St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-16
PHOENIX CLUB sOIREE.
A Good Meiange offered for To-
nights Entertainment.

A Good Melange Offered for To-
nights Entertainment.
One of the most important events in
the history of sports in st. Paul will
occur this evening in the arena Of the
Phoenix Athletic club. 1t will be the
fourth of the series of monthly enter
tainments gwen by the club, and the ar
rangements which have been made for
the occasion warrant the assertion that
Il will be superior to even the excellent
entertainments which have been given
i'll the past.
At great expense the management
OF the club has secured the services of
the most proficient men in this part of
the country for the exhibitions this
evening. There will be number of
contests for liberal purses, and the
affair will be one of the most closely
contested in the history of scientific
boxing in St. Paul. There will be five
or more contests, all of the participants
being favorites in their way in this city.
The contests will ne decided entirely
on the merits of the sparrers, and some
very hard work is promised. The prin-
cipal event of the evening will be the
Moore Fitzpatrick contest. Both OF the
men are well known in the city, and
both have a large number of friends
who are confident of the proves of
their faYOriteS. The men are evenly
matched. and will be of the same
weight at the time of entering the ring.
McDonough and Rhode, who spared
ten rounds recently, will have another
go. as the loser was dissatisfied with the
affair. He claimed that he was not in
good condition at the time of the previ-
Gus event, and, although his opponent
gained a sufficient number of points to
defeat him, he is confident that he will
win this evening.
Thompson, commonly called the
Zulu" will have a contest with Dell
Stalker. Both of the men are very
heavy and are evenly matched, and it is
expected that they will have a hard
contest for the cash prize, which will be
given by the club.
Gardener and Schulenberg and Cur
It's, of Duluth, and an unknown, will
also contest for purses, and there will
be a number of other entertainments
for the evening. The affair will be a
very expensive one for the club, but it
is expected that there will be a large
crowd present. 1t has so far been the
policy of the club management to have
none but the best kind of talent present
at the monthly entertainments. and it
has been found to pay from financial
standpoint and also from popular side
of the question. The club is composed
entirely of men who are DESTROYS of
witnessing scientific contests. and
who are willing to pay for the
purpose of seeing a firSt-claSs en-
tertainment. None of the representa-
tives of the rough element, such as are
popularity supposed to attend such en-
tainments. are permitted inside the
rooms of the club. The exhibitions
which are given are not in the order OF
smuggling matches; such affairs are not
permitted by the management of the
club. ana the members do not desire to
see such exhibitions.
The sale of seats for the entertain
ment this evening has already been very
large, and the club will doubtless have
full attendance. Notwithstanding the
fact that the entertainment will be a
very expensive one, the price of adj
mission will be the same.