The sun., 1898-03-19

advantage was gained by either con
n!'ah'. laly IN the opinion Of the spec.
.a'ors' won hrst h"n"r-. In the min,
'nelth round E"nrrs were again ,.,.nI,
dlVhned, but the twentieth and l,.,
round easily belonged To- I,aIy. From
the first he took the aygrc,.jy. and
forced Lavignc SO hard thai lc had fro.
I'rnt!y 70 ciinch to save himself. IaIy
l'ad ms oppnnent going when the yono
sounded. Kid Mccoy acted IA, referee. .I
New York sun.
kld I.avigne had the hardest fight OF
ms NE Thursday night. He met Jack
l'a'v' and the slender Delaware boy
proved tartar, only the gong saving
l'aV'gnr from being knocked out. Il
VA VA n''iy by great stretching, too, that
.nr .,,' 1eclsl"h was made draw. Cries of
'"hhtr greeted the decision rendered
nl INA Mccoy, the referee The latter
wa; VA influenced by the fact that l.avignc
va 'ie major portion OF the leading.
~" "Ia not take into cunsideratiun
however, that Dai Us hitting was the
ch;'''cr' and that whilc Iavpnr re-
ct'N'u great amount uf blows on tho
Ih"Il''r!>, bat Daily avoided most Of
ANlShc vicious ngs.-rnjla,)rIuLin
Item. '''''''''l''''"
Jack Daily, Of Wilmington nroycI ,
,o"@'l customer Thursday night and Kid
LaNSnr could not Whip linn in atwrntv.
round bout, which was decided before
thr Cleveland \. {.
From the sound ui the rnur tlr foh,.
ing was fast The men were mnst nenn.
y matched and although each did Lis
best t" land IA Knockout bloy. KID Me-
Coy mad to decide the bou, Il draw The
verdict was well received. New York
World.
Eddie Dnwney writes to say that Jack
io'wnev, tn" boxer, is rapidly recover.
ing from a sickness that kept him in
pea 1"r lolr weeks. In mcntl,
DoWney will be ready to box any uuu
III the country at his weight.
pars"n Davies has gone to New
'rl'als to arrange twenty round bout
between Md Mccoy and soft mark of
he name OF Jack Bonner.
steve VDonnel would make good
'"Nlhg instructor for an athletic club. |
out as fighter he won't do
II. Is learned that kid" Mccoy, who
anne to Cleveland to referee the I.ayipne-
)aIy fight Thursday evening was
ccrttly, married in st. Louis on March
the day following the granting of the
lectee of divorce to the pugilist's first
we. It is known only that the bride is
New York girl and that some sensa
,"haI ~, circumstances surround the affair.
' hen asked uv Il reporter about the
1arrlagc Mccoy became extremely
ngry, and said: "That's none OF you,
"s'llrss' It's matter that concerns
Iysclf only" "
"p"c' Payne, the "kid's' trainer
'l'S; it is true that the Kid was
'arrlcd IN st. Louis, March &. The ,
'ldr Is New Yorker. There arc rea- !
ms why ! cannot divuIge her name.
mere was some trouble about his frs, |
lie and the divorce mixed up in the i,
allcr. You know he was married the
!y after the decree was granted hi.
lie. Further than this | cannot talk {
n account of his scnsitvcness."
\ telegram has been received from, !
'ni ~ oRourkr, saying that Uixnn's ,
iklc Is bad >p'ain"d and that he can. i i
IT fight on NIonday night. The Dixon. t.
hlle meeting, which had been schrd- |
rd Tor hat date, has therefore been
'-ponrd until March 81. ;
Dave Sullivan, thought his mouayrr. e
ck smith, offers to pay pcdur Pallrl'> u
.~hScs to America and back to- Eng :,
'u anH give him 500 besides il he VII, ~
me t" America and box him twenty l.
''hdS. Palmer can have All tie re-. II
pts II h" wins. II Sullivan wins Il.
IS II" Wit give the receipts to \ lurI #
, 'hr brh"Ilt Of III" families IT r., .
I"rs of the Maine. '' T.,
'N"r Mahcr is iHdiynan, a, tn, ron,r -
,rh was rlrruutru ON NriI,.rrv -,
ut mat ne was lnt"Xicalcd ami in II, ,,,t
condition t" box Steve N'D,nuuu "i 90,
!'"r mas h"t taken Il drink of any in. r'
i'ahl~ l'f over seven weeks and fin,
nor 'l'a' Il" was not fit to 90 ON was
oll y an injustice to the Irish chom-
n but drtrinlcEt to the at,rpGurrr Lo
VEIL ~~~.-zr 'l'
'"''. ArMHhon and Kid Broad have y j,
n ma'che. to box fifteen rounds pre- n,, "'
mary to the Mckrcvcr and NIa,Ihrv. s''
on ApnI Eth, in Cleveland. Me. ,i'
non irit on the lo.22 train Yesterday ,n' ,''
that place. '''I
I,, ncv
r!lh in Bridgeport has offered to The
h''y per cent OF the receipts for MAJ
Ut nE'f"i'nd contest between George Ton
m and Joe Bernstein. Tom OEnurHe nnx
hrd when he heard Of the offer. lie inst
that Dixon would fight Bernstein ord,
'l1eu that the winner takes all, and his
the cInb agreed to a 5000 purse. and
III Mel clartland and doe Cams have to d
i''atcIcu 10 box twenty rounds M rSu
Gland on April -. r.
th.