The times., 1898-01-14
WITH THE MEN OF BRAwN.
A Cincinnati Boy Wants To Go Up
Against Kid Lavigne.


There is likelihood Jim Franey, the
champion lightweight of Cincinnati.
VII probably soon go up against G orge
Layisne. champion lightweight of the
world. Their respective managers, La
yigne and Boyle, met on Tuesday in
Cincinnati. Manager Boyle said Fra
ney would box at 1873 pounds, give or
take two pounds. Manager Lavigne
also agreed to this He also added that
If stake contest WAS permissible he
stood willing to bet as much as $4,000.
Manager Layisne did not say what
sized purse would suit HIM A we'll
known sporting man is bidder for the
contest, and state5 that he is in position
to pull the contest off within ten miles
of Cincinnati.
No athletic event that has taken
place in Cleveland, Ohio, for years has
attracted more attention than the COM
ing bout between Joe Cans and Frank
Garrard. The fact that the winner of
the bout is to have so many challenges
makes the result all the more import
ant. Kid Nc Partland has already chal-
lenged the winner; Eddie Connolly, who
gave the champion lightweight the bat
tie OF his life. proposes TO challenge the
winner from the ringside. In the mean
time Kid Lavigne. who is now in Gin
cinnati. is awaiting the result of the
coming contest, and has said that the
winner viii be given a chance to go
against him for the championship of
the lightweight class before he goes
abroad.
Tom O'Rourke has announced that he
has an unknown that he viii put up
against Kid Mccoy and back for any
sum up to S20,0G The fight must be
to d finish, and must be held in some
State where side bets are allowed.
which, of course. means Nevada. He
states that his man is not Corbett.
Fitzsmmons, Creedon ChOynski. Shar-
key nor Maher This IS an offer that is
likely tn set the sporting world to
guessing. Parson Davies says that he
is in earnest about matching Choynski
against Mccoy. O'Rourke. McCoy's
manager. says that he will accommo-
date either or both of the gentlemen.
Tommy West and Dan Murphy will
meet on January 20 at Waterbury,
The Navarro Athletic Club. of Lex
ington. Ky, wants the McCoy-Goff
contest.
Kid Mccoy made this sort of car
platform speech at Columbus, Ind, the
other night Ladies and Gentlemen:
| cannot find words to express my ap-
probation of your Eindness today. You
all know my past. l commenced at the
foot. and today | am recognized as the
champion in the middleweight of the
world But, like the mighty oak of
the forest, / shall not be satisfied until
| am the greatest of them all. ] shall
always have a warm spot in my heart
for the people Of Indiana"
The mayor of Chillicothe Ohio, will
allow James Fogarty and George
Haynes to fight there on Monday night
up to the time one begins to make a
chopping block of the other.
J. G Mason. of Kalamazoo, Mich,
wants TO match Mike Fitzpatrick,
whom he claims to be champion light
weight of the Northwest. against any
in the world for $4,000 a
side.
frankie McHugh, well-known ban
is going to return to the |
ring. He received a letter yesterday |
from the manager of an athletic club |
at Pine Bluffs, Ark, offering a purse !
OF $500 for a contest with an unknown |
at 116 pounds. As McHugh intended to |
go TO Hot Springs in few days, he |
viii accept the offer and go to Pine |
Bluffs for the contest.