The sun., 1891-07-12
WITHIN THE ROPED AREN
THIS WILL Re A BUSY MONTH Ann.
THE PUGILISTS IN THE ursr

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THE PUGILISTS IN THE UE,r
jake Kiirnin's Chances with IN.
Puriiist-Joe EiiinEsworth WIN H..
| Chnnee-Then Come Fitzs,mn,,.
Hall and Dixon and winis ~"
! Several fights between we'll. known ,u,u,,..
| will take place within the noxt three wal.
! and oil in the West. On July 2l Jake Kilra,.
will meet Billy Woods in Denver. ANA IN ,ha
same night Joe Ellingswor,h. tho New yo.,.
ex-amateur, and the Black Pearl comet tocs,S.s
In Minneapolis. The next night Fityslmnon.
and Hall light for the $4,000 purse NJ
Dixon Willis er-weight chnmrio,sM.
match before tho California A. &. viii follow
aud Danny Needham and Billy Mabon rh'
havs been matched since tbs Maban NAB.
affair fell through in san Francisco. will com.
kilrain is lucky In getting such u good or.,
In his match with Woods 40 soon altar n al.
feat. for Jake outclasses Woods entirely an.
should defeat him easily. Easily docs n O, ns.a
quickly In this case. for kiltaln. being hlt,.,
OF no cyconio style or power ia necesss.
rily slow in disabling his opponent. Bu,
he should win. barring an acctosn,.,
Knockout blow. Woods has never don.
anything, except beat Mike Conlev ~.
Ithaca Giant big enough fellow and strong
but very slow, and on whom it has avav.
been simple matter for an opponent to land
How he came to be selected as a match IA,
Jake Kilrain Is pretty hard to determine but
Jake ia well satisfied, for. in n pugllist's record
victory in my last fight Zoos quite vsv
toward wipinR out defeat Just before.
1t has been said that Klrain has not rscov.
cred from the punching Slav,n gave him n,
June 16. and will still he weak whom he meat.
Woods. Jake is always confident being a pams
man. and has boen known before this TO 20 in,o
the ring when he was not In his best form but
he will have to be wreck OF his former ssl,
before man Of Wcodss calibre can down him
Coming to the Minnesota programme. VA
have two fights In two days. and one OF them
is for purse OF $4,000. Surely. those Minn.,
sofa folks have plenty OF sand. II they are hon.
est. The patronage must be almost altogether
from local quarters. and the expenses are 90.
Ing to be very heavy 1t is we'll enough to ssy
that one-the Elingsworth- Black Pearl event
will be in Minneapolis. before the Twin City A.
c., and the other. on the following night bs.
tween l56-pound men. for the middle. weigh,
championship.
The California A. c. has offered $4,000 for
slavin and Peter Jackson. Jackson has SAID
he was o Barkis an wlllln'. How can Slayin
decline2 Paddy said. on his arrival here, that
he had chased Jackson out Of Australia. and,
In London. done all he could without going
down on his marrow bones. to induce the
colored man TO- meet him. That might look
0day sssd Msdsoa s sS A
on the occasion OF the big receptionto Slavin aud
pasd, c
s1S s1 Ses .nd VIII rb basSs earn an after bread
snd hH shSts p%aas as.n Ct
: chance to show his, coors IA a practical way
He shouldn't mind about Sullivan. He should
s shs 60 asl Dis
than when he went away
That Madison Square Garden entertainment
haps, sIavins good Judgment in making him:
sell his own manager. Some persons have
IS eossr IN he alton
finances In which he Is ooncerned than either
wouG We hGGps sf sos h.
York 'riends Of siaSin. and the 2nsIishmap. By
any time that il Billy Madden. or some man
s6qw o hat knd lad not % nos &c
the thing the affair would have fallen aas As
% Pile thst aa auie H
to Mitchell. Moore. and slavin. as they after.
ward isa being
bills went over to Madden. slavln showed That
hia bills might have boon OF larger denomina-
Hn Rs, e
didn't like it at all. His eyes we're intent on
the cash for long time. while discomfort was
settling on his beetle brows. Ner, ousness and
desire to Kick were isss Gath%Srhtng %hagS and ,hsy
10 be a goodly sized COLLECTION. and slavIn could
blurted out out; =, that th these managers iu this
Paddy was reassured, and he quieted down,
sq s ss oi e es :
@fs Ds AND MoSrs lad not nf been I sissa
that Madden noS would demand his. bis pit" o..
got out Of the Kiirain: 60. Billy would
his friends had good reason to suspect q
have done only what any zane man, having
performed q duty. would have felt to be his
right. but Mitchell. Slavin Moore 4 Co. did not
give eyidsnSe 9i that sort OF their belief in tha'
There are mysterious whisperings about
town concerning the advent OF a feather weight
boxer. whose hackers are already willing TO
young man has never fought for . money
prize ~ in this or any other country interested
In him. Not many nights ago. u is said. ne was
10 trial. The new candidate was in fair form.
being careful duck. as far US liquor and to6sS'
CO 20. and weighed about 123 pounds. The ~;
l40 pourds. and was clean Knocked out in the
third round with fonr-ounce gloves This 70
sure. II the new mans present friends declae
70 take him up against Dixon Or p Ca Nc No.
will not only te willing to back b i'm for $50oo'
but will have twice that amount to bet on him.
If he trains we'll and shows up ft at the ring.
quarter.