Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-12-09
FIGHTERS
Are After Simms'
Game.
They and Simms May
Come Together.
Curling May Become Popular In
Akron.


and that they want some of Art
Simms' game. Although none of them
have come forward for matches, efforts
are being made to match Simms and
Young Gibbs, who is at San Fran
cisco, for fight. If the two meet,
Gibbs will weigh from 1873 to 140
pounds. while Simms will not weigh
more than 1873, and will be handicap
ped by this fact. Before he went
West. Art stated that he would fight
Young Gibbs, If the latter wanted to
meet him at Frisco. The Western
can defeat Gibbs he can hold his own
against any of the lighter fighters in
the West.
TERRY WILL FIGHT.
McGovern has given up trying for
an immediate match with Young
Corbett," and is going to the other
end of the line, for the purpose of
fighting his way back to the front.
1t is said that every one from Abe
Attel to KID Broad will be taken
on, and then Terry believes that
Young Corbett" can side step a
match with him no longer.
CURLING SHOULD BE POPULAR
Curling is another winter sport
that should prove popular in Akron,
If the winter months are to be as cold
as they have been for several winters
past. Scottish Americans would take
up the game as eagerly as they have
golf, once the thing were started and
there is no doubt that other Ameri-
cans would flock to the standard as
rapidly as they did to the other game
The real science that Is required, and
the resemblance that the sport has
to shuilleboard and to the popular
game of bowling, are strong recon-
mendations for it.
LIKE HOCKEY.
Since the announcement that there
will be a hockey team organized in
Akron, was made Saturday, there have
been number of skaters who have
interested themselves in the project,
and who have announced that they
would be glad to join. The only thing
now required to make the thing a
thorough success is Ice. When that
arrives, the rest will be easy.
THE POOL TOURNAMENT.
The pool turnament for the cham
pionship of the city will open tonight
at the Howard st. billiard parlors. The
Met Hard and John Ram
panelli, are confident that they will be
victorious, each over the other. Both
have made very creditable records in
the past, and Hard is at present the
holder of the championship, so that
some ones hopes must be blighted
by the result One hundred balls will
be played each night.
THREE GAMES THIS WEEK.
Three games will be played tEis
week In the series on the Howard st.
Alley league. Although the very first
game of the tournament had to he
postponed, because of meeting tLat
some of the members had to attend,
the series promises to be in
tcresting and is played In all earnest.
ial in Mt, Hope cemetery.
MUST HAVE TEMPTATION.
kid Mccoy continues to lump the
English fighters, by taking on two or
three of them at single performances
and the results have shown that he
was safe enough In doing so in the
past.
lie has found latterly, however, that
| II Is necessary TO offer each of his
! prospective victims u bonus of sew
eral hundreds of dollars, in order to
induce them to go on with him. For
a show that Will he given at wonder.
land" In London, next Monday night
Mccoy has offered Jack O'Brieu &c
pounds, and Ben Taylor 20 pounds II
| they will box him four rounds. They
get the money regardless of the re-
suit.
THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE.
! The schedule OF games In the Grand
Alley league for this week will be as
follows:
O'Neils and Dagues, Monday night
Ultras and SUBMITS. Tuesday; Akrons
and Grands, Wednesday; Maroons and
Ultras, Friday.
GRANDS WILL ENTER AT ONCE
The Grands viii send in their entries
and fees for the National bowling
tournament, at once. This club will b,
represented at the Buffalo meeting
by tve-man team, a twom team
and two individual entries. The Co
lumbias have not as yet declared
themselves definitely, with referenc,
to an attendance Mt the meeting, bu
1t Is thought that they will max,
their entries before It is too late
NORTH ENDS WILL MEET.
There will be n regular meeting o
tie North End Athletic club, in tn
new quarters in the Walsh block, Ia