The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-18
SPORTS IN BIG CHICAGO
BOXING EVENTS BRING TOGETHER
THE TOP-NOTCHERS OF THE
COUNTRY
POPULAR WITH BEST GLASSES
McGOvern May Visit the Northwest
-''DeRd Ones" UnlOaded Upon
Observation-Disclosures Warm
ing to Jim COrbett.

MinneAp Warm
ing 10 Jim COrbett.
CHICAGO, March H.-(Special.)-In-
terest in local boxing affairs during the
week has centered in the semi-monthly.
'shows" of the Tattersall and Chicago
Athletic associations this evening and
/ the regular Friday programme of the
! Fort Dearborn A. c., all of which brought
! together a number of high class pugilists
and consequently were productive of good
! sport.
! One of the best indications of the re-
| markable hold which fstiana has OBJ
! tanned over patrons in this city Is found
in the class Of gentlemen who attend the
! events at the c. A. A. This club now
has membership of nearly 1900 business
and professional men. well known In Chi
! cago. The president Mr.. Woocester, is
also at the head of the gas trust, and
among the members seen at the ringside
are many city and county officials. An
eX-state's attorney has been one of the
mcst enthusiastic patrons of the sport.
Notwithstanding the fact that the stat
utes prohibit boxing.
! It is a fact worthy of thought that
of the several forms of sport fostered
! by the G. A. A, boxing is by far the
most popular, and the magnificent gym
! nasium is visited by majority of mem
bers, who are allowed to bring two
! friends at 81 each only on boxing nights
! The classes of Prof. George Dawson, the
/ old Australian welterweight champion,
| are always full. The fact that an organ
| ization representing property valued at
! 81 OG0 900, and with a membership Of those
! whose names are found in the blue book,
recognizes this sport is the strongest ar
| gument against those who pretend to be-
/ lieve that the sport caters only to
disreputabIe element and is sustained by
! social outcasts.
MANY GOOD BOUTS.
Special interest was shown in the Tat
tersall card because Bennie Yanger, the
''Tipton Slasher," was given his best try
/ out in a bout with Harry Forbes, gener-
ally believed to be the best 1l6-pounder
( in America Forbes was twice defeated
by McGOvern, although the latter was
pounds heavier. The Slasher has been
coming along very fast in the past year
! and I think some reference was made
to this youngster in a previous letter.
Yanger is a very speedy two-handed
fighter clever and shifty, and is con-
stantIy boxing in like McGovern. He IS
young and likely to reach the top of his
class.
The Slasher received his fstIc nom de
plume from Prof. Harry Gilmore, who is
given the credit by the celebrated law
yer, A. S. Trude, who loves the sport
and whose protege Gilmore is, with hav-
ing developed more clever boys than any
instructor in America. In this connec-
ton, it is said that when upon one oc>
casion Mr.. Trude in visiting Gilmore's
gymnasium asked a likely looking lad
his nom de plume the embryottc boxer
replied:
F'Please, sir. I've been here only few
days and Prof. Gilmore has not had time
to give me name"
There were eight bouts scheduled at
the TattersaH show-forty-eigh rounds
of boXing-and Manager Houseman had
considerable difficulty in picking out the
best one for the ''wind-up" of the pro-
gramme The c. A. A. card brought to-
gether Jack Bonner VS.. Al Weinig, the
cyclist boxer; owen Ziegler VS.. Charley
Burns, of Cincinnati; Clarence Forbes,
a brother of Harry, and who is likely to
reach higher honors, VS.. Buddy Ryan,
another clever local bantam; Otto Sieloff
VS.. Lew Mansfield, and Dave Barry, of
Toronto, VS.. Tom Cleary, Of Philadelphia
Frank Chids and George Byers, rival
colored men, of national repute, were the
stars at the Fort Dearborn show
MGOVERN COMING AGAIN.
Terry McCtovern, the undefeated one,
is coming West again, and while he is
in Chicago efforts will be made to arrange
for his appearance in at least exhibition
bouts in the Northwest 1t was told me
during a recent visit to your city that
the mayor of city not thousand miles
from North Minneapolis, in discussing
such exhibition bouts by the new cham
pions declared that he had not heard of
any desire among local spOrtsmen to see
these men" l can remember when thou
sands packed the old rinss In ST. Paul
and Minneapolis to see Cardiff VS.. Wilson;
Sullivan, George ROok and Mitchell VS..
Cardiff; Warren VS.. Danforth; Black Star
VS.. Black Frank, and even Conley VS..
Killen, and l believe the same interest
will be renewed in the new men of today
The next coming of McGovern will be
in a siX-round bout with Tommy White.
scheduled by the Tattersall club for
March rs, and | would advise ode blokes
wot love a mill to arrange their dates
in visiting Chicago, so as to be here on
the evening of Wednesday week White
is undoubtedly the cleverest 126-pound
boxer in the world, his only rival that I
can remember, and have seen them all
being the peerless Critic, poor fellow.
who has now become a veritab!e tramp
and sot
White is at his best just now, and II
MCCOvern can put the local man away
in six rounds the Brooklyn Terror
should have no trouble in the lightweight
class, from which he will have in the
future to select his opponents Tommy
recently defeated Jack Downey, the So
called Brooklyn lightweight in two
rounds al Des Moines, 10. This Downey.
however, is the Omaha boxer. whose bat
ties appear to have been a brilliant series
Of defeats
WHERE GARDNER RESIDES.