The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-25
Gossip of the Ring.

champion, writes to a friend here that he viii visit
Joe walcott.
Hoscnr Gardner and Joe Hopkins have been matched
to box a. hft as5aI ROUNDS gu nd IL IN n,s Cane HanStns NEAT Sas SMaooinSGlssSS
ali his other matches oil.
kid" Mccoy is going to take a trip to London
to meet Jewey Cooke. the crack English middle
weight. and has accepted.
Jack oBrien. who has become inflated with his
own Importance, SINCE he whipped Oscar Gardner.
has been induced TO box the latter again. The pair
will meet before q local club in a few weeks.
Tony Lewis. the Italian bantam. who so summarily
beat Pete Burke recently. called at THE sUN ONCE
last night and offered to meet any good II o.pounder.
Tommy Ryan OF Syracuse met Jack MoCarty OF
Hot Springs in a twenty-rouna bout in Hot Springs
and Ryan knocked McCarty out in twelve rounds.
Australian" Billy Murphy has authorized the
sprtnGhSTi Om a, q Wb 81 s ppraqidsd 4 1 os 20 g @fso 6.s n1m
Leon cannot be arranged. Murphy 10 also ready to
take on Terry McGovern.
has arranged two matches. Tonight he. will
box Jack Mccormick six rounds, in Philadelphia;
Dunkhorst for twenty rounds.
Bob Armstrong ms TES1n1Edts to o, get en- eh %STist to red G6, him;
ooiored ~heavyweight. who knocked him ont recently.
The pair are to meet in q ffteon.round bout before
According TO n despatch from New Haven yester-
day. a match between Spike sullivan and Eddie
Connolly has been arranged and is to be decided
in April. The bout is limited to twenty rounds.
Charley Stevenson. the Philadelphia heavyweight.
Keystone Athletic Association, in Allentown. Pa, on
Wednesday night: The pair were to have boxed
fifteen rounds. Stevenson now wishes to tackle Gus
Ruhlin.
D. +. D. MorrstOwn. J; JmTAe largest purse
heht between jim Hall and Bob FitzSimmons on
March 4. 1898, before the Crescent A. c.. New Or
leans. The whole amount. however. was not en-
1t was said yesterday that Billy Brady has engaged
Jim Corbett,, TO assist in training Jim Jefiries for the
Sstt win take hold Of J%efiries in q few weeks, The
big California; expects to get into shape in either
Larry o'Toole. who styles himself the Pacific
Coast Cyclone" called at TIE sur office yesterday
the Business. o"TFools says he Is not psrticuisr who
osT %sSt; os as 10 lSn yEca as G az . Ssp Pssri street rs { good man.
Sammy Harris wants Billy Plimmer 10 call of his
match with Tom Ware and set sail for this %co,nntry,
clubs which would donate n good purse II Plimmer
and the Brooklyn boy came together; Harris re-
the iatteTs expenses II he would come here and fight
McGovern.
Two lively bouts are scheduled hersabouts TO;
night. At the Greenwood A. c. Dick o'Brien and
Jack Burke. both OF Boston, are slated to meet IN a
iTsasyi fSs;s0 iiRStw ~ tiSht. B 81 shi ho psli' 81 8; s; sI%
will meet George McFadden, also for twenty-five
rounds, at 1873 pounds. There will be the usual pre-.
BAL5monE Feb. 24;-HarTy Fi:hsr Of Brooklyn
round contest. Fisher had the tight we'll in hand
after the third round. His defence was too much
for Janney, who simply tired himLelf out trying
to land on tho Brooklynite. The men fought at
cate weights. Jsnney weighing $50 and Fisher 1875
pounds.
,G z, 4, X, Kb sstS@ toSsiiss3 m sn KslIE i IN SS J; Smith
1885. The battle lasted stI hours and fifteen min.
contest between Mike Madden and Bill Haynes in
EdenbridRo, England, on July IT. 184o. The en-
counter lasted sX hours and three minutes. The
shortest ono WAS between Tom DAw and Ned Kiley,
on Jan. ~, 1868. in LeSvenWorth, Kan. DAw beat
KIley in seven seconds.