Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-12-06
SPORTS.
THREE MEN IN ONE NIGHT.

TdhEE MEN In ONE NlGtl L.
kid, Mccoy recently defeated three
heavyweights in England one night.
Cne after the other The first was
Dave Barry, of Philadelphia, who was
put down aud out in a round and II
half the second was Jack Scales, of
London, who was put away with one
blow. The third man, Jack Madden.
through the good nature Of Mccoy, al
though it was noticed that the Hoosier
fighter had his opponent entirely ut
his mercy.
The Brltons now want match be-
tween Mccoy and the heavyweight
champion of England, Jack O'Brien,
of Philadelphia.
EASTERNBRS ARE DISGRUNT-
LED.
In view of the fact that young Cor
bett'' will not meet Terry McGovern
again, before having met some of the
easy ones, and earning a whole lot of
money for himself in just the way
Terry McGovern did after he became
champion, the eastern fighters, manag-
ers and press agents are very sore at
the young Westerner, and they say and
write some very harsh things about
him. They are as clannish, in their
way, for their own man, as the West
erners are said to have been at the
time Of the selection of referee for
the Ruhlin-Jeffries fight, and they can
zee nothing in the policy OF Young
Corbett' that they do not call fear.
The good taste Of Akron merchants
IL seen to splendid advantage in their
show windows these days.
DAVEY AND WENDT.
Otto Wendt, the Cleveland wrestler
who has challenged Frank Davey, to
match, evidently believes he has Il
kick coming. The Cleveland morning
papers contain the announcement that
be is waiting for Davey to make good
his acceptance, and he accuses tile Ak
ron wrestler of negligence, in having
forgotten to name place and date
for meeting.
Davey, who was seen Friday morn
Ing, by Il reporter, said: II am willing
10 meet Wendt at any lIme
or at any place. If he wants TO make
4 match with me he can come here OF
send a representative and | will al
ways be ready to meet him at Bill
Smiths place, where we can make an
agreement and post forfeit"
Davey has been i'll for some time,
but has been active in trying to Sc
cure matches, in spite of this fact.
ANOTHER WADSWORTH SHOW.
Another athletic show will be held
1t Wadsworth, Tuesday night, Dec. II,
A number of athletic events that are
yaid to be first class.
ranged, and among other things there
will be wrestling match for $50. Ak
ron talent will be among the entertain-
PRS. WadswOrth has taken up the mat.
ter of athletic exhibitions very exten'
yvely this winter, and the shows are
sal dto be first class.
BOWLING.
The Akrons defeated the Maroons
In two out of three games In the Grand
Alley league series, Thursday night
The scores were as follows: "Akrons-
s62, SAT, S56. Maroons--Sl9; 1868, 79S
The Grands and Ultrps will meet to-
night.
The Empires and the Cereals will
contest tonight in the Howard st. Alley
league.
JENKINS COMING.
Tom Jenkins, the Cleveland wrest.
ling champion, will make his initial
appearance at the head of his own
show, at the Grand opera house In this
city, next Wednesday night. He will
OF course be the star attraction, ant
the moving pictures of the McGov
ern- -Corbett, Jeffrics-Ruhlin fight vii
also be shown. Jenkins offers $50 t
any wrestler who will meet him, ant
whom he falls to throw In 10 minute
of work. Any local nsplrant can b
accommodated by sending his nam
to Manager Albaugh. jenkins wi
also give exhibitions with Doc
Payne.