The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-18
LOCAL GOSSIP
AMONG THE PUGS
Davis and Egan Next Contest
Scheduled.
NEW CLUB MAY BE STARTED
JACK DoNNELLY READY TO
MEET JERRY MCCARTHY.
NEW CLUB MAY BE STARTED

TOMORROW night Fred Davis u
Pueblo and Kid Egan Of Montana
will meet in a twenty-round boxing
contest at the local athletic club. Egan
IS the better known Of the two fighters
IN salt Lake. Although it win be his
first appearance in the ring in this city
he Is a veteran at the game, and has a
long list of battles in his record. he
has fought all over the United States,
ana during his time ne has met many
Of the best men in his class. For years
ne held the middleweight championship
or Montana, and frequently went out Of
MS class 20 meet fighters who travelled
Inrough the northwest He has been in
Salt Lake .Cr the past three weeks
training for this bout. and said yester-
Day that nc expected an easy victory
The latter came to salt Lake from
Colorado, where he is well known to
patrons OF the pugilistic art. He came
with Jimmy Flynn after the latter's re-
cent visit to Colorado. and trained Flynn
for his fight With Jack Graham. Flynn
and Davis have been giving daily eXhi-
bitlons at the local club, and if Davis puts
up as game a fight as he does in has
training he ought to be able to make It
interesting for Egan.
At the present time the eastern press
IS doing great amount of talking about
a match between Kid Mccoy and Tommy
Ryan, said to be arranged to take place
IN this city during August Somehow the
story was set afloat that these men were
matched 20 meet in this city, but there
Is no truth in the report. There was
some talk of making the match, but Ryan
insisted on terms that he knew would
make the match impossible.
He insisted that Mccoy should weigh
in at los at the ringside. and no one knows
better than Ryan that Mccoy cannot
get within twenty pofslds OF this weight
This much Is certain, however that II
Ryan Will agTee 10 let Mccoy weight $50
at the Tingside, Tommy can get match
with the kid without any trouble How
ever, as Ryan is not at all anxious to
get in the ring with Mccoy, the chances
are that he viii not concede any weight,
and nothing viii be doing.
Rumors that will not down are float
ing around 10 the effect that a new
athletic club 10 promote boxing exhibit
tons is about to be organized. Just who
the promoters are is not known. but 1t is
learned that they have already ap-
preached certain prominent local fighters
with a view OF getting them on for the
opening event Just what effect this
will have on the local game Is hard 10
tell. but too many fingers I'm the pie Is
very likely to put stop TO the game
altogether.
Negotiations are now going on between
Jimmy Flynn and Dummy Rowan of
Park City for d match to be pulled off
at the Park in the near future. Rowan
challenged the winner Of the Graham
Flynn bout and IL Is well known that
neither man isl adverse TO meeting the
Dummy. Flynn visited the Park the past
week and talked the matter over with
Rowan, and il was all but agreed that
they should meet at an early date.
Jack DOnnelly, the Butte fighter. ar
rived in the city yesterday. He is
matched to meet Jerry Mccarthy on May
26 at the local athletic club. These men
have met once before in Butte in a
twenty-round draw, and a number of
parties in this city who saw the fight
say it was a great one. DonneIiy has
been training for the event in Butte and
will resume his work here at once.