The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-19

cisco VIII probably De decided upon as the
location FOR the battle.
Az McGoyern would have 10 De- fought
sooner or later. John Hertz. Who b. hand
ling NBncs-. evidently decided that 20 mtSht
be as well To take the bun by the horns IT
once. AID entered iutu negotiations win
sam Harris as 10 Arrangements for sufE a
fight. IL Will b. remembered that when
preparations were making Tor the C0roett-
McGoveru fight az Louisville the McG9vsrn
camp was loud Ia is claims that fouas
Corbctt had never won the feather-Weighr
championship a. he had met McGQyern at
u POUNDS. EfcolettrE thls. heftL SIs-
gestel 10 Harris that McGuveru and Nanger
meet At - POUNDS. Harris threw Up his
hands In horror at the ideu. and named l6
POUNDS. evidently the lowest weight Nc
Govern can make at present II Is easy 10
see from this how much sincerity was be
HIN the claims TINT Young C0rbeit was
not the amp when be won from BE
Yanrer and Tim Callahan wU probably
meet In Philadelphia October -. nes1sia-
tioas being under way for "a battle there.
No decision viii be handed down. or course.
hut 70 appears a. Il YRrEe should win
rather easily Callahan IS not TIE man he
once was.
Several matches are talked Ok among The
various lighters OK the country. an lutcsrs;-
ing anair from an CID timers standpoint
being the Choynsh-George Gardner match,
scheduled for san Francisco Octol-t j.
Gardner Is the light heavy-welphj champion
and be should win from the s. rr-1u IUSaT1
without much difficulty. The nrht viii prob
ably attract considerable attention iu EiH-
yn~kls home town. however.
Australian Jimmy RYAN and Billy Stifc
are scheduled 20 met n N'St BADEN C-rlT
~ November under me auspices ~ ths
West Baden Athletic club The men viii
En ten rounds. While Mack. McG1varn's
former sparrinE Tartnei ms secured a
promise from Terry 90 uc given a match
before some club Offering % desirable iurSe-
According 20 Mack's statement. he has
agreed 20 make O. side bet wiki McCicveru
and thus was enabled 20 get ON the fight.
Eddie Leuny Who fought Young Coroett
rH- wwHnr~ &c. -mruHna mnm &C. nrH w~rHh HFn
claim for the 10 uoGnd championship ard
states that n neither Young CortCtt nor No
Govern can make This weight. he has a
ueht 60 The ttle- Lsuuy Is not TIE hrS'
fighter 20 figure IN this manner aud he must
arcue the point with Abe Attcl Il his -iams
are 10 be considered seriously. L@nly Is
row anxious to meet 1IcGovem.
one - the most interesting bouts iu rntS
part OF the cn-ntrv Is -Ert scheduieI Tor
to-morrcw uight at Chrc1Eo when. Buly
SUIT ana Larry Temple VIII come tose-her-
Temple g. the negro welter-WfiCht recently
devlopd by Tom O'Rourke. Sttt Is = fcavv-
weight with an advantage OF proh1biy
twcuty-hv pounds over Temple. who Eay
enter the ring weighing ~ hi-h a. Ia
Temple - expected TO win In su!te OF the
handicap IN weight.
O'Rourke believes that he has a wonder
IN the negro and he Is following .he roiicy
OF sending him against heavy men tlrOugh-
out. He Is determined TO send Temple after
Jack OBrien and Joe Choyinski and VIII
ting his man on with O'Brien. Temule's.
victory over Jack Beauscho!te and Jimmy
llrlScnil. MnQEu ne KNOCKED uut- are ned up
as evidence OF his ability to defeat O.Brien:
but dope OF this sort does no. com. for
much iu the prize ring.
ReausCholtc and Driscol have served as
the trial horses for many OF the best men
In CHICAGO OF late and have both been sent
against some man or high caliber IT. tie
same evening.
Australian Tim Murphy and Jimmy Dgis-
coll viii meet this afternoon before the 81.
Louis Rowing Clu in @ tWeuty-roIni bout
at ~ hounds the men having reached This
city from Chicago Thursday evening. . Thy
are evenly matched - mitch higher cal
Ter than the men who have appeared before
the club Of late and the contest should be OF
considerable interest.
Driscou has been meeting some or tho
toughest men In the ring in recent Chic-go
battles and his shovtuzs were good. con-
stterinE how much he was Outciassed. Aus
tralian Tim Murphy had the benefit % Sow
eral months work with Tommy RYAN this
spring. As he fought the middlev-cICht cham
piou IN Kansas City and afterwards spent
some time with him as a sparirug partner.
The bout VIII start about 3 o'clock. Bob
Ill