The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-23
WITH THE PUGhIsTs.


Choynski and Aleck Greggains in San Fran
cisco.
Dal Hawkins, the California lightweight,
threatens TO challenge kid" Lavigne.
Joe Choynsh and Joe McAuliffe are to meet
Friday. vi
Charley McKeever was offered a ST. 600 purse
10 meet George Green Voung CorbetD before
: h oan francisco club. AS soon as Charley
hearo OF the offer he accepted. The bout, if
arranged, Will take place some time in Sep
TEMPER Tommy Tracy wants a chance at
Mcheever at 142 pounds.
Jake Kilrain has signed articles of aprea
ment to box Frank P. Slavin. of Australia
limited number of rounds on Sept Z. for
q SIDE bet OF $500 and a purse offered by
tne EUREKA Athletic club. forfeit Of $3.50
from eacn contestant must be posted with
samuel z. Austin, of the Police Gazette. as
guarantee OF the side bet. Kilrain will
start IN training at once. If Kirain Is sue
cessful with Slavin he will meet the San Fran
CISCO heavyweight, Tom Sharkey.
Billy Leedom, the Philadelphia boxer. has
Deen engaged to assist jim Corbett in train
ing Tor the latter's fight with Tom Sharkey
Marty McCue and Solly Smith have been
matched. The pair will come together for
$25O side some time next month. Articles
nave been signed to battle at 120 pounds. weigh
in at o'clock.
Buck" Connolly one of Peter Maher,s
managers, has returned to New York Con
nolly says that the reason Peter did not fight
Choynsh at San Francisco was because The
go "ouion guarantee the $4,000 purse prom
"Parson' Davies has arranged to take an
athletic combination through Indiana. The
entertainments take placer in the ball marks
ana tne combination is composed Of eighteen
athletes, headed by John L. Sullivan. who
VIII nave Tom Chandler for a sparring part
ner Among the Others who will give bag
punching pun m boxing and wrestling exhibitions
are Dan Creedon. Tom Tracey Bob Arm
strong Tommy White Billy Murphy and Joe
Bertrand. si -
Effort Is being made to bring about y
match between Peter Jackson and Peter
Maher Parson'' Davies, who is going to
take jackson under his wing declares that
jackson could be matched against any man
In the world. NJ. J.sConnolly of Pittsburg.
Immediately accepted the challenge on behalf
on for match. The new law will be in
operation before Jackson8 will be ready to
ngnt, and that means that he and Maher
Will contest before some, licensed club One
OF the clubs that is to be organized will
offer big purse for Jackson and Maher.
Paddy Sullivan, Of Schuylkin, and Kid
McHule, of Port Richmond, Pa have signed
articles for twenty rounds in Baltimore
Peter Jackson is saidgto be s.broke' in
London, and ready to- enter into negotiations
vile man. (. 800
Jeffries, the young man whom Corbett is
coaching, is believed to have future in
pugilist in about two years.
Jimmy Barry, the 105-pound champion OF
America, and Steve Flanagan, the Penn
sylvania champion, training preparatory
to a bout at Philadelphia.
Jim Hail. the pugilst was arrested at
the Academy OF Music. Coney Island. on a
charge of defrauding hotel keeper He was
unable to give 900 bail.
Australian Bill Murphy, the famous Lit
tie Tornado" now of Cincinnati, and Johnny
Lavack, the Cleveland feather weight have
finally signed articles for fifteen to TWENTY
round bout, to come off In Cleveland, o.,
Sept. 26.
Jimmy Barry will go to England this fall
Barry has several good offers in view from
clubs abroad to meet good men, and he will
no doubt accept one of them.
Chicago paper says 'Denver Ed" Smith
tried to get the National Sporting club, of
tween himself and Corbett or Ftizsimmons.
The club declined and Smith sailed immediate
ly for South Africa.
Jem Carney the old English lightweight
who once fought Jack McAuliffe, writes to a
friend in New York that he is going to sail
Mitchell. Carney, although not a very young
man, still knows how to fight, and expects
to get something u 60 upon his arrival here
The National Sporting club Of San Fran
between Jack Everhardt and George Green,
better known Young Corbett." Ever
hardt has informed the Police Gazette that
he could not accept. as he has promise of a
match with kid" Layigne. 1t is likely
that Charley McKeever will be substituted
to meet Green instead.
Besides Stanton Abbott's contests with Ed
die Cononlly and kid" Mcfarland the
English lightweight has taken on another
match He has agreed to fight George Ryan
to finish at some spot to be decided upon.
RYAN is Western lightweight, and is re-
garded as a good eneJs