The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-30
IN SPORTING CIRCLES.
The Duke-COrcOran Fight-Kinsey to
Race Mayo May II.

The Dul<e-COrcOran Fight-kinsey to
Race Mayo May II.
Billy Duke and Tommy Corcoran will
box twenty rounds before the Pastime
Athletic Club tonight for a decision.
Duke is popular with the lovers of box
ing in Savannah, and will doubtless be
heartily greeted. He has spared in Sa-
vannah in a number of contests, in every
one of which he has been victorious. He
has been training hard for the bout with
Corcoran and is in excellent trim. With
running ten or fifteen miles on the road
every day, punching the bag and skipping
rope, he has worked himself as hard as
nails and as timber as cat.
Corcoran is the man who received the
decision over the Terrible Swede" recent
ly. He halls from waydown east, in Maine,
and is a very clever boxer. He also is in
good condition, and expects to give Duke
one of the best fights the Oriole has ever
had.
The go should undoubtedly be an inter
esting one. There will be several prelimi-
naries before the big event.
Kinsey and Mayo are to have a match
race at last and the question as to which
is the faster rider will be declared at the
cycle meet to be held in Jacksonville on
May IA.
1t will be remembered that after a great
deal of talk a match race between these
riders was arranged last fall. The date for
the race was set and Kinsey was prepared
to ride rings all around the Jacksonville
boy, when the latter sent word that he
was troubled with very obstreperous car
buncle and would be unable to ride.
When George T. BAIL, chairman of the
racing committee of the Jacksonville
wheelmen, was in the city few days ago
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meet Mayo in a match if the Florida man
was willing. and the race has been ar
ranged 1t will be a one mile, best two
out of three heats.
kinsey is in training and can be depend
ed on to give a good account of himself
He is delighted to know that he will have
an opportunity of meeting Mayo.
Tom Cooper, Charlie Murphy and
Thompson and Edwards, a local tandem
team, had a spill at the track yesterday
afternoon and as result Cooper was bad
ly scratched up and the other men were
shaken up a great deal.
Murphy and Cooper were working and
were being paced by the tandem. Cooper
was going to swing in ahead of the tam
dem and in passing did not take enough
room and struck the tandem. Everybody
fell in a heap, but beyond a few scratches
and bruises no one was seriously hurt.
w. c.. Becker of Indianapolis, crack
long distance rider, arrived in the city yes
terday and Joined the boys at Thunderbolt
He will train at the track for several
weeks.
Fred Titus of New York, the long dis
lance rider, is evidently coming to Savan-
nah to train, as there is mail addressed
to him at the training camp.
The order of formation of the bicycle
parade, as given in Wednesdays Morning
News, should have given the Spalding BIZ
cycle Club first place. Tuesday evening
was the regular ladies run" night with
the Spaldings, and they had expected to
give their lady friends an enjoyable even
ing, but at the earnest solicitation of all
the clubs captains they agreed to take
part in the parade, with the understand
ing that as they were the Oldest and lare-
est club in the city, they be given the
front rank, which was done and maintain
ed throughout the parade. The Spaldings
had over 100 riders in line, of which sixty
five were regular members of the club.
The members were ali opposed to joining
a public parade and only decided to par
ticipate after much persuasion, and as
an act of courtesy to their brother riders.