Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-12
BOXING NOTES.

Peter Maher has agreed to meet c..
| G. Smith, the Black Thunderbolt, in
Buffalo next month.
mysterious" Billy Smith, who is
matched to meet Kid Lavigne in the 20
round bout at the Olympic A. c., of
San Francisco, on March 9Th, for a
purse of $4,000, is on his way to the
coast.
Now comes the report that Charley
Mitchell is to come from England to
meet either Kid Mccoy CIR Joe Choyn-
ski in Chicago. Some people still per-
sist in taking Mitchell seriously in
fighting matters. s'~-
The 20 round go between Joe God
dard and Gus Rubin, which was ar
ranged to take place at the Lenox A.
G. on the 9th inst, has been post
poned to March 18th. This was done at
the request of Goddard, who wanted
more time in which to train.
After the Smith Gardner bout there
was considerable talk about the con-
duct of Smith and the betting odds.
Smith was 2 and 3 to 1 favorite and
there were barrels of Gardner money
in sight. Smith made a very unfa
vorable impression. Oscar won with
ease, and it is conceded on all sides
that he is a conner.
Tim Hurst has not been selected as
referee for the siX-round affair between
Corbett and Sharkey. At LEAST, Tom
O'Rourke has not consented to have
him act in that capacity. O'Rourke
said that no one had been mentioned
to referee the bout. Hurst may be
referee" said O'Rourke, "but no one
has agreed to have him. Corbett has
suggested Charley White to do the
honors, but it is dollars to cents that
O'Rourke will not accept the New
Yorker.
M. J. Connolly and Peter Maher are
on the road toward a reconciliation,
and the announcement that the Irish
man is again under the direction Of
the Pittsburg man may be expected at
any time. Maher finds it not so easy
as he imagined to get on paying work
which he was accustomed to decline
when managed by Connolly. Peter
needs a good manager badly, judging
from his recent performances.
BOB AT WORK.
Chicago, February 11-Robert Fitz-
simmons came down here for a brief
business trip. Il am working every
day with Yank Kenny, that big fellow
that looks so much like Corbett," said
the champion. This talk about my
going back because | have not been
fighting is pipe of O'Rourke's. l won't
go before the Lenox club. l said they
would do Mccoy and l think they did
some way. They don't catch me. I
won't bother with Sharkey. Julian tried
to chain that stiff into a corner, but
failed"
TRACY is TO MEET MULLER.
San Francisco, Cal, February TO-
Pugilists Tom Tracy and Fred Muller
have been matched by the National
Athletic club. They are to box twenty
rounds at Woodward pavilion on the
night of February %, each man being
required to weigh in at AS pounds or
under at 6 o'clock on the evening of the
contest Tim Hurst. who presided over
the Sharkey- Mccoy fight, has been cho-
sen to act as referee.
W. A. Brady, manager of Jeffries and
Mccoy, has arrived to look over the
pugilistic field in this city.
MCCOY MATCHED WITH CHOYNSKI.
Los Angeles, Cal, February 11.-Kid
Mccoy, the pugilist, has accepted an en-
gagement to meet Joe Choynski. He
says he will fight any time after March
~ He expects to go into training
very soon He says he would rather
tight Choynski than Sharkey, as he
thinks Joe the better man of the two.
TOD SLOAN GOING BACK TO ENG
LAND
San Francisco, Cal, February IL
Tod Sloan, along with young Dwyer,
left for the East tonight. The pa. ty
goes direct to New York, whence Sloan
will probably sail for England.