Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-18
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. SUNDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1898.

some uncertainty about the matter. which
could be cleared up In another match be-
tween the two. Red Robert has already
offered to fight Mccoy, so that, II the latter
should win from the sailor. he would be
expected to make a match with the Kid
Immediately.
Two OF the greatest boxers at their weight
that the old country has ever produced me.
In London last week, when Billy Plimmer
and Peddlar Palmer squared OF on the
resined platform. They are fighters from
the ground UP and scientists with the stuffed
mitt. In sending Plimmer to the floor in
the seventeenth round Palmer but topped
OF q past claim Of superiority over his
rival, for he simply repeated the dose that
he administered to Plimmer on November
rs. 1896. At that time Plimmer was the
premier man In his class Of all England,
having but q short time before received q
decision over George Dixon In a four-round
go at the Madison Square garden In New
York. Palmer wrested his laurels from him
by knocking him out In the fourteenth
round OF the fight. Palmer has also met
Dixon and the bout between these two lads
was one Of the fastest ever put W on this
side Of the waters. After this 70 the
Englishman was looked upon - q wonder.
Since that time he has lowered the colors
Of Dave Sullivan and Johnny Murphy. His
next match may be with Billy ROCKFORD,
the Ohicagoan. The latter went to Eng
land a couple Of months ago to meet him,
but the fight was postponed on aocount Of
Rocheford's Illness. The Windy City rep-
rssentative Is still in London ana hopAs to
be able 70 mssa Palmss some Nns IN
February.
The bout between "Mysterious'' Billy
Smith and Walcott something over q week
ago seemed to demonstrate more than any
thing else that the old Barbados wonder
is slated for q trip to Hasbeenville-which
is little more than a ratification of rumors
that have been prevalent for many moons
At the same time Smith took a mighty stride
toward the welterweight championship, for
critics affirm that never in his career has
ne ever before put up such q great tight.
He was Walcott's superior in science, gen.
eralship and Also IN heavy hitting. which
was formerly the latter'S strongest suit.
In the eleventh round Of the twenty-round
Journey Smith noored ,Walcott twice md
the Barbadoesiap was groggy and was saved
by the bell before Smith could put in the
finishing punch. On points Smith won in .
walk.
A new star burst into brilliancy In the
lightweight armament q week ago when
Bobby Dobbs, the Kentucky ~Senagambian,
received the decision over Dick Burge OF
England in q London prise ring. While
Dobbs got the 20 on q foul, the critics over
the pond wsrs pleased with the way he acted
and say that he proved himself the better
man Of the two. The first half q dozen
innings Of the affair were rather tame, but
thereafter the Enslishman WAS wearied and
Dobos wadsd into him with sharksy wal
lope. Finally Burgess manager claimed a
foul In the eighth round, and when It was
disallowed refused 10 let his man continue
the fight. The decision is quite q feather
In the colored mans cap, for Burge is quite
q crack. He was bested but once before In
his career. that time BY Lavigne. the I'M
disputed lightweight champion OF the
world. AS soon as Dobbs returns to this
country he proposes to try to take on a 20 |
with Lavigne for the championship ~laurels. |
Tom o'Rourke made q surprising state
ment the other night when he declared that |
big Bob Armstrong, the colored pugilist, who |
met Jenries in a ten.round bout at the
Lenox club last summer, could whip any |
heavyweight In the world, bar Sharkey.
"All Armstrong needs" said O'Rourke,
lis something to eat. Hitherto he has
starved himself almost to death. He has
been working with sharkey lately and has
improved SO much that I am prepared to |
bet 1880 that he can beat any Of the other
big fellows. He made a monkey Of Jeffries, |
even though he hadn't had q square meal |
in . month. Tn going to feed him a bit, |
teach him some wrinkles in boxing and then
cut him loose. All he needs Is confidence
and grub"
Joe Choynski, who has been declared to |
be lame. halt, blind and pretty nearly every.
thing else except dead within the past few
months, will be lined UP against the big |
Ohio giant, Rubin, in the Lenox Athletic club
on January 8. The bout was to have oc.
CURED on January 10. but as that date has
been selected as the time for the pulling of
OF the Sharkey- Mccoy go the date was
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