Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-10-29
SPORTING.
Events to Take Place Before the Various
Local Athletic Clubs.-News
Of the Ring.

Jack Everhardt says that he will no
do any boxing for at least two months.
A match between George McFadden
and Martin Flaherty is being talked
about.
Billy Madden has received an offer to
match Gus Rubin against James Ken
nedy, California heavyweight.
The sporting public is taking the Haw-
thorne Clubs departure from the scene
of fistic action in philosophical manner.
Tommy Ryan, the champion welter-
weight is out with card stating that he
has forsaken the welters for all time to
come.
Frank Erne has been matched to meet
Kid Lavigne again. They will box TWEEN
ty rounds before San Francisco club for
the largest purse offered
Mysterious" Billy Smith has made up
his mind to go to San Francisco. His
manager has received a good offer to
match Smith against Young Corbett for
twenty rounds.
According to letter RECEIVED from
Mike Sears by his manager the American
boxer is in fine form for his bout with
Jabez White, which is scheduled to be
decided at Birmingham October 30.
In the preliminary between Kid St.
Clair and Tommy McQuaid at Music Hall
Monday night the youngsters showed up
fast and game and were greatly applaud
ed. McQuaid was given the decision.
The Kentucky Athletic Club announces
the date for the return match between
Jim Ryan and Jim Franey as November
II. On account of his Texas fight. Ryan
has been in pretty constant training and
wants the contest to take place as soon as
possible.
Peter Maher has not started to train for
his coming contest with Kid Mccoy.
although the affair is little less than six
weeks away. Mccoy is not doing any
work either. AS no money is up the
sports are inclined to think that the affair
will never come off.
Frank Moran, of New York, has re-
ceived letter from Spike Sullivan, who
is now at Boston. Spike writes that he
is prepared to meet any good light
weight. If he fails to catch on Spike will
Immediately go to England, where he
has received good offer to box Johnny
Hughes, the English lightweight cham
pion.
The next event in the fstie arena is
that of Monday night, when Tommy
Hogan and Eugene Bezenah meet at
Music Hall in twenty-round contest.
Indications are that this will be one of
the best contests that has ever been pulled
off in Louisville from a purely scientific
standpoint. 1t is the general opinion
that Tommy Hogan is the best feather
weight that ever stepped into the local
ring. That Bezenah is about on par is
shown by the Foreground draw that he
fought with Oscar Gardner, giving the
Omaha Kid what he admitted to be the
hardest fight of his life.
The twenty -round contest between Jim
Watts, of this city, and Jim Janey, of Bal
timore, which took place at Music Hall
Monday night under the auspices of the
Louisville Athletic Club, was decided in
Watts favor in the seventh round on
account of the interference of AL HEREFORD,
Janey's manager, who had leaped into
the ring after Watts had fouled him. Had
the referee performed his duty there is no
doubt but that Janey would have gotten
the decision. Watts is hugger and
bucks like broncho, never standing up
as game man should. There is nothing
in his way of boxing to commend him.
Tom Lansing went to Wheeling Tues
day to take the place of Australian Jimmy
Ryan in twenty fve-round contest with
John Finnegan, of Pittsburg. AS the
contest progressed Lansing became the
favorite, owing to the rowdy conduct of
the friends of his opponent, and when the
Pittsburg boy was given the decision on
foul in the fourteenth round the kissing
and cat-calls continued for several min
utes. Lansing knocked Finnegan down
twice in the first round and had him all |
but out, but he gave a marvellous exhibit
ton of gameness. Lansing's victory was
only question of time. He came out
without a scratch, while his opponent
bled from half dozen cuts OIL his face
and head.
Tommy Ryan, of Syracuse, made his
bow as a middle-weight at the Greater
New York Athletic Club Coney Island,
Monday night, and got a decision over
Jack Bonner, of Philadelphia, IN tweu-
ty-round bout. Bonner, who knocked |
Dan Creedon out not long ago, was out
classed by Ryan, who fought with superb
science and generalship. Bonner got one
Of the worst beatings that any fighter
ever received at a New York club, but he |
stayed to the limit by sheer grit and
gameness. He was unable to hit Ryan
more than dozen effective blows in the
fight, but he kept trying to land his pow
erful right and left handlers even when
ne had one eye closed. Bonner was
yroggy On several occasions, but he re-
rived wonderfully, and never showed an
inclination to quit under the awful pun
shment that Ryan delivered at almost
every stage. Toward the close the victor
became merciful however and 1et M, in |