The evening world., 1894-04-06
JOHNNY ECkHARDT's SHOW.
Six Bouts to Be Decided at Lenox
Lyceum tt -Morrow Night.
Wheelmen May Strike a Snag In
Denver-Sporting Gossip.

Tomorrow evening the much-discussed
professional boxing tourney. to be given
under the management OF John p. Eel
hardt, will take place at the l.enox Ly-
ceum, Madison avenue and Fifty-ninth
street. The card arranged for the AFFAIR
appears to I've an exceptionally good one,
and II Eckhardt conducts the show in
the iirst-class manner he wishes to. the
carnival will go on record as one of the
best held in New York for many years.
The boxers he has matched are nearly
in every instance high-class men and
well known in the tistic world. There
Will be six bouts in all to be decided,
and each will be of six round duration,
with he exception OF the Carroll-Mc-
Carthy bout. The latter will be limited
to four rounds.
The full programme will be as follows:
At l2 pounds, Sammy Kelly VS.. Bobby
Quade; at lis pounds, Danny Mcbride
vs. Jack Lyman; at 1870 pounds, Johnny
Young VS.. Jimmy Handler; at 1873 pounds,
Billy Ernst vs.. owen Ziegler: at 1873
pounds, Stanton Abbott VS.. Charles
C"Bull') Mccarthy: at 1853 pounds,
Brooklyn Jimmy" Carroll VS.. Billy Nc
Carthy. The three latter contests are the
star matches, ana SnOulu uTaW ii very be
crowd to the Lyceum. Eckhardt say
the advance sale OF seats has been large.
Tickets for the show can be obtained at
Mr.. Eckhardt's office. 1877 Broadway. or
at the box-office at l o'clock on the day
of the contest.
Eastern wheelmen who intend taking
part In the championship races at Den
yer during the l.. A. w. meet may en-
counter an unpleasant condition. OF af-
fairs, and 1t Will not be much of II sur
prise should the Western wheelmen
carry off all the prizes themselves. The
atmosphere is rare there, and outside
riders coming In to race may experience
great difficulty in getting enough oxygen
on the fly to carry them through.
The Denver wheelmen, being acclimat-
ed, will have no trouble in the races, and
other wheelmen from regions of high al
titude will no doubt find things coming
good the wheelmen may be on a low
lying track. such as we nave in the East
and most parts of the West, he Will find
himself heavily Handicapped when he
starts racing on the high Denver track.
The A. a. L. all-round championships
will be held at Bergen Point again this
year, probably July 4. The committee
In charge Of this fixture is considering
the giving of other events. such as
swimming, boat races. bicycle races and
athletic contests. in conjunction with the
championships.
1t is said that Zimmermans debut as
a professionally he finally determines to
become a ''pro"-will be made in Paris
next month. Zimmerman has been do
ing a little preparatory work at Free
hold. and Is in fairly good condition.
done in Paris.
President Nick Young, of the National
League, says he has arranged In his own
mind how the umpires will be assigned
In the opening series. but he prefers to
keep his schedule n secret until the open
Ing day. If It were known in advance
how the designations are arranged there
might be some objections or requests for
transfers that might be inconvenient.
Concerning the eligibility of C. w.
Stage. the A. A. L. champion sprinter, to
compete as an amateur after he has
served as a League umpire. an a. y. L..
official says: He has not competed for
money and In no way can he be classcd
as a professional. The closest approach
Union Rules is his accepting money for
services in connection with a ball club.
and even the most hardened followers of
pure amateur sport can only claim he Ia
ineligible while he accepts pay for ser
vices rendered."
Since John Eckhardt has been arrang-
ing for his boxing show he has received
'+'A' ~ ~ wa AlAiNA wa
be pugilists wanting engagements. Yes
terday he received the following:
Friend John-IleaTinS that you have a show, me
and the wife would like to do a turn for You.
tSLgne1l Swipes the NcwEboy and Wife.
The offer was declined.
Arrangements nave been completed for
c two games the University of
s Pennsylvania and the Princeton baseball
teams. The first will be held at Prince
y ton April %. and the second at Philadel-
phia May "a.
The makeup of the Yale Freshmen
baseball nine has been decided upon. and
the following men have been measured
for suits: Pitchers-H. d. McCandles;
G. II. Mitchell. 81; Catchers. l.. NJ. Bass,
81; II. /. De Forest. 81: first base. II. u,
Reed. SO: Second base, c. NJ. Fincke, 81;
third base, a. n. Janrems. 30: short
stop. s. l.. Qinhy, '95; left field, Har-
ris. law school; centre field. +. S. Smith,
, SO: right field. j. C. Shaw. '96: substi-
n tutes, C; NJ. McCance. 81, ana c. NJ.
u Reed, ~.
Another match has been made between
Dutch Neal, the St. Louis weller
weight, and Jim Barron. the Australian,
who recently fought in Hot Springs.
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