The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-15
OLD TIME BOXERS s
BENEFIT EVENT At THE BROAD.
WAY CLUB A REUNION OF
VETERANS, g
JOHN L. LOUDLY CHEEREDs D
BRIEF SPEECH FOR THE Ex-CHAM~f
PI0N FEATURE OF THE
EVENING.
IAcE-DoNALDsoN BOUT DRAWN.
Only the Lightest of Taps ExchanmeAI
by the Old Fighters-Corbett
on Hand. "a

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE arena Of
the Broadway Athletic club was
thronged tonight with a. host Of sports
ing men to see Jem Mace, Of England
the ex-champion heavyweight, aged
slXty-nVe years, spar six rounds for
scientific points with Mike Donovan.
the veteran boxing instructor of the
New York Athletic club. Donovan =
formerly held the middleweight honors n
and, although he is forty-nine years h
old, he can still hold his own against
any of the club members and outsiders
who visit the boxing room in the "Mer-
curry foot club building. With such
old timers as Arthur Chambers. BilIx
Edwards, Barney Aaron and Doonex N
Harris on the programme to renew
acquaintance in the roped arena after
years of rest, there was scarcely a
chance of the benefit being failure.
1t was truly>a veterans reunion. and
the warm welcome accorded to John II. "
Sullivan when he entered the building
proved once more that the ''big fellow 4.
still mas warm corner in the hearts
OF the sporting fraternity John L.
was recognized the minute he entereds
the inner gates, and although his right
hand was bandaged it was eagerly
up IN their seats at the ringside while
the big pugilist's left was kept BUSY
doffing his silk hat in acknowledgment
OF the rounds of cheers with which he
was greeted as he made circuit of the
house.
THE FRIENDLY BOUTS .
which preceded the Mace Donovan contest4 Is
We're eacn OF three rounds duration. Jim
Hall, Of Australia, and Pete Burns Of Har-+4,.
lem, made things lively and whenever either w
one landed the spectators applauded Prof A.,
John Donaldson then had a lot Of fun for .s
tnree rounds with George Rookie once weIlv
known IN New England. Donaldson was too
cIever Tor the old-timer. When these two
lett the ring there loud calls for John
=. oulIivsh' and IN response, the ex-cham-4T
p lon made a short speech, in which he
thanked all present for his warm reception lsY.
and said in conclusion that it remained for q
the boxers OF the present day and their man.
ayers to make boxing one OF the leading. :,
sports in the athletic world
Those two old adversaries Billy Edwards Al
OF this city, and Arthur Chambers. Of Phil-t
three very short rounds Every effort Of the y
men was fully applauded, and both wereas
eheered as they left the ring. Bob ARM
strong the big colored heavyweight boxer
from Chicago was then pitted against TomnyiI,s
Kelly, the Hoboken lightweight cyclone. Thisii
uneyenly matched pair put up very amusingas
Dooney Harris were greeted with cheers.er
when they made their appearance for the
thTee-rounQ bout, and the former pre-trs
sented with floral horseshoe.
George Dixon then introduced and il
was announced that he would meet Jack N
Downey at the club JAM 4. George kid /
Layigne was also introduced. Jim Corbett ar
and Jim McVey. of Philadelphia boxed
three-round exhibition. Corbett made an exe
celent showing He looked to be in prime al
condition. and was very quick in his move
ments He was called on for speech but
did not respond.
y Jem Mace and Mike Donovan entered the
ring at 1890 o'clock. and the house rang r.
with loud and long cheering Parson Davies In
was appointed referee; both men wore long
white trousers, and Mace had a green stripe
running down the side Of. his garments. In
the first round Donovan was decidedly the
quicker man, but they simply tapped each
other. and Donovan did the greater part Of
the leading.
In the second round Donovan tapped Jem
on the face and the Englishman stopped for 81
few seconds to remove his artificial teeth Ff
which caused laugh at his expense Dom l.'
ovan also had the call in the second on y
points. Mace landed two left taps On Mike
in the early part Of the third Donovan
jabbed his right the body and face and d
swung right the neck. All these blows
were very light. Donovan was still the
faster man. They mixed it up in the fourth
and last round and then shook hands. The h
rounds were only two minutes duration ~
each. and the decision left to the spec
tators, who all shouted "a draw"