The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-03
TONIGHT'S CONTEST.
Both Smith and Judge Are in Good
Condition and Eager for the
Fray-Record of the
Mysterious One.

Everything is ready for tOnightS
glove contest in Music hall between
Jim Judge, of this city, and "Niysteri-
Gus Billy" Smith, the worlds cham
pion welterweight. Smith reached here
from New York city saturday evening.
a crowd estimated to contain 500 or
more persons was packed on the depot
platform and made a rush to get a
glimpse of Smith when he alighted
from the train. With him were Mrs.
Smith. Harry Tuthill, the well-known
trainer and handler of fistic stars, and
Jack Skelly. manager of the American
Sporting club.
Smith got separated for a moment
from the other members of his party
during the crush, but they were soon
together and hustled into a cab which
took them TO the st. Charles hotel.
There Smith met his manager, Billy
Roche, and party of friends who had
arrived earlier on the ground. After a
quick sponge bath, Smith had a light
lunch and then received a party of
newspaper men. In the hotel corridor
he was introduced to a large number
of local PEOPLE.
Yesterday morning Smith took a two
and a half hours run on Elmhurst
boulevard. in the afternoon he was
at work in Frank Eckers gymnasium.
Judge has been kept quietly at work
at Simpson near Carbondale. He will
leave there this morning for Scranton.
Assurance has been given that he is in
splendid physical trim. Further than
this. no statement is made by those
near to him concerning his condition or
his chances of winning
Before and after the men enter the
ropes tonight they will be examined by
Dr. S. P. LonRstreet and DR.. John
O'Malley. These physicians have been
engaged by the club to determine the
fitness of Smith and Judge to undergo
the effort OF physical contest. This
is to be done for the first time in
Scranton, although it is eXacted by
law in New York and has beer volun-
tarily adopted by most of the large
clubs in the country.
Until $50 o'clock reserved seat tick
cts will he on sale at LOTUS x Mel
wins drug store on Wyoming avenue.
After that hour no tickets will! be sold
under any circumstances until 730
o'clock at Music hall 1t Is probable
that the most fortunately seated per-
sons will be those who reserve their
seats before the sale closes at the drug
store.
An effort will be made to conclude
the preliminaries soon after o'clock
so that the star bout can begin soon
afterward. The preliminaries have
not been announced as last night the
club officials were trying to decide on
one or two pairs from among nine
good men who are anxious for an en-
gagement.
Smiths given name is amos" and
hot BILLY" He was born May 10,
1871, at Eastport, Me-, but Boston has
been his home for many years. His
height is feet. S1a inches. about Ia
inches less than the heighth of Judge.
"Fistiana," published by Richard X.
Fox, gives Smith credit for 81 contests
since early in 1892. Smith has met
Tommy Ryan. of Syracuse, six times.
Three were draws Ryan once got q
decision in 20 rounds, and once in
rounds: they met once without any
decision being rendered. Among the
men defeated by Smith were the fol-
lowing: Shadow Maher. Danny Need
nam, Tom Williams, Jack Ryan, Abe
Ullman, Johnny German. Smith has
broke even with Tommy West QS92),
Dick OBrier Cs9D, Joe Walcott dSo5l.
Besides Ryan the only men TO defeat
Smith were Kid Mccoy Qs96) QS9D,
Jim Ryan GS96), and George Green
lS9D. Among the cities in which
Smith has boxed are San Francisco.
Portland, Ore; Coney Island, Chicago,
Boston, Streator, ILL.,; MINNEAPOLIS, st.
John, N. B.; Philadelphia, Baltimore,
London, Syracuse, Macbeth, l.. l.; New
York city. and Brooklyn.
Sam c. Austin, of the New York Po-
lice Gazette, who will referee the con-
test, will probably not reach here until
l.60 o'clock this afternoon, though he
was partly expected during last night.
Tom O'Rourke, the well known man.
ager of BOXERS Honest" John KeIl1,
and Tom Sharkey will be among a par-
ty OF New York notables at the ring
side. number of friends OF Smiths
manager, Billy Roche, are already in
town. Jack Bonner and his brother.
or Summit Hill, and the two Tommy
Ryans are among the boxers expected.
jerome Quigley, of Philadelphia. is al
ready here. From as far away as Buff
falo and Baltimore word has been re-
ceived that delegations would be here.