The Washington times., 1895-03-11

The coming battle between Jake XII
rain and Steve oDonnen before the Suf
folk Athletic Club, OF Boston, on the 18th
instant is creating much talk among sport
ing men.
Jake was at one time one of the most
popular pugilists in the country. The game
contest he put up when Sullivan bested
him won him many friends. His fight
with ''Jem' Smith. when they fought
106 rounds TO draw was one of the best
he ever put up.
By rights this fight should have been
awarded to Kilrain, but the gang of thugs
behind the Englishman so inundated the
referee that he declared the contest
draw.
O'DonneH, although a clever man, has
nothing like the record that the Baltimore
boy has. Jake met George Godfrey when
"Old Chocolate" was in the prime OF his
pugilistic life, and put him>out after forty
five rounds of hard fighting.
oDonneli had an eight round go with
struggle are transitory, and as unstable
Godfrey a year ago in Boston, when the
colorcd man had for some time been re-
IA Tted az q has BEEN Notwithstanding
this fact Godfrey kept ODonneu busy
avoiding his vicious swings and upper cuts
and should have had the decision. For
some unknown reason the referee thought
otherwise and declared the contest draw
On the whole, despite the opinion gen
orally prevailing that KilTain has gone
back" it looks like the Baltimore boy
should get the decision at the close of the
eight rounds scheduled.
Several local bouts are carded to be pulled
off III the near future
A glove contest under the auspices of the
Verona Athletic Club will be given on the
10th instant at Steubner's Road House
The main bout of the evening will bring
together Jim fanny, of this city, and Lany
Mcdonald, of Chicopee, Mass. The articles
call for fifteen rounds, which VIII decide
the welter weight championship of the
District of Columbia They are both clever,
shifty fighters and have been training hard
for the event.
As a preliminary, an eight-round contest
between Jim McDougall, of this city, and
Jack Keeyer, of Pittsburg, has been
arranged, and should result in a good
go. McDougall recently got decision
over Jack Williams, of England, in four
teen-round fight
A match has been arranged between
Ralph Irwin and George Lash, 126 pound
men, both of this city. A fifteen-round
go will be fought for 500 side and the
gate receipts The date has not yet been
decided upon, but viii be announced in the
near future.
Howard Wilson, a clever 1875 pound
man. will meet j. Cans, 130 pounds, of
Baltimore. in a ten round go at the Monu-
mental Theater in that city, March Is
next.
All of the forfeit money in the joe
Bateman-Sol English match has now been
posted, and the purse money Will follow
in a few days. Word comes that both of
the boys are training hard and both are
very confident.
The Departmental League was organ
lied in the spring of last year by Mr.. A A.
Sousa, of the city pest-office, and Capt
George A. Jaeger. of the Pension Bureau.
The idea first originated with Mr.. Sousa,
who consulted Capt. Jaeger, and after
preliminary meetings, which were held by
those interested in the various departments,
eight clubs were organized. They formed
permanent league, with Mr.. Sousa as
president and Capt. Jaeger as secretary and
treasurer.
The clubs were uniformed and the sea-
son opened, the following clubs constitut-
ing the league Treasury Department, War
Department, Navy Department. District
government, Post -office Department,
Pension Office, Interstate Commerce, and
city post-office.
Mr. Sousa is well known in sporting and
theatrical circles as a hard working Of
ficial, and it was mainly due to his untiring
and persistent efforts that the league was
first organized. He is a brother of the
noted band leader. John Phillip Sousa. late
director of the United States Marine Band.
in Tod r--itI
local sporting events knows Capt. George
A. Jaeger, of the Pension Bureau. The
captain is an old timer and what he does
not know about baseball is hardly worth
knowing. Away back in the sixties and
seventies he belonged to the famous Olym-
pia team of Philadelphia, whose players
later on signed with the world renowned
Athletic Club of that city.
Several influential gentlemen, who are
going to interest themselves financially, are
in the Departmental League committee APP
pointed to interview the Mcssrs. Wagner,
of the Washington League Club, about Sc
curing grounds. 4 committee has also
been appointed to consult with Mr.. StraS-
burgerinreferencet toscorecard refeshment.
and advertising privileges. The league
is to be strictly a departmental one, that
is, no person who is not connected with the
government departments will be eligible
to mem bership Each club must be
compose dof employees of the edepartmentthey
work in Managers of clubs constitute the
board of directors All clubs have the
same managers as last year.
The average attendance at Capitol Park
last year was about 400.
Alta meeting to be held on Saturday March
19, two delegates from each club will be
present TO adopt rules and elect officers.
The Columbia College Baseball Club has
organized for the season of 1895 and will