Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
Gossip Of the Ring.

| Gossip Of the Ring.
Jack McClelland's next fight will be with
Aurelia Herrera, the Mexican. They have
signed articles to box twenty rounds at
Portland. Ore, on September H.
| AL Herford, manager Of Young Peter
Jackson. is trying to arrange a match be-
| tween Jackson and Martin Duffy Of Chi
cago. Herford is satisfied to have the fight
| held at Boston or San Francisco.
| Matty Matthews of Brooklyn, whose last
| fight was with Martin Duffy of Chicago
| wants to fight the latter again. Matthews
disputes the decision. and says that the
worst he should have received in that bat
| tie was draw.
/ Billy Roache. manager Of Charley Seiger
! of Jersey City, says that Seiger's match
| with RUFF Turner of Denver will not be
decided until September II. The go is
| to be held at Seattle Wash, before the
| Seattle Athletic Club.
| Jim Jeffords of California. who broke his
arm the other day. will not be able to fight
| for at least several months. Jeffords' ply
| sician has advised the pugilist to carry the
| member in splints for six weeks.
Champion Jim Jeffries has gone to Los
| Angeles to spend few weeks with his
mother. From that place Jeffries intends
| to go to New York. The boilermaker in
| tends to exercise daily in order to keep
| from taking on superf1uous flesh
Terry McGovern believes that his brother
Hughy will be the bantam champion before
| the current year Is over and has issued
| a challenge for Hughy to meet frankie
| Neil. the present holder Of the title Nc
| Govern adds that his brother will fight
Neil at 116 pounds for 5000 a side.
Boxing, according to dispatch may be
! resumed at Butte, Mon. Some time ago
| the mayor frowned on the sport. and the
| game was shut down for several months.
The miners of that section have prevailed
upon the mayor to issue permits and it is
said he will do in few
| Martin Duffy of Chicago. who whipped
| Matty Matthews the other night. now
claims the welter-weight title. although
| Joe Walcott is supposed to be the premier
| in this division.
| The mill between Kid Goodman of Bos-
| ton and Jack Lowery of New York city
| has been postponed until September {.
| They will have 1t out before the Temple
| Athletic Club al Boston. The weight is 1876
| pounds. weigh In at 3 o'clock in the after
| noon. r-
1t appears that the receipts of the recent
mill between Jim Jeffries and Jim Corbett
We're not so large first reported. The
next day after the fight the official figures
were given out as s52. 600. 1t is now learn
| ed that instead of st2 900 only 5000 was
| taken in at the doors. This would make
| the club 49,
Andrew Tokell of England. who was
| summarily whipped by Harry Forbes when
| he was in this country last year, has is
| London or America for 81 900 side and the
| best purse obtainable. Tokell suggests
| that the weight be 11G pounds. weigh In
at 3 o'clock on the afternoon of the scrap
| George Cole of Trenton. who is now in
I England, is having a. hard time of it try
| ing to induce some of the middleweights
to give him fight Although Cole has
| posted a large forfeit he has received no
| response. Cole intends to remain in Eng
land for a few months and if he fails to
secure match he says he will go to South
Africa.
! The London Sporting Life of August IS
contains the following paragraph: Charlie
| Mitchell's son and heir was sixteen years
| of age on Saturday last. His father was
| he suggested a bout with his son for the
| first time. Charlie, who has a residence
| at Brighton, informed our representative
that the youngster agreeably surprised him
and shaped uncOmmonly WE'LL
Jimmy Britt now announces that he will
| fight Joe Cans. but wants the negro to
weigh in at 1873 pounds at the ringside
This is the legitimate lightweight limit
says Britt. land If Cans is in earnest he
! can meet me- The Yosemite Athletic Club
| or San Francisco is willing to give us
| purse as soon as articles signed. The
! talk that l am afraid of Cans is bosh
simply want him to stick to the rules, that's
| ALL"
| 1t is apparent that no match has yet been
| arranged between Jack OBrien and Jem
| Palmer. although OBrien went to England
| for that purpose. Harry Wilton O'Brien's
! representative, writes to the London
Sporting Life to say that If Palmer means
| business O'Brien will wager So, 900 on the
| outside. Wilton further says that the
American is prepared to fight Palmer be-
| fore October as he intends to return to
| this country after the latter part Of next
| month
| Speaking of fistic affairs abroad, some
one asked Spike Sullivan recently how
George Dixon was getting along Spike
| said: Dixon Is changed man. That Is
| regarding his habits He realizes the mis-
| take he made and is taking the beet of
| care of himself. But 1T is evident that he
| Is not the Dixon of old. His strength Is
| all gone. but he has not forgotten his old
cleverness. and there are few puglists in
| England who can touch him when it comes
| to downright. scientific boxing"
Tommy Ryan has evidently recovered
from his recent sickness which came near
ending his pugilistic career. The middle
| weight champion, who has left San Fran
| cisco for st. Louis. says that he will be
| ready to fight again next fall. and that he
| prefers meeting with Jack O'Brien and
Will challenge the Philadelphia as soon
as the latter returns from abroad Ryan
| further says that he will take charge of
| the boxing class of the Missouri Athletic
Club OF ST. Louis next month. Ryan has
signed a contract as instructor of this
club for term of years.