The evening world., 1894-04-23
gR|FFO -GR|FFEM CONTEST.
The Much -Talked-0f Pugilistic
Event in Boston Tonight
Yale's Crew Said to be Going Back
Other Sporting Notes.

The Griffo-Griffen flght In Boston to-
night Is the most talked-of pugilistic
event in this section of the country
since the days OF the big contests at
the Coney Island Athletic Club. VIII
Critic meet the same fate as his fellow
Australian, supposed to be world
beater In his class. did at the hands
OF Joe Wolcott last week? is the ques-
tion. Since Griffo has been in this coun
try nobody has been able, II seems, to
get satisfactory line on his ability. He
Is known to be clever and is known as
heavy feather-weight.
To-nights contest being at catch
! weights II is argued by some who have
| seen the Australian in the ring that
that state OF affairs will give him an
| advantag. over Griffo. Grffen. as is
known, has won some good hard fights.
ana Is probably the best man Critic will
have met in this country. He can win
u fight. and at the same time give his
adherents more scares than anybody in
the business. He has lost two fights by
! ca-elessness" or chance blow" or
whatever other charitable name one is
to Sob fa Fl Is he is Tsys
|
IN Arthur Lumley's office the other day
that he thought Griffen would come
pretty near winning. one, of the most
be Tom ORourke. The latter expects
Grifo to win, and 30 does Dixon. The
champion's manager will watch the
battle in order to get line on the Aus
tralian's fighting.
Reports from New Haven to the eff
rect that the Yale crew had gone back"
were to be expected. but hardly 30 early.
New Haven much pleased with the work
OF the eight; Now. Capt johnson says
TN the candidates are listless. careless
than a couple OF clean cut oars in the
boat and the prevailing influence is fast
aemS2ralizing Sna, the minority" Cook and
doubtless there Will be brace then.
Ives VIII coach regularly after May.
IT is thought the big race will be de-
cided Thursday, June 2s.
81 The system Of paying ball-pleyers is
tons. You see. whether our club wins
the Championship or not. it Is all the
same; san ia i do or not get better salary than
u ne happens to be player receiving
the limit. In other words there is not
the least inducement for a club or play
ers to win the pennant. If you win the
bunting, you receive a word of con-
graduation, that is all A champion
club is naturally the drawing card, but
the magnates do not recognize that fact.
They try to establish limit That Is
simply a scheme to keep down salaries
and enable the magnates to get more
work on the part of n player during the
season should not go without additional
The aYntieaw Gun Club, Of Nutley. N.
j., shot return match With the Orange
Foster. IN Orange. Saturday afternoon.
and thirty birds each. The Nutleyites
9uigleY Colgate. Gillespie and C. and j.
team; Messrs. Butler, Cooke. De Wolf.
the Ysnti iaws; The visiting marksmen
measure mitigated the sting of defeat
Hugh Winters,the Brooklyn light
weight pugilist. who is to meet owen
Zeigler Of Philade'pha, in SIX
Clubs boxing tournament in the Lenox
the tn contest st, at Great South Bay Xester-
city boxer he will challenge Stanton
Abbott to finish fight for a stake and
purse.
The candidates for the "a Harvard
football team are very busy these days.
Sont awS mGh Mar to be Bayed,
the present candidates, and another af-
ter the class races.
One hundred and nifty entries have
been received for the Ravenswood Boat
Clubs boxing tournament. which takes
place In Puritan Hall. Long Island City.
on THURSDAY and Saturday, evenings Of
this week. The entries include most of
the new crop OF boxers who have dis
distinguished themselves In the shows
held during the Winter.
The good boxing programme which has
been arranged for Wednesday evening
crowd. Joe Eilingsw 5rth viii meet Har-
Aaron psen Gn BaIns hqrdan w T 81 Frn
and Jim Ross. Sam Boien and Henry
lyle. and Iii, Zoe III Harmon and Mike j.
The entertainment which was to have
row night at Central Hall 147 West
ed Tickets, will hold, good until a
off Bay All Rdse uS Rev StaflSns Ions
, at New Bedford and Vineyard Haven
May Is.
The West Side Athletic Club will give
professional boxing show at Grand
Central Palace Mays
| The 1ves-Carter cushion-carom billiard
match. which was to have been played
In Paris within sixty days, is off. In
its stead Ives and Schaefer will play at
cushion caroms against Carter and Wig
naux.
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