The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-07
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
ReOpening of the Gladstone Club
Next Thursday Night.
CATTANACH- QUINN MATCH.
Annual banquet of tho Rhode Island
Yacht Club To-Night-Funny Outcome
of the Dog Fight at Woonsockst-sul-

This will be busy week for the sport
ing fraternity, in fact il will mark an era
in the sporting history of the city. First
on the slate comes the wrestling match at
the Metropole Club on Wednesday even
ing between John Cattanach of Provi-
dence, champion of New England. and
Quinn, the Canadian champion. IL will
be the one big wrestling match of the sea-
son hereabouts, and is attracting lots of
attention and creating any amount of
speculation among those who follow such
events. There are very few who do not
believe that Quinn will meet his match in
Cattanach, but at the same time IL Is
conceded that a man who can win the
championship OF Canada Is no easy mark.
even for man of Cattanachs acknowl-
edged strength and wrestling ability.
Next in line comes the reopening of the
Gladstone club on Thursday night. This
will be the sporting event of the season so
far and 10 is safe TO assert that all the
sports will be there when the curtain
rings mp on the opening attraction.
The club will give particular attention
to boxing, but in addition will embrace
wrestling, fencing and all the other
branches of sport, including baseball, to
which the club has already subscribed
literally. One of the members said To me
"we are in this for the sport not for any
money their might be in it if
we wanted to make 1t business
speculation" On the opening night,
Thursday there will be wrestling
match between John Cattanach and
George Herrick, n l0-round contest for
points between young Murray of Woon-
socket and Boyle OF this city at l05 pounds
and limited round contest for points,
between John a. Sullivan of San Diego,
Cal, and Eddie Conley of Cambridge at
40 pounds. This will be the attraction of
the evening, and a great one it will be,
too. Both men are clever boxers and
strong and may be relied upon to give
good account of themselves when the
time arrives for action.
Both have been in training for the past
three weeks and when they pull off their
sweaters in their respective corners will be
as perfect physically as hands and hard
work can make them. In all the contests
at the club hereafter big gloves will be
used, which will dispel all suspicion that
anything like slugging or fighting is to be
allowed. The gloves will weigh at least
six ounces and will be weighed in the ring
in the presence of the spectators before
the contest begins.
A meeting of the Gladstone Club was
held yesterday afternoon, when consider
able business OF Importance to the outside
sporting world was transacted. The mat
ter of getting George Godfrey and Joe
Choyinski for contest was discussed at
considerable length, and the offer
of $500 trophy, which was made
two weeks ago, was raised 10
50 900, and the secretary was instructed to
inform both men of the offer. Godfrey is
known to be willing and rs the proposed
battle between Choyinski and Corbett at
New Orleans has fallen through il is more
than probable that Choyinski will accept
the offer
1t was voted TO put up a trophy worth
$500 for a "go" between Billy Frazier and
Jack Falvey the last week of this month
or the first week in April. Both men have
signided their willingness 20 accept and
the match will probably be consummated
within n few days. IL was also voted to
assess the members 50 for the Sullivan
Conley contest on Thursday night, to de-
fray expenses.
The annual banquet of the Rhode ISL
and Yacht Club will be held at the Mar
ragansett Hotel this evening. 1t will be
an interesting occasion, and for three
hours there will be nothing heard of in
the big dining-hall but "ceuterboards,"
"fn keels," the "Gloriana" and the
"Wasp."
And now while the baseball magnates
are dabling in the national game, buying
and selling players like SO many slaves,
while the horsemen are talking horses and
getting the tracks in shape for the season
of 1892, aud while the yachtsmen are
specializing on the outcome of the races
between the 46-footers and the lesser
classes this year. the balance of the sport
ing world, beside many in the classes
named above, are talking fight. OF
q -
importance, but the one which is the ali
absorbing topic is the proposed fight for
the worlds championship between John
l.. Sullivan and that bombastic sprinting
boxer. Charlie Mitchell. Sullivan is out
with letter declaring himself.
He says his theatrical contracts expire
on June 4, and that he will then be at
liberty talk of things fstic. OF his
preferences he would like TO hold an ar
gument with Mitchell with four.once
gloves first; then comes Slavin and after
that Corbett. SlaVin already has match
on with Jackson. so he is. practically out
of it, and as Corbctt has declared his in
tention OF meeting the winner of the
Slavin-Jackson fight, he too may be
counted out. This leaves only Mitchell at
liberty, and as he has declared himself as
willing there Is no apparent reason why
he and Sullivan may not eAc lange cout-
tesies in the roped arena in che early fall.
give a purse of Ss5, 900 for such contest
aud both men can find outside backing.
Mitchell says he is willing to fight for the
purse offered him is only willing 10 make
the stake 81, 800 side while sullivan
wants 10 TO be at least $4,000. On this
subjecC they art To be able TO effect com
promise, but for all of the favorable out
look for a meeting between this pair who
have loved each with desperation for the
past eight years, there are very few who
can be made to believe that Mitchell
could be pulled into n finish fight with
anybody with "A six inch wire cable
Slavin is also cracking aJ sullivan, al
though lac already has Peter Jackson on
hand Co trim before he can get at the big
fellow" and Richard II. Fox who would
mortgage the Police gazette il he could
find "A man who could put John l.. out,
comes forward aud says he would back
Sullivan against Slavin rather than sec n
match between them fall through Every
thing considered, that sounds very funny.
The idea OF toX's backing Sullivan. as ii
he thought that he could not find any
body To put up the money for him. Fox
evidently forgets that it is Slavin who is
i'm need Of n bgcker aud not sullivan. IL