The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-30
WEEKLY GOSSIP
AMONG THE PUGS
&
Quiet Raigns in Local PugiIis
Circles.
NEW CLUB PROMISES MUCH
BEAN-FLYNN NEXT BOUT ON 10
CAL BOARDS.
NEW CLUB PROMISES MUCH
THE past week has been an extreme

THE past week has been an extreme
ly quiet one in local pusilistic
circles. even the stock OF chal-
lenges which usually create a furry,
having dropped far below the average.
A spell Of 4uiettde seems &c rest
around she different training camps
and plainly Indicates that nothing IS
doing The transfer of the local box
ing club into new hands promises to
revive the sport somewhat as great
things are promised by the new man
ayers. They say they viii .endeavor 10
bring of s5me Of the top nOtchers here
and give the locai ring followers 2
touch of the real thing IN the fighting
line
With this Idea in vi5U. the new cluD
owners are ABOUT 10 make a number
OF much-ueeded improvements at the
club, including a larger seating ca
paclty and better facilities for exit in
case OF ire Z rs also proposed 10 open
"a school OF boxing with Willard Bean
as instructor. and fit the club up as a
general gymnasium. WIN these inn
pIIVements. the outlook Cor the sport
is much better man it has been for
some time.
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Word from Butte SAYS that Jack
Wade is again on the restless seat ana
has signed u to meet Kid Ogelsby at
Helene within the neXt month. Friends
of Wace in this city VIII be sorry to
hear that Wade has gone against their
good advice and agreed TO enter the
ring so soon after his defeat by Cliff
ford. It is not thought that Wade can
get into condition for another fight
short OF at least three months prepara-
tiou and II the Butte man is not care
ful Ogelsby may repeat the dose Cliff
ford gave him.
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Manager Tom Osborne Of the local
Athletic club has written both Kid
Parker of Denver and Dial Hawkins of
Seattle. Offering them a match TO be
pulled OF i'm this city. Hawkins ap-
pears anxious to get on ? match in this
city. and as Jack Clifford viii not don
the mitts again for some time, there
is no fighter here capable OF giving the
Seattle rran go.
Word was received in the city yester-
day that Kid Parker would leave Den
yer shortly for San Francisco. and an
effort viii be made TO have him stop
of in Salt Lake. The match, if made
ff'fAAAA l'AhNN bl- VA "a ID AltH NuA w. do
both men have national reputation.
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Jimmy Graham the Hoosier middle
weight has written asking for a match
with any man in his class in this city
Forbes and McKeefe. two Chicago light
weights, have also asked for date at
the local athletic club. These tw0I
fighters nave met once in Chicago and
went to "a draw. and now both men
want TO try it again. Manager Os-
borne has written them giving his
terms, and match may be arranged
in he near future.
After much talking and frequent
meetings. Willard Bean and Jim Flynn
have at last signed articles For a fistic
argument. Thes. men met yesterday
and in = short time affixed their sigma
lures 10 the document that calls for
meeting between this PAR of middle
weights. The date of the contest has
been set for the 9Th Of April. and viii
be the first bout conducted under the
new club management.
The men agree % weigh in at 15S
pounds at o'clock, the date Of the
contest. or forfeit S50. The contest viii
also be held under straight Marquis of
CUeensbury rules, which. according to
tho Interpretation Of both fighters win
allow them % hit at whatever stage Of
the cor est .ither mans both hands
are free
One fighter who is saving wood and
not saying much these days is Mexican
Pete. The Colorado man is faithfully
training for his match with Dummy
Rowan scheduled to come of In Park
City on the 18th 90 april. and intends
time. Pete is in much better shape
than when ne met defeat at the hands
of Jimmy Buns some time ago. and
says he intends 20 get into his 0ld-time
form, when he made the best Of them
so some. Rowan writes The Herald
from Parl. City that he is working hard
10 get hmsef ia condition TO meet
Pete. ard says ne viii be able to give
an account OF himself when they meet. |
Tt is beginning 20 look as If the
match between Young Thomas and
Jack Kelley of Butte. Mont. had float
ed of into the dim atmosphere. and
than these Two worthless would not be
able 90 settle their differences in thei
rims. several dates for the bout have
b--E set. until apparently the match
has been lost on the Official records of
the local club. There was some talk
yesterday Of the men getting together
and signing up new articles but moth /
ing was done.
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Jack thrlSty has announced that he I
VIII not appear in lhe ring for at least
two months, when he win take on the
top uotChers in his class. Christy was
urLer training Tor almost three months /
steady for his bout with Bean. and
thinks the effort made lin stale. He
SAYS he Will take a good long rest and I
get back some Of his strength before ]
again making match.
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The report was circulated around the 1
streets the past week that Silent Row /
an had met his death in an accident /
ia mine near Anaconda. The follow /
ing from the Anaconda Standard is I
explanatory and would indicate /
hat the mute was a very live Corpsa. I
sporting Editor of the standard:
Hearing that John Burn. I'm weigh i'm I
at IFS i v-oaid be glad 20 make a match F.
with hiT1 at us or 122- II either fails /
90 reach tbs weight aCcortElg to the /
Gsreement. he is 60 forfeit IS pgf. cent
az the purse. I viii fight for 6 and 80 4
per cent.
SILENT ROWAN"
Anaconda. March %