Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-07
BOXING,

The following telegram from London.
England, will be of interest to the frater-
nifty:
The talk of Mitchell and Sharkey fight
ing is not as active as it was. The general
opinion seems to be that Mitchell will hoy
6harkey if the latter can be induced to
rome to this country. The latest develop
ments IN the way of an offer from this side
VII proDaply come from a syndicate, which
will be formed in London.
rms syndicate will endeavor to rent
Agricultural Hall and pull off the fight
there. Should this deal be consummated.
1ney would be In a position to outbid the
Lenox club several times over. A good
flzed fortune could be taken in at Agricul-
tural Hall popular prices, as between 40, 900
and $4,000 people could be seated.
Everybody in England who could DOS
sloly 40 SO would go to see Mitchell box,
no matter if he had a ghost of a show or
not The only difficulty would be in secur-
ing the hall"
IN chicago for January q. All the bouts
vii! be of six rounds. George Lavigne is
to box Jack DAILY, Joe Cans and George
kerwin will have a mix-up, Tommy West
and Jack Root are also Scheduled and a
slX-round go between Norman Selmy, a
brother of Kid Mccoy, and Frank BARLEY
at lao pounds will be on the bill.
Joe Choynski, who was booked for a 90
round bout with Gus Rubin before the
Lenox Athletic club of New York on Janu-
airy 10, has wired Manager Tom O'Rourke
that he will be unable to fight. Choynski
is said to be suffering with acute blood
poisoning in the right hand and arm, but
MS physicians hope to ward off serious
results.
The Stamford Athletic club of Connecti-
cut has arranged a good programme for
January Is. The star bout will be of 20
rounds between Jack O'Brien and Marty
McCue. at 12S pounds. There will be one
preliminary of 20 rounds between Mike
Lyons and Billy Barrett.
The young men who follow boxing as a
business are very busy just now. Clubs
are springing up all, over Connecticut,
western New York, as well as in Chicago,
Ohio and Indiana. The money offered is
not SO big as it might be, but in all cases
there are chances for the boxer to make a
few dollars, and those ducats are what the
boxer is after.
Billy Higgins, of New Haven, and Billy
Forsyth, of Danbury, will do one of the
preliminary acts at 1875 pounds at the
Spike Sullivan-Eddie Connolly contest at
the Pastime Athletic club of New Haven
on January 16.
Billy Dacey, the matchmaker of the Hart
ford Athlete club, is making matches for
the next show of his club, which takes
place on January IS. Dacey expects to sign
frst-class men in the heavyweight division
for a star bout before he returns to Hart
ford.
The Hawthorne Athletic club of Hart
ford, Conn.,, has entered the field as a Did
der for star bouts. w. F. Fitzpatrick has
been made manager Of the club, and Joe
IL - vi t"is ~
umpire has made it known that the
Hawthorne people will offer substantial
guarantees, with the choice of a so per cent
share of the gross receipts, as follows: Joe
Cans and Dial Hawkins, 1000; Cans and
Spike Sullivan, $l,200, and George Dixon
and Martin Finherty, $1,000. The club in
tends to run a show on or about February
22d.
Billy Edwards, the Australian champion
welterweight, who has arrived in this
country, is anxious to get on a match with
Mysterious Billy Smith. Charles Peet, Ed
WardS's manager, says he has been prom
ised a match with Billy Smith, but if
the weight will suit him. Edwards is said
to have already become acclimated and is
in fairly good condition. He is preparing
himself at Kingsbridge in anticipation of
a match in the near future. Edwards says
he will fight before the club offering the
best in%ducement, anf if Smith signs to fight
him he will make a side bet Of 500.
Billy Madden has given up all hope of
inducing Mysterious Billy Smith to meet
his protege, Charley Golf, at the middle
weight limit and has accepted the offer
made by a Sandusky (Ohio) club for a bout
with Jim Watts Of Louisville.
Denver Ed Smith who has not been
heard from in some time, has decided to
re-enter the ring. He has succeeded in
getting on a match with Jim Jeffries. The
bout will come off before the Olympic Ath-
letic club of San Francisco, the latter part
of January.
More than one hundred entries have been
received for the A. A. u. boxing and wrest-
ling championships, which will be decided
at the Lenox A.. c. on January 26 and Is.
Jim Frawley, of the Knickerbocker Athletic
club. has been selected to referee both the
preliminaries and finals.
Mccoy has matched DOC Payne to box