The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-17
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
Entries for the Metropole Clubs
Boxing Tournament.
THE BASE BALL OUTLOOK.
Prospect OF a Race Between the Famous
Stallion AlIerton. AxtelI and Paio Alto
Frazier and Faivcy May be Matched
To-day.

Frazier and Falvey May be Matched
To-day.
The entries for the amateur boxing
tournament of the Metropole Athletic
Club closed last night, and the large
number on the list will necessitate pre-
liminary bouts on Saturday night. These
will be held in the clubs gymnasium and
will be complimentary TO members of the
club. The winners of the preliminary
bouts will go into the finals on Tuesday
night All the best amateurs in the
State are entered, beside several from
Boston and other cities in Massachusetts,.
and some rare sport is promised Tor both
nights OF the tournament.
The entries are as follows: w. ;. Ed
wards, p. Lenihau, John Mclaughlin,
John Doherty. w. ii. Hands, o. Bu.hey,
T.. s. Cave. John Flatley, VIM. Smithies,
Edward Burns, John Slavin, Il. j. Kel
lery, w. f. Fenerrman, T. j. Moriaty,
George Sullivan, John Graham, Tom
Cooney, James Walcott, j. g. Kelley,
Joseph w. Eaton, NJ. Talbot, w. Hedron.
Frank Brennan, Cliff Gordon, Nelson
Scott, John Moran. VIM. Gleason.
It is not yet a definitely settled thing
that Providence and New Haven will not
be in the Eastern League this year. There
has been so much dissatisfaction eX-
pressed by the larger cities in the circuit
against the admission of Elmra and
Binghampton in place of Providence and
New Haven that another meeting of the
Eastern League has been called for to-
morrow at Albany when something may
be done which will change the circuit of
the league. The men behind the club in
Philadelphia have declared that they will
withdraw that city from the Eastern
League unless Providence and New
Haven are admitted us 10 was one Of the
conditions on which they entered the
league that these two cities should be in
the league. The meeting at Albany to-
morrow will tell the story.
There is a likelihood that Frazier will
consent TO make the much-talked-of match
with Falvey to day. The ex-minister has
been playing hold-off game in the hope
that tue club would raise the ante. The
original offer was 500 purse but for q
few days il looked as IL there would be no
match, as Frazier insisted on compelling
Falvey Co come down to LIS pounds. Finally
he found it was of no avail TO hold out
longer on the weight and yesterday in
formed the club that he would meet Fal-
vey at the lightweight limit, 1873 pounds.
but that the purse must be 500, OF which
$500 should go to tho winner and 800 to
the loser, and that he could get backing
for $500 on the outside. The club agreed
to raise the offer to $3.50 of which $3.50
should go to the loser, but Frazier called
the secretary of the club up by telephone
from Boston and informed him that the
losers end must be 800. Ih that demand
Frazier let the cat ont of the bag. What
is he looking for such big losers end for
if he is so confident that he can defeat
Falvey that he is willing to bet $500 on the
outside? According to his argument 1t
should be Falvey who should be looking
at the losers end as something substan-
tial. If the club should consent to Fra
zer's demand and he should lose he
would then be getting more more than he
got in New Bedford for winning from
Jimmy Murray. for there the winners
end was only $3.50. 1t is probable that the
club will consent TO make the oder 500,
but if it does it will reserve the right to
split it to suit themselves and not leave it
to Frazier.
Frazieris nothing il not conceited. He
wrote to the secretary of the Gladstone
Club yesterday to the effect that he
should like 10 meet Johnny Griffin, the
featherweight champion, at leo pounds,
for 81 500 purse, and added that Griffin
and are the best drawing cards in the
East" He will be informed by letter to-
day that il the club wants anybody TO 90
against Gri FIN il will be somebody with a
better record than Frazier All the club
fulfill cracks he made at New Bedford
when he fought Murray.
"Doc" O'Connell has caught the fever,
inst like the rest OF them In his bus S
and saws the Gladstone clubs offer iur hi0l
and Jimmy Conley ought TO be Mt least
$1,000" Anybody who didn't know would
think to hear these boxers reel off their
figures that offers Of from 81 900 to SIS 900
were coming in with every mail from all
narts of the country, while as matter of
fact il is only about once year that they
get any kind of an offer at all. The scrap
pers who will take what they're worth
are few. Those who want the earth are
legion. The time has come when they
must come Oft their perch or go into some
other business.
The East Side Tennis Club met in No.
6 University Hall last evening, TO elect of.
ficers for the ensuing year. The OLD board
of officers was reelected, ana the tax was
reduced TO Sl5 for ls52,
Al a meeting of the Freshman class
Yesterday evening, i. j. Feeley, 'y5, was
unanimously elected captain OF the Fresh
man base ball team.
IT, is estimated that the Tuesday even
ing exhibition OF the Lyman gymnasium
pnpils cleared over 500 for the athletic
association.
When. last season, Allerton met and de-
feated Nelson aud Delmarch, he fully
earned the title OF the stallion racing
champion in 1852, But two mature stall
lions arc now to be mentioned In the same
breath with the great son OF Jay Bird.
One Is Axtell, champion 3.year-old stallion
of the world. by William l.. Tho other Is
Palo Alto, stallion champion of the world.
by the dead Elcctioneer. Already the first
named pair have been matched TO trot at
the August meeting vi the Independence