Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-12
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Baltimore, March 10.-The scheduled
wrestling match for tonight between
Ernest Roeber and Heraklides, the
Terrible Greek" for the championship
of America, did not take place. The
strangle hold was barred by the police
and for this reason the Greek refused
to go on the mat. Roeber agreed to
put Burlingame, a local man, down in
Is minutes, or forfeit 500. Burlingame
stayed the limit and was cheered to the
echo.
Jack Donovan, the prince of pugilis-
tic fakirs, and grand high priest of
the wind TANNERS, who ran out OF
Wheeling when Leslie Pearce called his
four flush, and has since been in hid
ing, has turned up in Cleveland, 0.
This g~arrulous old has been" or never
was has taken a bracer, and in the
fancied security which several hundred
miles of railroad gives, has hired some
body to write a letter, which he ad-
dresses to the sporting editor of the
Register, and which runs like this:
q had the pleasure of reading your
SCAAS VdS - sO0 $1,000
date paper. You nave indeed given tv!-
dence of so reteDt.ve a memory, and such
astounding ability that you are without
a doubt deserving of a position that would
pay as high as four dollars Per week with
a meal ticket thrown in.
Well. you know the old saying, HE
who laughs last" etc. l could have every
| sporting editor in Cleveland endorse me,
r.. H. T,1+ 4I,,+ I Il, 1N ,nx-nr .rot chnUvn
! the white feather" thai 1 rave never yet
funked in my Fife; that 1 never faxed but
once, and that in Wheeling, which cir
cumstance is to me not only an excuse but
| even a source of delight. For where in
this wide world can be found such a con-
glomeration of cheap and cowardly sports
as in that beautiful city of Wheeling?
[ fought the fake fight in Wheeling and
was justified in doing it, from the fact
that the cowardly audience was unde-
serving of anything better. according to
the maxim that says, Throw not pearls
to swine"
will show the people that I am not a
coward when l get Mr.. Leslie Pearce in
the ring. At present a Cleveland club is
considering an offer from me to meet
Pearce. l will box him TO a finish toward
| the end of March for a purse of $50. L
did nothing nor say anything that 1 am
not ready to stand by. At Wheeling [
saw no prospect for a purse, so | came
amongst people who know me, to get one.
The purse is not large, but it suits me,
and is sufficiently large to wipe out the
| insults and thus make the work profit
able.
II you will kindly break the news to
Mr.. Pearce, the Boss Wind TANNER will
fold up his talking machine. Thanking
you for past ~favors, l remain,
Your Confessed Fakir,
JACK DONOVAN.
P. S.-If some of those u stone gam
blers will bring along their little mite and
bet it, they may learn to picture the
beautiful sceneries and landscapes along
the c., l.. & W., for they will have ample
time while trodding YEARLY on, in the
homeward journey. With all respects to
Mr.. Pearce, JNO. DONOVAN.
The infinite conceit of this fellow
is only exceeded by his indiscretion.
He confessed to the sporting editor of
the Register that he was a fakir. He
went a step farther and asserted that
if Leslie Pearce would pay him well for
it, he would clay down" for him. He
justified himself in his argument that
there was no use in being in the bust
ness except for the stuff" His avowed
plan savors somewhat of sand-bagging.
The Register is unwilling to credit his
boast that every sporting editor in
Cleveland would endorse him, or any
other man OF method that works such
i~rreparable injury to honest sport.
Donovan was wise in getting away
from Wheeling between two days.
There is no room here for a boxer OF
his calibre. Leslie Pearce would stul-
tify himself in the eyes of his Wheel
ing friends by entering the ring with
such a man as Donovan, and would also
injure his reputation for honesty.
ST. LOUIS, No. March 11.-Tommy Ry-
an, of Syracuse, N. Y, who stopped here
while on his way to Cincinnati, announced
a challenge to fight mysterious" Billy
Smith, who defeated kid" Lavigne at
San Francisco last night. Ryan says he
will meet Smith at 15 pounds. Ryan also
offers to fight Kid Mccoy at the middle