Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-12
BELLE S.
Fast Pacing Mare
Added to Colony Fountain
Park Flyers.
Rubin and Corbett Are
Hard at Work.
Heavyweights Anxious to Ar
range Fights.
BoWIers Busy on Akron Alleys
Local Sporting News.

been Increased ny INC nuulllOn OF an
other fast PAGER.
George Hartman has purchased Of
James Pipes, of Brinlhaven, the six
year old pacing mare, Belle S. She
has a mark of 2:22H made last year.
The mare has been placed in charge
Of well known trainer at Fountain
Park. she will be campaigned this
year OH the tracks throughout the
state. Belle SIS sire IS by Killbuci
Tom and her dam by Erie Abdallah.
PRACTICE GAME.
The Akron high school and College
Props will play a practice game
Thursday afternoon on the College
grounds.
WEALTH OF PUGILSITS.
Tom Sharkey is perhaps the richest
of the great fighters He has never
been accused of squandering over
s. 20 in a. night, and accordingly can
boast of owning at least $4,000 in cold
cash and villa at Shecpshead Bay
worth something like $4,000. OF the
others, Kid Mccoy, who can sign his
check for $4,000: Peter Maher has
about $1,000; Joe Choynski Is worth
$4,000, FltIsimmons $4,000; Terry
McGoycrn, $4,000 and owns house
IN South Brooklyn valued at $1,000;
Dave Sullivan, $1,000; Spike Sullivan,
about $4,000 IN real cash and Il house
ai Coney Island worth $1,000; Jack
O'Brien, $4,000; Matty Matthews, 49,.
500 Frank Erne, $1,000; Joe Cans
4,500 kid Broad, %1,S00; Tommy West
$500; Geo. McFadden almost $4,000
Joe Walcott, S5,500; and George Dixon
possibly $1,000 and saloon on Sixth
avenue.
AN EASY PROPOSITION.
Gus Rnhlin, the Akron Giant, will
box Joe Goddard, the Barrier cham
plon, in a slX-round bout at the Indus
trial Athletic club, Of Philadelphia, ir
two weeks. The club yesterday wired
to Billy Madden, manager of Rubin
offering him $500 TO let his protege boA
Goddard, AS THAT amount of money Is
not so easy to lind for siX.rolnd bouts
Madden viii accept It,
WILL MEET AT NILES.
Oscar Gardiner and Jack McClel
land were matched Wednesday for q
:0-round contest in Niles, April 81, 70,
5000. Tho men will meet at catch
weights.
HEAVY WEIGHTS HrsTLING.
All the big heavy weights who arc
mntched 10 fight IN the near future
have finally started to do rcal hard
training for their coming battles
Thcac fighters arc Jim Jcifrics Jim
Corbett, Gus Rubin, Bob Fitzsim-
mons, Tom Sharkcy and Kid Mccoy
-Four Of the six at2rted In on their hard
work Wednesday, they lclng JcfTrcs
l'ltzslmmors, Ruhlln and Mccoy Ruh
lin went TO jim Corbctt's camp at
Lakewood, \. j.. where he will pre-
pare himself for his battle with Bol
fit2simmonS AT the Wcschcster Ath
lotic club on or about June . FitZ
simmons uses Central Park New York
for his outdoor work ana an uptown
gymnasium for his boxing exercise
for his coming fights with Ed. Dunk
horst and Gus Rulllin, Mccoy usually
goes horseback riding, ana also does
two hours hard WORK IN n gymnasium
for his fight with Tom .,narkcy, to be
fought Mt The ''nney Island sporting
club somc time IN June Sharkey
and Corbett have been constantly
trimming for their fight with MCCOY
ANA Jcllrics, the cX-snllor getting IN
condition ut his home nt Shecpshcad
Bay, while Corb'tt Is working at Lake
wood Never before since pugilism
was first introduced in this country
have there been so many promnen,
lighters training for battles at the
same time as there ore AT present, Tho
repeal of the Horton law has made
these big talkative sluggers do less
talking and more lighting and the re-
suit is that they have clinchcd Their
fights without any unnecessary wind
Every one OF the above named fight.
ers knows perfectly well that this vi.
entity Is the only place where they
can get the money, and also realize that
they have only until September ia
get ii,
IE CAN DO 1T.
Gig Gus Rubin is at Lakewood as,
sisting to train Corbett for his coming
go with Jeffries, Corbett should allow
Rubin TO do the lighting. Youngs
town Vindigator
At LAKEWOOD.
Corbetts new sparrlng partner, Gu.
Ruhlln, arrived at Lakewood Wedncs
day afternoon, and the two men a,
once went into executive session in the
barn for fifteen minutes, al the end OF
which the doors were opened. Botl
Corbett and Ruhlin We're flushed ant
/ dripping with pcrspiraton, and Tn,
Al