The evening times., 1895-10-15
ALL READY FOR The SET TO
Woods and Godfrey in Good Trim
and Both Confident.
'Old Chocolate" Hega rded as "A Likely
winner, Hut There Is Little
Betting on the Result.

The Godfrey Woods match. to take place
before the Eureka Athletic Club Tonight, is
occupying the attention of all the sports
today.
Both Godfrey and Woods are in good con-
dition. and both are confident of winning.
This morning Godfrey arose early, and
after brca kfast took "a carriage ride about
town with a couple of friends. Woods re-
manned ut his hotel all da V quietly resting.
During the day he had visits from nianv.
well wishers.
All of the preliniinarics for the star go of
the evening have been completed 1t il
settled that John Duffy will be the referee.
Woods will he seconded nv hIte PccKiani
and Bob Conncll. Godfrey will have as his
chief adviser Charley Farrell. and George
+ Byers will he Farrell's assistant. John
DunDhy. also of l!Gston. will he on nd To
render Godfrey such aid as lie can.
There II taIK t0-uay Oi making an Of
fort to natch Farrell against Billy McMil
IAN. Farrell Is a niidui. weight, and II is
understood he is willing 10 enter into an
agreement with Mcmillan. 10 the latter is
open Tor AN engagement. ByCrS also wants
match. hut there is not much prospect
that he VIII get one here. AS there is not
in the Washington boxing contingent a
really good man of his pounds.
The preliminary bout tonight should
also furnish some good sport Billy Duke,
the Baltimore man. who Is TO meet Jack
Daiy. is Il good one. AMI for :, limited mum
her OF rounds ought to. as lie no doubt viii,
give DAILY a close shave.
t't 'ItS OI ltlt ISIlt
world VINO are expected in he present TO.
night are Jake KiIrain, Kid Mccoy and
nthers Al Hereford, of the Baltimore
the Corbctt and FitzsinImons fight II he
could get it, is also expected Ia be on hand.
There has been little or no betting ON the
result of the Godfrey Woods bout. IL is
believed il Will lac "A lively and exciting
affair, hut the general impression seems
TO be that the Boston man will win.
woods however, is quite confident That
"a iIfr l.s.ffs
than second money.
While the Woods and Godfrey fight was
uDpermost in Washngton'S pugiIistIc
thought to-day. the movements OF Gov.
Clarke. Of Arkansas. with regard tn the
Corbett aud Fitzsimmons affair were not
overlooked.
Washington has some pretty good Judges
or pugilistic matters. and there is not
one in dozen OF them who does not agree
with Corbett. that there is little use in
him going TO Hot Springs. for the odds are
greatly against the big fight taking place
there.
The quiet. business like manner in which
Gov. Clarke has gone about shutting off
the mill has led everybody 10 believe that
he is determined. self confident man. and
that he does not propose To allow the fight
to take Dlacc in his State. and that when
the time comes he will have plenty of aid
at hand to prevent it.
The battle between Dan Creedon and
Frank Craig. the Harlem Coffee Cooler
which took place in London last night. re-
suited as The Times month ago predicted
II would. CrccdOu won it, The bout shows.
however. one of two thinCs-that either
treedon is not as formidable Il pugilist
now as he was formerly or that the Cooler
is mach improved. Before Craig went TO
London he would not have lasted six rounds
with Creedon. Their fight Is almost sure TO
give CrcedOn another rolOred opponent in
the person Of Joe Wokott- The latter's
hacker is willing TO stack Joe up against
Dan. and Col. HOPKINS. Crcedon's ba,ker.
SAYS nothing would give him greater pleas
urc than TO see his man knock Wolcotts
head Off
There was talk around town to day that
the takes i'll the Hateman-G GlynnnE,tch were
To be doubled. Both men are getting into
fine shape. and the hackers OF Doth are so
confident that tbey are willing TO take a
pretty stiff chance on the outcome.
The two battles Arthur Valentine has had.
both of which resulted ddiSastrously Tor hiin.
have greatly discouraged aud iisgusted
him with America and her pugilists. val
entine is Il sample OF all the lightwcithiS.
with the exception of Jem Carrcv. that
England has sent to this country ia twenty
wears. They have all been ihird-raters as
against Americas good ones. and have
been easily disposed of bv sccOnd ratcrS
mere IL is said that Valentine VIII make
one more effort here before lie goes home. IN
the hope that he will have at least one good
thing to say for himself when he again faces
his own people.
Tom O'Rourke is out with another clai;,
lenye 10 match Joe Wolcott against Ma
I.ayiCne II is not, however. thought 1t
will bring about Il battle. None of the light
weights are hankering after meeting
with the Boston man.