The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-04-27
THE WORLD
OF SPORTS.

Champion Joe Cans has undertaken a
difficult propos tion for next Monday
night He las agreed to stop two men IN
bouls Of three rounds zach, at Penn Art
Club, and the artists selected to meet the
Baltimorsan are Tom Cleary and Harry
Rerggr. Both Cleary and Berger are clev.
or fighters. and are confident that they
will demonstrate that Mr. Cans has placed
too high value upon his flstic powers.
Jack Bonner and Charley Mckeever arc
to box six rounds In the wind-up at In
dustrial Hall tonight. Both men have
been training hard for the contest, and
their meeting ought to DO novel and in
teresting one Bonner is taller, heavier
and stronger than McKesver, but these
advan ages are balanced on Mckeevers
side by his speed. his qnickness OF foot and
his remarkable skill rs u boxer. Each Of
these men is the best In his line in this
city aad only contest can decide as to
which is the better OF the two. The SEMI
wind-up will BIZ between Harry Burke
and r ank Henry, the boy who made such
favorable impression at the ludus! rial
Club the night of the McGovern-L enny
fiasco. There will he three corking pre-
liminaries.
Tommy Ryan, the weltsr weight cham
pion, who is down at Allenhurst prepar-
ing Jim Jsffries for his cham pioDship bat.
day very much when he received word
from William A. Brady to the effect that
details for his slx-round so with Kid Nc
Coy had been completed.
The terms agreed upon are acceptable to
the syracuse champion. except the seec.
ion of Il referee. Ryan does not favor
Malachi Hogan, who has named Mccoy,
and would rather have Charley White
But Tommy wants to meet the Kid
nd a. lt,,,v IN, ,t.,, Il L. III Mt
The first boxing tournament under the
auspices of the Warren Athletic Club was
hu.d in tho Academy Of Mu ic last night.
All the prizes but one were carried OIL
by Philadelphians. The Wilmington boys
were out cassed but they were not lack"
ing in grit and took punishment willing.
iy,
Probably the most interest wns entered
around the lOS-pound class Although
the contestants were light they made
good fights. In tho preliminaries G. IL.
Shrubb, Of the Warren Club, after hard
fight, defeated William Whalen, of the
North A. c, Thomas Leary, of tho Park
A. c. won from William Corkran
who fought under the colors of the
North End End Club.
kid Broad qualified Tor the fiEal by
defeating Kid kaufman OF this city. In
tho semi-inais Leary was knocked out by
Broad in the first round. In. the finals
Broad and Shrub were matched. II was
the most interesting fight Of he evening.
Shrub was tho favorile and he made
things interesting for tho Philadelphia
boxer. Broad is an old hand at the game,
however, Shrub being new, lacked tho
gencralsh:p He had plenty of pluck and
the lack of experience lost him the fight.
1t was the general opinion that he
would do Bet ter tho next time. ihere
wero three preliminary bouts in the us.
pound class.
John Fennessey, Warren hoy. bestoi
Doc Doughery, an unattached Whining.
ton lad. Kid Dorsey, OF tho Union A.
c., was given tho decision over Kid Con-
roy of mis- city Arthur Brown. of the
Nesper Club Of Philadelphia, defeated JO-
seph Meyers, of the v arrcu Club
In the scmi-finals Of this class the fight
was between Luke Brady of this city, who
was not matched in the preliminares, and
Brown. After hard fight Brown was
given tie decision. Dorsey won from
Fenuessey In the finals Dorsey was de-
feated by Brown after a hard 60.
In the preliminary OF the 12s-pound
class Jack Welsh WAS defeated by Edward
Lynch, OF the n 1rth End Club AT the end
OF thu Third round the judges could not
agree and the referee order another round
to last two minutes. Lynch was given
the decision, In tho final Lynch fell
victim TO j. Dougherty, Philadelphia
boxer There wore but two entries in tho
lIj-pound class, and Joe Eagnn, OF tho
Warren Clue, made Jack Williams, an
unattached man, who is said to he box
or, quit in lhD first round.
The officials were; Referee Theodore
Wilson; judge, p. A. 1raynor; time-kcep-
ct, Thomas Horllhy.