Kansas City journal., 1898-01-12
Afaher.

CINCINNATI seems to be the center Of op-
time. kid" Lavigne is there at present,
Mccoy was there last week Then Gus
Kuhlln Madden's Champion" Charles Nc
are stopping there Naturally big bunehes
or night talk are being turned loose daily
by the two champions. and matches by the
score are being discussed for both men.
Mccoy has two matches on his hands. Next
FRIDAY night he is to meet Australian Jim
my Ryan IN four round contest at Day
ION, ION, y: MCCOY is also matched to meet
CharIey Gof. the. Pacific coast middle
weight, who was discovered by Billy Mad
den IN California. Both men have deposited
s.oW to guarantee their sticking to the
articles of agreement signed by both Of
them, and all that is now needed is for
some reliable club to offer a purse so that
mccoy Will be able to coax Con- to meet
him by allotting him a. good sized losers
end.
Kid Lavigne. who arrived in Cincinnati
MONDAY morning to fill a weeks engage
ment at one of the local theaters declares
positively that he can still make l33 pounds
at the ringside for a contest. Lavigne has
repeatedly announced that he would never
again try to make the recognized light
weight limit, and when he was offered a
match with Frank Garrard at 1873 pounds
IN place Of Critic. Lavigne promptly refused
the oHer. but said that a match would be
agreeable to him IL Garrard would consent
10 meet him at catch weights. Outside of
this Lavigne has said that he would here
after leave the lightweights alone and de-
vote the remainder of his ring career
among the welters. Lavigne will most like
~ Ge matched TO meet Jim Franey who
mas quite reputation around Cincinnati
Tor a fifteen round contest before the end
of the month.
Dan Stuart is back in Chicago. after an
unsuccessful attempt to secure FitZsim-
mons signature to an agreement for a fin
lsh night with Corbett In speaking of his
failure TO bring Bob to time Stuart said:
Fitz is determined that the only chan
mel through which Corbett can get another
Ight from him is by lighting and defeating
Peter Maher. i offered him all kinds of in
ducements. made all kinds of propositions
to him and Julian. but without avail. They
simply stood pat
tell you one thing. / am not going to hound
Sorbett into making match with Maher
! VIII; however. offer purse for them to
fight for. and will, without trying to force
Jim; bring them together"
DO you think Fitz will really meet Cor
bett again II jim fights and defeats Ma
II only know what he and Julian say on
VIII You wait here until Corbett ar
No" he replied. "I will leave for New
York in day or so, offer purse for Jim
and Peter. and let them settle itself be-
tween themselves"
Should you fail in bringing of a heayy-
weight contest will you attempt to pull off
a middleweight contest and some between
men OF lesser weights?"
Il have not made up my mind as to that
as yet. but will consider it when l reach
New York"
Stuart did not appear to be put out be-
cause of his failure to sign FitZsimmons
and thought his attempt to bring them to-
gether was just what the sporting public
wanted, as II was really anxious to have
them take another crack at each other.
Eastern sporting writers are nearly all
OF the same mind that in case Corbett
Gsdrva and sIdn 10 should meet again
as referee. Mccormick. in discussing
Siier's recent boxing match with Fitzsim,
mons. says:
Mr.. Sler refereed Fitzsimmons' fight
with Maher in Mexico and his contest with
corbett for the championship at Carson
city, TO his unqualified satisfaction on
both occasions. and II was only reasonable
10 surmise that II he ever fought again
he would desire him to again act as ref
cree. His action at Chicago certainly de-
bars him from consideration in that ca
pacity. for Corbett would certainly not
consent to having him act in an official