The evening times., 1895-11-28
No PERMITS FOR SPARRING
Baltimore's Mayor Decides Not to
Issue Any More.
Cans and Siddons 10 Meet at the Eu.
reka Athletic Club Tonight.
Notes About Pugilists.

Baltimore, Nuv. 2s.-Mayor Hooper ha
decided not tn issue permits for publ,
sparring or giuve contests OF profcssiona
character unless recommended by the pulics
board. He refused permit for sparrin,
exhibition tn the Eureka Athletic Club
which was To be given at the Front Street
Theater.- When the matter was referred to
the police commissioners they declined to
indorse the permit, nn the ground that
they had 10 authority to do so.
Manager Herman OF the Monumental
Thcater called later to ascertain whether
a permit which he held, aud which had
been issued by Mayor Latruhe, for sparring
matches, goud until November 80, would
be revoked. Mayor Hooper informed Mr..
Herman that he would Not revoke the permit,
but that his position applied to new permits.
Mayor Hooper said, III connection with this
matter: The law gives me plenary powers
i'll the case, but do not wish to exercise
them except where the exhibition might
prove detrimental IL public morals. In
order tu be sure that no public injury may
be the result, l have determined to require
SOME trustworthy information before Issu-
ing permits. The wishes of the police COM
missioners in such matters and their in
dOrsement or condemnation of appllca
tions would be something for me to Judge
by, and, in fact, that is the only source Of
official information l have at my disposal.
If, therefore, the commissioners refuse to
indorse applications, 1 cannot see my way
clear to grant permits"
The Eureka Club, at Baltimore, will ha We
pugilistic treat fought at their club
house on the shell road, that gives PROM
ise Of being corker. joe Cans, the
clever colored lad, of that city, will spar
George Siddons, of New Orleans, twenty
five rounds. IN addition to this there will
be an eight round bout between Jack Ward,
the coming bantam champion and Tiny
Sayers, of Boston.
Mr.. Herford has made arrangements with
the railroads to carry the Wa shington con-
tingent over to Baltimore at reduced rate,
and the prospects are that a large crowd
will take advantage OF this fact.
The bouts should both prove hot ones
from start to finish. The shell road is
not the Front Street Theater, by any means,
and there will be no police on hand to max
the boys put on ten ounce gloves and
''spar for points,
Solly Smith, the California boxer. who is
to meet Jerry Marshall OF Australia, in a
ten-round bout when Walcott and Lavigne
have their meeting next Monday night, be-
fore the Empire Athletic Club, is training
at the West Side Athletic Clubs gynna-
SUM in this city. Should he be victorious
over Marshall, Smith intends issuing
challenge to George. Dixon for return
match. Solly claims to have hacker, who
will back him for $2,5OO against any 49,
pound man in the world. Marshall is doing
his training at Pittsburg. where he Is being
looked after by Peter Maher.
An effort will be made to bring Tommy
Ryan and Mysterious Billy Smith together
In England. DR.. Ordway, of Boston, who
went to London a few weeks ago, writes to
a friend in this country that the National
Sporting Club of London. would Nike to
have the ''go" and is ready to pull it off
about Christmas time. Smith is satisfied
to fight Ryan abroad.