The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-14
NOTES OF THE RING.

Kid MCFARLAND and Kid Lavigne may meet
at New Orleans some time next month in a
limited round bout. The contest should be
an exciting one.
Dial Hawkins is coming from San Fran
cisco in search Of fight with Frank Erne.
Hawkins is the who defeated Martin
F!aherty at Carson City with one punch
"Parson" Davies and Col John D. Hop
kins. both of Chicago, are on their way to
pose of looking over the lighting situation.
and the latter to consider the matter of
opening a new theater in the Crescent city
next March.
Regardless of the termination of his match
with Dave" Sullivan in April "Pedlar"
Palmer announces his intentions of retiring
from the ring. This lets Dixon out without
a chance for revenge. ben" Jordan the
English boxer, who defeated Tommy White
on the other side, IS willing ia meet Dixon
at 124 pounds.
Steve O'Donnell. who Is regarded by Cor
bett as exceptionally scientific a boxer,
will go against the winner of the Dick Moore
at the Olympic Athletic club Athens. Pa,
tomorrow night. O'Donnel will meet the
winner at the same club house Jan. "a.
Jimmy Barry. the bantam pugilist. Is home
from England, and on his way to Chicago.
Before leaving New York city Barry called
at the office of sporting publication and LEFT
a forfeit and challenge to fight Casper Leon
for the bantam championship of America 1t
viii thus be seen that Barry has reconsidered
his announced determination to retire from
the ring.
The close of 1897 proved very disastrous
for the Australian division now in America
First, Joe Goddard zthrashed by Sharkey
in San Francisco; then Dan Creedon suffered
a fiogging at the hands of Mccoy. Later
Tom Tracey soundly waloped by Joe
Walcott in a six-round go in Chicago. Per
haps it is well that Lavigne did not get at
Young Critic in San Francisco or he, too
might have fallen By the wayslde.
Billy Newman. manager of the Bohemian
Athletic club, of New York, has sent a let
offers Of liberal purses to English fighters
Newman is willing to give 5000 purse for
VIII Curley, who defeated Patsy Haley, to
come to this country and meet some good
bantam also 81. 0G0 for Ben Jordan who de-
feated Tommy White and a large purse for
Ted White to come to this country and meet
Kid" Mccoy Whitelis the boxer who got
a decision over Mccoy two years ago when
the two came together in a ten-round con-
test of two minutes each.
Tom O'RourSe who manages both Joe
Walcott and George Dixon. is just now doing
some loud talking in behalf if Walcott Among
other things, O'Rourke is credited with the
statement that he will claim the middlewelght
Mccoy does not pay some attention to the
challenge he has issued for Walcott to fight
any man in the world at 1873 pounds
O'Rourke has deposited a 50 600 check with a
New York sporting organ to guarantee that
he is sincere. Mccoy comes back at the
manager. however, by saying that Walcott
ought to fight kid" Layigne and Tom West
before talking fight for a middleweight cham
pionshp To this O'Rourke IS said to have
replied that Joe and Lavigne are matched
to fight at 1877 pounds: and that Walcott is
willing to fight West also, although as to the
latter he declares that it would not me an
anything toward a championship.
Friends of Pedlar Palmer will attempt to
dissuade him from his avowed intention to
retire from the ring. In case they succeed
the little English champion may prove a
drawing card for Eastern lovers of fistiana
at an early date. The club of which Tom
O'Rourke is manager has made an offer of
a $500 purse for these great featherweights
the articles stipulating that the men are to
weigh in at 11S pounds.