The times., 1898-01-24
House &
LIBERAL Furnishers,
7th and / SITS. N. w.
FROM THE RISGsIDE.

| The excellent card arranged by Match
maker Jack SkeIly, of the Palace Sport
ing Club, OF Trenton. y. j., for Monday
night, should draw large crowd. III the
| star event lack Fox, the clever light
weight, will cross arms with Bobby DObbs
the coIored light " eight hampton of Amer
lea. for fifteen rounds at 135 pounds.
In the prelininaries Eddie Hayes, OF New
York, " i'll face Jack WaldoD, OF Trenton,
six rounds at Is pounds, and Tom Nc
Cornell, OF Trenton, will box kid -
Murphy, OF Cincinnati, six rounds at catch
weights. Sam Austin Will referee.
Casper Leon has received several offers TO
meet Jimmy Barry, OF Chicago, in a linn
tied round contest. but he has not ac-
ccpted any OF them as yet. All of the
offers are excellent ones, but as Leon has
an idea that these clubs will give more
money he has decided TO wait awhile
longer before answ eripg them. The offers
are as follows: Eight hundred dollars from
Chicago, 81 900 from the Palace Sporting
Club, of Trenton: 81 600 from the Manhat-
tan Athletic Club, OF Troy, 81 900 from
the Olympic Club, of Buffalo, and 90 per
cent OF the gross receipts from the Green
point Sporting Club.
Matty Matthews will be kept busy for
the next four weeks getting in trim for
fights which his manager, Jack Dougherty
has already arranged for him. He VIII start
training for his tweDty-Tound bout with
jim Judge, Of Philadelphia, which is to
be decided at the Palace Sporting Club, Of
Trenton, on January 81. After this bout
is over he Will get in shape for a twenty
round go with sam Tonkins, OF Astoria.
which will be the star attraction at the
opening show OF the newl V orga nized Frank
lin Atheletic Club, of New Britain, Conn.,,
February 10. Matthews has also been
matched to meet good lightweight at New
Haven on February L fortwenty rounds
Young Griff0, who has been in san
Francisco Sc ''eral weeks, has been ina tched
to meet Dan Mcconnell in a limited round
contest at the IOxing show to be given
by the Olympic Athletic Club of San Fran
cisco. on February 3. They win box at
catch weights for q purse Of s. coo.
This will be the second time they have
met, their previous contest being won by
Griffo, who easily outpointed Mcconnell
few weeks ago. y firteen-round contest be
tween jimmie Lawlor and Young Tweedie,
OF Australia, will precede the GriffoMc-
Gonnell bout. II Griffo trains faithfully
for this contest he should have no trouble
in defeating Mcconnell in less than ten
rounds.
AL Herfcrd, manager of the Eureka
Atheletic Club, of Baltimore, accompanied
by his coIoTed fighter Joe Cans and Jim
Janey, arrived in Pittsburg on Tuesday.
Herford stopped over 70 get Kid Lavigne
TO take ON Cans in six-round glove con
test Lavigne talked OF finish fight, but
the Baitimorean did not want to put his
fighter against the lightweight champion
in long contest sa ying that Lavigne -yas
Just a bit too much 'or him. Lavigne did
not make any definite promise to meet Cans,
but ma Y take him on for six rounds. pro-
yidins bis other enga geInents do not inter
fere. Herford also had talk with the
managers of Peter Maher and secured their
consent to an eight-round bout with Joe
Choynski, to take place in Baltimore
If KID Lavigne would only say whether
he intended TO go ont OF his class or not
and fight Tommy Ryan, of Syracuse, he
would relieve the sporting men of great
amount OF l;neasiness. Several times dur
ing the last two weeks stories have been
piih'tu W the tilett tudt ne NOule anu
then again would not go out OF his class
and box Ryan. A few days ago Lavigne
made another announcement that he would
30 out OF his class and box Ryan, but as
these announcements DO not satisfy the
sporting men, they would feel much better
if be would give final answer in regarl
to the matter. If Lavigne really intends
to fight Ryan he Will not have to cait
long for some club to offer purse, for two
persons connected with clubs have already
notified the boxers tha t the y will offer good
inducements Ryan in his answer to
Lavigne's challenge says he Will fight
Layigne at I45 or l54 pounds weigh-In
at 2 O'Clock on the day of the contest.