Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-10-17
Simms May Fight Terry
Thanksgiving.
Has an Offer For Go
With Kid Carter.
Barberton Bowlers Are Out For
Match Games.

Art simms is confident that he will
get a fight with McGoyern. He says
that unless something as yet unfor'
seen turn up, he will meet Terry at
Hartford, Conn, Thanksgiving night.
Terry has announced that he will meet
any man in the world ut Los pounds,
and this is the reason S!Inms is con.
fdent that Harris will make no ser.
ious objection to the match, although
no word has been received from him
as yet.
TERRY Is willing and Simms wants
to fight md the Hartford club has
already made good offer for the go.
Eimms has returned to Akron from
Cleveland md Is working hard at tho
South END club for his fights.
Art viii be kept busy in the next
few weeks. He has received and sign
cd the articles for the fight with Duffy
at Detroit, and has heard definitely
from the Abboy Athletic club regard
Ing the go with Barney Furey few
days later. The latest fight offer that
Simms has received was from Louis
vile, where he Is offered a go with
Young Corbett, to take place Nov. 13.
The weight proposed is 1870 pounds
and Simms has accepted the match.
MATCHES IN BARBERTON.
The O'Neils will bowl ut Burberton
Thursday night. Tho season Is well
on and the match games are eXpect
ed to follow fast and plenty.
The match will call for an exchange
OF games and the Barberton aggrega-
tion will be seen here many times this
season, IL present plans are followed.
There are no clubs at Barberton with
whom match games ear he played and
the Barberton bowlers are arranging
other games with outside teams. The
Millersbmg bowlors are arranging FOR
series with the Bnrberton men and
there will be some hot contests.
A PROFITABLE SEASON.
A fair portion OF the horses owned
by Akron men, who have been racing
the iiiers on the tracks Of the north
eastern Ohio circuit this summer will
end the season ahead of the game.
Sickness has been instrumental In
preventing some of the local animals
from landing the money and large
number of reasons beside lack of speed
~ also said TO be to blame for some of
the defeats. On the whole the season
which has been practically the first
In which Akron horses have gone aftcl
the money against professionals, ha,
been profitable for their owners.
The big start that they have received
In the racing game win operate tC
prevent any more matinee races IL
Akron. however, unless the racing II
done at times when there are no meet.
at other points for which Akron horses
are eligible. The drivers expressed
themselves as pleased with the gam,
and Will go after the money more ex
tensvely next year than ever before
SIMMS LIKES TERRY.
Art Simms and Charley Ghecn worl
day after day ut the South End clul
house and Art Is trying to be In per
feet condition for the fights that vii
soon confront him. Gheen Is mucl
taller and has longer reach thu,
simms and Is almost Il heavyweight
as regards avordupois, He Is ais,
shifty and has developed good foot
work, 30 that Art has anything but
snap when the two get together.
The Akron fighter is encouraged b,
his meeting with the champion and be-
heyes that as far as McGoyern
SohSeiheu, u Hlulch can he made with
out much trouble. Harris, who is th
business manager for the Brooklyl
boy may think differently from tn
hghtsr himself, with reference to th
weight question and in that case tn
hgit would again be oil as Art refuse
TO meet McGovern at a lighter weigh
than l2e pounds at three o'clock.
FOOTBALL DANGER.
There Is no doubt In the minds ,
ordinary sportsmen that football offeI
many more inducements to the ord
nary observer than 1t formerly di
The elimination Of the flying wed,
and the other forms of massed pla
that caused SO many of the fataliti
that We're credited to football In Il
0rst few years of the games popula