Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-15
FLYNN
Feels the Need of
Training.
Simms Goes to Detroit
Next Sunday.
Billy Dewitt Out With
Challenge.
Weston Running Away In the
1000 Ball Pool Match.

l,ounces that he has as yet received
no answer to the acceptance, he re-
Gently issued to the challenge Of Paul
Goucher, the Cleveland skater, was
issued some time ago. Flynn is rather
glad than otherwise that the answer
was not taken up Immediately, as he
has been all out Of condition, ana
the delay has given him chance to
do some training.
FIynn states that he would not have
answered the challenge when he did,
because of his lack of condition, had
II not been that he was afraid the i'm
preston might be created that he was
afraid. He has done some work In
the meantime, aud will continue to
get into as good condition as possible
while waiting for statement or an
announcement of plan by Goucher.
NUMBER GROWING.
The number OF local sports who have
signified n desire to attend the Simms-
Duffy match at Detroit, Jan. %, has
grown steadily in the past week, and
the members of the South End club
are satisfied that they will have more
than the required 80 applicants for
tickets. The consensus of opinion
among Akron sports seems to be that
the contest will be well worth seeing.
The crowd will leave here early OH
the morning of the fight Siinns Will
spend the last week of his training OH
the battlefield, as 1t IL said this will
give the match more prestige than If
he remained here.
CLUB GROWING.
The track at the rink on Wooster
ave, which was recently opened for
use by the members of the West End
Athletic club, Is thirteen lap track, to
the mile. In this particular the track
is within the limits mentioned in the
recent challenge to VIM. Flynn, ISSUED
by Paul Gouchcr, the Cleveland
skater. The club Is anxious to have
Z the match skated on It's rink. The or
ganizatlon has made name for its
elf during It's brief existence, although
its progress has been of quiet kind
The club has several plans under con
sideration, with reference TO new
club house, but none are ready for an
nounccment.
"CORBETr' IN COURT.
New York, Jan. 15.--Champiol
''Young Corbctt' Is expected to arrlv,
In town today from Denver. Corbet
Is scheduled to appear before Magis
trate Mott in his case, which wa
postponed several weeks ago. Tn
pugilist was arrested for giving box
ing exhibitions with his sparring part
mer, Charles Slegcr, at n local thcatel
FITZ WILL REFEREE.
Tim Hurst has telcgraphed fror
New York that Bob Fitzslmmons In
agreed TO referee the Terry McGoverr
Dave sullivan fight before the Soutl
arn Athletic club at Louisville, o
a'cb. %.
wALCoTr WON.
Joe Walcott and Young Peter Jacl
son fought SIX rounds at the Pen
Athletic club at Philadelphia la,
night, IN which Walcott had the bett,
Of II. They put up hard and IA,
60. Walcott was the aggressor an
had the better of every round, bl
the fifth.
A GREAT MATCH.
Members Of the South END bowlr
team begin TO acquire confidence tn
they will win the series OF games h
tween their team and the krkwood
Che last match gave them n strol
lead over their opponents, and 4
Kirkwoods realize that there Is
grave danger that they win be be'
en-. Members OF the latter team Il
init that they have been given one
the greatest surprises in their care
as bowlers, In the work OF the Sou
End club, and while they attrib,
their own failure to make good" tl