The morning times., 1895-10-14
LOCAL PUGILISTIC TALK
Godfrey and Woods in Trim for
Their Contest Tomorrow Night.
DaIy-Bateman and Glynn VIII
Meet Before the Eureka Club.

Quite extensive preparations have been
made for the next contest before the Eureka
Club. It will be a twenty five round affair
between Denver" Billy Woods and "Oid
Chocolate" Godfrey. The fight is scheduled
for tomorrow night and gives promise OF
furnishing a large treat for the local sup
porters OF the rstic arena.
Both Godfrey and Woods have trainH
hard and conscientiously for this contest,
and as ii is to be strictly on its merits those
who attend the battle will get their full
moneys worth Godfrey is getting along
somewhat III years but the olu man rs liot a
has been by any means. and can give
many of the youngsters who are heralded
as coming stars all the fight they want.
He has been training at Reveree Beach,
Boston, and arrived in this city last evening
direct from that place. When lie and his
party reached the city. they went to The
headquarters of the Eureka Club. and from
there Godfrey was taken to the comiIiodiolIs
club house of the Washington Outing Club,
where he VIII be a guest while putting on
the finishing touches for his battle with
Woods.
Woods has been in town for some time.
When he rlrst came. here from the West he
found his old friend, Paddy Gortian. pre-
paring for his fight with Billy McMiiiau.
and, having nothing better to do, Woods
took the New Yorker in hand and ira med
and seconded him in that contest. While
working with Gornlan Woods took on his
Match with Godfrey, aud has been doing
light work for the past two months.
He has done all his training at the
Lawrence Hotel, where every facility, ill.,
Guiding Il large gymnasium, was at his
command. III additio ion To the indoor
work, lie has had The advantage of the
White Lot for his early morning runs, and
has had carte-hlanche at the bUathouse Of
the Potoflas Club.
In addition To the main contest of the
evening. Billy Dnke, OF Baltimore, and
Jack Daily, OF Wilmington, will meet in
SiX-FOund nrel lnliuarN. Jake ktiratn VIII
come oyeer from Baltimore 20 look after
Dukes interests, while George MCCOY, OF
this city. will be in Daly's corner. This
bout should prove a good one. The last
time that Daiy met Duke was for ten
round go at kcrnans rheater, in this city
Duke was then in the pink of condition,
standing this fact, the Wilmington light
weight gave Kilrains protegc all that he
could conveniently handle
Stanton Abbott, the champion light
weight of England, viii arrive in this
city tomorrow for the purpose of chal-
lcnging JACK Daily. of Wilmington, for afinish
fight for side bet before the clnh offering
the challenge until he sees the outcome of
the Duke DAILY contest tomorrow night. He
so easily disposed of Duke when he met him
n short time since In Ba ltifnOre that lie VIII
not deem Daily a worthy foeman should the
Wilmington boy oe whipped by Duke.
Thenextbonttotake beforeth the Eureka
Club after the Godfrey Woods contest,
willbea twenty round ormore affair bet ween
JoeRatema A. ofthiscity. and JohnnyGlynn.
OF Wilmington, Del This contest will be
pulled off on the 2}d instant, and will be in
the nature of rubber" between these
youngsters. they having met twice and
each one of them having j avictoryto lIiscredft.
GIynn has improved wonderfully since
mis- la ST fight with Baternan. andhis Whining
tonfriendsexpecthim to havean ca asyvictory
in the coming fight.