The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-18
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
Sparring at the 0IneyviIIe Temper
ance Cadets Armory.
BASEBALL MEETING TO-DAY.
Frazier Agrees tn the Gladstone Clubs
Oner and Match with Falvey IL Made
Attractions for Metropolis Tourna-
ment-HaII Challenges Fitzsimmons.

There was good, bad and indifferent
boxing at the armory of the Olneyville
Temperance Cadets last night in Woods
! Hall The good boxing was only good,
and the bad sparring was wretched,
though il was no fault OF the manage
ment that such was the case. for the
factors" were we'll paid to do their part
which they chose in two or three cases TO
"fako" rather than give the audience
what they were there forth best that
they knew how.
! At $50 o'clock John Il. Hunt, of base
ball fame, crawled through the ropes and
administered the customary warning to
keep quiet or get out. and then an
nou need Patsy Broderick of the North
End and Lynch OF Fall River as the first
pair. Broderick had the best of the
first three rounds, but Lynch improved in
the windup and honors were about even
when the gong sounded.
Pearce, Of Olneyville, and Read, OF
| South Providence, came next, and made
rattling go" 1t was give and take.
| Slap. bang, rush and swing from start TO
| Pearce will he n clever man when he
learns how TO straighten his left out, and
! TO be more shifty on his feet
Eaton, of Olneyville, and Bogues, of
Fox Point, were the third pair. The lat
ter had all the advantage in height and
| weight. but Eaton was the ceverer. They
did some stiff work in all the rounds, and
in the third made an especially warm
| set-to. which the crowd enjoyed
McManus, OF Fox Point, and Donahoe,
of East Providence, made a good ''go."
Their work was of the good-natured,
lctfF aplt e1n ,tffh
| just enough of the burlesque in it TO
| tickle the audience. They gave hearty
round of applause at the finish of their
| good work.
BucKlin and Costello, both of Provi-
dence, gave make il light" set-to
which failed To arouse any enthusiasm,
and Conley OF River Point and Ed Burns
of East Providence tapped each other for
four rounds, 10 the disgust OF the
audience.
Martin Manion Of River Point and
Bobby Taylor of Fox Point wound up the
entertainment with six rounds of good,
clever sparring in which Manion, as usual,
demonstrated his marked cleverness over
his opponent. They made good set-to
and the crowd went home satisfied.
To-day the magnates of the Eastern
League are assembled at Albany TO recon
slider the vote whereby Providence and
New Haven were frozen out " of the cir
cult Every baseball lover in this city
hopes that the meeting will result favor
ably for the Eastern cities, but there is no
telling what a lot Of men will do when they
get together, all pulling wires in different
directions and each looking for the best
end OF it.
Jack Falvey and Billy Frazier were
matched yesterday afternoon, as the
News predicted they would be. Frazier
finally came to terms and signed for the
$3.50 purse offered by the Gladstone club.
There are very few in the city who do not
hone that Frazier will get the shcrt end
of the purse when the referee has given
his decision. but with those who do not
let their prejudice run away with better
judgment shake their heads doubtfully
and remark that Jack will have to
do better work than he has ever
yet done TO get away with the
ex.minster Falvey has the advantage of
age, which is a great thing il he is as good
% man as his years should warrant. But
there are many ut 40 who are better, phys
ically, than others at % OF the pair it's
toss up which is the cleverer, but when
IL comes to hitting powers Frazier isn't In
it with the Rhode Islander. AS to stay
ing qualities there is "a question. Some
men who think they know Falvey say that
he can't last longer than fifteen rounds
and must win inside of that time or not at
all This may or may not be so, but one
one thing is certain If he can hit Frazier
ms often and AS hard as he ought TO he will
he n winner inside of fifteen rounds. On
the other hand Frazier has been known to
"stop" on more than one occasion when
he saw il was of no use TO continue. and
the same may he the case when he runs
afore OF Jack. Frazier can hit often aud
make great showing when it's coming
his way, but with clean, stiff puncher
like Falvey in front OF him he may cut a
different figure.
In securing Ben HOLIDAY, the amateur
champion heavyweight boxer of New York
State, TO go against Fred Scott, the New
England champion, at the tournament on
tuesday evening, the Metropole has made
"a ten-strike and will offer to the public
card of more than ordinary merit Ii is
not often that two chamI ions are brought
together In this city, and rs this will be
the first opportunity that many of the
lovers of boxing have had TO yet "A line on
Scott, their own townsmen, the meeting
between the pair will be of double import
ance. There is nobody who knows any
thing about Scott, and especially IL they
have had the good fortune to see him in
the ring. as very few here have. who do
not believe that he will take good care Of
himself and make n rattling showing,
even IL the "other fellow Is as big rs a
house
Besides this star attraction, there will be
special bouts between Jack Slavin OF East
Providence and Nelson, tho l35-pound
champion of Boston, and another between
Joe Eaton of Olneyville and Walcoit, the
l35-pound colored champion of Massa-
chusetts. There VII also be seven iihal
boSts in the competitions.
Warren Lewis. one of the men who was
financially interested in the backing of
Peter Maher against Bob Ftzsimmons,
today posted 1000 with the New York
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