The evening times., 1896-04-09

the betting. They VIII meet at the Empire
Club in Maspeth next Monday night. GriffO
IS said to be in gcod condition in spite of u
severe cold, which he contracted nearly u
week ago. He is training at College Point.
The passage by the New York Legislature
of the Horton boxing bill puts an end to
all small clubs so far as sparrinS cxhib-
tons are concerned. Under its provisions
boxing shows can only be held by clubs
owning buildings which arc used exclusively
ror athletes. So the second and third-rate
fighters are up in arms against what they
describe as a trust.
The Payne @ Brien contest, which was
decided on Monday night in New York, WIS
The cause Of much gossip among the fol-
lowers OF the game yesterday. O'Rourke,
she manager and matchmaker of the club,
it is feared, will have to reduce the
prices OF admission if lie wants to make
u success of his enterprise.
Peter Maher's eyes are still in bad shape.
The left one is very much inflamed, and
the Oculist who operated on 1t several
days ago fears that a second operation
HettSS-tEl 10 save tnt bOAtI =
sight. Maher has been obliged to cancel
all enga gemtnts.
Another new candidate for pugilisiic
1onors has been found. He halls from
Norfolk, Va, and his name is Jim Oby. The
scalp of Joe Walcott is what Oby wants
Just now, and he has engaged Col. Haley of
New York to bring about such a match.
Oby's manager says the Virginianis scvcra,
shades darker than walcott.
o-cn Ziegler of Philadelphia had little
difficulty in heating Maurice Hagerstrom
OF New York last night at the NOnparcil
Club, Philadelphia. Zieglcr landed hard
and often and it was only In the last two
rounds that the New Yorker seemed able TO
avoid any OF his blows, but even then he
received considerable punishment.
Next Wednesday Joe Little, George La
vigne's hacker. will sail for England, and
i is quite probable that he will carry SO,
900 with him to bet Oh the American when
he fights Dick Burge. Little regards the
approaching battle as sure thing for the
Saginaw Kid and he has several big
commissions from American sporting men.
he does not hope to place the money at
better than 2 to /. Considering the fact
that Burge is the most popular fighter in
England today, and that Little is about
the only mau who will back Lavignc, there
would appear to be every reason why greater
odds should be offered, for over there they
oct pounds as we bet dollars on the result
Of pugilistic enga gements.
San Francisco Sporting Writer has
The following to say OF Tom Sharkey,
1.-THE marine,' whom Joe ChOynski VIII
essay to stop i'll eight rounds April 16:
"Sharkey is wonderfully put up man,
His chest mca SureIEcnt, Unexpanded, Is
Al inches. and be- is built in proportion
and nothing but one mass OF muscle. Greg
gains was supposed TO have all the science,
and the wise money backed him at 10 to
f. The battle proved a great disIppoint-
ment. Grcggains acted entirely on the de.
fensivc aud Sharsey, for some reason or
other, was very badly advised by his han
dlers and held back till the seventh round,
when he refused TO listen to them any more
and rushed aud fought like the whrlwinI
he is. At the end of the eighth round the
referee decided it a draw amid terrible
Kissing, the ma iority of the spectators call
ng for 'sharkeyr Since then sharkey
claimed to be looking for a match 10 put
Greggains out in four rounds" Eve nif
is all that is claimed for him it is hard
10 see how he intends to cope successfully
with Choynski. Jim Hall made 4 chopping
block of Gregsains, whom Sharkey failed
70 put out and Choyuski put out Hall.