St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-13


more comment than all else just now i'll
the Northwest is the coming glove con-
test between Dick Moore. st. PauFS
fayorite middleweight, and George
Kissler. the champion of Mountenac- In
this city the consensus or opinion is that
Dick will win. But it must be con-
ceded that the sanguine feeling among
Dicks par;isans is largely due
to the phenomenal career of the plucky
and scientific young boxer the past
year. He has met all corners, and III
none of the contests has he been any
thing like closely pressed save in his
first match with Tommy Murray. the
Minneapolis weiterweIght. He had the
easiest sort of thing with Shadow
Maber, the Detroit cyclone, ana all the
other adVerSarieS. As said, for this
reason. il is only reasonable to suppose
that hrs friends VINO have witnessed
his contests feel that he is almost in-
vincibe.
But. on the other hand. the Mime
apoiIS sporting contingent are enthuSi-
astie in their declarations OF preference
for the Montana champion, who so
cleYeriy Slapped George La Blanche.
the Marine. aud many other
famous pugilists. He is hardy,
strong and clever, and he does
not lack courage III the slightest
degree. He is wagering his own money
upon the result, ana this is a straw for
the speculative sports. The contest
will come off before the Twin City
Athletic club. in Minneapolis. on the
18th. A big Montana delegation IS eX-
pected. and they viii come prepared to
back their fay0rite to any amount. The
contest is to 20 to a decision, and the
patrons of the club heed have no fear
of a tiascO. They know thar Dick Moore
has never in his career III the squared
circle given the slightest disappointment
! TO an audience, and the same may be
said of heSSler, for that matter. The
club has been unfortunate the past sea-
son i'll this respect. The contest be
tween Maber aud Griffin was of little
moment. and that between johnson and
Hawkins was 4 lizzie because the latter
backed out, and then Jack Hall was
sick and unable to meet D0bUS. One
week from Friday night the clubs pro-
gramme will fully make up for all these
shortcomings.
Yesterday the Phoenix Athletic club
succeeded in signing Danny NeedhaID.
St. PauFs fayorite welterweight. and
Billy Maber, who recently met Dick
Moore at the Phoenix. The consensus
OF opinion in sporting circles is that
y q
Maber, and since Maber'S exhib ition
with Moore there certainly seems to be
good ground for the ptiOn. despite
! the fact that MaOer once defeated
Needham. The conditions are that the
contest shall be twenty rounds, and that
it shall be for purse OF 81 900 to be put
up by the Phoenix club.
Manager Barnes. of the club. mas
secured the Olympic theater for the
event. He did this because of the
Stringency of the modeY market. and so
is to give popular prices. Tie ex-
| penses attending the contest in the
Olympic Will be much less than at the
club, and besides this fact. Sparring
contests always break up the work OF
the pupils OF the club Tor two or three
days. because OF the seats that have to
be erected and and then removed. The
theater will be opened for the season
by J. a. Oliver, manager of the Casino
ID Minneapolis, and 1t Will be opened
for the Sunday matinee on the Goth.
Needham has already gone into train
ing for the contest al the rOOmS of the
Phoenix. he is in pretty good shape to
start with. ana he will be IN fine shape
by the oath. Maber has gone out 10
Fort Smelling to train, and this augurS
we'll for Needham in the eyes OF the
SuperstItiouS. for no one trained at the
fort has eyer won in this city, either at
boxing or at wrestling.
r.
Gardner, the Omaha Kid. is sorelv
disappointed because Tommy Dixon re-
! fuses to put on the mits with him again.
| The Kid feels certain that lie can van
| quish Dixon, and all his friends are en-
! thnsiastic in their endeaYOrs 10 get an.
/ other 90. 1t is said thar the
| Phoenix doesn't care to offer the
| purse for the reason that the dates
OF the club are filled for some time 10
come. If this be true. there are other
| opportunities. Tie Twin CITY Club OF
! Minneapolis stands ready TO make 2 lIb-
eral cffer, and seemingly there IS no
excuse 10 be offered for DiXon's refusal
! 10 sign articles Tor the match.
The management Of the Pheaix At!i-
letic club has watched the career o.
Percy l{0ughton. of the Miunesota
Ruaf eiuh in All The rpUsrtnS nf m,