St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-26

lHGTe are MANY tlllllSS Oli loot III tlio
entertainment of st. Paul sports in the
near future, among them being
wrestling match. contest between
sprinter and skater, fencing bout
and number of other affairs. These
will be under the direction Of the
Phoenix Athletic clu for the entertain
ment of the mem bers. The manage
ment of the club has shown by the
events which have come off-under its
direction that the tastes of the public
are catered to with the result of COM
plete satisfaction to all parties con-
cerned. Other events which have come
off in other places have so sickened the
public by fake contests between cheap
participants that the sporting element
of st. Paul began to have the impres-
sion that no meritOriOuS contests were
intended. The constant increase in the
membership Of the Phoenix club has
proved that an interest exists in sports
among st. Paul people and that people
will attend them if they have guaran-
tee of good faith.
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The articles have been sisned for
wrestling bout between James Powers,
of Murdoch, Minn., and Pete Schu
macher. of Brooklyn, the match to come
off at the rooms of the Phoenix club on
the evening of March II. The men will
wrestle at 147 pounds, give or take two
pounds. A forfeit of 800 has been
posted in the hands of Mr. Barnes by
each of the men. and before the nj ght
of the match each one will post the bal
ance of the stakes, $3.50 each. The match
will be catch-as- -catch-can, best three
out of five falls.
Schumacher is given the credit of be-
ing the best man, as he has we'll
known reputation as wrestler. Pow
ers is comparatively unknown, but
those who have seen his work say that
he has a good chance for the money.
The match will be strictly Oh its merits,
and a good contest is promised.
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Arrangements are being made for
UNIQUE contest to occur III the near
future between John S. Barnes, man
ager of the Phoenix Atheletic club. and
Fritz Luer, one of the rapid skaters
who has made a reputation in the North
west by approaching near the mile rec
ord of the world. They are to have
seventy-fve-yard dash, Barnes to run
and Luer to skate, for stake of $50
side. Barnes has record of seven sec
onds for seventy-fve yards, flying start,
and two-fifths of second more, stand
ing start. The match will be under the
auspices of the Phoenix club.
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The first game Of the shufleboard
series for the championship Of the city
will be played Tuesday evening in the
rooms of the Phoenix Athletic club be-
tween j. ]. Ahern and Roxy Reber, for
a stake of s25 side. Mr.. Ahern wishes
it stated that he is not putting up the
money for himself, not because of a lack
of confidence in his skill, but as he is
opposed to going into such contests for
the purpose Of winning money. 1t was
the original intention to have the match
for glory only, but some, of the friends
of both parties expressed a desire to put
money up, and the arrangements were
made accordingly. Thirty-fve games
will be played in all, the contests to
alternate between the Phoenix club and
the Shuff1eboard club, the latter being
located over Reber's cafe. The decision
will be made according to the total
scores made in the series of games. The
second game of the series will be played
at the rooms of the Shuf1eboard club
Friday evening. Two games will be
played each week until the contest is
finished.
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On the evening of March there will
be a high-class entertainment in the
rooms OF the Phoenix club, the occasion
being a meeting between Prof. Lindley,
instructor in fencing for the club. and
Mr.. Mallette, one of the members of
his class. 1t will be an interesting ex-
hibitlon, and will doubtless prove very
entertaining. AS this evening is the
one on which the Hall-FitZsimmons con-
test at New Orleans will be held the
management of the club has made ar
rangements for the placing of wire,
direct from New Orleans, in the rooms
of the club. The news from the field of
battle will be sent direct to the rooms
of the club. The entertainment will be
complimentary to the members Of the
club. There will be number of other
events during the evening.
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A number of events in SWITCHBOARD
are scheduled for the near future at the
rooms of the Shuffieboard club. There
will be number of club games and in
dividual contests this evening, and it Is
expected that there will be some excit-
ing nlaviup The meeting will nrOba-