Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-18
Simms Has Several Good
Matches Ahead. 4
He Will Do His Training In
This City.
First Practice Game Saturday-LocaI
Sporting News.


Managers Of Curley Supplies and Otto
Sielon have finally decided on George
Siler to referee their twenty round
contest before the North End A. G.
OF this city next Monday night. The
selection of Siler was quickly agreed
to by both principals, and the veteran
official win pass judgment on the
men on the night Of the 21sr.
A dispatch from Chicago states
that Sieloff is down to the prescribed
weight and is feeling strong for his
battle with the crack Buffalo youngs-
ter who has been whipping all COM
his most ardent admirers. Supplies
is just now at his best having been
hard at work for the past three weeks
lfor his battles with Abbott at Omaha,
whom he knocked out In 20 rounds,
and upset gang Of sure thing play.
ers, and also for his contest with Jim
Popp whom he will meet at Detroit
on the night of May 2S, the bout hay
ing been postponed in order to have
Supplies come to the ring with Sieloff
with sound hands and in perfect fet-
| tie.
The Detroit News, commenting on
the battle with Sieloff, says: ''The
contest brings together two men of
opposite types, and as both are
speedy, hard-hitting, good conditioned
athletes 1t should be u hair-raising ar
fair from gong-tap TO the time one
Imam or the other goes down to defeat.
supplies speed, however, should Off
set the hitting powers or the Chicago
man, but the latter Is more than
good short ender." y
WILL NOT BE FORMED.
The proposed city base ball league
lhas been given up.astTwo meetings
We're called by the Kirkwood club for
the purpose Of discussing tie matter.
The managers of all the cIubs in the
city were invited to be present. The
only one to attend the meetings was
the manager of the South End Ath'
letic club. As so little interest was
| taken in the matter It was decided to
give it up.
BUCHTEL VS.. A. II. s.
The Buchtel College Preps and the
Akron High school team are playing
on the Buchtel grounds this after
noon.
FARRELL AND GARDNER
MATCHED.
The management of the Youngstown
Athletic club today signed Jack Farrell
to meet Eddie Gardner In the local
arena Oh the night of May 80 for &c
round go, the men to weigh in ut ia
mounds ut 3 o'clock p. Ill. on the day
/ Of the meet
PUGILISTS ARE BUSY.
Ii isn't likely that Jim Jeffries will
fight any OF the heayyweights at an
early date. Most of the big fellows
have matches on now and will not be
able to take on Jeffries Fitz and Rub
Hin settle their dispute at Tuckahoe,
June /; Mccoy and Sharkey, have a
fight scheduled for June 23,' at Coney
Island, and Corbett may SO on the
stage for short period. So it seems
that the only chance Jeffries has for an
immediate fight Is with Joe Walcott
whom Tom O'Rourke offers to matcll
against anybody A match between
Nalcott and Tom Sharkey has been
talked about, but as both men are IN
der the management of Tom O'Rourke
II is not likely that bout between
them win he arranged
NEW BALL TEAM.
The Buckeye Athletic club has or.
gapized q base ball team. New out
fits will be purchased. They expect
to play ball with the best teams in the
city in few weeks.
RUBBER WORKS PLAYERS
The Diamond Rubber company em
} Iployes have organized two teams, the
Diamond Blues and Diamond Pill
grlms. They will cross bats at Lake
side park Saturday afternoon.
PRACTICE GAME.
All members Of the KIrkwood club
, who know anything about the great
! American game, are requested 20 rc
port nt the Ruchtel college grounds
Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
lpractice game, the first of the season
iwill be played
SlMAIS IN TOWN.
Art Simms returned from Chicag'
. Thursday night to prepare for his mex
: match, which will be with Martil
Duffy at rattersalrs, Cn:cago, May %
They will go six rounds us u prelimi
nary to tho McCoy-Ryan contest
Sinms liz accompanied by Emil Thirty
the champion wrestler of the west
;. Thirty will assist Slmms in Ills worl;
The Akron lightweight is in splendi
condition. He has taken the best car
of himself He will go east in Jun
2 where he has an engagement to appea
: ip preliminary to the Ryan-Roo
contest at the Coney Island club. A
effort Is being made to match Simm
aud Griffo. Art is ready to mec
any white. man in the business. II
= VIII do his training at the North En-
d club house. He will remain in thl