The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-05-18
AMONG THE BOXERS.

Soldier Dob Kane, California light
weight boxer, is the latest arrival in
Gotham's fistic circles.
owen ZiegleT outpOinted Champion George
Lavigne last night in sIx-round go at
the Quaker City Athletic Club.
It is reported that Peter Maher and Tom
Sharkey, W no are to meet at Billy Brady's
New Palace Club, will box for $4,000,
instead Of SIS, 900, as at first reported.
G. C. Smith, the "colored thunderhOlt, :"
and James Delaney, champion heavyweight
orthe Northwest, have been matched tofight
twenty rounds before the Maple Avenue
Athletic Club, in Elmira. May 81.
Jack Daily, of Wilmington. or Jack Ben
nett of pittsburg, Pa, Will probably be
selected by Nick Long, the California
a C's Eastern representative, to box
Spider Kelly before that club in July
Matt Maroney, lightweight champion
Of North Carolina. is in Baltimore, at 121
Grant street He is looking for match
with Herman Mllerfor ten or twentyrounds
for $50 side before some localcIub offering
the best purse.
Dave Sullivan, after his contest with
Luke Burke, at Buffalo, y. Y, on May 81,
will probably accept the date offered hIm
by the California A. c., of San Francisco.
The latter club has an unknown they want
him to box at ITO pounds.
A hitch having occurred in the conten-
plated meeting between Mysterious Billy
Smith and Tommy X yam, at S yracuse N. Y,
Dick Moore writes that he stands ready to
meet RYAN under any conditions. Further
.x,.I,a f,.I 4 E,1r
RYAN evidently does not care to risk meet
ing him again.
Michael Sullivan, the clever 105-poImd
Baltimore sparrer, and Thomas Wilson, Of
Cincinnati, are matched to box twelve
rounds to a decision tomorrow evening at
the Olympic arena, at Westport A side
bet of 500 each and the receipts depend
on the decision. Samuel Kelly Will meet
Jack White, of Brooklyn, for six rounds,
at 125 pounds.
Warren Lewis has determined to call
Mayor Wurster. He will undertake to have
a twenty-five round fight this afternoon
in the arena of the Greater New York Ath-
letic Club, at West Brighton, Coney Island
The fight is to be between Harry Pigeon
and Jack Vance. Mr.. Lewis claims thatno
license is required under the Horton law,
and the fights TO be held to test this claim.
If Mr. Lewisis right, other fights will soon
follow.
Spike Sullivan got the decision over
Jack Downey last night at the Broadway
Athletic Club, New York, on a foul in
the nineteenth round. They were to have
gone twenty rounds Up to the fifteenth
round Downey had slightly the better Of
the argument, but he became tired, and
after that simply played for draw. In
the nineteenth round, when Sullivan wasOn
his knees, Downey deliberately hit him
with his right and left.
There now seems to be no doubt of the
meeting between Dan CTeedon and Kid
McCoy Word comes from Chicago that
Gel. d. Hopkins has covered McCOy's
81 900 deposit. This will be one OF the
best fights OF the season. The only lines on
the men are their fights with Dick Moore
and Dick O'Brien. Mccoy whipped Moore
in six rounds at Louisville and won from
him in ten rounds in New York. CreedOn
knocked Moore out twice, once in nine
and oncein ten rounds. Mccoy and O'Brien
fought a twenty-five-round draw, while
Creedon won from O'Brien in nine rounds.
Mccoy has improved a great deal since
these fights. Each man has his admirers,
SO the betting will be lively,