The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-23
GOSSIP
AND COMMENTS
Clifford and Wade MAY Soon
Meet.
BURNS-ROWAN co TOMORROW
GEORGE CoNDIE AND Yin
FLYNN MEET FRIDAY

ERIDAY nights contest betwss7 P,r
COndie and Jack Clifford FURNISH
subject for conversation among -5s
followers OF pugilism in the city va-rz--
day. All agreed that the go was The .s-
witnessed here this winter. Taken FINN
every point OF view il was hard 90 hear
The contest was clean in every sens. NJ
the word Not a foul blow was st-4,.l
and not once did the referee have Fl,
seDerate the men in q clinch. 4 word
from that official was sufficient. and tba
men separated without any attemr. ra
take advantage of each other. Another
feature of especial notice was the clever.
ness exhibited by both men. Car5is.s
blocking was the best ever seen I'm 81 Local
ring and Cliford's aggressiveness allowed
Of no idleness on the part OF el1rer man
The bout was simply a friendly % ba-
tween the men 10 see which vas Tho hos
ter. and it is safe to say THAI they hr.b
have a fholesome respect for each other
Up TO the time that the knock ar+ bl,r
was so suddenly sent in by Clifford 800
man had every reason TO believe he v-1-IJ
De the winner. and those present looked
for draw. The public VIII not be salts
ned until the men meet again.
. . .
JACK CLIFFORD cid the proper thing after
the contest Friday night and has rrs5s
himself many friends by so doing Rotb
CnnOrd and COndie were in the box 5fRca
10 get their share or the receipts, which
DIV the way, was very small. After Man
aSer McNamee lad counted ont rh.
money CIHord turned TO Condie and said.
Roy. YOU are the best man I ever went
up against, and gave me the hardest fgbr
OF my life. Our share in this Is not vp~v
large, ana want you 10 take half
man that viii put up the fight you did
deserves more than you are getting. ans
L am perfectly willing TO split with YOU
Roy thanked Clifford and they split the
purse, each man getting ST. The articles
Of agreement called for a winners end q,
% Der cent and . Der cent 10 the l0osar
The house was one OF the smallest Of the
year and all agree the contest was the
best ever seen in the city.
What the sporting fraternity wants 70
see now is go between Jack Clifford ana
Jake Wade. Both men have issued chal-
lenges to each other and both have ac-
cepted the same Clifford said yesterday
that the was willing to meet Wade and
the winner take all Wade says he wants
q side bet OF at least $3.50 before ne steps
IN the ring with Clifford, and thus the
matter stands. The two men will get
together the coming week and Try and
arrange the matter IF q purse, and II Is
thought they can agree on a reasonable
side bet. II was rumOred around the
streets that Wade had defeated Clifford
IN eight rounds in Montana, but according
to both men they have never met in the
Dummy Rowan and Jimmie Burns meet
in contest at Ogden tomorrow night.
This viii be the first bout pulled of by
~ H. ID
large crowd OF sports are expected 90
take in the affair. Burns and Rowan
fought a tWenty-rOUnd draw before the
local club this winter, ever which time
they have been anxious to get together
again. Burns IS slightly the favOrite in
the betting with the Salt Lake ring fol-
lowers. Tom Bennett and Sammy Clark
Of this city have arranged a special from
this city and return Immediately after
the fight Over 200 sports have already
purchased tickets, and II is expected the
crowd will be somewhat larger.
The next contest scheduled 10 take
place in this city is between George Con-
die and Kid Flynn. on the coming FRIDAY
night The men are in the middlewelgat
class and appear to be evenly matched.
Both are now in active training and have
been for :he past two weeks. The con-
test is not near enough at hand for the
public TO begin picking favorite, but
number Of persons visit the training
quarters every day. The men are Of the
whirlwind order and 1t Is thought the
fight will be short and fast. Both have
the wallOp and it is only a question which
lands first
There is strong talk of a return 60 be-
tween Jack Clifford aud Roy COndie-
TO giving the local man another try, but
wants to get at Jack Wade first. one
thing is certain, and that is that ConQ-e
IS entitled TO another chance az tha
light as anyone could ask. and Tor L1lI-
teen rounds had none the worst OF ne
argument. He was put out fairly ana
has no one TO blame but himself ou-
nevertheless he proved himself a fighter
Should the two men get together agala
il would prove one Of the greatest cafcs
that could be made.
e % :,
Following the announcement by Burns
that he will meet Van BuskIrk, TIE can
fOrnia heavyweight, comes c1al-e-sS
from Mexican Pete TO meet the La-lIll-
man. Pete has been training fail-l-.tt
for the past two weeks and is now VII
ing 10 meet any man in the business NJ
viii be at the ring side Of the Rowan
Burns contest tomorrow night % eAaI-
lenge the winner.
Lew W AlA4alAAot jan I'll 80 81 ----IF
partner. said yesterday thai l- El---
accept the challenge issued aE IT.
Gleason Of Spokane. Williams says --es
all he asks is that they weigh IN 1t -
pounds and any other reasonable Hl.-l--
tons VIII suit him
9, . q
Roy COndie appeared on the street ~
terday none the worse for his la-..e ~
Clifford COudie says he VIII Keep -
condition and be on hand % .l.-.1-Es
the winner OF the CliffOrd-Wale nle--- -
they meet. In case they do NOT ~
gether, Condie is willing TO meet -'----
man