The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-16
Briggs and Broad Meet for Most I'm
poTtant Bout Of Week.
Many Surprises Seen on Football Field
Last Saturday.

Boston, Nov Is.--Four good contests are
promised the followers of boxing In Bos-
ton this week, the most important or
which. that at the crit~-ion a. c., to-
morrow evening. between Jimmy Briggs
OF Chelsea and Kid Broad OF Cleveland.
The sport loving public will be given a
chance, however TO see very good con-
test this evening, when Tommy Day.
the conaueror Of Joe Nelson. will tackle
Kid Griffo. at the Tammany club. Rox-
bury.
Briggs goes against a. boy who Is rapidly
working his way to the top OF the class.
Broad is climbing fast and will be Mt TO
who went ten rounds twice with the
champion Of the world In the feather
weight class and n with Mctioyern.
Broad has Just finished training for n
hard bout he had with Tim Callahan In
New Orleans last week, which he won.
II Is less than month since Callahan
gave .Corbett the hardest game he has
gone up against i'm several years.
With Briggs. Broad will have to use
more caution than against most of the
boys he has been UP against. Tor Briggs
Is most dangerous at close quarters.
Broad has never hesitated to get In as
close TO possible TO his man, for he can
stand much punishment.
win for Briggs would place him di-
recfIy In line for championship hoaors.
and a decisive win for him would come
very near placing Young corbett I'm r po-
sition where he would have TO acknowl-
edge a challenge for a championship hGt-
tie ~ the latter desired 10 make IL.
Briggs is considered by many the best
inside worker In the game. Even against
Young Corbett and Terry McGovern he
had the better of II. at that end of the
game As IL was the champion had
very little on him when they met twice.
Briggs gave McGovern the hardest kind
Of a game He set the. pace and rushed
like young bull. The same tactics Will
be tried on Broad tomorrow evening.
For the preliminaries Matte Baldwin
will meet Kid Pantz OF the North End In
an eight-round set TO. Pantz has come
with surprising rapidity of late. Hughey
Clancy OF Pawtucket will he on In the
second round with Young Donahue OF
Roxbury.
Tonight. the hard hitting Brooklyn boy,
Tommy DAILY, who so decisively put IT.
onto Joe Nelson at the Tammany club
last Monday night, will go against kic
GrifYo, at the same club The pair should
boxing better and faster than he ever has
in his life. He is one OF the hardest hit
ting boys Of his weight today
in the preliminaries. the attractions an
nounced are: Young Cahili OF Roxbury VS..
Young O'Brien OF South Boston. at 105
pounds: Young Bryson OF Waltham VS..
Tony Lewis of New York. at ll5 pounds:
Young wslcott OF the South end w. KID
Morrell Of the West end. at l20 pounds.
Daily and Critic will weigh in at 100
pounds.
Or Wednesday evening the Central A,
G., will hold another meeting when Billy
Melody OF Chariestown. and Beineld
Walcott OF Boston, will be the feature
pair. The other bouts are: Dutch" Carr
of Charlestown VS.. Peter Sweeney of
Manchester. n. H.: Hommie German, Of
Charlestown VS.. Young Spike Sullivan OF
Charlestown.
ON Friday evening the Tenox club will
hold its weekly meeting az it's house. Dor
chester avenue. Young Sidney, one OF the
cleverest boys OF his weight locally. will
meet Spike Haley. Sidney has done some
remarkable work of late In the ring. Ha-
ley has not boxed In public recently. lie
realizes that Sidney is hard boy TO de-
feat and is leaving nothing undone as re-
yards preliminary work to help him get
the decision. There will be two prelmin-
aries between local boys.