Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-29
BOXING NOTES.


a match with George Dixon, Oscar
Gardner, Solly Smith or Joe Bern
stein.
John Finnegan's hacker is willing to
match him against John Cavanaugh
at 165 pounds at the ring side for $500
or $1,000 a side.
mysterious" Billy Smith has signed
articles to box Jimmy Handler twenty
rounds in Buffalo on February 18th.
The go will be at $50 pounds.
A dispatch from San Francisco says
Isidore Choynski, father of Joe Choyn-
ski, the pugilist, is dead, aged 66. He
was editor of a Jewish paper, Public
Opinion"
Dave Sullivan and Young Pluto are
to go 20 rounds at Providence, R. l.,
in three weeks, at 124 pounds. Pluto
will meet Joe Bernstein February 4th
at New York.
The Springfield Athletic Club has
fixed Monday, February Is, as the date
for the Bezenah-Jenkins twenty-round
contest. 1t will take place in the
Champion City Grand Armory.
Hall Adali and Delmas, the French
champion, have been matched to wres-
tie at South Bend, Ind, February Sd.
The Turk agrees to throw the French
man four consecutive times within so
minutes.
Sammy" Harris, manager of
Terry" McGovern, has been informed
that if his protege defeats Casper
Leon on next Monday night, Mccoy
ern will get chance to meet 'Pedlar"
Palmer in London during the latter
part of April.
A New York telegram says: "The
Solly Smith-Oscar Gardner match,
originally set for the Broadway Club,
has been transferred to the LenoX
Athletic Club. and will take place
February Z. 1t promises to be the
greatest feather-weight contest seen
in this vicinity for some years.
Martin Julian said yesterday that
Jim Jeffries's challenge would receive
due consideration when the proper
time comes, and that if Sharkey did
not post his money before two weeks
expired he would Immediately sign ar
ticles for a match with the Califor-
MAN.
A dispatch from Youngstown says
that Oscar Gardner and Jack O'Brien
have consented to box 20 rounds be-
fore the Youngstown A. c. on Febru-
airy IS. O'Brien is the Brooklyn lad
who twice met Yock Henniger in the
East. The first time was at Water
bury, Conn, and O'Brien got the de-
cision after ten rounds. The second
time was at Bridgeport, Conn, and
ended in a draw after fifteen rounds
A Columbus telegram says: "On
behalf of Kid Goulette. of Rochester
his manager, Jake Hart, of this city,
wishes to challenge either Tommy
White or Oscar Gardner. He is espec-
tally anxious to meet the latter in
Cincinnati for ten-round bout,
though he will match his man against
Gardner anywhere. In case neither
White nor Gardner accept his chal-
lenge the lists are open to any other
125-pound man who furnish a side
bet.''
One of the greatest bantam-weight
battles of the season will be the one be-
tween Terry" McGovern and Casper
Leon at New York Monday night.
Terry has of late been considered
the best of his weight in the country,
anu Was uldlCutu d COuplS VI AOAluS
ago to meet Jimmy Barry. The con-
test fell through and Barry shortly af-
terward met Leon in a 20-round go,
the decision being a draw. Many have
argued that McGovern can beat Barry,
and'his showing Monday night against
Leon should show just how near right
these people are.
pluto" says Charlie White, "boxes
high up, like almost all Australian
boxers. Dixon whipped him with left
hand body blows. While Pluto is a
good second rater. he is not a cham
pion. He can fool many of our second
raters, but his greatest drawback is
his age. When we consider all these
featherweights we are forced to the
conclusion that after all there is only
one Dixon. The only fighters who can
ever beat Dixon represent the type
which includes Palmer and Jordan.
Jordan, for example, walked up to beat
his man, never waiting for Dixon to
feint and lead. Palmer outboxed Dix
on the same way. Dixon has to get set
before he can lead, and it is 100 to 1
that he can beat any man who waits
for him. Dixon is a better judge Of
distance for a man who defeats his
rivals with swinging blows than any
boxer l have ever SEEN"