The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-03-15
THE COOLER COOLED.
Frank Craig's Aspirations Curtailed
by One Blow.


iSu rlxnJ Win Joe WalcOtJ
"When mans married his troubles be-
GIN" can imagine Frank Craig, the
Harlem Coffee Cooler" humming the
above refrain. Poor Cooler" He got
along first rate on the other side until he
was pushed to the wall by Frank Salvin.
On his arrival in London he pushed
things along SO rapidly that he was the
exposure OF all eyes. So much attention
was paid him that he at last succeeded in
winning the heart OF a white girl, and led
her to the altar. Up to tha. time he had
fiourished, with his 5000 side bet up and
his bride as consoler, ne set to work to
get into condition to fight with
Slavin. He we'll knew victory
would land him one rung higher
on the championship ladder. He could
see his chance to force Peter Jackson to
make match. He saw barrels OF money
at short distance waiting for him TO
grasp. The time came. and IN less than
two minutes his aspirations were crushed.
Under the swinging upper-cut of his pow
erful opponent he fell prone to the
floor and lay there like log. 1t is
strange fact that the only two times
that he has been knocked out it was all
done in the shake Of a lambs tail. When
Maher laid him low it only took two
blows and the same trick was repeated by
slavin. doubt very much, however, if
he Is out of the race for good. The
chances are that after he gets over his
A.. n md line
little confidence he will be
out with q sweeping challenge to the
world. In fact shouldn't be surprised II
he challenged Corbett, so remarkably
large has his head grown in the past six
months. But at all events we will not
hear much OF him for a while yet. Let US
possess ourselves in peace, meanwhile.
There is great possibility now, i can
state, that Joe Walcott and mysterious"
Billy Smith will meet in q finish fight.
The very unsatisfactory ending of their
last encounter, resulting as it did in a
draw, has caused no end of talk and COM
ment as to the relative merits of
the two men. O'Rourke, Walcott's man.
ager, is all worked up over it,
and declares that he will back hio man
for any amount against Smith, consider
ing the fact that 1t is to a finish; the
Smith end kept quiet for q while, but
see that they are ready and willing to
make the match. Smiths answer In q
letter to Jim Kennedy, matchmaker OF
the Seaside Athletic Club, under
whose auspices the fight will robably
take place, was full Of ginger. He is per-
fectly willing that the man who can whip
him at 142 pounds, weigh in at noon,
shall have the credit and money for doing
it. 81 am not going to be done up by any
referees opinion" is a strong assertion
which he makes. Continuing: "On
equal conditions in a neutral arena,
where we can decide q winner or
loser by fighting, will lay him an outside
wager OF 10000 of my money against $1,000
of his or his managers (the ruling odds at
our meeting) that defeat him. want q
finish fight, and that alone, to decide. In
case Walcott does not accept, make the
following proposition to Tom Tracey: For
purse of $500, winner TO take all, less
training expenses. will meet Tracey in
Boston. In case of interference the con-
test to be decided draw" You can see
by this that Smith means business. Tom
Tracey, you will remember, was defeated
in Is rounds by Joe Walcott early last
spring. Should Smith and Walcott be
matched, the result would be watched
and the contest regarded as of almost as
much Importance as the Corbett- Fitz-
simmons affair.
see that "Young Critic" has got his
dander up. He isn't content to be a
featherweight, but intends'to enter the
lightweight class, and as evidence of this
he challenges any lightweight in the
world, Jack McAuiiffe preferred.
1t is with trepidation that refer TO the
coming battle (?) between Jake Kilrain
and Steve O'Donnell before the Suffolk
Athletic Club next Monday evening.
From all accounts these men are to give
us the best they can. In fact have
been assured by the matchmaker that
IL the least vestige of a fake is shown
by the men the referee will declare
the fight of, and the gate money will be
returned. That seems fair enough. Not