The evening world., 1894-05-05
PLENTY OF BOXING TONIGHT.
Fine Bouts at Grand Central Pal
acc and Lenox Lyceum.
Dixon and the Kentucky Rosebud
Matched Mt Last.

i ia Jul NY III i"i
Palace. Forty-third street and Lexlng-
ton avenue. some OF the real good ones
will meet. and ut Lenox Lyceum the
Coleman Athletic club will offer a prom
Using bill.
The boxers who are to appear at the
Grand Central pllac are: Frank Craig,
the Harlem "Coffce-Cooler." and Jim
Butler. of Brooklyn; Jack Falvey, of
Providence, and Jack Green. of Amster-
dam: Jim Holmes, of Brooklyn. and Jim
Dcvlin. Of New York: Joe Harmon. of
New York. and Mike McGrath. of New
York: Jerry Barnett. OF New York, and
Tom McGirr. OF the Pastime Athletic
club: Darby Doyle. of Brooklyn, and
Marty McCue, of New York. The most
prominent contest is between the
Cooler" and Butler. The latter has
been In retirement since his famous
fights with Pat Cahlll. but has decided
to re-enter the ring. lie has filled out
considerably and aspires to middle
weight honors. Craig is a good bit elev-
thinks his hard-hitting will make the
colored man forget much of his clever
ness. II, as rumored. there Is a yellow
streak in Butler Craig's left will soon
find 1t.
Falvey and Green should put up a
ratt!in contest. The former disposed Of
owen Zeigler without turning a hair
ffteen-round draw with stanton Alb
bolt. He and Green recently had a four
teen-round draw in Boston, and except
to settle the draw tonight.
Jim Holmes is a knocker-out, n
meets one Of his own kind in Devlin.
Joe Harmon and Mike McGrath are
well known to local sports.
1t Is announced that the New York
and R0atDn Raaaball Cllh9 will ncclny
boxes at the show.
At the Lenox Lyceum FIVE six-round
bouts are billed. Tim Murphy meets
Benny Leon at ZIG pounds, Harry Fisher
pounds,a and Eddie Loeber and Mike Cooney
are the l22-pound candidates, Mike
Harris VIII try to take the measure Of
go against Hugh Winters. The Vernon
Winters fight will be for blood, as they
have no love for each other, and the
winner is to be matched to meet Tommy
Ryan. the welter-weight champion, at
New Orleans.
Over in Jersey City the Scots are to
John L. sullivan is billed to referee
some of the bouts.
That %enervating spell which the New
Yorks had been smothering under was
lifted high and dry yesterday, wher
banks of the sluggish Schuylkill with the
memory Of ut least one defeat In New
York lowering Ger them. In no sense
team. either. The New Yorks never be
lieved the game was theirs until the,
saw long Sam Thompson go out in tn,
m!iin,h to c9nnor. Ward knows all ab2u
He saw the .Quakers fasten on to tn,
pole in the last inning. in Thursday
game. and romp through that inning tn
5 Guoth ]. Montgomery, eve so softly, an,
lie. threw bouquets at himself yesterda,
only after he saw the victory was a col
fact. not a Siittcring probability.
That The Evening World" was cor
rect in it's statement yesterday tina
= Pitcher Meekin's arm is nothing like wha
Il should be to enable him to send ther
In. the way Jouett can, was proved whel
Ward put Rusie in the box in the nftI
inning. Meekin couldn't, or prehaps di
not dare, to let himself out. and II
. most killing fashion. With his arm i
condition., Meekin can 40 a whole lot G
Z things to batters.
t Of the Senator's yesterday-l5 to 5-th
, Bostons meet the Giants this Afternoon
= IT Is the opening game Of the Bostons
viii surround 1t with as much pomp a
( he can. The Catholic Protectory Ban
: WI furnish music, and the much,talked
II VI tniTtn OF Ine opening uay VIII be re
peated by special request"
The champion sixteen-year-old baseba
club of Harlem has r~eorganized for tn
coming season and would like to hea
from ell clubs Of sixteen years or undel
Riordan, 22i East One Hundred and Sc,
md street.
Sporting Editor:
~ ~ N.ntl1 lya 90 anhk TaNlr A.., ~
n English bantam-weight champion. for
stake OF $3.50 and a suitable purse. I wi
meet Levy and his hackers at the Polic
n e y Gaset trui Gi'ce any H a'%s BE B stfsssi You
Northeast corner One Hundred ar
Twelfth street and Third avenue"
s Mike Harris, the lightweight pugili
colored champion. He came to tow
m Harris met Dave Holland and agre'
ID lessons in an eight-round contest. Nil
and Joe will jab and mix 1t up ind
the auspices Of the National SPORT,
Club in Its carnival to be held at Il
News from Philadelphia tn
"a, George Dixon and Walter Edgerton. 4
Kentucky Rosebud" have been match
~ to fight for S2,5CO a side ana the usu
largest purse ob~tainable." The terri
- are: Weigh in at 3 O'Clock at l20 pount
=. the contest to begin at 9 O'Clock in I
'o., evening. The latter part OF Jun is me
w toned as the time OF the fight. Ea
man has $1,000 posted.
in The approaching bicycle racing seas,
pr in Paris promises to be an exceptional
de interesting one. America will be repI
rs scented by Wheeler, Zimmerman, Mart
os' Crooks, Waller and A%shlnger; Er
land by Harris. Edwards, Lumsden. Ii
mt ton, Schnileld, Barber and Warwic
I Germany by Yer Leyen: France
bis Baras. Medinger. Louret, Antony, For
bio nier. Henri and Maurice Farman.
The annual club races of the NJ
ial York Country Wheelmen Will be held
some New Jersey course May 20. 7
me events will include one, three and Fl
he. miles.
lth
zen Ed Mcdonald. who played third ba
for Syracuse on Thursday. and who W
arrested in Providence. r. l., on q char
10 of breach of contract by Manag
ed Leonard OF the Pawtucket Club, W
'' released on bail yesterday after spen
- ing a night in a cell.
The Ann Arbor, Mich. athletic ma
agement have decided to send n SIN,
team TO the Eastern Mott Haven gam
TO be held here May 26. Six men we