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SELF DEFENSE.

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Arena on Friday evening, December 8,
One week later "Kid' Mccoy and Joe
Goddard will be brought together.
Charley McKeever has received an
offer for all eight-round bout with Jack
Hoffman at Chicago and also for q six
round bout with Jim Franey, at De-
troit.
The Commercial Athletic Club OF St.
Louis has offered a $4,000 purse for the
Mal'er-McCoy fight
Now the L.nox club has hacker who
has assumed responsibility for all its
acts. Hereafter il the boxing there is not
az it should bp the public will Snow who
to hold responsible.
CHARLEY Goff, the California middle
weight, will bnx Dick" Moore at the
Pelican A. c., Brooklyn, twenty rounds
on Saturday night.
Tom Williams, the Australian, and the
Pickaniny have been signed to box
fifteen rounds near Boston on December
9Th.
Bill Heffernan, an Australian boxer
who made a failure in this country. has
been matched to fight Dido Plumb in
L ,ndon. The Australian has also sue
ceeded in finding hacker.
1t is more than likely that limited.
round bout will be arranged in few
days bet tween Frank Erne, the Buffalo
lightweight, and Joe Cans, tie colored
fighter, Of Baltimore. 81 t
George Campbell and Frank Fortelka
fought ten rounds to a draw IN Erie last
night. The six-round preliminaries be-
tween Walter Mason and Fred Bowen
and Frank Galty and jean Hall, were
alec declared draws.
Bob Delaney, the welIknown mana
ger Of boxers. accompanied by his two
stars, Steve Flanagan and Young Ma
honey, has left for a trip thronsh h the
West. The trio will 60 as far as Frisco,
stopping in all cities where boxing is al
lowed. Matoney and Flanagan will be
matched with all comers.
Honest John Kelley, who refereed the
contest between Tom Sl.arkey and jim
Corbett at the Lnox Athletic Club,
must have money to burn, fr he has
not as yet called upon the officials If the
club to collect the $500 which he was to
receive for officiating as referee of the
contest.
Joe Choynski, the California heavy.
weight, and Gus Rnhin, the akron
Giant" were finally matched at the
Lpnox Athletic Club last night by Tom
O'Rourke to meet in twenty-round
bout at the above mentioned club on
Jan. 10. 1
Kid Mccoy, who appeared to be SO
anxious to fight Bob Fitzsimmous for the
championship OF the world after he de-
tpated Dan CreedOn at the Eureka Ath-
letic Clun in Long Island City over
year ago. has evidently wisely thought
the matter over, now that Fitz has chal-
lenged him to fight at the middle weight
limit, claiming now that he does not
want to fight Lanky Bob.
Dave Sullivan, the plucky little Irish
lad, feels mnre confident than ever that
he can beat George Dixon, and after tn,
latter received the decision over Oscar
Gardner Tuesday night at the Lenox
Athletic Club he said he would post a
forfeit OF $5lN today and issue cha-
lenge to fight Dixon.
Considering the several peculiar incl
dents which characterized the Sharkey.
Corbett bout a week ago, the attendance
at the contest between George Dixon and
Oscar Gardner in the arena Of the Lenox
Athletic Club Tuesday night was remark
ablv large. More than three thousand
persons were in the house when the par
elephants in the event Of the evening Ap-
peared,