Mayor stanton
has told the police commissioners that here
after anybody who putson the gloves In llobo-
ken must be arrested, aud consequently the
Larkin-Lynch fight Is "on p" so far AZ IIobokcn
is concerned.
There was happy lot OF club men at the
Metropole last Saturday night when dis
patch was received from New York announc-
Ing that AL Martin, the Metropolis entry for
the Manhattan races, had won first prize In
the 22O-yard dash. He was also right on
Carey'S heels in the 1D-yard dash, which was
made In as seconds. Martin u the first anna
tour athlete to rVuroscnt u Providence club
outside the city. He will De nj home to-day
and will compete IN the races M Narragansett
Park tomorrow. Tom Aiken, who went with
the Manhattan cracks TO Europe this year, says
tLat Martin Is as fast a. the fastest.