Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-17

Sammy Kelly says that if Terry Nc
Govern does not come to time and ar
range a match he will take some other
bantam on. Kelly recently posted $3.50
to fight any 1~18-pounder.
George Dixon, has decided to go to
West Baden Springs to get into condi-
ton for his prospective meeting with
"Pedlar' Palmer. The dusky cham
pion expects to be away a month.
Al. Herford has matched Jim Janey,
the BLACK Demon" Il meet Harry
Fischer, of Brooklyn, on February "a,
IN a twenty-five round be-: at the
Eureka A. c., of Baltimore. The
weight is fixed at $50 pounds.
Larry Burns, of Cohoes, has decided
to fight again and wants to meet either
George McFadden, Jack Downey,
Martie McCue or any of the pugilists
scaling 122 to 127 pounds.
Jem Curran, the English lightweight,
has challenged Jem Holloway, the
South African champion, and has de-
posted $3.50 with the London Mirror
of Life to bind the match.
The contest between George Munroe
and Tim Callahan, of Philadelphia,
which was to have taken place in Troy
before the New Manhattan A.. C. last
night, has been postponed for a week
on account of the storm. q
Bobby Dobbs, the colored lightweight
who went TO England and met Dick
Burge, is figuring on taking a trip to
South Africa. Not one of the English
lightweights apparently cares to take
him on, and Dobbs, rather than remain
idle, has decided to seek pastures new.
1t is quite likely that Jack O'Brien,
who received a decision over Oscar
Gardner on Monday night, will get a
chance to show what he can do in En-
gland against Ben Jordan. DR.. Ord
way is thinking seriously of arranging
the match, provided, Of course, O'Brien
can get to 122 pounds. If not, Marty
McCue may be substituted.
Starlight" the Australian middle
weight, who is the hero of many bat
ties and who has met Peter Jackson,
Bob Fitzsimmons, Jim Hall, Joe God
dard and other pugilists of note, is
coming to America. starlight" who
is 0 in London, says he will box any
good man at 1873 pounds, and is eager
to take on Dick O'Brien.
The manager of Terry McGovern, the
phenomenal Brooklyn pugilist, should
lost no time in bringing Billy Plimmer,
of England, to this country for a
match. McGovern is quite a drawing
card now, and if he could meet Plim-
mer at a big club here there would
probably be al outpouring of ring fol-
lowers. 1t might be advisable for Nc
Govern to take on Plimmer before
meeting Oscar Gardner. The latter
can make 116 pounds and still be al
most as strong as at the featherWelght
limit. By defeating Plimmer first, Nc
Govern could draw larger receipts in
a battle with Gardner. The Brooklyn
fighter is a mere boy and should not be
pushed ahead too fast. A defeat when
he is rapidly working his way to the
top Of the ladder by a stronger, older
and more experienced opponent might
serve to ruin his pugilistic prospects.
Planners ability is we'll known here
and to beat him would be quite a feath-
er in McGovern'S cap.
Owing to the storm, the long defer
red twenty-five round battle between
Danny Mcbride and Martin Flaherty,
which was to have taken place before
the Greenwood A. G. last night, has
been POSTPONED until next Thursday
night. The lads will keep up training
and are reported as being in condition.
ne OIl6T III Ou1illiIg IIdl . W poy
the of Billy Plimmer to this
country to fight Terry McGovern has
been accepted by Plimmer. The little
English fighter says that the match
would be agreeable to him, and writes
to a friend that if Harris will forward
he money he will pack up his luggage
and set sail at once.
Jem Holloway, the South African
Is-L+ --o;nI+ OH M ninD mot tIpWpE'
Cooke. the English crack 140-pounder,
before the National Sporting Club in
London. on January 80, in a lWeuty-
round bout. The battle was fiercely
fought, and went the entire limit.
HollaWay was the aggressor through
out, and easily got the decision. The
British sports regard HollaWay as a
good man, and are ready to back him
for a tidy sum against Kid Lavlgne.
Bill Hefferman, OF South Africa,
whose maiden essay in this country
against Tommy Ryan, OF Syracuse.
was anything but creditable, met Jem
Richardson, the Honolulu heavy
weight, in England the other nignt in
a twenty-round bout. Hetferman
knocked Richardson out in seven
rounds with a right swing. Hefferman
says hat he will visit America again
to fight Ryan. He declares that he
will take Ryan on in England If the
latter goes abroad.
The fact that Oscar Gardner was de-
feated by Jack O'Brien in a twenty
round bout at Youngstown, O., or Mon
day night, has not surprised those who
know how the Omaha Kid trains for
these road affairs" as he calls them.
O'Brien fought Gardner two years ago
at the Polo A. c. and lasted the limit,
fifteen rounds. Gardner The Kid
Outclassed his opponent, who received
a severe beating. The formers hands
were not in the best shape, which, the
spectators believed, prevented him
from delivering a Knockout blow.
O'Brien has never done anything since
t o place him in the front rank, so that
lis victory over Gardner at Youngs-
town is taken as evidence that Oscar
is either overworking himself by in
dulging in too many encounters or is
not training hard enough to make him
self fit. Gardner, if he Keeps on, will
soon rival Dixon's record for the
largest number Of battles ever fought
by a feather-weight. Last year the
Kid engaged in twenty contests.-New
York Sun.