Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-05-23

certainly done everything In my pow
er to try and induce Jeffries to meet
me again. There is no kind OF an
offer that I have not made him. He
says that he is not AFRAID to meet me |
again. But nevertheless he wont come |
to terms.
Il can get an offer of big purse ut
once if he will sign. He says that he
can beat me. Ii he really thinks SO,
why doesn't he consent to meet me
for a good sized side bet, which 1 al
ways stand ready to maker
WAITING ON DELANEY.
The ong-talked-of, oft-deferred con-
test between Jeffries and Rubin still
hangs fire. Jeffries is waiting for Il
letter from Billy Delaney, says Macon.
Jim isn't at all satisfied with the back
wardness of the San Francisco boxing
clubs in coming forward and he talks
of going out to Frisco in propria per.
soma to talk with the managers Of the
clubs there and to induce them to raise
the ante. Failing to do this, he hopes
to get some eastern club to offer n
satisfactory purse, but l don't think
any club in the east will take chances
of spending any money on such
proposition.
The New York club men don't think
that any Of them have anything like
the pull the Saengerfest Association
had, and they say that if they couldn't
pull off the bout there Is very poor
prospects of their doing so. Jeffries
processes to be full Of fight, and wants
not only to tackle Rubin, but also
Sharkey, and above all others Bob
| Fitzsimmons. He thinks If ne had
tholr scalps dangling at his champion
belt he would have all the glory needed
to start him as the High Muck-a-muck
of preposterous palatlal Broadway
liquor dispensary. In the meantime
he is considering the feasibility of
opening an establishment of the kind
in Buffalo, where he thinks good mon
ey can be made when the Pan-Ameri.
can Exposition there gets into full
blast as it were. | shouldn't wonder
if he was right.
CHALLENGE.
The Bowery Athletic club challenges
any base ball team in Akron, under Is.
The club would also like to have a
game with n team of that age from
Barberton or Cuyahoga Falls. An
swer through the Democrat.
MATINEH POSTPONED.
AT a meeting of the Akron Driving
club Wednesday evening 1t was decided
to postpone the opening matinee for
an indefinite period. The arrange,
ments for the event have not been com
pleted.
NEW UNIFORMS.
The new uniforms of the South End
Athletic clubs base ball team will be
worn for the first time ON Decoration
Day when the club meets the Barber
ton team at Silver Lake. The uni,
forms are black with orange trim,
mings.
DECLARED OFF.
Art Simms received "A telegram from
his manager, "Ioe" Macias today, an,
|, nounclng that the fight to have taken
place at Lowell, Mass, between Slmms
and Martin Flahelty had been declared
Off. No details were given, but Macias
said letter explanation would he
forwarded soon. Art said today he
would keep on training, and that the
contest between him and Jack Hamil
ton, before the South End Athletic
club, would take place sooner thar
scheduled. 1t will be held June 3, IN
stead of June 7.
HARD DEFEATED.
Fred Maathes had no trouble in de
feating Met Hard at Smiths billiard
parors last night in the second OF
the series for the purse of $50. Botl
men played much better game Wed
ncsday evening than on the proceed
ing night. Matthes made four IL
ball runs and Hard two. The scor,
for the evening was Matthes ia
Hard 116. This makes the total scor,
Matthes 300, Hard 272. The last game
will he played tonight,
+. q. PLAYERS.
Perhaps 1t is unwise for the Post
Office men to publish their batting order
so early in the season as II may have
II tendency to frighten away prospec
tive challengers. Re that as 1t may, the
Democrat Is authorized to announce
that the mail wrestlers will bat a'
follows; Me Winters c., Pinnnlcks p.
Elchenlaub 1b, Stevick 2b, Massey 3b
Mangold s.s., Pouchot IT,, Northup cf.
Davidson RI, Cummlns, Wade ant