The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-08
WORLD OF SPORTS

ago. and a large crowd is expected to
attend
The club officials have arranged TO ac-
commodate all who may come, and the
ventilation and seating arrangements VIII
be much better than they were week
ago.
Hanlon and Young SCHNEIDER should be
a rugged contest. Those who saw them
IN their last fight. which was ono OF the
sensational order, can surmise what the
meeting tonight Will be. Both are fast,
clever boxers. and have good punch
with either hand.
The preliminary contest will also be n
good event, as the contestants are lively
bantams.
on the Pacific coast Friday night two
great fights are TO be held. At Los An
geles Young C9rbett meets A. Herrera,
the Mexican. while at Colma, Willie
Lewis clashes with Willie Fitzgerald.
The Boston sports have seen these box
ers in action in this vicinity, and are now
doing lot OF guessing as who the win
ners will be- IL is the general opinion
hereabouts that Herrera will win over
Corbett, and that Fitzgerald will trim
Lewis
The sports on the coast are evidently
figuring that Corbett's cleverness and
generalship will land him a winner, and
they have made the Denverite a 7 to S
favorite.
The Fitzgerald-Lewis mill will be
grand bout. The Boston sports favor
Fitzgerald, as they saw him trim Billy
Gardner here, and also saw Lewis get Il
handed to him In short order by Lang
ford
Both Lewis and Fitzgerald are clever,
fast boxers and good hltters
Jimmy Briggs who went 10 New York
to try his hand in the three round bouts
there, has got on a match with his old
-.
fey is "A good boxer and will make the
Chelsea blacksmith travel fast.
Larry Temple has two matches on for
this week, one of his opponents will be
George Gunther, the Melbourne kan
garoo," who did some boxing here. Since
going 10 Newcastle Pa. where the bout
Is 10 be held, IL Is reported that Gunther
has shown great form. but II will be a
big surprise II he wins. Temple is also
To meet Null Bowser, who. a couple OF
weeks ago. got bad lacing from Gun
ther
JabeZ White. who is reckoned as tho
best lightweight In England has bout
on with Bob Russell at Birmingham. Rus
sell has been showing good form for some
time. and 1t is expected he will sivo
White a hard fight.
The bout between Terry Martin and
Charley Sieger In Lawrence, Thursday
night, should be an interesting contest,
as both are now boxing well.
Bouts scheduled:
Monday-kid Goodman vs. Dave Desh-
Ter. Jimmy Hanlon VS.. Young Schlndler
and Tim Flynn W. Mike Grady, Douglas
club, Chelsea; Jabez White VS.. Bob Rus
sell. birmingham, Eng; Kid Sullivan VS..
INK Russell, Philadelphia Phil McGovern
vs. Young Lenny, Brooklyn: Tom German
vs f. Ryan, Albany; Tom King VS.. Jesse
Savage, Augusta, Me: Kid Pantz VS. Fred
Sidney. Portland. Me. Navarro club New
York
Tuesday-George Decker VS.. A. Bezenah,
Blue Island, Buffalo VS.. Plttsburg boxers,
at Pittsburg IL. Scroggs VS.. Danny
Lewis, Baltimore; Bart Connolly VS. Fred
Douglas, Portland. Me.
Wednesday-Larry Temple VS. George
Gunther. Newcastle. Pa; Benny Yanger
VS. w. McGarry, Olympic club. n. Y.
Thursday-Tommy Murphy VS.. George
Hoey, New York; Eddie Santry vs.. j.
Balm, Davenport, Ia: Charley Sieger VS..
Terry Martin. Lawrence.
Friday-Y oung Corbett VS.. A. Herrera,
Los Angeles; William Lewis VS. Willie
Fitzgerald and Bob Lundie VS.. Charles
Dunno, Colma, Cal; Jimmy Briggs vs.
Kid Caffey, sharkey club, New York:
Larry Temple We. Null Bowser, Pittsburg:
Kid sullivan and Austin Rice, Baltimore.