Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-06-10
ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN PUG.
Hugh Napier, the Featherweight, Arrives
In Chjcapo

| IN IntCdgo.
CHICAGO, June s. 5.--Hugh Napier, the
Australian featherweight, who ii
matched to do battle with Bobby
Burns, of Providence, before the Co
iumbia Athletic club June 26, arrived
in Chicago yesterday and reported to
his hacker, Joe Harris. Napier is a
young fellow Oh slight build who looks
as If it would not be much trouble for
him to get to 122 pounds. lie is the
least known Of all the Australian fight
ers that have come to this country.
The bright spot in his brief record Is
his defeat of Powell. Napier will train
at the Iroquois Boat club with Solly
Smith.
Mick Dunn, the middleweight who
defeated Billy Purcell at Reno, New, a
few nights ago. is expected IN Chicago
today TO swell the Australian colony.
1t Is not likely, after the tiresome
and unsatisfactory fight that Andy.
Bowen put up with Eyerhart, follow
ing so closely his long draw with Jack
Burke, that the Crescent City club will
care TO hang up purse for him and
! Stanton Abbott. Herein Barney Allen
sees chance for his man Martin Denny
to go against the Englishman. Allen
IS liable to pick up and start for Eng
| land at any time. He Is sore and dis
| appointed at Austin Gibbons failure to
do business and believes none of the
| lightweights care TO take on his boy.
Barney wants action and that right
away, and unless he sees an immediate
opportunity of getting a match with
Abbott he will pass the entire game up
as far as this country is concerned.
Jimmy Griffin. the Minneapolis light
weight, who was recently whipped by
Shadow" Maber, the Australian, is in
town. He says Maber is game, clever
fighter, who should whip anybody of
his weight. Griffin was badly over
matched, as the Australian weighed 1873
pounds in the ring and stands feet
l0JG inches. The Minneapolis boy is
done with finish contests, but would
like to get on with any l35-pound boxer
for n ten or twelve round contest.
jimmy Barry IL anxiously waiting
word from Levy, the New York lad
who wants to fight him at 100 pounds.
Barry sent n forfeit of 500 east a few
days ago, but has not yet received no.
tice that il has been covered.
Owing To the illness of Henry
Baker VIII Mayo has agreed
to take his place in next
Monday nights eight-round con-
test with Frank Kellar at McGurn's
handball court. The men have met
before in a six-round contest and as
neither is satisfied with the result Of
that go the present match should be
hot one, and with an additional two
rounds il may not be hard to get a de-
cision. Mayo is training on the west
side at Martin Costello's quarters and
is reported to be in fine shape. kellar
is doing his work at Harry Gilmore's,
| and says he will enter the ring consid-
erably lighter than at any previous
time in his career. He knows that he
| is going against clever man and is
anxious TO make good showing.
Tommy White, the popular local
| featherweight, who lately returned
from California, has agreed TO box
eight rounds for scientific points with
Pete Peterson at McGurn's June 10.
White once put il all over the Swede In
six-round affair, and the latter has
been looking for chance TO get even
ever since. White is nearer a middle
weight now, but will work down to
about 1870 pounds for the bout.