The evening times., 1899-10-26
Kings Palace Dept. Stores, sSs:a 81; Sat 1,; Street.
WITH THE BOXERS.

A big tip is being circulated among the
followers of pugilism that George Dixon
and Joe Bernstein will be easy winners
over the Englishmen Curley and Wallace
when they fight. 1t is said by more than
one person who has seen7the British box
ers in training that they came near being
"counterfeits" and should prove anything
but troublesome to Dixon and Bernstein
1t is also said by these same persons that
neither Curley nor Wallace is paying too
strict attention TO his training. In fact. it
is asserted that they are simply living
easy and enjoying a vacation at their
training quarters at Allenhurst N j. 1t
may be, however that the Englishmen have
deceived those who have seen them work
and are following a foreign system Of
training. Considerable interest has been
manifested in the battles they are to ap-
pear in.
Oscar Gardner. the precocious Kid of
Omaha, has been matched to meet another
Kid of Cincinnati Broad by name. These
children are going to fight in twenty
round bout and as yet the Gerry Society
has not interfered. According to arrange
ments the fight is to come off before the
West End Athletic Club, of st. Louis,
within three weeks. Aside from the fact
that these fighters are known as kids, y
they are expected to furnish fairly in
teresting battle. Gardner may be regarded
as sure winner, but Judging by his form
his chances are not too rosy. Broad is a
good one and has won many creditable
victories. He isn't afraid of anyone in
his class. and he may be depended upon 10
give Gardner run for first money.
Terry McGovern, the best fighter of his
xrrnt ntrvtlt n H.
to fight two men in one night on November
q at Tattersalls in Chicago. Terry's op-
ponents will be Patsey Haley, the clever
little Buffalonian, and Billy Smith Each
bout will be of six rounds and Terry will.
in all probability, win both. Haley has
been beaten by McGovern, but not until
after he had put up good arguments. Terry
is much improved boxer since Haley
fought him, and for that reason he is ex
pected to beat Haley as quickly as he may
wish to.
After trying for several weeks to secure
fighter to box Joe Wacott Tom
ORourke, the latters manager, has at last
resurrected a good old has-been to tackle
the colored cyclone. The man secured by
o Rourke 10 be well punched is Abe Ull-
man, of Baltimore who has fought Ipanv
battles and who always secured the loser S
end OF the purse. Walcott and Ullman are
to box twenty round bout at the Eureka
Athletic Club in Baltimore on November
is for 90 per cent of the gross receipts.
Ullman's last great fight was with Tommy
West, who cut him to ribbons in a twen-
ty-round bout at the Greenwood Athletic
Club several months ago. In the fight
U1lman showed remarkable gamene S,
Harry Ware, the little Fnvlish hanta-,
weight fighter, who was brought to this
country by Billy Brady with the rest of the
foreign fighters sailed foS England Situr
day. Ware was matched to fight Harry
Forbes, of Chicago, hut as no date was
fixed for the bout Ware became discour-
aged, and on Thursday wired to Brady
asking him when his fight with Forbes
was to take place. Brady wired back to
him stating that 1T hadn't been decided as
yet, and as soon as the little Englishman
received this reply he Immediately replied.
u shall not stay in the blooming country
any longer" and, packing his trunk, start
ed for New York on Friday, and on Satur-
day morning sailed for England on the
steamship Lucania. Ware certainy did a
wise thing in leaving this country, as he
would have surely been defeated by Forbes