The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-06
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
Metropole Members Will See George
Dixon Spar Tonight.
MIKE KELLY FOR NEW YORK.
The News" Man Talks with Tom
O'Rourke About Dixon and Boxers I'm
General-New York Athletic Clubs In q
Had Way.

George Dixon, the bantam weight cham
pion of the world, his sparring partner,
"Dollie" Lyons. and Tom O'Rourke, who
has been the manager and trainer of the
little champion since his first public APP
pearance, will be the guests Of the Metro
pole club this evening.
II is the occasion of the annual meeting
of the association, and at the conclusion
of the business part of the meeting there
will be an athletic entertainment in the
gymnasium, at which time Dixon and
Lyons will don the mittens for the edifi-
cation of the club members. That there
will be a good-sized gathering there to see
the little champion and shake hands with
him is a foregone conclusion, and 1t goes
without the saying that they will be paid
for coming, for the little fellow never fails
to interest everybody when he gets the
gloves on. Dixon is diffident by nature
and seldom accepts the invitations OF
athletic clubs in his travellings, and the
Metropole can boast of being one OF very
few clubs who has entertained the little
fellow.
Tom O'Rourke is an interesting CONVEX
sationalist especially on sporting matters.
He knows all the sporting men worth
knowing in both continents and can tell
you all about their good points and de
fects In speaking of the prospect OF
meeting between Corbett and Maher he
said to me. "If they ever get together
its my opinion that Corbett will make a
chopping block of Maher, but / don't be-
lieve the California is very anxious to
fight anybody. He is the cleverest big
fellow know of but he don't like TO box
anybody to finish"
Then he switched off into talking of
Dixon and said: 81 see the report has
gone all over the country that Dixon Is
matched TO fight Johnny Van Heest.
There is no truth whatever in the story.
Van Heest has forfeit OF $500 up but we
shall pay no attention to it unless some
some club offers good purse. As to
johnson, the English boy, / wired him
that we would give him go for $500
side and purse of 5000, but he has not
had the politeness To even answer IL.
Dixon will meet him either in London or
at San Francisco. | wouldn't let him
meet anybody at New Orleans as they are
so prejudiced down there against col
ored man"
John b. Day, whom everybody knows of
who knows anything at all about base
ball, says that King" Mike Kelly will
surely play in New York next season. The
Giants needed either first baseman or a
catcher, and the management decided tnat
the best thing to do was to put Buck Ew-
ing on first and Kelly behind the bat.
President Noel of the Olympic club of
New Orleans telegraphed Arthur Lumley
yesterday that his club would give purse
of $4,000 for a contest between Charley
Mitchell and Bob Fitzsimmons, TO take
place the last week in February.
The athletic clubs i'm New York are evil
IDENTIFY in bad way. 1t has been the
policy of the big clubs to swallow up the
smaller ones. The moment that a man
made reputation as an athlete from a
small club the big clubs would make him
tempting offers and gather him up. The
result has been that the big clubs have
gone into debt. The Manhattan athletic
club has one of the finest club houses in
the world. Yet many of the members
want "A change in the management. They
think that altogether too much money is
being spent for athletes.
The great curling event of the season
will take place in Toronto on Thursday of
this week. when the curriers' of the United
States and Canada will meet in grand
international bonspiel, to test the skill of
the two sections at "Scotias aim game
of curln'."
The United States will be represented
by rinks from the various clubs in New
York and other places, and the Canadians
by rinks selected from the numerous clubs
located principally in Ontario. If the
weather permits, the match will be played
on outdoor ice, which will give the Ameri-
can players better chance to win, as most
of their practice has been on that kind of