The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-25

Tommy Dixon of Rochester has been matched to
box Billy Tweedls at Rochester on Oct. 10.
Joe Bernstein and Fred Wright OF Brooklyn hav,
been matched to box ten rounds in this city ON
Bept. Z.
Jim Hall has written to San Francisco aaking some
OF the clubs on the Pacific coast 10 secure . match for
him with Alec aregsains.
Maurice Rosenberg; a clever 12tPopndsr: Is IN this
Being managed by spike sS suiii sSDa Nu' rosenberg Is
Matty Matthews OF this city and Frank Gerard OF
Chicago. who were to have fought at Buffalo this
until Sept. so.
m hsT5y Becker Of P % %na az and Joe Hops.9. were
Hopkins Il the cSlored puKiiist who. only n few
months ago. gave Frank Rrne such a hard tussle.
Billy Newman has decided on a date for the open.
probability be between Joe Bernstein and Oscar Gard.
nsE. the Omaha Ktd| Or australian Billy Murphy
Sam Fitzpatrick has taken Tommy Hogan. tho
clever Chicago f~estherweight, under his wing aud
with Joe Bernstein. Larry Becker, jack Doownsy'
Frank Erne or Billy o'Donnell before the club orer-
ing the largest purse.
p So1 the A1s,raiiSn m~i sGm " whom he de-.
10 m sSssp, iNecoyii invitation and sail from Aus iHa
Mysterious" Billy Smith. after being idle for the
mos. part %Its OF I the 'q p1wsr 81 snE Sss IN an s,shtsound
second rounds smith had his man going. but after
kDbb q o"ti ucu ub oVh ahu INV " % u
The result was a draw. After the battle Smith chal.
lenged any l44.pound man in tho business.
Dave sullivan. in company with his brother
"Spike" and Patsy Haley. will leave for England this
morning, sullivan goes abroad to eight ,.Pediar''
The little Irish bantam will receive quite q ssnd.of.
Haley told a Sun reporter that while IN England he
also intends to induce Tom Causer TO ngnt him.
A good deal OF talk Is heard in sporting circles lust
now over the coming contest between Joe ChoynSki
and Jem Jenres. the San Francisco heavyweight.
In ~Jefriess recent encounter with Gus Rubin, Billy
Madden's man, he did not show up well. His man.
the right stun. and that, II he dereats Choynski, he
will bring him East 10 fight any OF the heavy weights.
ScHESEcrADY. N. Y, Aug. 2A.-John Richie OF st.
Louis and Kid Kerwin OF Toledo fought ten rounds
before a email crowd at the Electric city A. 9. to.
win was eight pounds overweight. and looked
twenty. He Is half . head taller than Richie. The
ST. Louis boy Is much the cleyerer man. Richie
forced the lighting from tho START. and Kerwin was
continually on the defensive. In the tenth and Anal
round Kerwin swung short Tor Ritchie's jaw Richie
came back with q vicious right handler and Kerwin
ming when the gong sounded. and the crowd set UP a
cheer for Richie. There was no decision, Us both
men were on their feet.
To THE EDITOR or THE suS-Sir: ETon though re-
luctant to rush into print or TO night our battles on
paper, ! feel that in Justice to ourselves ! should not
allow Dave sulllvan's letter OF Aug. 90 TO remain I'M
answered, In my last interview with spike sullivan,
In trying to arrange o match with Dave, he assured
me that they would nght as soon as Dawes nnger
healed. and although they know ! can he found At
my place OF business daily, they have not material,
Iced. As for his remark about Patsey Haley. ] need
only say that my man and his money arc always
not care to prophecy. but there have been exploded
-pheuomenonS before. and Sullivan may not be such .
John smith after the nght. Yours truly,
fnLK srADkLsEhoKE. Manager Sammy Kelly.