The morning times., 1896-09-07
Gossip About Fighters.

| Harry Gilmore Of Chicago will assist
Tommy White III his training for the latter
coming fight with George Dixon.
Peter Lowery, the, Young Irishlnan WIG
| Is travelling with Peter Maher, wants a
match with any OF the 126-pounders Low
| cry once had the gloves on with Young
Critic and made a very good showing
The date of the Jake X iIrain- + acdy slayin
inill is set for September IA. The men
| Will box ten rounds at catch weights in
| Baltimore Joe Elliott and Billy Whistler
| of Philadelphia, will figure in the preIimi-
| nary go at l22 pounds. The pair will
| also box ten rounds.
Young Critic seems to prosper in Jail
and is last getting into condition. The
| clever but cratic Australian boxer writes
from The place Of his confinement that as
soon as he Is released from prison he will
be prepared to fight any one in the world.
Iii more than probable that Steve O. Dor
nell will abandon his projected trip to South
Africa now that he has secured a contest
with Paddy slavin. o'DonnelI and ice
Goddard are matched to fight at johannes
burg, South Africa. on October II.
Negotiations are under way to arrange
Tight between George Green, Young Cor
bett and Spider" Kelly. The latter has
already posted $500 with Sporting man in
San Francisco to clinch match
1t looks as though the proposition to ar
range match between Bob Fitzsimmons
and Dick Moore OF ST. Paul has fallen
through. Inc c!ubin Buffalo which showed
disposition to bid for the match has had
nothing To say about the offer lately Fitz-
simmons himself says that he hasn't re-
celvcd any notice about the alleged offer,
but is willing to do business If it is really
meant.
Peter Maher thinks Ii strange that the
n ..lSf.. .I..t.G Sob. a
lous sums FOR match between Jo. Choyn-
ski and Bob FitzSimnIons when he tAfaher)
Is without an engagement and anxious to
ngft Choynski. ChuynsAi aud Peter wert.
matched recently, but the contest fell 10y the
wayside There are a number of clubs in
the East which would give a big purse for
Choynski and Mailer 10 night for, but Cht..n-
Ski prefers to stayih California
When Bob ETtzsimn,ons returned to New
York fIom England few wreks ago ne
said that Peter jackson was Coming 10 this
country this ran to settle permanently in
San Francisco. This appea rsfto be a fact,
Tor letter received from the Gusky heavy
weight states that he will saii for Aueri,a
in few months Jacksonsa ysst hat c oupie
or good fights are in him .stiiii and that he
Is ready To fight il club viii hang up a
purse worth the while Lii
Tommy Dixon OF Rcchesterflas received a .
letter from john S. III rncs of the Olympic
Sporting Club OF Birmingham, England.
which Is conducted on the san!c lines as the
National Sporting Club, asking him { o come
to England and meet some IL the English
Fighters there. Barnes wants Dixon to
meet the winner OF the Coriield- Plimmer
contest, which Is to be decided in Sheffield
tomorrow night. 1t is not likely tina Dixon
will accept, for Plimmer and Corfield are
only bantarns. while Dixon is very big
feather weight.
Tom Sharkey has arrived in Chicago and
Will begin an engagement next week in
Cincinnati. Sharkey, ike his manager,
ID. j. Lynch. seems to be very much cut up
as the Eastern fistic critics put him on
the pan because he failed to annhiiate
John L. Sullivan at the Garden last Mon
day night. III l had knocked John L.
out" said Sharkey, Il would have been
Missed off the sta &c and ma ybe things would
have gone hard with me. / simply toyed
with the big fellow, who was in bad shape
/ am not very clever. but ged to whip |
every man l have met and that counts in |
the end"