The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25

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Austin Rice and EDDIE Toy viii furnish
the next local boxing bout. The men being
ycarded to meet tomorrow evening at the
sOiympic Club. Rice has fought once IN mis-
city. defeating Tim Callahan here last win
ster. and he is popular amon= ihe tght
'gcers. Toy has appeared here twice OF
tlate. getting a verdict over Jack AfcCI=l-
sIand. although he was badly beaten no.
{ and then losing 10 brooklyn Tommy Sulli-
van.
. As the men light in essentially different
styles. the bout should h- productive OF
considerable Interest. Toy nay or may not
. he able to land his lett jdb on Rice. The
Slatter showed considerable ability in slip
ssping This kind OF blow when he met Gala
Shsp. and If he can Solve Toy = methC.i OF
IdAvnry he looks TO have - shade The bet
ter of the argument.
one thing may be said Tor Rice. aud that
is that he is in first-class irtm in spite Of
i, his recent hard battle with Young toroeit.
lie has been working dsSidEouely at The
Business Mems Gymnasium and seems III
as good condition as he has ever shown.
Austin states that he faels far better than
: when he entered the ring against Young
Corbcti.
die Knox will meet in Il tcn-round go al l"'
pounds. The contests are scheduled Tor
lrprnn'S HAL. liftetllN anu Nidl 81 "'hN
The first event Will &" on about s:"e.
In Hugh NcPldden. it really appears as
If another man ~ the highest class ha't
been developed mere. On his victory over
Sullivan last Thursday Mcpa"Geu seems 10
hold about everybody uf his weight SAT-.
} save nGssitiy Yangsr ami MicCIellanI. This
does not. of course. include Young corDett
.or McGovern. IS both would nnh II almost
impossible to make l2i just as present.
: Harry Forbes was developed in this city;
That is, he won his championship here and
wax definitely brought 10 the front as the
best man Of his division at that time. HIS
' brother Clarence had been considered inc
better fighter OF the two when Harry was
brought here. and IL win be renefntefto
that IL was Clarence who WIS 'ardeu 10 Sn
against Abe Attell in the latieI's second
, night here. :,
. urohably the best 122-pound bO&sr In the
country. II is doubtful IL Atteil could nret
tMcPadden al l2i and defeat The Brun&lSt
man. however II seems as II 4 new s.s,
in the pugilisiic division had been hroDtht
Mcpadden's style proved deceptive at
first. His opening battle here wa against
NilSs Truths. a hard hitter. but a man pos
sessed of little knowledge of the game.
..NcPadien simply played With him in Il
boxing way. but Ia avoid danger from
e. Mixes swings Hugh contented himself MN
Shaving at n distance and outp0int,pS Nike
ms created the Impression that he was
a boxer with no force benind ms D"H Sss
subsequent battle with McCleilsnd- IN"
Pittsburg man shook Hugh up badly III
that fight, but the decision OF a IRA" was
a good one. McPadden then came OUT as
D.. an opponent for Tommy sullivan. AND de-
cisiveiy won from that lighter
NcPadden put up the best battle against
Sullivan that he has shown 50 Ear ia me
local ring. He will prove q good Drawing
card hereafter.
Benny Yauger is after Young corbett for
a battle at i30 pounds. and the iea'hsa.
weight championship. II the men ever
meet at this weight 10 battle for the ute.
IL will be even more difficult TO uistinsntsIi
.betyeen the lightweight and The so-called
ffeafher-weight class than it 10 to-day. The
location proposed for the bout ia the No-
lemite Club of San Francisco.
Although the fight should produce an m
tereeting contest II the men ever come TO-
gether. IL is difficult to see how fansef
can hope to win from Young Sorbett unless
the latter enters the ring IN oah n1ndition.
II Is pretty certain. however, that Corbett
would train hard for such a bout, and he
then should win from Benny.
.Yanger would be giving away, weight 10
a match at 1O pounds handicap under
which he did not labor when he defeated
Corbett in eight rounds in 1890 Both men
tipped the scales at the same figure then,
and i'll their subsequent battle. called =
ger had probably a shade the pest Of the
weights. Corbett has increased in avoir-
dupois. however, and Is now. normally, a
l2S-pound man.
From a good many quarters, come scath-
ing criticisms of Young Corbett on the
. ground that he is not showing champion
NibP hAluN la '"'
and it il Il regretttble fact that he does
not see fit to prepare himself better for his
contests BE seems IN pay but little atfen-
ton to training. and 10 Hpend upon his
natural strength to beat his men down.
While this IS to be regretted, however.
Young Corbett deserves credit none the
less for being willing, TO fight He - the
. one champion Of to-day. with the eNceI'-
ton OF Joe Cans. who seems willing 10
meet all Corners, and this should cover A
multitude OF defects in the training line.
Mike Schreck and Hugo Kelly will fur
nish next Thursday evenings battle at the
West End Club. the men being about The
.best pair of I~OLpounders available; The
management OF the institution has decided
to put on heavy men for a change, to see
IL public opinion really inclines 10 the big
fellows. Judging from the house AT tn.
rRysn-Duffy bout. there is a tendency 10 the
Schreck was here last Thursday and was
ready to meet Harry Walsh when the club
doctors called the bout off on account OF
faulty heart action OH Walsh's part. lie
has a good record among the men of mis-
division. as has Kelly. The bout should
result IN a good fight
Young Mowait and Benny Nanger VII he
seen at the West End Cluh in the near fu-
tire. az viii the winner OF that bout. and
Hugh. McPadden. Pat Carroll, who was
here last Thursday evening, made partial
arrangements 10 bring his man down. NOW
bout will be carded in the next two or three
weeks.
kell is the English bantam who has been
camping on Forbes's trail for some
time. 1t appears as II Forbes ought 10 dis
pose of the Briton. hut the ~latter's reDu:ed
cieSerEess should afford r good match. The
fact that the bout will be International in
character should also arouse interest.
Physicians at the West End Club had a
: buoy time last Thursday. declining 10 permit