The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-05-20

shire, against ~ competitors. Then he
defeated DAVIS, the instructor of the
Manchester gymnasium, in seven rounds,
and again beat Fred Mansfield
in seven rounds. On the oath of
January, 1894, he met Nhis first
defeat at the hands of Charles Ford at
eight Stone four pounds in five rounds for
Ri25 a side. At the time of this bat
tie Kings father had just died and the
management endeavored to postpone the
fight until later date and offered Ford
E25 forfeit, but the latter insisted
upon the bout and consequently IL was
pulled off resulting as was expected, dis
astrously for King. Following, King won
the nine stone competition open to all
England in '94 against six competitors,
Alec Garrary, who defeated Billy Briefly,
an Irish crack-a-jack being one of them.
In the finals of another nine stone compe-
tition he met his second defeat.
King Is % years old, stands feet 2
inches and weighs 116 pounds. lie is
quiet, unassuming fellow and, from re-
ports, pays strict attention TO business.
He is open TO a match now and is willing
TO meet any l16 pound boxer in Americs.
Tommy Conneff has spent the winter at
Holy Cross College between studies and
retirement and is feeling fully equal to
training as will require Bacon's Going
AIS or better TO beat him in the proposed
one-mile match race between the two
cracks.
Conner says that on Decoration Day
he will "run out" and not spare an inch,
so that bis time viii be equsl to Grants
and Orton's. Tommy looks upon Grant
a. q coming man and states that before
the season Is over, he should be able TO
do AGA aud perhaps come closer to 4:20 in
the fall.
For some time there has been consider
able talk of the Providence Baseball Club
playing their Sunday games at Rocky
Point instead OF Crescent Park, as here
tofore. and at last the.deal Is completed.
Accordingly, he management at Rocky
Point 10 hard at work making prepara-
tions, AZ far as les In their power at the
present. A new grand stand is to be
erected, which In general outline will re-
semble the one at Adelaide Park, having
. square center, two wings and fianked
on either side by bleachers. In all, the
stsno and beachers will accommodate
$500 people. 1t will be built 70 or 100 feet
further back than where the old one stood,
and Is expected to be completed about the
last OF this month.
was speaking TO one OF the large deal
ers in bicycles the other day about cheap
bicycles and In reply TO my question as TO
whether the cheap wheel affected the sale
of the. .high grade ones or not he replied:
"No matter how many cheap bicycles are
put.upon the market, there will always
be en- increased demand for high grade
wheels. The appearance of these cheap
wheels, In fact, cannot but help the more
expensive ones, for several reasons.
'In the first place low-priced bicycle
attracts buyer that would not be a rider
otherwise and consequently increases the
number Of cyclists. The chances are that
he Will become dissatisfied with his
mount and II able to, will purchase n
high grade machine, for after experiencing
tho delights OF cycling he will naturally
Sptain the best mount he can afford,
while II he could not afford the lower
priced wheel he would not buy n wheel
anyway. Then by attracting new riders
into the Held the effort toward road inn
proyement IL increased, which reacts I'm
iavor OF the cyclist, inducing those to
take TO wheeling who would not have
done so becsuse OF bad roads The rele-
tion OF cheap wheels TO those OF high
grade may be illustrated In the case OF
watches. IL is possible 10 buy a good
watch that will keep fairly good time for
f2.50. but the high grade watch.still costa
IN the vicinity of 100, and there has been
no noticeable Induction I'm prices since
the introduction OF the cheaper grade.
Lower priced time pieces have simply in
creased the number OF users. but the man
who could AFFORD 10 buy good watch
vonld do 80 anyway"
In the Holy Cross Brown game At Lin
coin Field yesterday afternoon, l could
not BOT help admiring the way in which
" Bs<e" Phillips. Browns Virgil imam short
ftop. coached in the last half OF the
ninth innisg. There was not much beauty