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• * least half a dozen feather weights in America can easily defeat’Young Corbett ami That Jfe is far from being tiio reaf champion of bjs class. O’Rourke says McGovern’s defeat was due to miserably bad handling-.and* not lack of condition. O’Rourke thinks Terry should have been taught some 'of the finer points of sparring instead of being allowed to use all of liis .efforts in. offensive work.“Kid” darter, the Brooklyn light weight, is on his way oast from San Francisco, where lie met defeat a; short time ago at the’hands of George Gardner, the New * England tighter. Carter says he. will not- fight for at least three months, as an operation is necessary on his nose. It was broken several years ago and now the ••kid** has the utmost difficulty.'in breathing. J5d Wilson is manager of Carter and hopes to get him some good matches on tlie’i coast after the operation is performed.Small Talk of the Boxe-c.They call George Mel .addon. the light weight. “Elbows” in New York because of his predilection to hit with the sharp corners of his arms.And now Jim Corbett says he will have something to say about the championship after Jeffries and Sharkey prove a lizzie out in San Francisco.Jim Daly, the well-known heavy weight, has been engaged to nh'.y a’ part in a sporting play.Joe (kins lias been matched with i Jack Downey of Brooklyn. Tin* bout will be held at Baltimore within three *\v eok s.Tommy Tracey and “Rube Ferns are reported matched for a contest oi t won tv rounds at Portland. Ore.. with-in three weeks.The Lenox Athletic club of Lost os is arranging a match between JackMcClelland and Hughey McPhndden.The former has accepted the offer.Matty Matthews does not consider the $300 purse which has been offered for him and Twin Sullivan by the. National Athletic club of New London big enough.Ai woinig. the cyclist- pugilist, is to take on Dan Croedon against, at Hot Springs Jan. 20. The Australian is anxious to reverse the decision Wei nig scored over him at Fort Erie last jOctober.Young Peter Jackson, who defeated Charlie O’Rourke so easily the other night, has been substituted for Joe Walcott to meet Jimmy Handler at Waterbury Now Year’s day.*'KLi” Broad has several engagements. He meets Tim Callahan at Philadelphia in two weeks. Jan. D! lie goes against Eddie Santrv at Detroit and Jan. 22 lie will box a good* .man at Louisvilo. He lias also been j matched to box Lavtgne at San | Francisco.Billy Barrett, the New York featherweight who has fought Terry McGovern, Tim Callahan and several other good 122-pounders, has been matched to box Jack Roberts, the English champion, in England, in February, j The fight is to be fifteen rounds ami will in all probability take place in London.Young Oihbs, the Cleveland light weight, and Jack O'Brien of New York have been matched to box fifteen rounds at Oakland, Oal.. Jan. LI. Gibbs helped train Ruhliti for the Jeffries contest and has made something of a hit on the coast.Joe Ohoynski is said to have* been boxing in some rugged bouts at, a New York gymnasium with Tom Sharkey. The latter is losing no time in getting into prime condition tor his meeting with Jeffries. Joe is working simply because he likes it.Jimmy Carroll, the English trainer and at one time a prominent candidate for the light weight championship, has arrivod in San Francisco from Nome and Dawson, where he has been for the last four years. Carroll is comfortably fixed now and will remain in tills country. jMcGovern promises his friends that! he will be in the best possible condition for his meeting Jan. 30 with Dave Sullivan, the Irish feather weight.! Terry has not gone into strict training yet, but figures that three weeks will be enough to fit him nicely for the contest.Tommy West of America, who is now in London, has been matched to box Dido Plumb of England at the middle weight-limit. 1T*S pounds. No' date has as yet been set for the fray, but the pair arc expected to come together some time in February. The contest is limited to fifteen rounds, for $1,000 a side, before the club hanging up the best purse.There seems to be a difference of opinion regarding the whereabouts of Art Simms, now practically matched to box Martin Duffy at Detroit Jan. 22. The Detroit club has an idea he isstill in San Francisco and a dispatch from his home in Akron. Ohio, says he is sparring there daily with'Gus Ruhlin. The Duffy people here have every assurance of the match being all right. Duffy is going into strict training after Jan. 1.“Talk about that Hot Springs club offering a purse of $10,000 for McGovern and Corbett.*’ said a prominent fight follower yesterday. “They never could raise that much money. Hot Springs is a bad fighting center. It. is all right for a small match that does not need much in the way of gate receipts, but a big fight would be an awful frost there. The money is not. in sight to begin with, even with all the rich strangers -there during the busy season.”Tom O’Rourke is out, with the statement that he is of the opinion that at
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Davenport Weekly Leader
Davenport, Iowa, US
Fri, Jan 03, 1902
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