The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-17
Lively Bouts By The
Pelicans.
WITH THE FIGHTERS
Dinsdales Chances Said To
Be the Brightest.

Al exhibition r. boxing by-Es r9.E
pace Il The rooms 4 -1e Pelican Club
CT Mechanic street .aEt evening. . hicz
furnished cause so- admiration ard
amusement The-= were i've bouts
Two q which wee exhibitions Ct
zcisGcs. o1s II which vas 1ssssb.s. ana
TWO Kept the spectators -- -ozrs @
. laughter. g the participants we're zoc
clever and their antics we're auzslrg.
Large gloves were us=5. The bouts
were -1yes ROUNDS each sr1 each round
q three minutes duration. y ?. swse-
1ey was ElsEts- q ceremonies. acting
simply - announcer. John z, Dius-
dale, Tho Is 70 box u -ouuds with
Morris Rosenberg Monday evening. was
IN the ring ana considerable interest
vas manifested II his v-g-1. He show ed
up val The best bout was the opener.
, N which The contestants were John
/ +tFsn and Jack Collins IN that bout
- II al others, there vas 70 thought
4 o. getting men Ot eLaE.3E- The same
weight The men Weighed about -
b9V1Hs. Iney gave : good exhibition
u IasI work. and for men who ar
aot n me business. showed cons5Gsra-
BE clsTer1ess. Collins mad The advsr-
tage In height and a longer reach. and
MADE the best impression He mas z
good left hand and jabbel il into
Eysn's fare many times without re-
ceiying 4 counter.
The next bout was also a good one
Inc contestants were Henry Sweeney
ana John T. Diusdale Tom JcGrsta
was scheouled 70 90 OF with Sweeney
ana the 20 promised 70 De 3 warm one.
The men ara slightly 5ealoua OF each
DINERS ability, and a. the exhibition z.
month ago had . warm set-ro in which
5icGrath had apparently q shade the
pest Of il. Sweeney has been boxing
with Dlns1a!e regularly, prac-icing him
Tor his match with Rosenberg. and is
IN good form. Had McGrath gone
against him last evening. the man who
showed the best advantage would have
had . CO fast work. The bout between
Sweeney and Dinsdals Vas fast. SHee-
ne- has an advantage OS about Il
pounds in weight, his figures being 1856
He is several inches taller than DinE-
Gale also. The latter had the advantage
q condition, but as there wss no an
-nous IN the bout. that did not count
for much. Light work would not help
Dirsdals, 20 Sweeney set { fast pace
DInstale responded. and they mixed
~ Np L4CEL DL the klELE- EE4IDr1 waiting
70 spar. Each showed cleverness and
when they quit. honors were easy.
Charles Gray and oscar Emo were
the next pair. Emo weighed about 40
pounds, while Gray scaled about 80.
The latter had more height, but was
against 2. stocky opponent. The bout
vas fairly lively, with a scarcity u
heated exchanges. The principal fea-
t1Ire was the excellent ducking which
Gray did.
Harry DinFdsle and Denny Gleason
next denned the mits. Neither would
qualify az a teacher Of the art. Each
had hs bit Of dra wing back the arm
as II for q. knockout, and then chang
ing hiR mind. Their blows were q
series Of ClOuts which wouldn't do any
damage. They were followed by an
other pair who didn't get 81 long range
once during the three rounds. They
we're Peter Brown and Mike Simpson.
who weighed about 10. Brown knew
something about boxing, but his oppo-
ncnI is novice. He acted as IL ne
was In q foot ball scrimmage in which
the object il TO push his man out Of
the way. he struck nothing but push
blows which didn't have any effect. and
which his opponent aid not try 10 avoid.
TnHy got together many times with
both arms down and shoulders raised.
neither attempting to strike until they
had met and parted. The crowd was
kept in rOars and the boxers enjoyed
the bout as much, for they laughed
continuously.