The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-09
SEARS THE MAN.
Dinsdale Will Take
on None Other
Eat Present..
HAS NO USE FOR BOB ALLEN.
Joe Flaherty Explains How
He Lost the Fight
With Sweeney.
HAS NO USE FOR BOB ALLEN.

Bob Allen of Boston, the well-known
boxer, seeks a match with John F.
Dinsdale of this city, but he won't get
one. = =
DinsElale is after Mike Sears of lew
isten, Me, and Won't take. on anybody
else until he learns whether Sears will
give him battle.
Nothing has been heard by George
P. King, manager for Dinsdale, of his
challenge to Sears, but he confidently
expects the latter will make a match
While Dinsdale was in the ring in
Lowell, waiting for Rosenberg to for
sake his position on a street corner
nearby and come into the ring, a tele-
gram was received from Sears, which
said he would fight the winner for $500
side.
That is just what the Worcester boy
is after-a purse of the best dimen-
sions that any club win offer and "a side
bet of $500. 1t is large side bet for
man Of Dinsdale's experience in the
ring to make against a man like Sears,
who has been fighting for years, but
that needn't trouble the Sears men
any. All they will have to do is to
show their money and 1t will be COW
cred. It's up to them to cover. the. de-
post of 500 which George p Kingthas
made with The Spy, and bind a match.
King wants nothing TO do with Al
len. King is follower of John L. Sui
Ivan in this particular. He says he
thinks 1t would not be business on his
part to match Dinsdale against any
body but white men for the present.
A challenge from Allen appeared yes
terday In one of the Boston papers.
King was asked by The Spy man if he
would accept, and he replied NO
King said Sears is the man they are
after. Before the match with Rosen-
berg they heard considerable talk from
the Sears camp regarding a fight with
Dinsdale, but they held off thinking one
match at a time sufficient. King thinks
the Sears people are really sincere and
ne says he expects a match will be
made shortly.
Joe Flaherty of Lowell returned to
worcester yesterday looking none the
worse for his battle with Patsy Swee-
ney of Manchester in the latter CITY.
Tuesday evening. Flaherty says he
never felt better in his life, because he
has had q good, rest at his home in
Lowell since the night of the fight He
is confident he can stand off Sweeney in
any number of rounds, although he
acknowledges that Sweeney won fairly
when they met.
Il was not in good condition" said
Flaherty, ''and would like to meet him
again. ] would take care that I would
be In good condition. 1 think l should
get another chance at him. Even his
friends in Manchester say that l de-
serve another chance at him.
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pay as much attention to myself as ]
was Obliged to look after Dinsdale But
at that, what work 1 missed while
training in this city would have made
no difference had the Dinsdale- Rosen-
berg fight come off all right 1 waited
in. the ring with Dinsdale until l o'clock
the night before fought and then went
home to sleep. On account of the noise
OF the Fourth of July celebration /
could not get any sleep, and 1 was logy
Wneq l went in the ring against Swee-
ney."3 ssss.- am, ~
Flaherty had a plan mapped out
which would have rendered his chances
better but he didn't follow it, His
friends were surprised that he forsook
his tactics, and they still think he could
have secured draw had he done as he
said he would. His plan was to keer
Sweeney working and not try to mix
style Of fighting made the plan a good
one. A clever ring general could worry
Sweeney along for many rounds by re-
fusing to make the fight with him ac-
cording to Sweeney's style. That was
what Flaherty Inquired on doing.
But he didnited do ait.1 He tried the
planya goodly portion of the time, and
had Sweeney guessing. Then he
would mix up with Sweeney, and it was
by doing that he lost When, Fla
herty was asked last evening why he
changed his tactics and mixed UP with
Sweeney, he replied; He was so easy
to hit that 1 couldn't resist the oppor-
tunity. / know l should have stuck to
my plan, and / am sure could have
held him off for the 20 rounds. He
can't whip me In 40 rounds l would
like to get another chance lat, him, and
/ can prove that I had as good as a
draw with him for Is rounds, and
wasn't right, either'' tfe ars
Flaherty has no plans for the imme-
date future. He will remain in Wor-
cester for the present, at least Andy
to be seeking for a match with Fla
herty. When the latter was asked if
he would take on Watson, he replied
that he is only too willing provided a
suitable nurse can be obtained. He
fought Watson once and beat him. He
tnlnks ne can DO 1T again just as east
lys g
Flaherty gives George P. King great
praise for the work the latter did in the
fight with Sweeney. Spike Sullivan
tried to do Flaherty in every detail of
the preliminary work, but King called
halt on the willy Spike. When they
reached Manchester, they found the
ring over foot too small, and King
made Sullivan change the ring, despite
the tremendous objection Spike made.
Spike tried to take advantage Of Fla
herty's near-sightedness by moving the
lights. off to one side. King insisted
they be placed over the centre of the
ring, which Sulliy an finally had to do.
= A. friend of Flaherty's was on the
door, but became so anxious to see the
fight that he left his position beside the
ticket box. King thought 1t wouldn't
do any harm to look after the box, and
went to the ticket Office. He was sur
prtsed to find the box. open, and was
more surprised when returns were
made. There was big house, but
the returns were small.
TERRlFIES CHILDREN.