The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-11
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
important Events on the Sporting
Calendar for this Week.
THE FLAHERTY-DRISCOLL GO.
They VIII Spar six Rounds ut Pawtucket
tho Gladstone Club on Thursday Night
Opening of the Baseball Season this
Week.

This will be a big week in the sporting
line. First comes the athletic exhibition
at Prof. Walkers gymnasium at Paw
tucket tonight, then the meeting of the
Gladstone Club on Thursday night and
last but not least, the opening of the base
ball season on Friday or Saturday, be-
sides numerous other baseball games and
general athletic events Of minor impor-
lance.
The exhibition Mt Pawtucket will be a
a great one, inasmuch as it will bring to-
gether for the wind-up of the show two of
the cleverest middie-weights in New Eng
land-Maffet Flaherty and Jim Driscoll,
both Of Boston. Jim Giblin was origi-
nally matched to meet Flaherty, but as
the date for the un-in approached Giblin
passed by his window n he quit. Dris-
coll, who has fought Flaherty two draws,
stepped to the front and said he would
like no better fun han putting the gloves
on for six rounds for Maffett. His offer
was accepted and tonight the sports will
have a chance to see whether or not their
third meeting will result in a draw. as
was the case on two former occasions.
Besides the Flaherty- Driscoll set-to
there will be n four-round 90 between
Barney Hubbard and Ryan, both of Bos-
ton, which promises to be a hummer, and
three other bouts between local talent.
Next on the slate comes the glove con-
test at the Gladstone Club on Thursday
night between Jack Falvey of this city
aud ex-minister Billy Frazier. Here is a
contest which for cleverness at both ends
will rarely be equalled in this city. Both
have had a month to train in and IL they
are not fit, they can blame nobody but
themselves. / know as a matter Of fact
that both have been working like Trogians
and will jump the ropes and 20 TO their
corners in condition fit to fight for their
lives.
Frazier Is so confident that he will win
that he has actually mapped out his plan
of campaign and has told his friends Just
how, when n where he Is going to hit
his Rhode Island opponent. Falvey too
has a pretty well formed idea Of how he
will operate on the ex-clergyman, and it
Is more than probable that when they get
at il they will both change their basis Of
operation and forget all about their
charts, hit when they get a chance and
get out Of the way when they can.
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Prof. Felix b. Davis is to bid good
bye" to these plantations for q few
months at least, and between now and
next Fall will travel the greater part of
the United States, visiting all the princi-
pal cities in the country. On Wednesday
evening he will have a farewell reception
at Music Hall when in addition TO bouts
in b art Of which he Is the champion Of
this country there will be dancing and y
good time generally. Felix has made
many friends since his advent here q little
over n year x and they will doubtless all
be at Music Hall On Wednesday evening
to give him a rousing send of, bid him
"G~od-speed," and wish him a safe return
in the Fall.
Campbell & Co., who opened their
handsome bicycle ware rooms on Wey-
bosset street on Saturday evening. have
already aroused an interest among the
local cyclists by offering four elegant
prizes to be raced for on Saturday the sd
In a road race over the Silver Hook
course, six and one half miles long.
G~ovcrnor-elect Brown, Lieut. Gov. elect
Bull and Brig. Gen. Kendall lave prom
ised to offer handsome medals or some
thing equally appropriate for the mcm-
bers OF the Officers Rifle Association to
compete for during the coming season
which will open some time next month.
Freddie Johnston, the English feather
weight, whom the Coney Island Club are
trying 20 match to fight George Dixon, de-
sires several things understood before he
crosses the blooming pond TO fight Dixon.
In the frat place he wants the club TO de.
posit $3.50 with Richard X. Fox. Then he
wants Dixon's hackers TO place $500 forfeit
TO bind a match for 5000 a side, besides
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