The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-15
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
Another Pool Match Between Lam
die and Stewart.
WEIR AND STEELE MATCHED.
Jim Corbett Refuses to Meet Fitzsim-
mons for $4,000 Purse-Univer-
sity Athletic Club Organized I'm New
York-"silver" Flint. the Famous
Catcher, Dead.


The following communication explains
itself:
TO the Sporting Editor Providence Ne,os:
SIR-I have made arrangements for match
game at continuous pool, SOD balls 2U "a night
for the evenings of Jan. ~ and g, between
Charles II. Landie and Fred Stewart, for $50
a side and the gross gate receipts Landie
has gone TO Boston and will return next Tues
upon will be placed in Jimmy Daley's hands,
who will again act as stakeholder. AS far as
know the contestants have not agreed upon
Tuesday when the money Is put up. / will
wager any part OF 500 on the outside on Mr..
Landie. Yours,
Silver" the famous base ball catcher, died
at Chicago yesterday after a lingering ill
ness of consumption. "Silver" Flint was
connected with the Chicago Club eleven
years and helped materially to win the
pennant five times. He began his league
playing with the Indianapolis Club i'm
1877. where he remained two years and
then went to Chicago where he remained
until 1889, which was his last year on the
diamond. His record shows that in his
thirteen years of professional playing he
caught s35 out Of the 1926 games played
by his club.
Jim Corbett differs materially from
most men in the pugilistic business in
that he isn't looking for money. Glory is
what he wants. The man who knows
anything about boxers would naturally
think that when a $4,000 purse is offered
Corbett il he will go and put Fitzsim-
mons out, would be "a chance which the
big, clever Californian would jump at,
and that the question would be whether
or not long Bob would be willing TO throw
away 25 pounds or more for the sake of
getting on match. Not so in this case.
Fitz says he's willing but Corbett wires
that he isn't fighting middleweigbts, and
again the Olympic club will have to 90
hunting for attractions.
"Ike" Weir, the ""Belfast Spider" and
Frank Steele both of Boston have at last
been matched and will settle the much
Bedford Athletic Club on Feb. Is. They
are to weigh not more than 123 pounds at
O'Clock on the day of the 90. The amount
of the purse is not given out, but is prob
ably not more than $3.50. name these fig
ures because know of a club i'm this city
which had the opportunity to match the
same men only last week for that sum,
and do not believe that the New Bedford
Club is giving any more than they are
obliged to. The Spider" has fallen off
materially since his fake" fight with
Billy Murphy at Frisco, to which was
added the defeat practically at the hands
of Johnny Griffin last April, and is ready
to put them on with anybody for about
any amount. He and Steele have had
many hard battle with their mouths as
to their respective ability, and it now looks
as if the question would be settled.
Frank Kavenney, the Cambridge feather
weight, is anxious to meet Hickey of Re-
we're in a boxing contest for from 500 to
and he will meet Hickey any time to sign
articles.
joey Nuttall of England, champion pro-
fessional swimmer of the world, writes
that he is ready to go into a sweepstake
race with McCusker of Lowell and Ken
ney OF Australia, now in Philadelphia, for
any amount; A well-known sporting
man tried to induce Nuttall to come TO the
country and make a fake" race with
McCusker, but the Englishman refused.
On Tuesday the lovers of boxing in
Boston were in high spirits because of the
action of the Board of Aldermen, which
allowed the Union Athletic Club to hold
sparring exhibition, and now information
comes that the Union Athletic Club cam
not introduce sparring at its exhibition in
Music Hall, Monday evening Jan. %, un-
der the license which IL has received from
the Board of Aldermen for an athletic ex-
hibition.
Such is the ultumatum of the board of
police, supported by the decision of Dist
Atty. Stevens. IL bases its decision on the
theory that sparring is an exhibition of
pugilism, and that exhibitions of pugil-
ism are forbidden, unless especially al
lowed by the Board of Aldermen.
Malcolm w. Ford lost fortune by going
into athletics His wealthy father died
and cut him off with the traditional shl-
ling. But Ford threatens to break all
previous records for the running long
jump, so he is in all probability perfectly
satisfied He declares teat he would pre-
fer to be the champion all round athlete
thing, but when Malcom gets to be about
80 years old and out of the game for many
years. il would come in very handy to
have some of his wealthy fathers money
TO fall back on.
There was never time when athletic
clubs had such call as at the present
time, and now the college alumni have
organized for the purpose of continuing
their athletic tanning after they have
severed their connection with the alma
water.
A number of gentlemen representing
the Eastern colleges met in New York
yesterday to perfect the organization the
University Athletic Club. The colleges
represented were Harvard, Yale. Prince
ton, Brown, Columbia and Amherst. The
initiation fee was fixed at $25. and the an
nual dues at $50 for residents and S25 for
non-residents. The membership is to he
limited at 1000, and is only open TO
graduates Of colleges where at least
three-year course is required. Graduates
of West Point and the Naval Academy are
eligible to membership. +. w. "A.