St. Paul daily globe., 1892-11-27
All Preparations Complete for
the Greggains-Costello.
Mill.
Both Men in the Pink OF Con-
dition and Ready for the
Battle.
The Career Of Each Shows
That the Contest Will
Be First Glass.
Griffin Having a Hard Time
Getting on a Match
With Dixon.

New YORK, Nov. 26.-All prepara
tions for the fight on Monday night at
the Coney Island Athletic club, be-
tween Costello and Greggains have
been completed. The men are in the
pink of condition and the bout is looked
forward to with much interest. Mr..
Eckhardt, the official referee of the
club, informed reporter Of the United
Press today that. although the men are
not prominently known on the East
coast, he believed that the attendance
would be fully as large as that which
witnessed the recent fight between
Choynski and Godfrey.
The club" he said, twas in receipt
of large number of applications for
tickets, and most all the desirable seats
have been bought up. That it will be
a good game fight have no doubt.
am trying to get the Yale and Prince
ton football teams to attend in body,
but cannot say Just how successful my
efforts will be. The club will take care
of the boys, if they agree to be present,
and try 10 make things as pleasant as
possible"
The Best One VIII Win.
NIL LChHuIutS NHOn plSoSSO w SlfO
an opinion Oh the respective merits of
the men, said, with smile:
why, one IN my position cannot
venture an opinion, even if | enter
tanned one, which l do not. The men
will be equally shown fair play, and, of
course, the best one will win"
The cOpcenSuS of opinion among the
sporting fraternity is that the fight will
be the longest and most stubborn that
has ever been pulled off in the arena of
the Coney Island Athletic club. Greg
gains is almost the counterpart of Bob
FitZSlmmOns in stature, standing six
feet high and only weighing, when in
condition, 156 pounds. Like FitZsiE.-
mons, his height and great reach has
given HIM big advantage over his op-
ponent. Costello, on the other hand, is
no pigmy. He stands five feet ten and
half inches. His weight in fighting
trim is Just exactly that of GreggainS'.
1876 pounds. His three battles with
Paddy Slavin shows him to be a
man of Lo small capabilities, and has
earned considerable respect not only
With sporting men generally, but even
he puglllstS themselves. He is the IA
7orite i'll the betting just now.
Have Good Records.
Greggains has clear record of Will
ming fights. The only time he failed to
and first money was in his battle with
MS prospective antagonist, with whom
ne fought fifty rounds of terrible slug
Zing, ending a draw. Greggains was
the victor In forty-nine contests during
his amateur career, and the slashing ne
gave La Blanche, Mccarthy and Tur-
ner in the professional ranks stamps
nim as a crack ajack in the middle class.
Should he prove the better man next
Monday night he will find lots of East
srn money to back him i'll fight with
either Hall or FitZSimmOnS.
Buff Costello has but one defeat
marked down against him. That oc-
cured when he fought Frank p. Slavin
On the turf in Australia, and it is well
known fact that in two other meetings
Dn the boards Costello proved himself
The better boxer Costello has record
Of thIrty-nine battles in America and
Australia. most of them being with
heavyweights. If hard and honest work
will win fights. then Costello has already
einched the long end of the purse. He
has worked long and faithfully, and
when he steps into the ring at the COney
Island Athletic club Monday night the
spectators will be treated to a contest
hat may be never be duplicated again.