Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-12-11
SPORTS AND SPORT.


Collyer break Barney Aarons ribs like
pipe stems, were filed to overlooking with
delight. 1t was turn after the old
school. Barring gouging, biting, hugging,
etc, there was nothing in the fight TO distin-
guish it from good old bar-room scrap, ex-
cept that it was in roped ring and that
s. 500 was the incentive, instead of mis-
understanding over glass or two.
Goddard sawed the air, butted
ike bull in china shop
and when he did land il was e surprise.
The contest was simply one between great
strength backed by no science, and little
| science with no generalship behind it. Had
| Maher kept his mead and not locked horns
and mixed things with this Australian, he
| could have made chopping block Of him
| aud won as he pleased. One thing the Irish
| lad did demonstrate, and that was that his
heart IS il the right place. He took his
| punishment like a man, and although he
] was virtually whipped from the time he
commenced 10 fight in Goddard's style, he
kept the ball moving until knocked into in
| sensiOility.
The hight has demonstrated one thing
more, and that is, Mr.. Goddard has no busi
ness TO meddle with a scientific fighter,
| least Of ali, with men like Corbett, Jackson
or Fitzsimmons.
jimmie Carroll is again after Geo. Dixon's
scalp. Carroll is anxious TO match Johnnie
| Griffin against Dixon. He says: II see by
the papers that O Rorke is willing 10 make
a concession in weight on behalf Of Dixon.
| Griffin claims the feather weight cham
pionship at 10 pounds. Dixon also claims
| the title and advertises himself as cham
pion OF that class. Griffin disputes Dixon's
right to the title and has offered 10 fight
| Dixon.
although Dixon has said that he would
| fight Griffin if he weighed a ton, he de-
clined to meet him at the featherweight
limit. Griffin then offered TO concede two
pounds TO Dixon. Dixon asked TO weigh in
at the ringside at lis pounds. ut is
physical impossibility for Griffin TO get
6SioW- 100 pounds, and O'Rourke and
Dixon are both aware Of that fact. Dixon
is afraid Of Grifin aud so is O'Rourke.
"Now O'Rourke can Sltner agree 10
these terms or crawl with his champion
ship, O'Rourke mas persistently i9Rored
nv deposits. 1 suppose he will as usual
20 on blufing and advertising his feather
weight champion. IL seems plain to me
that he does not mean business He knows
Grifiin's ability as a fighter too well
to take chances with him"
There is no longer any doubt about a
meeting between Jim Hall and Bob F'itz-
simmons. Everything but few minor
details in this great match have been salts
factorily arranged, and during the first
week in March these men Will decide the
question Of supremacy and the ownership
Of SAC. 900 in the arena of the Crescent City
Athletic Club Jim Hall is now settled
among US for while, and after walking
his sea legs of will get down to business
and fix himself up for the approaching
muss. Fitzsimmons will train at Bay ST.
Louis, but Hail is undecided as yet where
he will round himself into shape. Much
surprise was expressed over a published
interview to the effct that Hall had as
saulted the old man Savage instead OF
Mitchell, for which otfense the latter is
now serving two months. Sporting men
have not increased their estimate Of Hall
since this statement.
Michael j. Donovan and Dominick +.
McGaffrey are 10 spar three exhl oition
rounds at the Madison Square Garden,
December II. Toevery member Of the New
York and Manhattan Athletic CLUBS, OF
which Messrs. Donovan and McCatfrey are
respectively the boxing instructors, this
announcement speaks volumes. These men
teach the best blood in New York the art
of self defense. AS instructors they have
VOL their spurs. Each has a particular
following in his club and the rivalry be-
tween the two clubs is intense. The men
have never spared together. Their bout
will be an exhibition Of scientific sparring
and not a contest.
The fifth annual boxing and wrestling
championship meeting Of the Amateur Ath-
letic Union of the United States, will be
held in Philadelphia, Thursday and Satur-
day nights, january and z, 1898, under the
auspices of the Phiiade. Jhia Amateur
Swimming Club.
|, Competitions in boxing and wrestling
will be decided at the following weights;
Bantam-weight-l pounds or under;
feather-weight pounds or under; light
weight-l35 pounds or under; middle
weight-l5S pounds or under; and heavy
weight over 15S pounds, unlimited There
will also DC two special weight classes, 10
pounds or under, one in boxing and the
other in wrestling. The trial bouts Will
be held on Thursday night and The final
contests will be decided on Saturday.
Entries will only be received from anna
tours connected with regularly recognized
amateur clubs.
A peculiar meeting is being arranged
between Yale and Harvard. Yale was in
vited to compete against Harvard at the
annual indoor winter meeting at the BOs-
ton Athletic Association in a team race OF
mile; both teams to consist of four men,
each of whom will relieve his predecessor
after quarter of a mile. Harvard has
agreed 10 enter team in case Yale will.
The managers of the Yale team received
the proposition favorably but were reluct-
ant about giving definite answer fearing
that the Harvard men have been training
for the event while only short time re-
mains for the Yale men 10 get in condition.
Capt. Jones of the Yale team will give his
ultimatum IN a few days. He says, how
ever, that he is anxious 70 accept the chal-
lenge.
The international amateur athletic car
nival is now down as a fixture beyond a
doubt. It's reasonably certain that it will
be held in Chicago about the middle OF
September. and the grounds will be the old
brotherhood base bail field, which has
also been selected by the League OF Amer
lean Wheelmen for its Worlds Fair cele-
bration. The local arrangements will be
under the auspices Of the Chicago Athletic
Club.
The Brooklyn Jockey Club has reduced
its stakes for the coming season To ma
terial extent. The Monmouth Park AS
sociation has also blotted out few OF its
stakes, because these stakes were relics OF
times which are lost and forgotten to the
turf The Legislature of this State, when
it assemblies at Albany, Will have at least
q couple of matters OF vital Importance 10
racing people to pass upon. One OF these
will be q bill which is 10 be introduced for
tine purpose of securing some sort OF Law.
that will put al end to the pool room
nuisance in the city. where it fourishes be-
vond the belief of most people. just what
form the bill will take cannot be learned
as vet, but one is now being formulated
which, il is expected, will put an end TO
city book-making establishments, while 1t
will not interfere with the speculation OF
the race track. There is tough problem