The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-28
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
Providence Boxers In Great Demand
as. Attractions in Boston.
CoONEY TO MEET GRIFFIN.
Fred Scott to Box u rfiddieweight at the
Riverside Boat Clubs Tournament
Tom Cooney spars Kaveney Tonight
Dates for the Carrier Pigeons.

The boxers of Providence are in great
demand just at present. Tonight at the
amateur tournament of the Cooper Social
and Athletic Club Tom Cooney will show
what he knows of the great game of HIT
stay and counter. up against young Kaveney
very clever young Boston bantam. l
have seen the Boston boy box twice and
Cooney and of the pair like the latter's
chances best. Billy Reardon was to have
met Kaveney, but for some reason backed
out at almost the last minute. and / ar
ranged the match for Cooney then.
Kaveney would have been mark for
Reardon. Cooney should have no great
trouble in beating him, but it isn't the
easiest thing in the world for a stranger
to get a decision even though he got the
best of it.
Tomorrow night Mike Cooney will be
stacked up against Johnny Griffin, cham
pion featherweight of the country, for
three rounds. at the Howard Athan9um.
in Boston. Griffin is showing with Bob
Fitzsimmons' company, where he is meet
ing all comers this week, and Cooney has
been selected as one of the "comers. ="
Mike has been nursing n lame hand ever
since he fought Barney Hubbard at Paw
tucket month ago, bat for ali that he
will be able TO give Griffin tough 'go"
and will undoubtedly give good account
of himself 1t will be good opportunity
to see what he can do against champion.
Fred Scott, the Ajax of the Metropole
Club, is another of the much-sought box
ers. A representative of the Riverside
Boat Club of Boston was in the city on
Saturday, and engaged Scott to box at
the clubs tournament April z. His oppo-
nent on that occasion viii be Roach, the
amateur middleweight OF the Riverside
Boat Club, who will tip the beam at about
166 pounds when he faces Scott. Many
are of the opinion that Scott made a mis-
take when ne agreed TO go against Roach,
and he begins 10 think SO himself, for by
defeating man so much smaller than
himself he will gain very little credit
while he has everything TO lose il Roach
succeeds in making showing against
him. There are amateur heavyweights in
Boston who would not take Roach's place
for n small fortune, among whom are
Jackson, Wetmore and Ryan.
Walter Burnham went to New Haven,
Saturday night to spend Sunday with his
family, promising TO return to-day and
| continue hustling. / met him Saturday
afternoon and he was in fine spirits. He
had raised $500 more of the subscriptions
required and thought he had a right to be
happy. III he keeps on at bis present rate
OF speed he will have disposed of all the
stock by the middle OF the week and be
ready for the meeting for organization on
| Friday night.
Next Monday night the sports of these
| plantations will be given an opportunity
| to get line on jim Corbett, the big
| handsome Californian, who is matched
against John l.. Sullivan for purse and
| stake aggregating S45, 600. 1t will be
| Corbett's first appearance here and his
| last before he fights Sullivan, September
| T. for the championship of the world. He
| will show something or his skill with the
mttens at the Metropole clubs gymna
| sium, when he viii! spar four rounds with
| his sparring partner, Jim Daily, the Phila
! delphia heavyweight. In addition TO the
| Corbett-Dally set-to, there will be tel
round bout between local men whose
names will be announced later, beside
several four-round bouts.
There must have been strong persuasion
| TO induce Woodcock to return that $50(
and come back to Brown. Boston Herald
Martin Snee. the lightweight pugilist oi
Haverhill. has been matched to spar
| Austin Gibbons of Brooklyn before the
| Manhattan Athletic Club of New York
| six rounds with three-ounce gloves for a
| purse of $3.50, $3.50 to the winner. The
match is to come off Saturday, April 2
| Snee is training for the match at Haver
hill, and feels confident of winning it,
The matching by the Coney Island
| Athletic Club of George Godfrey and Joe
| Lannon has settled, for the present a,
| least, the chances of Godfrey beinl
matched against Joe Choyinski at th,
| Gladstone Club. Godfrey was willing tc
meet Choyinski for the s., 900 purse offered
| but the Californian demurred and said il
wasn't { enough. While Choyinski was think
| ing il over along came Arthur Lumley oi
the Coney Island Athletic Club and offered
n 5000 purse for Godfrey to fight 10,
| Lannon. With Godfrey it was a case o
"a bird in the hand is worth two in tn,
BUSH" and SO he signed to fight Lannon
The dates named for flying pigeons fol
Diana tower trophies from Madison
Square Garden, New York, are, by tn,
Unity Club of Providence, May % for ole
birds and Sept for youngsters. Th,
| club offers n gold leg band to the bird IL
! either race that makes speed exceedin,
| 200 yards per minute: gold medal IL th,
| speed is the best to the club lofts through
| the season. and a silver tea set as priz,
of honor for the best speed by young
| sters.
The distance, air line, is about $50 miles
| All Journeys of the club through the sea
sou beginning with the race from Bridge
port, 100 miles, will be under the Ameri
can pigeon flying rules. The prizes, othe
| than named, are the treasurer's cup, valu,
| $50. for the best speed from 800 miles o
4 over, and the presidents prize, value 500
Y for the best speed in the race from 20
miles. Il. w. "A.