The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-17

htuart's Big Job.

New York, Dec 17.-Dan A. Stuart,
who has been In New York the past week
arranging his plans to bring Corbett and
Fitzsimmons together in the ring some
time in the near future, will meet Cor
bett today, when the latter will con-
slider Stuart's proposition and sign arti-
cles of agreement. Stuart II is said, Will
offer a purse of $4,000 for a glove con-
test, to be held in the early part of 1887,
and will guarantee to furnish a battle
ground where a fight to a finish can be
held without interference. or forfeit the
entire purse. He will post part OF the
purse when the articles are signed, and
the remainder on a date to be decieded
upon Stuart refuses to divulge the name
of the place where the contest will take
place or anything about his plans, but
says that IL Corbett and Fitzsimmons
want to fight. they need not worry about
the affair after signing articles.
General sporting::Notes.
"Teddy" Hale is now open for an en-
gagement as bicycle editor of some New
York newspaper.
Vale's crack hockey team was defeated
last night by the Montclair A. C.'s seven
at the Brooklyn ice rink 6.to 1.
r. c. Lehman sailed lyesterday from
New York on the Majestic flor England.
A large number OF Harvard men were
present to bid him goodby.
Michael r. Powers, who has been,captain
of the Holy Cross baseball team for the
past three years, resigned his position this
afternoon. He willIgo to the Notre Dame
university to coach and captain the team
there for the coming season.
Dick O'Brien is sick insbed in New
York, not from the results of his defeat
by Creedon, but on accounti.o of varicose
veins. Although Creedon won, the purse
was split, each receiving 1855. Tommy
West has received $500 Jfori3aghting Wal
colt.
The financial report Of the Princeton
football association for the season shows
a balance of e1l, zoe. ~ in favoriof the asso-
citation. The total receipts were 81, ,157.N.
The principal receipts were from the fall
game at New York, e14,156.s3; Harvard
game at Cambridge, e10,277.75; University
OF Virginia game at Princeton, $2,S29.55.
Three New England boxers are to ap-
pear at the meeting of the New York A. c.
Saturday night. Paddy Fenton of Boston
meets Paddy Sheehan of Philadelphia, 10
rounds, at 13S pounds; Patsy Broderick of
Providence meets Sammy Meyers, 10
rounds, at 11S pounds, and Austin Rice of
New London, Ct, meets Johnny Glenn of
Wilmington, Del, 10rounds, atj115 pounds,
while Frank Zimpher of Buffalo goes
against Bobby Wilson.
Polo Pointers.
Bartlett of Salem has won his way into
the front rank of halfbacks.
New Bedford is playing the strongest
game in the league just now.
Games tonight: Precedence at New
Bedford, Fall River at Salem.
At Portland last night phenomenal
game was played, the Portlands downing
the Augustus by ascore Of to 0.0Hackett's 0.
oal-tending saved Augusta from bad
defeat He made 35 difficult stops.
The National League teams will play in
the Maine cities at the close OF the cham
pionship season. This will give the peo-
pie of that section an opportunity to size
up the difference between the two organi-
cations. A big surprise is in:store for them.
Bone turned his ankle in the second
period and gave way to Leydon until the
beginning of the third. While coming on
the floor Billy skated across the mouth OF
the cage just in time to connect with q
pass from Cunningham, sending the bal
into the netting before he had peen on the
floor more than three or four seconds.