The evening times., 1896-12-08
AMONG THE BOXERS.

owen lIdlIHtu WIN hAid -AS-
Partland. sss sur
Dick o'Brien is said to be matched with
both Dan Creedon and Joe Walcott.
''Scaldy Bilr' Quinn, WHO'S now in Phila-
delphia, talks of going to san Francisco.
John l.. Sullivan Will referee the Dono-
van Mace contest at New York on Friday
night.
Spike Sullivan and George McFaGden
have signed articles to box twenty rounds
in this city on December IL.
1t is not likely that Alec Greggains and
Dan Creedon will meet at san Francisco.
1t is said that GregGains refuses TO box.
A New York club is anxious to secure
match between Solly Smith and Frank Erne
and will offer Il purse of $4,000 for it.
Eddie Pierce who before his defeat by
George Dixon, was looked uponto be almost
invincibie, says he will box any l22-
pounder.
Paddy Smith, brother of Denver
Ed is matched to meet Billy Duke, OF
Baltimore, before the Pastime Athletic
Club, of Savannah, Ga.
Kid McCoy's next battle will be with
Billy Dohertya at johannesburg. South Africa,
on December %. \ purse of So, coo has
been offered for the battle.
"Parson'' Davies has posted 81 900 with
Sharkey, Maher or Fitzsimmons in either
limited round bout or 10 u finish.
Dave Hannigan, who came from Pitts
burg with Peter Msher, ,andrecently whipped
Young Cook, of Brooklyn, is looking for u
go with any Of the IL 11S-pOunders.
Billy Whistler, of Philadelphia, who made
such a good showing against Joe Bernstein,
has been matched to box Tommy Dixon ten
rounds in New York on December %.
Billy Smith, of Philadelphia, who is
rated a sa good bantam, wants to meet any
115-pounder. Smith prefers mill with
either Benny Leon, Sammy Meyers OF Otto
Zimpfer, of Buffalo.
AL Smith has refused to accept wagers
due TO him on Wyatt Earp's decision in the
Fitzsimmons- Sharkey contest. Smith bet
heavily on Sharkey, but he says he cannot
take his friends money on what appears TO
have been prearranged affair.
Kid Mcfarland and owen ZieGler have
been matched to box twenty rounds in New
Yor konDecember 16. They are toweigh 10
pounds andthe one whoreceives thedecision
will be matched to meet the winner of the
Lavigne- -McKeever bout.
Charlie whitesays Fouls are often COM
mitted in boxing contests, which not only
| escape the notice of the spectators, but
| also the referee. 1 have seen fouls in the
ring and no one else observed them, and
have been in doubt myself about them until
| after the fight have asked the principals
| II they did not occur, on which they ac-
| knowledged what happenetf.'' White is TO
referee the McKeever Lavigne fight.
The Olympic Clubs ambition to bring off
| in San Francisco a tenroUnd glove Con
| test between Corbett and Fitzsimmons was
| crushedlast night by a word from the latter.
| Fitzsimmons declined f1atly to consider for
a moment Corbett's offer to go there and
box ten rounds for $4,000. what
/ want is a finish fight said Fitzsimmons,
"and1 propose to hold out for that. l have
nothing further to say. Irefiise to box ten
rounds in that city"
| James J. Corbett said at Newark, N, J..
| last night that Fitzsimmons' refusal to meet
| him in anything but a finish fight, when a
ten.round go could be had for ST 900, was
| ''squeal." Il cannot permit any more
nonsense in dealing with the subject" ht
said. my business will not permit it. II
is fight or shut up. l will meet Sharkey ol
both, with a three weeks interval be-
| tween for the best purse offered in any sec
| ton of the country; first come first served
| business cannot be neglected for wind.
would have to trai n for two weeks-that /.
| all-but unless something tangible is shown
soon, will not think of entering ring fol
| many months to come"
Unusual interest cente-s IN the twenty
round catchweight bout between Walcot
and o. Brien, OF Smith, to be brought off a
the Marlborough Athletic Club, No. 16S-
Broadway. New York, on Wednesday night
Matchmaker Anderson says that he doe
| not know which man is to be Walcott's op
ponent, but that at all events there will b,
rattling bout. Billy Smith is in excellent
condition to take Dick o. O'Brien's place
No one appears to know where o. Brien is
but it is reported that he has gone to New
Jersey. Mike Sears and Tommy Dixon art
to box the opening ten-round bout. La
Tgne and McKeever have engaged to bo
twenty rounds at 40 pounds before thi
l club on Dece m ber 23.