The sun., 1898-04-03
SUMS SPORTING MELANGE
Various Pointers Gathered From
Off the Turf.
SELF DEFENSE; OTHER SPORTS
Resume of the Latest Happenings in
Athletics.--IndOOr and Field
DOings Of Interest
Here.
SELF DEFENCE,

Midget Glynn is training at Tottcn
vile, Coney Island, for his fight witt
Casper Leon. Johny writes that he il
in fine shape and expects to best Leon
On account of Roster and Bia no
being able to get license for bag punch
ing exhibitions, our Jack DAILY wa!
knocked out of $500 a week job. Jacl
is keeping himself in good condition a
High Bridge just outside Of New Yorl
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New Iork's boxing clubs are waiting
for their licenses.
Bonner wants to fight Mccoy for the
middleweight championship.
Cans and Smyrna have been matched
to box at Baltimore on Easter Monday
Jim Corbett has branched out as an
owner Of Thoroughbleds, and expects tc
race in the East and West.
Dixon and Earne are to box six rounds
in st. Louis this month.
John L. Sullivan is to be gwen re-
ception at Boston on Monday.
Billy Rockford and Jimmy Barry are
to box six rounds in Chicago on April, Is.
Danny Mcmahon is to hox ten rounds
with Hiram Goldstein as Il preliminary
to the McKeever-M Matthews contest at
Cleveland on April l2.
Although it was reported two weeks
ago that Kid Mcfarland had bought
the light weight championship belt,
whicl, was formerly owned by Jack Nc
Auliffe, at pawnbroker's sale on the
Bowery, Mcfarland claims that he
never bought the belt nor did he
authorize any one to buy 1t for him.
The story, Mcfarland claims, was
started by some person unknown to
him evidently for the purpose of MAX
ing his friends believe he had plenty of
money.
Peter Jackson says that if Jim Joftries
does not let him have anothe' latch he
will 60 to England and settle down to
business in London. Ja' so. HIS re-
ceived many offers to opcl , s ,ool for
boxing in San Francisco, but thinks
that he can make more r,ol ~ on the
other side.
Frank Slavin, the famous hustral.
ian heavy. weight, writes from the
klondike that he expects to be in
Montreal next month and may visit
New York and look up some of his old
friends. Slavin declares that he has
been very successful and is in good
health.
Bob Deadly still thinks that he will get
the McCoy-Ruhlin fight for Athens. He
has sent off articles of agreement, offer
75 per cent. of the receipts for fight be-
tween the two on April 26 or May 2.
The California matchmakers are expe-
riencing some difficulty in brinng Sailor
Tom Sharkey and big Jim Jcffries to-
5ether in the ring.
Austin Gibbons is evidently Il back |
considering his showing with |
Matty Matthews.
Jim Corbett says: 'Jim Jeffrics will |
never be fighter Sharkey is q gutter,
Mccoy is not sincere All of which |
Jorbctt might have said about himself,
md, no one would have disputed his
Creedon and Tracey are training near
Jhicago, for their bouts with stiff and
Gverhardt.
An inquiry to Steve Brodie: "~teve,
Iir We dead. If ye air, spake, if We air
lot, thin for ever hold yer pace"
The Olympic Club, of San Francisco,
las matched Pete Everett, sometimes
alled "Mcxican Pete" to meet Jim
'effries in twenty-round contest before
he club on the night OF April 2G.
A Cleveland Club has offered $4,000