Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-16
SIMMS
To Meet Lavigne
Before MassiIIon A. C.
Next Tuesday.
Expected to be a Very
Lively Affair.
Rubin will Meet jeffries In
Near Future.
General and Local Sporting News
Football.
General and Local Sporting News
Football.

| EASTERN nsIlc experts are very
much interested in the outcome of
the fifteen round contest between
Art Simms of Akron and Dave
Lavigne, of Boston, which will be
decided at the West Side A. c. of
Massillon next Tuesday evening.
Lavigne's skill and ability are well
known throughout the east, where
he has met all the crack men of his
class and sucdeeded in covering him.
self with glory in each battle. He
developed in the same school as
Spike Sullivan, Dave Sullivan, Tim
my Kearns, Eddy Connolly, Myster-
ious Billy Smith, Patsy Kerrigan, at
one time the most noted welter-
weight in the world. Joe Walcott.
George Dixon and any number of
other first class men. He was
member of the famous Roanoke club
of Boston, and as such he has ap-
peared in public in limited round
contests against the best men of his
class. 81 90 s5s,,s
Among others whom he has faced
are Patsy Sweeney (who Knocked
out Kid Broad, Young Sylvester,
Maurice Rosenberg, who once won a
decision over Kearns, Spike Haley,
Allie Alberts, who twice fought
draws with Dave Sullivan; and at
the Pelican club, Brooklyn, n. Y,
he knocked out Lew Meyers in two
rounds and then added the scalp of
Billy Smith of Philadelphia, to his
belt in two rounds. AS a tip on the
ability of the lads it might be men
toned that Smith is considered good
enough to meet Terry McGovern at
Chicago In a six-round contest in the
near future, while Meyers has fought
such well known glove performers as
Casper Leon, Jack Ward, and other
bantam championship aspirants.
''Lavigne," says an expert critic,
..has everything essential to success.
He is clever, heady, fast on his feet |
punches well with either hand, and |
is one of the best 'finishers' devel-
oped in the east in the past ten years. |
Once he starts an opponent going
along Queer street, it's dollars to
that Dave comes home
with first money. He proved that in
his battles with Meyers ana Smith,
both admittedly good men, and he
has shown strong symptoms of be-
coming pugilist of the. first rank-if
his manager does not fly too high
with him. His match with Simms
will test him to the fullest, if the
stories sent east about Simms are
not extravagant. and it is believed
that they are not. In fact his being
taken in hand by George Tuohey
proved that he must have more than
average talent and splendid possi-
bilities.''
However the Akron friends of Art
Simms are not worrying about the
outcome of the contest. They will
be on hand good and strong to en-
courage their favorite.
Rubin to Meet jeffries.
That Gus Rubin, Akron's big
will try conclusions
With Champion James J. Jeffries
seems an assured thing. After Cor
,ett, Rubin comes next in the opin-
on OF the champion.
The following press dispatch bears
lpon this subject:
Frank Hough in the Philadelphia |
inquirer, says:
mo fault can be found with the s
Jeffries has mapped out
or himself 1t is one of the privi-
eyes of the champion to nominate /,
he order i'm which he will take on t
lis challengers. He has elected to {
meet Corbett first, then RIhlin and
hen the winner of the proposed mill
'etween Fitz and Sharkey, or both
f them in the event of their failure j.,
o come together. All this talk about i,
his one and that one being "better =
ntitled" to u meeting with the
hampton is all tommy rot.
His decisive victory over Fitzsirn-
mons and his subsequent defeat of
,harkev settled that IF an ont Il