The sun., 1898-12-30
SELF DEFENSE.


Hospital, writes that he is feeling first
class and nothing bothers him but his
foot. Jack says he will be ready to
meet all comers before the Empire Ath-
letic Club in two weeks.
Don't forget the Empires show at
Pyle's Cycling Academy on January Il.
Frank Fisher would like to meet &c le
good un before the Empire Club.
Jim Corbett tips Tom Sharkey as the
winner over Mccoy in their fight at the
Lenox A. G. Tuesday night, Jan. 10.
Doc Payne and Lawler, the Irish
giant, are to furnish the preliminary on
the evening of the Sharkey- Mccoy fight.
Payne is also to meet Tim Hurley at
Scranton before the American Sporting
Club on Jan. l6.
Con McVey has returned to Broadway
and still asserts positively that his men,
orable appearance in the ring on the
evening Of the Corbett-Sharkey fake was
not premeditated.
Oscar Gardner, the "Omaha Kid"
who is to meet Dave Sullivan at the
Lenox A. C. on Monday evening, Janu-
ary 9, is training at home in Wheeling.
The I45-pound amateur Champion
Alex Mcintosh, has entered the A. A.
W. championships, which will be held
at the Lenox A. G. on January 25 and
26.
Austin Rice, of New London, Conn,
and Terry McGovern, of Brooklyn, are
to meet before the Pelican A. c. next
Saturday night. They will fight at lis
pounds.
The fact that Joe Choynski is suffer-
ing from blood poisoning and may be
unable to meet Gus Rubin in the Lenox
Athletic Club January 10 will be serious
blow to Billy Madden, who is Ruhlin's
manager.
Mysterious Billy Smith and Billy Ed
wards, the Australian welterweight, who
were matched on Tuesday to box before
the club offering the largest purse, will
meet in a tWenty-round bout at the
Mnox Athletic Club the latter part of
next month.
Jack Hamilton, of Syracuse, who re-
Gently defeated "Kid" Goulette, says he
wants to fight Marty McCue for side
bet of $780, The Manhattan A. c., of
Troy, it is said, will offer good induce
ments for the bout.
Marty McCue, the clever feather
weight of New York city, and Kid
Goulette, of Rochester, have signed
articles to meet in a twenty-round bout
at the Rienzi A. c., Of Rochester, on
next Monday night.
Jim Jeffries, the heavyweight fighter
from Los Angeles, has been matched to
box twenty-rounds with Joe Kennedy,
of San Francisco, under the auspices Of
the National Club on January 81. The
purse will consist of sixty per cent. of
The gate receipts.
The twenty-round bout between Matty
Matthews and Owen Ziegler, the Phia-
1elphia light weight, is to be
ought at the Greenwood Athletic Club
1ext Monday afternoon at 2.30 p. m.
II would not give dollar" says an
I'D New York Athletic Club man, 'to
witness any of the boxing contests de-
'ided nowadays before the clubs of this
ity. They simply amount to nothing.
They are pretty sparring contests, I'll
oncede, but as for deciding champion
hips, they cut nothing but gate re-
eipts."
Joe Cans will box Otto Sieloff in Chi
ago on January %. |
Jack Everhardt, of New Orleans, is in
Iew York. t
SolIy Smiths broken hand has mend I
d, and he is ready to meet all comers q
t l22 pounds. 9
Corbett's latest excuse as to why he |;
i'd not do better against Sharkey is that =
fter being knocked down in the second !,
Dund he found his ankle to be badly
trained, which put him to a great dis
dvantage during the rest of the fight.
hange the brand, Jim.
Sam Austin is trying to match Dal
Iawkins and Joe Cans.
Tim Callahan and George Munroe
ave been matched to box fifteen rounds q
, Brooklyn on january. 3
Joe Cans manager received dispatch
esterday from the Excelsior A. c., Of .
an Francisco, to the effect that that