The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19
The Local Boxer, is
in Fine Form.
AGAINSTAGOODO ONE
His Battle With Rosenberg
at Cambridge.

John +. Dinsdale is in magnificent
shape for his 10 round boxing bout with
Morris Rosenberg before the Bridge
Athletic Club, Cambridge, tomorrow
evening, and if he loses, it won't be
for lack of form. D!nsdale is already
below the prescribed weight, which is
l26 pounds, the men agreeing to weigh
in at o'clock in the afternoon, He
is at 125 pounds now, and will remain
at that figure until he steps off the
scale. Between the time Of weighing
in and vaulting the ropes into the ring,
he will endeavor to put on a pound or
two of flesh. Rosenberg will certainly
add a couple of pounds.
Worcester men who are ardent adj
mirers Of Dinsdale figure on him as
winner. There are others in Woroes-
ter who think he is against a stiff
proposition in Rosenberg, who has
proved a good trial horse against al
most all the good men of about his
weight. Some of the phenomenals who
have been discovered in various cities
in this section Of the country. have
oeen put up against Rosenberg to be
tried out, and after he got through
WIN them their star went out. He is
not regarded as an exceptionally clever
POKER, put he is a stiff punCher and
can stand a hard knock now and then
without being much affected. If Dins-
gale gets the decision he will do better
then he ever did before IN his life.
The only means of comparison be-
tween them is in their contests with
Jig Stone of Charlestown, who was
regarded as clever boy in the anna
teur class about Boston. Dinsdale
boxed him year ago ut the Boston
Athletic Association, and in the first
round it looked as if the Worcester
man was out of his class. Dinsdale was
playing the fox, however which he
demonstrated in the next two rounds.
In the third he had Stone going and
few more punches would have put him
in the land Of pleasant dreams. The
performance was considered good
one for Dinsdale, but it does not com
pare with the contest which Rosenberg
had with Stone. He put the latter out
of business in punch
Dinsdale has trained faithfully. He
takes q 10-mile run every morning,
usually heading toward the lake. He
runs several miles at a steady pace for
wind, and also sprints along 50 or 100
yards at time. When he returns he
is rubbed down in the rooms of the
Pelican Athletic Club on Mechanic
street. During the afternoon he rests.
In the evening he punches the bag at
the Pelican rooms, and also boxes with
Jack Lawler and Henry Sweeney. Both
~, Cd ~, nit GIH-ah-
ney is a clever boxer and LaWler a
stiff puncher as well as clever, so Dins-
dale is certainly getting the best prac-
tice possible in Worcester.
His manager, M. f. Sweeney, has a
batch Of tickets for the contest which
he will dispose of to those who wish
to attend and save them the trouble of
endeavoring to get tickets at the door.
There will be several other contests,
the most important Of which will be
between Steve Mahoney and Billy
Berkeley who are members Of rival
boat clubs in Boston, and who will
carry their rivalry into the ring.
The prospects for a go between Jack
Lawler and Patsy Sweeney, now of
New York. do not appear brilliant.
Lawler Is talking of taking on Sweeney
at 120 pounds. Lawler must know, for
everybody else in Worcester does, that
neither he nor Sweeney can get down
to 120 pounds and fight. Sweeney would
not listen to a proposition to come I'M
der 1876. if he would consent to that
figure. He might refuse to get lower
than 12S. If LAWYERS friends allowed
him to come under 1876 they would not
be good friends, for the Worcester man
could never fight at a lower figure. A
pound or two above that would not in
iure his chances in a hard contest.
Lawler has gone as low as 122 pounds,
while in training for his fight with Tim
Carroll at New London year ago, but
his trainers had a special object in
bringing him to that figure. They
wanted to get him down in order to
build him up as the date of the contest
approached, properly believing that his
strength would increase in greater pro-
portion than his weight. They could
have thrown up the fight rather than
allow him to enter the ring at 1872
pounds If he undertook TO fight at
120 pounds, as he has been talking late
ly, he would whip himself inside 10
rounds.
Whether Walter Burgo can get on a
match with him if he returns to Wor-
cester, as he wrote recently to a friend
in this city, is uncertain. When Burgo
was here before, he tried to secure
backing against Lawler, but Worces-
ter sports We're shy at taking chances
on him. Since his departure, he has
been in many matches, and has shown
that he is a stiff fighter, capable Of
standing any amount of punishment
and giving more than his share. The
man who whips BurgO will certainly
have to hit hard and stand considerable
gtiff punching himself Should Lawler
desire to pass him by, it will be an
easy matter. Everybody in Worcester
with any knowledge of boxing, knows
that Lawler will have to give away
many pounds to Burgo, as the latter
might not be able to get lower than 1876
pounds. If Lawler wants to pass him
he can easily refuse to give such a
handicap. There is considerable feel
ing between LAWYER and Burgo, and
neither has an exalted opinion Of the
others ability.
1t won't surprise certain few OF
Worcester boxing sports if a local boxer
who Is a comparative novice in the art
gets after Lawler. His friends have
already begun to talk of matching hin
against the most celebrated Worcester
fighter. Whether they can do IT or not
is doubtful. The man mentioned can
get lower than $40 pounds, and Lawlel
may not desire to give him that weight
il he does, he can have the match.
TUESDAY, MARCH 2tst.
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