The sun., 1898-11-10
THE SPORTS Of The DAY
Gleanings Gathered From Off the
Gridiron and in the Pugilis-
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AMONGST THE ATHLETES
Spicy Items Taken From the --latest
Happenings in the Roped Arena
and ON the Field of Ath.
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teresting Budget.
SELF DEFENCE.


SELF DEFENCE.
A great treat is in store for the many
admirers Of scientific boxing in this COM
munity. The "Arena Athletic Club" !"
which, by the grace of the municipal
authorities, is once more engaged in the
laudable undertaking of cultivating the
popular taste for the manly art, an
nounces that it has secured the services
Of Charley McKeever and Mysterious
Billy" Smith to box six rounds at the
Arena, Broad and Cherry streets, on
Friday evening. Lest there should be
any mistake az to the character of the
evenings entertainment, the managers
Of the club have furnished the daily
papers with data relative to the last
meeting in public between Mr. Smith
and Mr.. McKeever. The latter, it is stat
ed, delivered left-hand jab on Smith .
jaw "that brought that gent to the floor,
and when he got on his feet again he
was very near queer street. He wound
up the bout by cutting Smith so badly
under the eve that it took several
stitches to sew up the wound" A little
faulty in construction, perhaps, viewed
from the standpoint of literary excel
Ience, but, OH tile whole, vivid descrip-
tion of what must have been highly
diverting scene. Mr.. Smith SUB
sequently got the decision," from
which ii may reasonably be inferred,
although the chronicIer and press agent
is silent on tina, score, that he retorted
by playfulIy poking Mr.. McKeever in
the breadbasket, or mayhap, the solar
plexus. 1t ls to be hoped that on Friday
evening at the Arena the lower tiers Of
seats will be reserved for ladies and
children and a box for tile Director of
Public Safety.-Evening Telegraph, Phila-
delphia.
This "knock" comes from "The boli-
est of them all" John Wanamaker. John
owns the Telegraph and the Arena. A
fair inference is that the Arena is shy OH
its rent and John is using his newspaper
to collect. Mean business, this thing Of
euchering constables out of their fees.
Oscar Gardner, the Omaha Kid, will
have his hands full at the Quaker City
Athletic Club, Third and Green Streets
Philadelphia, this week. Gardner signed
to meet the two best men in his class
that the club could secure, and the club
has secured two good ones. The first
one to meet Oscar will be Frank Bradley
who will box Gardner on Wednesday
night. Bradley. is one of the cleverest
feather weights in the city, and he has a
punch that will stop the best of them.
He has been taking good care Of him
self and is now in better condition than
he has been in long time. When Gard
ner gets through with Bradley he will
have some knowledge of the kind of stuff
Philadelphia boxers are made of. Joe
Fairbnrn will be Gardner's opponent on
Saturday night, and it goes without say
ing that the lad from Omaha will have a
husky boy in front of him and one who
will take a lot of beating. Farburn is
the recognized champion of Pennsyl.
vania at l25 pounds, and the fact that
Gardner has consented to meet him
shows that the Kid is not afraid of a few
pounds OF weight. When Oscar and Joe
come together on Saturday night it is
safe to say that the lovers of boxing will
see the greatest contest between little
men that has ever taken place in that
city.
The second amateur boxing tourna-
ment of the Athletic Club of Philadel-
phia OF the present season will be held
on November II and 10, the preliminary
contests to be decided on the first even
ing and the final bouts on the latter oc-
casion.
Harry Smith, of Chester, who, for the
past year has been under the manage
ment of r. Z. Moseley, of Chester, has
severed his connection with Mr.. Nose
ley, and hereafter will do all business
personally.
In consummating the match between
Joe Goddard, the Barrier Champion, and
big" Jack Mccormick, Pennsy sylvania's
heavyweight boxing and wre sitting
champion, Manager Holland has secured
for the popular Nonpareil Athletic Club,
Philadelphia, for next Saturday evening,
the two best big men that have ever ap.
peared there since the meeting of Peter
Maher, the Irish champion, and Peter
Courtney, Saturday nights bout will be
great contest.
The proposed 60 between "Spike"
Sullivan and Billy Ernst, at Boston,
tonight, is liable to prove ''pipe''
dream, it is said, as Ernst refuses to con-
cede to all of "Spike's" outrageous de-
mands. He thinks (Sullivan) he is the
"whole thing" and wants the entire
shooting gallery" Ernst says, "Nay,
nay, want lookin" and there the
matter stands
Dick O'Brien wants to get on match
with any OF those who claim to be mid
dle-weights. Since defeating Dan Muir
ply O'Brien has become instilled with
confidence to cope successfully with the
best Of those at his weight, hence his de-
sire to meet Kid Mccoy. Bonner, Ryan
or German, ut 1853 pounds. First come,
first served, says Jim Brown, O'Brien's
manager
At the National Sporting Club, Lon
don, Tuesday evening Nat Smith knock
ed out Tom Turner with blow over the
heart in the thirteenth round of box.
ing match. Turner remained and died
yesterday afternoon. Smith and his sec.
ond have been arrested.
Terry McGovern, the aggressive little
Brooklyn fighter, has a very important
match on lls hands ana one which, at
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