The evening times., 1897-11-10

Tut RYAN. who Is now matched TO meet
the Irish cha mpion Peter Maher, viii ma Ike
MS first appearance in this country at the
Spa Athlete Clab next Tuesday Eight,
when DE boxes big Tom Mccarthy eight
ROUNDS as a preliminary TO the Arthur
Jones -Tody Parks twenty round or mole
fight.
Sporting men generally have been anx
iuus 10 see the big fellow who is going 20
try conc lusions with the champion of Erin's
Isle in action. The Australian COMES ID
this country with the reputation of being
a first-c lass man, and many predict that
ne viii take Maher into camp. Pc thisas
it may, ne must Toe de of very fair na
tcriaI TO go mp against a man like Maher.
who easily ranks as the third best maa IN
the world.
RYAN ana Mccarthy are very evenly
matched as To weight and sparTing abil-
ity, and should put up a rafting fast 80
for the eight rounds for which they are
scheduled. Mccarthy IL a I least good enough
TO push RYAN some what ana VIII thus give
the talent chance To find out jIst how
good the Australian is.
While this bout promises To Ire Il corker
il - tut a preliminary to a featherweglt
haitIe ,rhich viii be the fastest thug ever
seen in this section Arthur Jones and
Totr hanks. who will play leading roles
I'm the event 0f the evening, have met three
times before. In their first battle, which
lasted fift aeh rounds, Ranks was given the
decision At that time he had more eN'
periencA II the tricks of the ring than his
oppo.ent and easily outpointed him. Their
next meeting was in a siX-round 1fTair
preliminary To the lasl BurleH -Raedy fight.
This meeting was draw. Then the two
buls we're matched for twenty-rvund
battle Again IL was SO much Of toss
up after they had gone the limit that the
referee failed 10 pick a winner
As next Tuesday nights blttl" is for
twenty rounds or more the question of S'l-
premacy viii be finally srttled Both men
fight lis, couple OF wildcats, and in
titeir last hattie mixed matters up at "A
great rate ia every one OF the twenty
rounds OF the battle.
Arrangements VIII be made To carry the
.novvd uut 10 the clubhouse In 'buss''>
waiCh cn, start aJ : O'Clock FROM the cor
n-i 90 seventh and Pennsylvania avenue.
/ IT'S - wen Hruse, and 0sbOrn's on the cor
ner of seventh and G streets. The first
bout viii be put on promptly at 8 O'cloc,s.
1 Australian Jim Ryan and Nick Burley will
l shortly meet in the areaa OF the Spa
Athletic Club. The ing Australian has
! signed an agreement not To box any yone
uutil hattie is arranged between him and
ihe Californian. Jim Conroy, who used IL
| manage Critic, and who is now one Uf
| the lea ding lights of GothanyIlle's sporting
men, IL hackinr RYAN and guarantees his
appeaTance in Wa sfington SOON as the
auiches Of agreement re signed. battle
| between these Tag fellows VIII be wof i
| going q long way 10 see. Ryan is long
wav from being stiff, and will have
I Barley tip Joeing to keep in line with the
| processiun The Californian is in splendid
condition. He has been training since his
battle VITA Raedy at Doc Garges read
house on the Rla denshurg road.
There are some good bouts down for
| this week between the boxers. Three
Americans Will attempt to Win glory and
coin by tackling subjects of tie Queer
Pat naly. of ITocklvn, WIZ tackle Au
! trey Cliffort at Tire Excelsior Paths in
London. AMI try TO do The Australian in
twenty rounds. Daily VIII have hardtime
,toing it, however. ar hs has not been
doing his best lately. He appears 10 be
| dravinC close TO the has been" mark.
clifford. or the other hand, has been
doing great work and steadily gaining
m science and strength. Ii is doubtful
| that DalY can stop him
Fred. Morris tackles Starlight, the Aus
tralian, at London.
At san FsanciSco Wednesday night. owen
| Zeigler end George Green VIII come to-
gether. THIS ought 90 he a gooG fight, a.
tits claiiued that Green has gotten al -er
lis setback al the hands of Joe Walcott
some weeks age.
The uouts for this week are as follows
wednesda Woven Zeigler vs.. George
Green, twenty rounds San Francisco.
Thursday Starlight" VI. Fred. Morris,
twenty rounds. London: Charley Mckeevtr r
vs. Matt Matthews. twenty rounds. Wal
dorf A c.. New York: Hiram Goldstein ~.
Frank Craig, twenty rounds, Rochestcr.
n. Y: John Van Heest W. John o'Keeie
GAINESVILLE.
Friday-Joe Bernstein VI. Fred. Wright,
t,gentv rounds, New York.
George Baw the popular middleweight,