The St. Louis Republic., 1901-02-10

Special correspondence Of The Sunday Republic.
New York. Feb 2-Big Jim Kennedy.
the head and front Of the Twen-
tieth Century Athletic Club, which IL
to be transplanted from this city to San
Francisco. left for the metropolis of the
Golden Gate last Tuesday evening. He was
accompanied by Billy Roche. who had with
him his lightweight champion. George Nc
Fadden. who IL to nght Dal Hawkins In
Frisco as the opening attraction OF the
Century Club.
had q talk with Mr.. Kennedy on the
afternoon Of his departure. He told me that
he hoped to have some frst-class contests
In Frisco before the June birds whistle.
II think Hawkins and McFadden will
make a great bout" said he. ''Dal Is q
Californian, and Is well liked in Frisco, and
McFadden feel sure will make many
friends there. Hawkins Is one Of the clev-
crest men In the business. and there Isn't
q harder slugger to be found than McFad-
match Terry McGovern against the great
little Australian Heggerty. who is due to
arrive In this country early In March. Ter
O'Clock in the afternoon, or at lss pounds.
weigh In at 6 O'Clock in the evening"
Heggerty is said to be as clever as Critic
bard nI btep as thai BRIDE Of 70 the 90
kens was tn his prime. He may be all this,
and yet 1 have my doubts about It
II Heggerty is not able or willing to tight
at the above mentioned weights. Kennedy
II authorized to select another competitor
for McGovern. This competitor may be Kid
Broad. Dave Sullivan or Tim Callahan.
also be under the management Of Billy
Roche. He Is very desirous Of meeting Nc
Govern again. provided he can get Terry to
agree to tight at LA pounds. Tim goes to
California In a few weeks.
When asked Kennedy II he would make
NJ
ades sd TOR me oJad Go
in Cincinnati. he replied:
mo. Macon, don't think WILL In the
first place. when big fight is stopped in
is likely to rouse serious opposition, such as
would not care to contend with. Thsn
sgain. Brady who manages Jeffries, will
want such tremendously large terms that
there would be nothing In It for anyone
else. Then again, he might want to run
the AFFAIR himself In club Of his own
think there II very little chance Of my bid
cling for the present championship match"
Judging from what Billy Roche said I viii
n9 BE to 10 iS 6sss 9: ,sr
fort may be made to bring about q match
between McFadden and McGovern in Fris-
Idea that McGovern should claim to BE- b. the the
lightweight champion
"McFadden will fight McGovern." said
the rfngside. He can't get away from this
offer and have any Just claim to the light
weight championship. II he Is willing TO
meet Erne on these terms he certainly Can't
object To meeting McFadden. II he does he
Is virtually admitting that he Is not Nc
Fadden's equal. / would like nothing better
than to match McFadden against Terry for
the lightweight championship. 1 am willing
to do IT here. and will be fully as willing
when we get to Frisco"
Roche anticipates finding plenty of
matches for both McFadden and Callahan
In California, and he hardly expects to be
back In New York before the Fourth Of
July.
When Kid Mccoy returned from England
he announced that Charley Mitchell was
coming here very shortly. It was thought
at the time that the willy Kid and the even
more willy Mitchell had cooked up some
sporting public out g some of its shekeIs
When Mccoy remarked and started on a
trip to the Mediterranean the report that
Mitchell was coming here was lost sight Of
I was told yesterday that Mitchell was real
~ coming and that he hat; sailed from Liv-
erpool on "wednesday; .i,i,n ana; II % that is true.
formant told me that Charley had no busi-
ness In view. but was merely coming on
pleasure bent. He = SC one & OF the wealthiest
this CITY. as has his father-in-iaw, Pony
Moore, and II may be that his visit may
have something to do with the management
" He may Also have a desire to see Jeffrfes
and Ruhlin perform and, II they do get to-
that he may be at the ringside to see them
DO their nstie stunts don't know 4 Char
tectfve John \. Norris Of Springfield. o.
That alert sieuth gave Charley considerable
trouble years ago. and. a. he has the repu-
talon Of never letting up on a man whom
he n after until he has got the best Of him,
/ hardly think Mitchell win put himself
within his reach without having settle
sh MifcnsIra da9s Of activity IN the prize ring