The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-18
I'm SPORTING CIRCLES.
Hanlan and 0'Connor to Row Teemer
and Hosmer at Point of Pines.
FRAZIER AND GRIFFIN.
Favorapie Outlook For q series of Games
Between Harvard and Ysle-Murray
and Sullivan In Training--Eddie Conlcy
Puts Up His Deposit.

In letter written TO friend in Boston,
William O'Connor, the champion sculler
of America, states that John Teemer has
authorized the New York clipper to hold
the deposit of $500 which he has made for
a single-scull race with Ned Hanlan or
Jake Guadaur as good for match for
himself (Teemer) and Hosmer against
| O'Connor and Hanlan in a double scull
race.
This race, il has been decided, will take
place at the Point of Pines on June 10,
| for $1,000 a side and the double-scull cham
pionship of America.
O'Connor in his letter, states that he
has written the New York clipper TO the
effect that he accepts Teemer's challenge
and will cover the deposit.
The Canadian sculler is dead in earnest,
and great match ought TO result.
With one engagement on his hands,
which is by no means cilch" for him,
Billy Frazier goes cunning for othe game
Now that Billy has returned TO the roped
arena he does not intend TO let grass grow
under his feet while the boxing season is
on. In other words, with his fight with
Jimmy Murray at New Bedford yet to be
decided Frazier issues q challenge to meet
Johnny Griffin, the champion feather
weight. in "A ten-round contest with two
ounce gloves for a $500 purse. Billy ap-
pears very confident OF defeating Griflin,
for he goes further, and says that il
Griffin is in the ring ready to continue at
the end of the ten rounds the latter shall
take the whole $500.
While Frazier is brooding over a 90 with
the champion featherweight Jimmy Muir
ray, who IS 10 meet him on March Sd at
the New Bedford Athletic Club is attend
ing diligently to his training at the Olney-
vile Temperance Cadets Armory. III
good conscientious training will win the
battle, Murray will get the decision for he
is working like a beaver TO get himself in
to the best possible condition for the event
and when he steps into the ring with
Frazier in the opposite corner think the
balance of the money will be on the Provi-
dence man. A big delegation of sporting
men will go down from this Ity to see
the battle and their Is serious talk ofrunn-
ing special excursion train on that
occasion.
At the same training quarters where
Murray is reducing Dis weigh and getting
strong in wind and limb at the same time,
John a. Sullivan il doing similar work
for the same reason that actuates Murrry.
When sullivan was training before for
his 90 with Eddie Conley, Jimmy Murray
was his trainer and now they are training
each other. Sullivan is not working as
hard as Murray at present for the reason
that he has week longer TO train in.
. | saw letter from Jimmie Conley, Ed
dies brother, To the secretary of the Glad
stone Club yesterday. Jimmy writes that
Eddie is getting along nicely with his
training and will have no difficulty in
getting to weight and be in splendid
condition. He weighs 153 pounds at pres
ent, which means that he has only thir-
teen pounds to take OFT, and as he has
a III. III Ia,
will have no trouble in getting there. Ac
companying this letter was a check for $50
to ensure Eddie's appearance in the ring
on the evening of the meeting, which one
of Sullivan's friends was afraid would not
be forthcoming. AS Conley could find
backing for $500 for this contest this eX-
preston of opinion the part of Sullivan's
friends that he could not find the $50
guarantee seems wholly uncalled for.
Manager Franklin of the Yale Base Ball
Club said yesterday that games would un-
doubtedly be arranged with Harvard this
year Two of them will be played on
June % and June %. If Harvard decides
to play this first game on neutral grounds
June will probably be selected for it, but
unless that date if agreed upon the series
will consist of two games and will be left
undecided in case of a tie.
The fight between Andy Bowen and
Jimmy Murphy, which took place liz Chi
cago Monday night, was stopped by the
police after eight rounds had been fought.
Bowen had the best of the contest.
The collar and elbow wrestling match
between w. III. Quinn of Canada and
Hartnett's s.unknown, (which was decided!at
Monument Hall, Charlestown, last night,
was one of the worst fakes" that has
taken place for long time.
The unknown, who was said to be Will
liam Curry of New York, knew nothing
about the style of wrestling, and expert
wrestlers who were present say that
Quinn's knowledge of the style was very
limited.
John Cattanach OF Providence chal-
lenged Quinn To wrestie eco-Romon or
catch-as-catch-c Quinn was declared
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