The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-09-28

/ hit befnre.v he said ellis left Is some
/ thing terrible ana his right is Just as good
/ Hes a clover man ANA the only excuse
! cam give for defcat.ag him H. that out.
/ renrgalnl him. | have I'D great deal
roic experience In the ring than ne h'1s
/ und tluf gOc, % great way, but tclt !oa
! he can hOIa nis own up with any oi incm
/ What he needs il experience lhat klhu
Of talk has the true ring In IT, sullivan
| is a perfect gentleman in every sense or the
woyA. and N there Were more like him in
the business there would be less ground
| for the harsh criticism TO which boxing ~
so frequently, and often rightly sub
jected.
The showing made by little Patsy Brod-
erick in the ten rounds at the Rhode ISL
and Athletic Club last Thursday night
ahainst Tommy Cooney surprised every
body. He is about as Gne "A looking little
chap in the ring as you will see IN many
day, and the way he handled himself
showed chat he has got a good clever head
on his shoulders. Ii Is whispered that
Jimmy Boutellc has been giving him
points on the game, and it wouldn't he
strange IL the whisper had considerable
foundation behind it. Jimmy has the rep
utation of being one OF the oleverest teach
ers and best handlers hereabouts, but he's
so quiet about it that nobody who did not
know would ever suspect II OF him.
IL makes the New York athletes very
sore TO have a man from New England
win prizes at their athletic meets. They
haven't got through talking yet OF the 2?O
yards dash won by Martin of the Metropole
week ago Saturday. Remington, In the
World, has to say OF IT,
'In the final OF the 230-yard race at the
Manhattan A. {. games there was man
whom | recognized as o professional.
male "a protest before the race and was
rewarded by being shown his reinstate-
ment papers, signed by the Secretary OF
the New England Association. IL may be
just and rlgnt TO reinstate some men VINO
are disqualified through ignorance OF the
A. \. L. laws. But the New England
Association is rather inconsistent. IL dis
qualities n man who competes at unregis-
tered games through ignorance. IL also
endeavors TO purify amateur sport by
specifying that only medals shall be given
as prizes, and disqualifies an athlete who
accepts useful article such as an um-
brella And then this body turns around
and reinstates rank professionals, who
have raced for money all over the country
for years. This case is not the only one
can name. A dozen such men have been
reinstated. They might just as well rein
state Harry Bethune, Harry Davien or
Peter Priddy." Remingtons complaint
sounds the funnier when IL Is taken into
consideration that he was the man beaten
by Martin.
There is n possibility that James Kib-
blewhite will come to America. lie has
held the one-mile championship of Eng
land for three successive years, and Is un-
doubtedly the best distance runner Eng
land has had since the days of w. q.
George. His best time for mile is Am.
22 2-5s. If he should decide To come to
america the public will be treated to
some hair-raising contests between him
and Connect, and IL would not be strange
If the worlds amateur record of Am.
Is 2-5s. was broken before the season closes.
The sporting event Of the week will be
the fencing contest at Music Hall on We'd
nesday evening between Prof. Felix Il.
Davis champion of America and Prof.
Lewis late OF Rome Italy, for $50 side.
IL is the Metropole Club, of which Davis
Is fencing instructor, VS.. the Cosmopolitan
Fencing Club, of which Lewis is an homo
rary member. II will be the biggest bet
ting event of the kind, in all probability.
that we have seen here, for the members of
the Metropole Club are so confident That
Lewis will win that they are willing TO
give TO on him, and of course the Metro
pole men are not going TO cover even
money when they can get such odds. 1t
sounds funny TO hear that Davis, who de-
feated Castaldi, the best fencer in America,
is on the short end of To | bet and IL
would also appear that those who are Civ
ing such odds know very little about the
rules of betting, but so long as they con-
tinue to offer them the Metropole men will
continue to take them.