St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-10
GARDINER VS.. DIXON.
The TWO GAME FEsTHERWEIGHTS TO
BOY WEDNESDAY,.
RECORDS OF THE BOXERS.

OhO ONA GNU WO1SI
at the Ring Side Is the Weigh t
Prescribed-The Omaha Kid a
Slight Favorite in Betting
General Sporting Pointers.
The devotees and admirers of rugged
manly sports have rare treat in store
for the present week. The event will
be the twenty-round scientific glove
contest before the Phoenix Athletic
club, between the Omaha Kid and
Tommy Dixon. They are both first-rate
teatherweight boxers. and they have
enviable regulations. There is no ques-
ton that this will prove one of the most
exciting and meritoIious eXpositions of
the manly art that has ever been given
in the club. The match is for goodIy
purse, and it will occur Wednesday
evening. 1t had been arranged orig
inally Tor Thursday night, but at the
special request of a large number of
the most prominent gentlemen who
patronize the club events, the date was
changed by the management. Wednes-
day evening has been chosen, and this,
it is hoped, will give general satisfaction.
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These youthful aspirants to fame are
to weigh in on the evening of the con-
test at 100 pounds each. There is no
danger that this condition will not be
met. Both men have trained we'll, and
they are now beneath the required
weight. Who is the favorite? In some
quarters the Omaha Kid has altogether
the best Of it in the prophecies, but it is
thought that there are really more
Dixon partisanS, and that the latter
are the more confident OF victory for
their champion. Both of these young
fellows have made great records in
the past. The exhibition made by the
Kid with the great Solly Smith before
the Phoenix club two months ago is
still fresh in the memory of every
reader of the GLOBE, and it was the
show that Gardiner made then that is
now rallying the talent to his side of
the controversy. They hold that if the
Kid could do so well with Smith, he
certainly should have an easy thing
with Dixon Wednesday evening.
But all this does not diSmay the Dixon
people in the least. They are saying
judgment. The bell will ring at 9
o'clock sharp, so that the visitors from
abroad may have an opportunity to
take the late trains for home.
There will be several preliminary ex-
hlbitions of the manly art. The leading
event of this class will be a fOur-round
contest between Jack Hall, the Austral-
ian wonder, and Tommy Cavanaugh, of
Buffalo. The latter is all right in a
show Of this sort, but when he sparS for
a purse he isn't in it. His sprInting
proclivities tire the audience, and
the adversary as we'll. This Was
shown in the match he had with
Tommy Murray recently before the
Twin City Athletic club lii Mime
apolis.
The Foley midsummer handicap anna
teur sweepstakes billiard tournament
was originally intended to begin this
evening, but owing to the absence from
the city of several of the players that
have entered, postponement has been
made for week or so. Consequently
there is no especial hurry about the an
nOuncement OF the handicap allowances.
These will likely be given in these col
umnS next Sunday, however. There
are now ten entered, and the books will
be kept open the balance of the week
for any others that may conclude to
participate in the series.
IT. gga-
Charley Johnson, who recently de-
feated Billy Hawkins III Minneapolis, is
anxious to box Dick Moore, but he pre-
ScrIbeS that Moore must weigh in at not
TO exceed $50 pounds. While Dick is
ready to put on the mits with his old
adversary, he refuses to join in any
weight restrictions. He says that here
after he Will box at catch weights only.
This Is likely to place him on the scales
at 155, which is too heavy for Johnson.
Consequently, it is scarcely probable
that a match will be made between
these two champions at present. Man.
ager Barnes, of the Phoenix, however,
has Chicago man in view for John
son. and his friends may expect to see
him in the arena of the club in the near
future.
John S. Barnes, of the Phoenix Athletic
club, has as fine litter of rough-coated
st. Bernard pups as can be found in the
entire country. They are VeritabIe
beauties. The dam is Niketa. A. h e.
%. 167 and g. X. 9. II. She is the win
ner of first and special prizes at the
Toronto bench show of 1888. and is as
stylish as any st. Bernard that was ever
bred. The sire of the litter is Mr..
Barnes famous Prince Arthur H., OF
which so muchh has been printed in the
papers of the country devoted to kennel
descriptions. Prince Arthur II. weighs
200 pounds and is as handsome as a
picture. He is, in fact, an ideal dog.
Mr.. Barnes has also in his kennel out at
Merriam Park pup only five months
old that weighs 165 pounds. Her regis
tered name is Margie. BY the way,
Prince Arthur has been entered in the
worlds fair bench show that is TO begin
next September. Not a few predict
that he will carry off the blue ribbon
and the honorS.
II
Jules Mayer has taken charge of the
Metropolitan hotel billiard room, and he
is having all the tales fixed over He
promises to make it one of the best bill
lard halls Of its capacity in the West.
New ivory, new cues and the best ap-
pointmentS will bring the patrons. and
this is what Jules will have. He will
give 4 series of exhibitions in the near
future. and there is talk of Metropol-
itan tournament also.
Scraps OF Sport.
The FavOrites defeated the Rockets
yesterday by score of S to 3. The
features of the game were the battery
work of Banacle and Redington, the
batting Of Hart, and grand stand