Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-25

terday.
Miss Mamie Quarles. of Richmond. is
in the city, visiting Miss Hattie Muser,
OF SoUth street.
> PORTSMOUTH ATHLETIC CLUB.
Frank j. Farley. the "Adonis of the
Prize Ring win Manage the
Affairs.
portsmouth is 10 have an athletic as
Soci@tion, preparations NOW being made
TO organize iirs,-class institution vi
The KIND in OR midst. And the atten-
tiun oil those CoSirouS Of physical train
ing. and these who want II become
more luily acquainted with The manly
art OF seli-GcIensc" are lending tneIr
cioTtS and influence toward making the
club success.
Ihore is in Portsmouth Il young man
who has been selected To manage the
ahairs OF the association. His name is
frank }. Farley, ana that the public
may know something OF The young man
ana The experience he has had in attn
letlcs tie following brief Sketch OF his
record is given:
Ills RING; HISTORY.
Frank j. Farley. born in London.
England, March Z, 1877 came to Ph la
dciphia in 1850. Started boxing under
instruction of Professor Robert cal
vert. OF the Athletic Club Schuylkiil
navy. Won amateur bantam weight
championship of Pennsylvania by de-
featins James O.'Donnell in three
rounds. Entered professional ranks in
1893, and defeated The following in that
year: Tom Rooney. three rounds.
knocked out; lid flasher. nine rounds,
Knocked Out: Charlie Ferris. six rounds.
decision; Harry Mann. i've rounds
Knocked out; Danny Lynch seven
rounds, knccied out Mike !1allahan,
four rounds. lost decision: Mike lialla-
han. six rounds. won decision: Billy
Kirby. seven rounds. knocked out; Bob
Scott, six rounds. decision.
Left Philadelphia in 1894. with the
Sporting Craze Company. meeting all
corners for season of twcnty-siX
weeks; going to California in the same
year. defeating Harry Daily. ITO pounds
champion of Australia, iii nineteen
rounds, Knocked out; four rounds
draw. Jimmy Barry. of Chicago: Owen
Zieglcr, six rounds. no decision: George
ooan' SIX rounds. knocked out; Paul
iooan, four rounds, decision: Andy Wal
dron. four rounds, decision. Trenton.
n. j.; Pat Coln. four rounds draw;
Jack Leavy. New Orleans, 1895. twenty
rounds. draw: Tommy Warren, %
rounds. draw; Jack Curran. six rounds.
decision. New York: Jimmy Donavan,
SIX rounds, decision. Returned to Phil
adelphia and was engaged as boxing in
structor at the Caledonian Club, leav-
Ing there to assist Stanton Abbott at
Providence, r. l., in instructing Prov
idence Athletic Association of Browns
University and Young Mems Christian
Association of that city. Defeated Jer-
ny Callahan, of Boston. seven rounds. at
Holyoke, Mass; Fred McGarr OF Hart
lord, Conn, ten rounds. decision; lost
decision TO Spike Sullivan, in eigh,
rounds, at Boston. Left Providence with
stanton Abbott to join Fields 4, Han
SON variety Company. meeting all COM
ers In feather and lightweight class
was engaged as instructor at the Eure-
ka Athletic Club at Baltimore, 1896. De-
feated Eddie Clark. four rounds, knock
cd out; Doc Kimble. five rounds.
Hhotked out; Johnny Boyle. Newark. n.
j.. ten rounds, decision; Charlie Nc
Knight, four rounds. Knocked out:
Muckle Muldoon. four rounds, decision:
Young Fitzsimmons. three rounds.
knocked out; Billy Wistlcr four rounds.
Philadelphia. draw; Elwood McCloskey.
SIN rounds, draw; Andy Rambo. four
rounds. draw; Billy Prang. twenty
rounds, draw. New York: Eugene Ro-
wan, six rounds draw Harry Burke
SIX rounds, draw. Defeated CrocEley
Boyle, six rounds. Philadelphia. De-
feated Harry Mann. Detroit, six rounds.
decision; Tommy Cleary. Philadelphia.
SIX rounds. draw. Engaged at Johns
Hopkins University 1897 as one of the
physical directors. Frank BRADLEY. In
Phlladelpha. six rounds no decision;
Billy Farran. of Philadelphia, six
rounds. decision: Kid Howard. of Chi
cago. six rounds. decision; Harry South.
of Cluster. six rounds. decision; Joe
Wrenn. of Jazelton. three rounds
knocked out. Won fancy bag-punching
championship of Maryland. 1898. Re-
engaged Mt Johns Hopkins University.
Opened school of physical training to
the public of Baltimore: also physical
director at the Baltimore Medical Col
1eee. Continued the same until January
1889, when resigning to come to this
city where he has embarked in The
mercantile business.
He will organize an athletic associa-
ton. taking only such members and
pupils as may come up to the standard
he has set for character. which is fair
ly high.
He has eliminated the rough and
tough parts from boxing and other a;h-
letic sports. teaching such. not in a
brutal way. but strictly from scien-
tiiic standpoint.
He married Miss Agnes Brown. OF
this city, who Is 4 daughter of the late
Thomas Brown. tho wei known and
highly successful grocer. Mr.. and Mrs
Farley reside at Coz London street. A1r
Farley is known in The Squared circle"
as the "Adonis of the Prize Ring"
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SCOTTSVILLE TEAM WON.