The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-28

Eldnce AT tns numDcr OF tnv poA'nk
bouts on for this week and the individual
men that are matched will serve to snow
that the week will be one OF great note.
Thir In to be one championship battle and
two that bear indirectly upon the cham
pionships I'm their special weights.
Tonight the events viii not be OF very
great importance as the boxers are mostly
some of the young ones who are looking
- the future winning Of some Of the
titlee The largest number Of tina fights
Will take place In Boston and vicinity but
the principal bout OF the week will be
that between Hanlon and Young Corbett
In San Francisco.
Tomorrow evening the attention Of the
sporting world will be divided between
contests I'm Boston and San Francisco, and
1t IN a question which one of the bouts
will command the most attention. Out
OH the coast Eddie Hanlon, the pride
OF the California sporting element. viii
make his second attempt TO strip the
laurel from the brow Of the eeath hsrweight
champion. Young Corbett-
In Boston, at the Criterion Athletic
club the redoubtable Joe Walcott will en-
gage Tom O'Rourke's latest colored flstic
marvel. Larry Temple OF New York. Wal
colt and Temple are scheduled 20 box 10
rounds for a decision. Walcott Is the
holder OF the welterweight champion
snip, and notwithstanding the fact that
both men will enter the ring probably
Weighing a few pounds over the welter-
weight limit. the contest will no doubt
be considered a championship one-as
championships 90 nowadays.
Strange as II may ecem, Corbett ana
Hanlon Will box for the featherweight
title although the men will weigh in at
129 pounds. Even at that figure the lt-
tie fellows will have no easy ume max
ing the weight. 1t is an undenisbe fact
that the champion has had more diff
culty In making the weight than ever be-
fore. Hanlon, no doubt, will get to the
limit without taxing his strength and vi
tality.
The fight at Frisco bears out the
claim now being made that a rearrange-
ment of the classes IL necessary Former
ly the featherwdght limit was recognized
at 12 pounds. yet here IL the Denver
pusilist defending the title at i9 pounds
and working like trojan 10 make that
figure
I'D TO a late hour Saturday II looked
as II tho bout between Corbett and Han
Ion would be declared off. owing TO the
inability OF the principals 10 agree upon
" referee. The native SON would not stand
for Eddie graney. one of CALIFORNIA;
most competent ring officials. 10 decide
upon tho merits Of the contest. Corbett
was just as obstinate when another was
Eddie claimed that Grsney robbed him
of the DECISION when he fought 20
round draw with Corbett last February;
and insisted that some one else should
referee. Finally Corbctt declared him
self and said that IL Graney did not Of
hciAte there would be no contest. 1anlon
weakened. and Graney VIII be the third
man n the ring
Speculation is rife as 10 the outcome
OF the battle, not only in California ana
the West but also IN the or,s East Gernest ,,s
Will probably be at los or l0-', the cham
pion favorite.
The Temple W alcott and Mike (Twin,
Sullivan-Jack Blackburn contests viii be
the principal attractions at the local
clubs. On the same night that Hanlon
and Corbett are settling their differences
the Barbadoes Wonder. as Walcott is
familiarly known. viii be battling with
his old managers latest pugilistic Won
der. Larry Temple.
Whether Walcott will be able TO defeat
Temple remains to he seen. for the lat
= reputation as a clever, hard hitting fell
low, capable of enduring no end of pun
ishInent. Walcott has conditioned HIM
self for this contest by the most consci-
entious training he has ever undergone
lie realizes the game he IN going against
and does not hold his opponent cheaply
n uclCdt al the nunuS OF Iemple WOulO
be humiliat ting for the local man with
the ebony skin. for IL would not only be
defeat by Temple. hut victory also
for O Rourke.
two previous occasions. winning from
Young Peter Jackson in an uninteresting
afsir. made so BY the lstters reflisal 10
induiss nrdns ,,n, IN any open u boxing Then he
Tannany club, and Temples followers
say that he did better against the Lowell
man than did Walcott.
The second meeting OF the week will
come on Thursday. New Years eve,
when the Chelsea a. C. will hold it's
meeting, The principal bout will have
for performers those sterling light
weights. Jack Blackburn OF Philadelphia
and Mike Twin Sullivan OF Cambridge
and when these lads respond TO tho bell
an interesting contest should result. II
past performances may be taken as a
criterion.
Not only should the contest between
these Legitimate iightweights prove to
be one OF the most scientific seen in
this section for long time between
small man, hut II, will also be a means
determining which one is the logical
candidate for a championship meeting
with Joe Cans. Blackburn has acquitted
himself with honors during the short
time that he has been prominently be-
fore the public He has whipped Dave
Holly twice and easily outpointed Cans
n SIX rounds IN Philadelphia, although,
ss is customary there, no DECISION was
rendered.
In Sullivan. however. Jack Blackburn
WIZ be pitted against one of the most
consistent performers among the 13s-125
pound men I'm the country. Sullivan has
repeatedly shown his worth against men
larger and endowed with no mean repu-
tations He has not boxed q great deal
I'm the past year. but he proved with a
few days training. that he was the mas
ter OF Willie Fitzgerald In one of ..,ose
Philadelphia, six-roupd. no decision az
fairs few months ago.
The preliminaries to the Sullivan
Blackburn bout should prove interesting
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