The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-25
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
Landie Accepts Stewards Challenge
For Another Match.
DIx0N'S BENEFIT TONIGHT.
Jimmy Murray and Billy Frazer VIII
Meet March 3-who the Metropole
Clubs Boxers VIII Meet at Boston Sat
urday yNight-Providence Birds Defeat
ed at New York.

When the pool match between Stewart
and Landie ended in row on Friday
night and the referee gave the match to
Stewart by default, the latter stated that
he would give Landie 100 balls in 1000 and
play him for $500 a side. Landie did not
accept at the time but the following COM
munication to the NEWS shows how he
stands in the matter:
To the Sporting Editor. Providence Nets:
SIR-Fred Stewart made a statement on
Friday evening 10 the effect that he would give
me l0O balls in 600 and play me on a new table
for $500 a side. will play Stewart on that
bases provided the winner shall pay the ex-
pense of putting in the new table and there
shall be only six tickets issued TO each party,
Stewart and Landie besides the referee. l
shall play him for the amount proposed $500 a
side, and there shall be no gate receipts, pro-
vided he will put up n forfeit OF $50 or the en-
tire stakes with any reliable man.
Signed, CHARLES c. LANDIE.
I.andie's acceptance of Stewards chal-
lenge is all right in the main, but / think
he makes a mistake in limiting the num-
ber to six side. Such a match as that,
if il was ION the level, )" would arouse lots
of interest, and more especially from the
fact that neither would he acquainted
with the table the game was being played
on. With all bona fide challenges there
should be q forfeit and under the circum-
stances Stewart can hardly decline TO put
up guarantee. There is one obstacle in
the way of such match. / understand,
and from pretty good authority. that
Stewart is under contract with Mr.. Miller
of the st. George Hotel not to play any
match games outside of the hotel billiard
room. If this is true there would neces
sarily be some dickering with Mr.. Miller
before he would allow Stewart to play
elsewhere, and there is a possibility that
he would refuse To allow il under any
conditions. In the last match Stewart
beat Landie 100 balls in 500, and on that
ratio would beat him 200 balls in 1000
game. But on a new table with which he
was unacquainted il would even things
up and make 1t more interesting.
Jimmy Murray, the veteran lightweight
OF this city and Billy Frazier. also an old
timer in the ring have been matched for a
glove contest TO n finish at the New Bed
ford Athletic Club for March 3. They met
several years ago and after hard battle
the referee declared il draw. Since then
both have had lots of experience and OF
the two Murray has had by far the more.
But during the intervening period Father
Time has added several years to their az,
and il is a question whether on the whole
they are any better than when they met
before. IL Murray can get into proper
form there is no reason why he should not
be the winner.
There will be some great boxing in
Boston tonight on the occasion of George
Dixon's benefit. Among those who will
appear are Godfrey and Billy Wilson,
Jack MCGEE and Parson Davies unknown,
Patsey Sheppard and Arthur Chambers,
Dolly Lyons and Tommy Connolly, Doc
O'Connell and Jimmy Conley, Tommy
Baker and Jack Haverlin, Bobby Burns
and Ike Weir. the spider" and half
dozen others, besides the wind-up of six
rounds between George Dixon and Frank
Mcguire This pair fought n ten-round
draw early in Dixon's career rs boxer
and he has always been anxious to try il
again with Mcguire to see If the result
wouldn't be different. I'll tell you all
about IL tomorrow.
Apropos of Dixon, see that the Olym-
pic Club of New Orleans has offered n
purse of 5000 for fight between Dixon
and the winner of the Mccarthy Callahan
contest, which comes off tomorrow night
O'Rourke told me three weeks ago when
he was here that he was not particular
about taking Dixon TO New Orleans be-
cause he thought n colored man would
not get a square deal there, but might do
so IL there was enough in il, and provided
the referee was some Northern man. That
is just the answer he has made TO the
Olympic Club now. IL is a fair PROPOSE
tion and one the club can hardly decline
TO agree TO If it really means business.
The entries for the COMING tourney Of
the Boston Athletic A. ;iatien are out,
and there are enough o. D. em TO guaran-
tee lots of sport for those who like 10
watch the game. In the 105 pound class
John Reardon of the Metropole Club will
find eleven men who are after the prize
which covets. I'm the 15s pound class
there are but two entries beside Billy Cos
tiean OF the Metropole, and he should
have no difficulty in securing first place
Fred Scott Of the Metrepole and three
others are entered for the heavywpfrt1t
contest, either one Of whom he ought TO
defeat easily.
The Providence men who like TO breed
and fight game birds got n setback Satur-
day night when they ran afoul of the Bos-
ton sports near New York i'm maine for
siC0 battle and $1,000 on the maine The
HOsfOn mon Won sly hafflos STRAIGHT aud