The sun., 1898-02-08
THE SPORTING WORLD.
Short and Pithy Pointers From
the Turf.
BRIEF TOPICS Of The DAY.
A Resume Of the Latest Eoings in
Athletics, Indoor and Field
Sports That are
Leg { m ate.
BRIEF TOPICS OF The DAY.
SELF DEFENCE.

Merit dorsey, Of this city, will NEE
Kid Blackson, of Chester, at the Tuxed'
Athletic Clubs next show in this city
Dorsey says that it will be a fight.
Wolff Bendorff, the English heavy
weight, finding that he was not to bt
compared with the thirdraters of this
country, has sailed for home, having se.
cured job as cattle "puncher" on q
steamship that sailed from Baltimore q
few days ago.
Parson Davies has become tired ol
managing pugilsts. Joe Choynski hal
broken away from him again, and Bot
Armstrong fought Childs against his ad.
vice and was defeated. The Armstrong.
Childs match was fake, according tc
the negro's statement.
Billy Brady says that he is out of box.
ing for all time, and his statement will
he cheerfully accepted bv boxers who
date the depression in their business t'
the Maher-Sharkev fiasco, for which
Brady was responsible.
Jem Mace is seriously i'll with bron
chitis.
"Kid" Mccoy will spar at New Bed
ford, Mass, tomorrow night for the
benefit of the strikers, and will then &c
South.
Tommy Ryan has accepted an offer Of
a $500 purse from tie National Athletic
Club, San Francisco, for a fight with
kid" Mccoy. The latter has not yet
been approached.
Peter Maher is training for his six.
round bout with G. c. Smith, the
"Thunderbolt," which takes place at
Saenger Hall on February Is.
Tim Callahan wants to meet Midget
Glynn or Casper Leon at 10 pounds.
Dave Sullivan offers to fight "Pedlar'
Palmer, the latter to weigh what he
pleases and the entire purse to go to the
winner.
Bob Fitzsimmons and Jim Corbett
have each made public announcement of
the fact that they are out of the ring for
good, consequently there is a wild scram-
Bile going on among the minor lights to
gain the coveted title of champion. Nc
Coy, Sharkey, Mayer, Choynski and
Jeffries are all mentioned as candidates,
but the former is the most persistent in
urging his claims. To back up his ap-
peal, Mccoy has posted Tor had posted
for him) sum of 5000, and now he is
going the rounds with an inflated head
and chest, proclaiming himself a verit-
able champion. The ordinary Ran, how
ever, who is not expected to know any
thing about the ethics of the ring, fails
to see just where hcCoy's claims come
in.
The attraction at the Arena on Friday
evening next will be six-round contest
between Jack Bennett, of McKeesport,
Pa, and Charles McKeever of this city.
Maher, providing Corbett and Fitz
really wish to quit the ring, is, says the
New York Sun, thousand times more
entitled to the championship than Nc.
Coy, for he is willing to fight at all times
and has beaten more genuine heavy
weights than anybody else. The fact
hat Mccoy has never fought heavy
weight of note in his life, and has al /
ways been classed with middle weights,
makes it imperative for him to fight |
1t least Maher before he can legitimately
ay claim to heavyweight honors. |,
tommy Ryan, o1 syracuse, VINO Is III
IAN Francisco to meet George Green
Young Corbett), on February 25, in a
Ground contest, has signed articles at
he instance of the National Athletic
Tub for a 2O-round 60 with Kid Mccoy
or the middle weight championship and
purse of $500, which will Re
ubmitted to the latter as soon as pos
ible.
Bobby Dobbs, of st. Paul, and Bob
.ane, of San Francisco, have been
,atched to box 20 rounds at Scranton,
a., on February %. Kane, who is an
australian, has fought some notable
attles and won the California Athletic
lub tournament, defeating four men IN
ne night.