The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-03
SELE DEFENCE.


Kid Broad has gone to Cleveland t
prepare for Fred Green at Canton o
May 10.
Tom ORourke forfeited $500 to Samm
Kelley and Dave Sullivan for failure t
pull Oft their fight last Monday.
Spike Sullivan had chat with XII
Lavigne the other day and Lavigne sal
he was sure to make another trip t
London.
The grand jury sitting at Columbu
has indicted Oscar Gardner for prize
fighting in the fatal Stout case, but no
for manslaughter.
Matty Matthews sends word to hi.
manager John 7. Dougherty. from the
Catskill Mountains, that when he meet
Owen Ziegler at Patterson, N. j., or
May 9th, he will be in his best possible
form.
Billy ODonnell of Memphis, and Jacl
Hamilton of Syracuse, have been en-.
gagged to box the preliminary to the
Ruhlin-McCoy affair at Syracuse OF
May 20.
Kid Mccoy is in Buffalo and he i!
giving the sports there big jolly. HI
announces that he will make Buffalo his
home in the future, and that he will
study surgery at the Buffalo University
expecting to matriculate after a foul
years course.
Matty Matthews and Owen Ziegler
who are to meet in 20-round bout at
the North Jersey Athletic Club of Pater-
son, on May 8, have started in training
for the battle. Matthews is doing his
work at Dougherty's road house in South
Brooklyn, while Ziegler is getting him
self in shape at a gymnasium in PhiIa-
delrhia.
1t is very evident that Ben Jordan, the
English feather-weight, won't come to
this country for some little time, at
least, contrary to the statements issued.
He has been matched to meet "Darky"
Wallace for -, 800 purse next Septem-
Der, before the National Sporting Club,
in London. 1t is not likely under the
circumstances that he can risk match
with Dixon or any other good man in
between this one.
If "Spike" Sullivan is sincere in his
declaration that he will meet anybody
in the country at 1873 pounds, he will
not find any difficulty in arranging a
match. Frank Erne, the popular Buffalo
fcather-weight, is not on the trail Of
Sullivan. Erne says that if "Spike"
Sullivan is anxious to box anybody he
will be pleased to meet him at his own
terms, namely, 1873 pounds, before any
reputable club offering the best induce
mcnt.
1t is estimated that Sl50,00O will be
wagcred in San Francisco pool rooms on
the Sharkey-Jeffries boxing contest,
which is scheduled for May s. Both
men are training earnestly. Jim Nc
Grath has charge of the Sharkey training
camr, while Billy Delaney is Jeffrics'
right hand man.
A 2O.round bout has been arranged be-
tween Dick OBrien and Jack Burke, the
Boston middle-weight, to be decided at
the Hoffman Athletic Club of Lynn.
Mass, on May 8. O'Brien should defeat
Burke, as the latter is not as clever as
VBrien and cannot punch as hard.
Jack Everhardt has been notified by
Matchmaker Schlichter, of the Arena,
that he has matched him to meet the
winner of the Mckecver-Da y siX-round
bout for similar number of rounds at
the Arena Club on May 20.
Jimmy Barry has accepted Tom
offer OF $1,000 purse to
meet Casper Leon in New York city
some time next month, and the indica-
tons are that these two clever bantams
will be matched in few days.
The match between Tommy West and
Tommy Ryan is about as good as made.
West has notified Ryan that he would
box him in Greater New York or any
where away from Syracuse, Ryan's
home. Ryan has said all right.
The prospect of match being ar
ranged between Spike Sullivan and
Frank Erne, of Buffalo, has had the ef-
lect of bringing the club matchmakers
10 their feet, and the first offer made, if
it is arranged, has been received from
Jack Herman, of the Olympic Ath 'etic
Club, of Buffalo, who is willing to give
q purse of $4,000.
Jack Herman, manager of the Olympic
Athletic Club, of Buffalo, where Frank
Erne defeated Harry Lemon, the col
pred boxer, in a twenty-round bout on
Monday night week, claims that the
gate receipts of that show were the larg-
Est ever taken in at boxing show in
hat city. The receipts of the show
to 1906, and as" Erne had
ought for a $1,000 guarantee, or go per
,ent. of the gross receipts his end OF the
purse amounted to $1,000.
CYCLING.
The identical pair of shoes worn by
when that champion of
champions won his novice race in 1856,
ire on exhibitionin store window in
he '9S meet town, indianapolis. On that
occasion "Zim" wore a full suit of bright |
blue tights and a Derby hat, much too
arge for him. He rode the long-since
discarded Star machine and the spectacle
by the speedy, though at that
line unknown Jerseyman, was extreme
y ludcrous. He continued to wear the
shoes referred to in all his races, after
which he used them for house slippers
1t his home in Manasuuan, n. j., until
'ome friend asked for and was presented |
with them as souvenir.
Thus far the Cycledrome, in behalf of
he International Cycle Track Associ-
ltion, which at present is not per-
formed, but is to be on April
30, has gained control of the Cycledrome,
Waltham, and Woodside Park, Philadel
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