The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-17
week OF INTEREST
IN BOXING CIRCLES,
Several Bouts Scheduled for Mex,
Five Days Give Promise of
Good Contests.

Two fights of considerable interest are
scheduled for tomorrow evening. one in
chicago. where Joe Bernstein and Benny
fanger will meet before the Olympic Ath-
!etie Gu at the West End Armory, the
other at Fort Erie, Canada. where Joe VAL
colt and Rube Ferns will tie up in a TWEEN
ty-round so at III pounds.
This last contest is exciting considerable
interest in the East, in spite of suspicion
stirred up by one or two of Walcott's re-
cent fights. The bout will be between the
two best men of the welter-weight division,
and a fast contest is expected. unless the
fight terminates abruptly from one cause
or another, police interference included.
Jack Hermann. secretary Of the club, has
been much alarmed of late, by rumors that
all bouts were to be stopped in the Province
Of Ontario. and he has been hustling around
visiting the authorities in an effort to pre-
clude any such possibility. From last. re-
ports he had received assurances that there
would be no interference.
Weight in the Yanger-Bernstein fight at
Chicago is to be 126 ringside, and dispatches
under that figure. Bernstein was said 10
weigh but l2i pounds after exercise Sunday,
while Yanger tipped the scales at 1alL..
Several other bouts are scheduled for the
evening, and at least two OF these promise
good contests.
Kid Thomas and the unwholesome Young
IIlIO Will uleek III Oue SNGuI Ut Lodi pOulluS,
while Billy Stiff and Jack Beauscholte will
tie I'D in the heavyweight class. Pete Call
lahan and Jack Gallagher will meet at 12
pounds, while a weiter-weight and a BAN
tam contest have been arranged as addi-
tional bouts.
In connection with the Chicago bouts. it
Is interesting to note. that a novel plan
has been adopted by the promoters to pre-
vent the possibility OF fakes and to keep
within the letter OF the Patterson ordi-
Nance The c1,fh haa rraa fed a Committee
Of Judges which will pass upon the bous
and report anything that seems suspicious.
George siler and Malachi Hogan have heen
while a third will be chosen later.
The idea Is to prevent a recurrence OF
anything approaching the Gans-McGovern
page OF boxing in Chicaso last year. No
purse will be given a fighter who appears
to be figuring In a crooked hout, hence, pets Is
former crooked affairs.
Exactly what tempted Fitz to meet Shar-
key in the impromptu battle at the The
atrical Business Mems Club of New York
last Sunday morning is a question in which
sporting. men feel some interest Fftz has
repeatedly stated thai he never wished to
fight again and refused to make a match
With Jenries. Yet he entered into a friendly
tation. a bout which would have been well
York eid ~" A-A
AS t1tz anu onaFksy 90 not rove eaSi
other overmuch. to judge from thei. Oft
quoted opinions of each other. there must
have been q pecnniary interest in the match
gloves. SO neither stood much chance of
getting hurt. and Fitz is said to have had
the best OF the affair. Fftz may yet appear
again in the ring. judging from that little
episode.
There is talk Of another match oetween
P bsssy Mas = ana s bs bfeush and aor .hs 1T in
the course Of the winter. Makers recent
easy victory over Jim Jerords shows that
ne Is stu a good DC lima man h, whl' s.d many S yo, we
Corbett, who saw the sailor fight MS Asr
battle out in Denver. is authority fo- .he
statement Il, goeIst th had u had Me1 aS1 n he.s' S se wo;,l5
nave won,- as he had all the best o: the
match at the close. but was hanging back.
Kid McCoy's victory over three heavy
weights in one night a fortnight ago in
England has stirred up some bad odors
anens the g Ts1,ar stSoo or the tf fsht sicG It Is
order. and the exhibitions In some of the
bouts are quoted to back up the statement;
very little attention has been paid to Nc
Coy, in spite Of his triple victory. a thing
which is odd If the bouts were strictly on
their merits.
Marvin Hart and Wild Bill Hanrahan will
NEE, at Louisville this evening and a bout
morrow Clarence Forbes and Jack O'Keefe
will fight at Kansas City. while the Bern
stein-Yanger and Ferns-Walcott matches
will keep things stirring at Chicago and
Buffalo. Harry Forbes will meet George
Monroe at Chicago Thursday evening. while
several bouts are scheduled for Friday
evening, the most notable of which are the
Kid Carter-George Gardner match at San
Francisco and the Joe Gans-Jack Bennett
match at Philadelphia Jack Donohue and
Tom Cleary will meet Saturday in Philadel-
phia. SO the week will be q busy one in a
boxing way.