The herald., 1897-11-08
THE PRIZE RING

THE PRIZE RING
The most important fight of the month
and one of the most important of this
season will be the Creedon- Mccoy mill
which will be pulled of in Quebec on the
10th inst. provided the authorities do
not stop the contest. The managing di-
rector of the Canadian Athletic asso-
citation has announced that he has made
all arrangements for the battle, which
will be fought in the name Of a sparring
contest. but will, Of course, be really q
finish fight. The gate receipts will be
divided between the men after all ex-
penses have been paid and no publicity
will be made of the purse that has been
hung out by the association. That will
go to the winner without division. 1t
is claimed that the consent Of the mayor
of Quebec and all members of the Pro-
vincial government, except three men,
bers, has been secured, and 1t is ex-
pected that the police will allow the
fight to proceed. On the other hand, the
Citizens league will use every peace
able means to prevent the meeting and
Major Bond, it's president, has been
quoted as saying that he will spend
thousands of pounds ii necessary to
stop the fight. The contest will be for
the championship Of the class the men
| represent.
Solly Smith of this city made nice
little roll in his fight with Dixon last
month. The receipts amounted to $7100.
which was $500 less than the receipts of
the Dixon Hawkins match. OF this
. <I,o ,Sv~v or,u
of the purse, which was $475O. while
Dixon was handed $1100 as the losers
end. The club under whose auspices the
fight was arranged cleared something
like $4,000 on it. There was plenty of
that at least $4,000 changed hands on
the result.
During the last seven years death has
claimed sixteen fighters In the ring. A
record of those thus killed is as follows:
Fox Mcclure. 1892, Natick. Mass.
Jack" Follen, 1892, New Orleans.
Linder, Harvard student, 1893, Cam
bridge, Mass.
Emmett Burke, October 2s, 1898, Glou-
cester, N. ].
William Miller. March "a. 1893, San
Francisco.
George Goodrich, February 4, 1898,
New Orleans.
Daniel. Donovan, April 4, 1893, Maple
Bay, N. Y.
Con" Riordan, November 16, 1894,
Syracuse.
George Smith, December T. 1894, Eng
land.
ANDY" Bowen, December Is, 1894, New
Orleans.
Sailor Kid" January s, 1885, Denver.
Col.
James Duffy, January 2. 1897, New
| York city.
"Billy" Vernon. April 20, 1897, New Or
leans.
Frank Kozewski, October 1s. 1897, Buff
falo.
Joe Goddard lost no time in getting to
work for his fight with Sharkey. Shar-
key says that he will show that he is a
fair fighter, and Goddard is willing to
take the risk of meeting Danny Lynch's
man under Danny Lynch's club man
| agement. Goddard has more confidence
In Sharkey and his manager than the
public. Goddard may be an innocent
sufferer. but the people will have no
confidence in the fight. Sharkey, 1t is
said, intends to break away from his
present manager. He says Lynch owes
him money and that he cannot get it un-
til the fight is pulled off. Then, he says,
he will part with Lynch. There is some
talk Of matching the winners of the
Goddard -Sharkey and the Choynski-
Jeffries fights for the championship Of
the world, as Fitzsimmons says he has
retired and Corbett says he will fight
no one but Fitzsimmons. There is a
clean field
| Until Green whipped Billy Smith at
Carson he hardly ranked up with the
best of eastern welters. His eastern ex-
perience was that of an inferior fighter.
He did not then rank with Ryan, Wal
colt and Smith. 1t was an acknowledged
disappointment to his California admi-
rers. He came back into prominence by
defeating Smith at Carson The afternoon
of the big fight. 1t was heralded by many
as an improvement. To some 1t looked
like Smith had gone back. Green showed
no remarkable cleverness at Carson, but
rather an ability to stand a fearful
amount of punching. Smith seemed
stale and whipped himself out punching
Green. His right arm, recently broken,
had not properly knit and it was re-
broken, and seeing that he could not
win, his seconds threw up the sponge.
| \ \
Sammy Kelly has wired AL Smith that
he would fight Solly Smith at III pounds.
1t is believed that Smith will accept the
engagement. Smith can do the weight, /"
said friend of his yesterday land he
might as well pick up little easy money
right here at home as to go looking for
| it,"
4 + +
District Deputy Armstrong of the Or
der of Elks has called down the local
lodge Of Marion, Ind, for initiating
Fitzsimmons into the order, as he saws
the act was in direct violation of the
bylaws. He says the Marion lodge
must expel the pugilist or lose it's char
ter.
HOMING PIGEONS
Last Sunday the longest race flown
under the auspices of the l.. A. C. Flv-