Introduction
Dan McConnell
DAN McCONNELL was born in Pennsylvania around 1873. He married around 1891. His wife Teresa bore at least four children, Daniel P. McConnell, May, Bertha, and Henry F. “Harry” McConnell. Henry, the youngest, was born in Camden around 1900. The older children were born in Philadelphia, the youngest of the three, Bertha, coming around 1897.
Soon afterwards, Daniel McConnell brought his family to Camden, and by the time the 1897 Camden City Directory was published, the McConnells were living at 211 Milton Street in the poet’s row section of North Camden. He worked a variety of jobs, the 1897 directory lists him as a printer, the 1898 directory as a “bag cutter.”
The 1901 Camden City Directory shows that Daniel D. McConnell had moved his family to 125 Main Street, also in North Camden, not far from the Vine Street Ferry, where he operated a restaurant specializing in Oysters, which were plentiful in Delaware Bay in those times.
Dan McConnell was in his day one of the best South Jersey boxers. He was managed and promoted by Camden businessman Oscar Adams Eastlack. Dan McConnell is known to have had at least 69 professional fights in Philadelphia, Camden, Baltimore, and elsewhere from 1896 to 1902. To date his documented record is 41 wins, 21 losses, 7 draws, and 9 fights where the outcome is not presently known.
Local newspaper reports from 1909 mention Dan McConnell as being a formerly top rated South Jersey lightweight boxer who was training for a comeback. Daniel D. McConnell would have been in his mid to late 30s, which makes this a possibility.
Dan McConnell’s end is a bit of a mystery. The Camden Daily Courier reported in March of 1914 that he had sold the business on Main Street, and was planning to move to Anglesea, in Cape May County, New Jersey where he planned to work as a fisherman. Whether he made the move or passed away prior to completing it is unknown. His widow and children remained in Camden. Oldest son, Daniel P. McConnell, went on to become quite well known as a journalist with the Camden Post-Telegram and later with the Camden Courier-Post. Youngest son Harry McConnell worked as a projectionist in Camden movie theaters for several years before moving to Philadelphia. Bertha McConnell married and moved to Philadelphia, where she lived out her years, by 1940 both Harry and Teresa McConnell were living with her. May McConnell married Russell T. Lodge, they appear to have parted ways by 1940.
Known Record
W 2 + 2 NWS | L 14 + 8 NWS | D 2 + 5 NWS | 13 with no recorded result | Total 46 documented in the table below. This record may be incomplete and/or inaccurate.
| Date | Opponent | Location | Result | Method | Rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891-05-02 | Jack Brady | Southwark A.C., Philadelphia, PA | |||
| Amateur Fight | |||||
| 1895-02-25 | Bull McCarthy | Southwark A.C., Philadelphia, PA | L | NWS | |
| 1895-10-29 | Tommy Devlin | Manayunk Masonic Hall, Philadelphia, PA | D | NWS | 4/4 |
| 1895-12-23 | Charley Johnson | Caledonian A.C., Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1896-01-08 | Charley Johnson | Caledonian A.C., Philadelphia, PA | L | PTS | 4/4 |
| 1896-01-29 | Tom Moriarty | Holyoke, MA | L | TKO | 4/0 |
| The referee stopped the bout. | |||||
| 1896-07-09 | Entered Tuxedo A.C. lightweight tournament (no bout recorded) | Tuxedo A.C., Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1896-09-17 | Joe Dougherty | Tuxedo A.C., Philadelphia, PA | W | 4 | |
| 1897-01-11 | Eugene Rowan | Winter Circus, Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1897-02-01 | Philadelphia Jack O’Brien | Philadelphia, PA | L | PTS | 6/6 |
| Exact date unknown. | |||||
| 1897-02-06 | Bull McCarthy | Southwark A.C., Philadelphia, PA | L | PTS | 6/6 |
| 1897-02-16 | Tom Devlin | Orange Street Opera House, Lancaster, PA | D | NWS | |
| 1897-04-23 | Jack Daly | Art A.C., Philadelphia, PA | L | PTS | |
| 1897-09-06 | Howard Wilson | Quaker City A.C., Philadelphia, PA | L | PTS | |
| 1897-11-13 | Tommy Cleary | Quaker City A.C., Philadelphia, PA | D | NWS | 6/6 |
| Newspaper decision from the Philadelphia Item. | |||||
| 1897-11-29 | Billy Peterson | Caledonian Club, Philadelphia, PA | D | NWS | 6/6 |
| 1897-12-07 | Martin Flaherty | Franklin A.C., New Haven, CT | L | KO | |
| McConnell substituted for Tommy Shortell who failed to appear. Although out-weighed by fifteen pounds, Flaherty had him almost going at times. Brooklyn Daily Eagle | |||||
| 1897-12-13 | Tommy Cleary | Olympic A.C., Athens, PA | L | NWS | 10/10 |
| Newspaper decision from the Philadelphia Item. | |||||
| 1898-01-29 | Kid Murphy | Nonpareil A.C., Philadelphia, PA | W | NWS | 6/6 |
| Trenton Evening Times | |||||
| 1898-01-31 | Matty Matthews | Trenton A.C., Trenton, NJ | W | DQ | 7/0 |
| 1898-03-07 | Young Mahoney | Athens, PA | L | TKO | 11/0 |
| 1899-03-11 | Howard Wilson | Quaker City A.C., Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1899-04-22 | Howard Wilson | Quaker City A.C., Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1899-06-26 | Tommy Cleary | Broadway A.C., Philadelphia, PA | L | NWS | 6/6 |
| Newspaper decision from the Philadelphia Item. | |||||
| 1899-09-25 | Isadore Strauss | Broadway A.C., Philadelphia, PA | W | NWS | 6/6 |
| Newspaper decision from the Philadelphia Item. | |||||
| 1899-09-26 | Charley Hitte | Quaker City A.C., Philadelphia, PA | L | NWS | 6/6 |
| Newspaper decision from the Philadelphia Item. | |||||
| 1899-09-30 | Tommy Cleary | Nonpareil A.C., Philadelphia, PA | L | NWS | 6/6 |
| Newspaper decision from the Philadelphia Item. | |||||
| 1899-10-13 | Isadore Strauss | Quaker City A.C., Philadelphia, PA | D | NWS | 6/6 |
| Newspaper decision from the Philadelphia Item. | |||||
| 1899-10-30 | Tommy Edwards | Broadway A.C., Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1899-11-13 | Spike Sullivan | Trenton, NJ | L | TKO | 5/20 |
| 1899-11-27 | John Blackson | Broadway A.C., Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1899-12-01 | Charley Hitte | Quaker City A.C., Philadelphia, PA | L | NWS | 6/6 |
| Newspaper decision provided by Philadelphia Item. | |||||
| 1899-12-18 | Dan Danvers | Globe Theater, Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1899-12-21 | Charles Norton | Globe Theater, Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1900-04-09 | Matty Matthews | Niles, OH | L | KO | 3/0 |
| Matthews fought McConnell and Payne on the same day. | |||||
| 1900-04-10 | Matty Matthews | Niles A.C., Youngstown, OH | L | KO | 3/0 |
| One of two bouts Matthews had on the same day. National Police Gazette, April 28, 1900. | |||||
| 1900-05-19 | Kid Krause | ||||
| 1900-06-25 | Tommy Cleary | Broadway A.C., Philadelphia, PA | L | TKO | 5/6 |
| 1900-10-27 | Bobby Thompson | Central A.C., Philadelphia, PA | L | NWS | 6/6 |
| Newspaper decision from the Philadelphia Item. | |||||
| 1900-11-17 | Jim Burke | Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1901-02-16 | Bobby Thompson | Toronto, ON, Canada | D | PTS | 20/20 |
| 1901-03-12 | Bobby Thompson | Toronto, ON, Canada | D | PTS | 20/20 |
| 1901-10-04 | Joe Gans | Baltimore, MD | L | KO | 3/8 |
| 1902-02-24 | Joe Grim | Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1902-04-09 | Bobby Thompson | Penn Art Club, Philadelphia, PA | L | NWS | 6/6 |
| Newspaper decision from the Philadelphia Item. | |||||
| 1902-10-23 | Isadore Strauss | Lancaster, PA | L | TKO | 4/6 |
Notes of Numerous Sports
Philadelphia Inquirer —
• • •
NOTES OF NUMEROUS SPORTS
‡ Three of Yale’s freshmen crew are sick at present, and unable to row.
‡ Frank Ives won the short stop billiard championship from Eugene Carter on Thursday.
‡ It is quite likely that the Atlanta and Cornell University eights will meet on the water some time during the summer.
‡ Edward Hanlan is confident of being able to win the sculling championship again if rowed in America or England. He now weighs 195 pounds, more than he ever weighed before.
‡ Kemmic and Van Heest, of Minneapolis, and Bob Fitzsimmons are to go to the coast under the management of Billy Daly. It is the intention to put Van Heest against Willis, and Kemmic against Moher or Carroll.
‡ John Lee, of Boston, claims to be the champion Chinese boxer and wrestler. He made his first appearance at the Ajax Club recently, and gave a good account of himself. He is 25 years old and weighs 113 pounds.
‡ Jake Carter, the well-known colored middleweight, will be tendered a testimonial benefit at the Philadelphia Athletic Club rooms on Monday night. A good programme has been arranged, and all the prominent local boxers will appear.
‡ Senor Molines, of the Havana Chess Club, has written to Steinitz proposing the arrangement of a match between him and Tschigorin, to be played under the auspices of the club. The stakes to be $2,000 a side, the player scoring the first ten games to be declared the victor. Steinitz has accepted the terms.
‡ The weekly entertainment of the Southwark Athletic Club will take place to-night at the club rooms, Christian below Eighth street. The wind-up will be between Fred Woods and Jim McCabe. The final bout for the gold medal in the amateur competition will be between Dan McConnell and Jack Brady.
‡ The impending battle between Jemmy Carney, of Birmingham, and Dick Burge, of Newcastle, for £1,000 and the lightweight championship of England, is creating great interest in Manchester, Birmingham and up in the Beach country. Squire Abington is backing Carney, while Burge is backed by a well-known patron of the prize ring in Newcastle. Carney is now the favorite, owing to his superb condition. Verrall is so confident he will defeat Gibbons, the American, that he has made another match with Alf. Suffolk.
Boxing at Manayunk — Dan McConnell and Tommy Devlin Spar Four Lively Rounds
Philadelphia Inquirer —
BOXING AT MANAYUNK.
Dan McConnell and Tommy Devlin Spar Four Lively Rounds.
Every available bit of room in the big Masonic Hall at Manayunk was occupied last evening by the throng of spectators numbering fully 1000 people, who assembled to witness the athletic entertainment held there under the auspices of some fistic admirers from the Cressen A. C. and from various parts of the city. The show was the best of its kind ever given in Manayunk; a number of prominent athletes from the city and other parts participating in the exercises, which were conducted by John Mann, master of ceremonies, timer and referee. Leslie C. Pearce, the champion light-weight boxer and ball puncher of New England, gave some clever exhibitions in that line. Frank Moyer also gave exhibitions of club swinging and juggling.
There were friendly bouts between Dan Coughlin, champion bantam of this city, and Jimmy Adair; Steve Flanagan, C. A. C., 95-pounder, and Fred Snyder, of this city; William Reagan and Jimmy Devlin, of the Falls; Professor Jack Lynch, of this city, and Jimmy Fleming, of Manayunk; John Montroy and Dennis O’Neil, R. A. C.; Kelly Brothers, John and Henry, of Manayunk; Jerome Quigley and Jack Hanley, the two crack light-weights of Philadelphia; Frank Fitsch, of Port Richmond, and Joseph Devlin, of Manayunk; Leslie C. Pearce and John O’Donnell, of Manayunk.
The show closed with an exciting four-round wind-up at 133 pounds between Dan McConnell, a Philadelphia light-weight, and Tommy Devlin, of Manayunk. No decision was given from the platform.
Boxing at the Caledonian Club
Philadelphia Inquirer —
The holiday show of the Caledonian Club will be held at the club house, Thirteenth and Spring Garden, to-morrow evening. There will be three six-round contests. The first go will be between Billy Bachman and Elwood McCloskey, two local 125-pound boxers. The second contest will have Charlie Johnson and Dan McConnell as principals and they should put up a rattling good bout. The third go of the evening will be between George Holland and Tommy Devlin.
Light Weight Boxing Tourney — Many Local Cracks Will Enter the Tuxedo Club's Competitions
Philadelphia Inquirer —
LIGHT WEIGHT BOXING TOURNEY
Many Local Cracks Will Enter the Tuxedo Club’s Competitions.
Local light-weights will have an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities if the well-thought-out plans of the Tuxedo Athletic Club do not miscarry; The lightweight tournament is now an assured fact, and the first meeting is down for July 9.
A preliminary meeting of the boxers who are to take part and the management was held at the club rooms, 1806 Market street, last night. The men on hand were John H. Clark, Owen Ziegler, “Bull” McCarthy, Martin Judge, Tommy Kelly, the “Hoboken Cyclone;” Bill Payne and the manager of Charlie McKeever.
By mutual agreement the weight limit was fixed at 135 pounds, and all the men expressed a willingness to get down to that limit.
Several other well-known local boxers are expected to enter the competitions at the meeting to-morrow night, when final arrangements will be made. Among these are Leslie Pearce, Perome Quigley, Al O’Brien, Dan McConnell and Charlie Wood.
There is some doubt that Charlie McKeever will enter the tournament, and Owen Ziegler was greatly disappointed when he heard this, as he desires to go up against the “plowboy” again and reverse the decision given against him (Ziegler) before the Tuxedo last winter.
All the men seemed greatly interested in the affair, and as it is the first of its kind ever held in Philadelphia it undoubtedly will make a big hit with the followers of the art of hit-and-get-away.
In the World of Leads and Counters
Philadelphia Inquirer —
The King Pins of Pugdom to Monopolize the Attention of the Sporting World.
MORE FIGHT, LESS TALK
The Alacrity With Which Corbett and Fitzsimmons Came to Terms an Indication That We May Have Some of the Real Thing.
If it’s not one thing it’s another. With the passing of the baseball season come the Knights of the Mitts, and from now on until the robins begin to do business in the spring time the space that has been devoted all summer to thrilling stories of life on the diamond, of base hits, of fumbles and muffs, will be turned over to the truthful chronicle of the doings of the king-pin pugs, and those who think they are king pins. Philadelphia will have a surfeit of fighting talk this week. Bob Fitzsimmons, who was matched on Saturday to fight Corbett, will be here to-day to begin a week’s engagement at the Lyceum, and Thomas Sharkey, who stood off Corbett four rounds, and who is also matched to meet James J. in a finish encounter, will give local followers a chance to get a line on him at the Philadelphia ball park on Saturday right.
The alacrity with which Corbett and Fitzsimmons arrived at an understanding as soon as they came together was as gratifying as it was surprising. In fact, it was such a violent departure from the methods that have prevailed for the past four or five years in negotiating prize fights, or boxing contests, or any old thing you may want to call them, that it conveyed the suggestion that the distinguished principals were onto the fact that the public had wearied of their interminable mouthings. At any rate by their promptness in coming together they have done much to boom the game of boxing, which for a while threatened to degenerate into mere conversational contests.
But now that the men are matched, where will the fight be pulled off? And if it is pulled off who will the winner be? With his experience in the Fitzsimmons-Maher fight it is doubtful if Dan Stuart will offer any extravagant purse. In fact it is doubtful if any club or individual will make anything more than a contingent bid until after Corbett shall have settled his controversy with Sharkey. Corbett, in a letter to a personal friend in this city, declares that he is rapidly getting in the best of condition, and advises his friends to bet their last dollar on him. The Sharkey people, on the other hand, are just as confident that the sailor lad will lower the colors of the resigned champion for fair. Said Sharkey himself, on learning that Corbett would meet Fitz sixty days after he had disposed of him (Sharkey) “He will, will he? Within sixty days? Well, he will be lucky if he will be able to fight within a year after I have finished him. I am sure Corbett will never beat me on the level. He is the foulest fighter I ever met, and he did everything but bite me. When I get before him next time I’ll punch holes in him.”
The confidence manifested by all three of the big fellows is reassuring. Corbett is confident that he can beat Sharkey; Sharkey is confident that he can best Corbett, and its a moral that Fitzsimmons believes that he can beat both. It’s a round robin and full of embarrassing possibilities. If Corbett should happen to meet defeat at the hands of Sharkey and then turn round and lick Fitzsimmons, who would be champion? Fitz and Jeems J. are matched to fight for the championship and the title will go to the victor, for Fitz is champion by virtue of Corbett’s asinine relinquishment of the title. Corbett would be the tentative champion, but the people generally would accord the honor to Sharkey. This is a round-about deduction to be sure, but it’s in the cards.
The friends and patrons of the Tuxedo Athletic Club will be delighted at the changes and improvements made in the auditorium during the summer recess. Opera chairs have supplanted the former wooden affairs, insuring greater comfort and increased seating capacity. The walls and ceilings have been most artistically draped and decorated, affording a pleasing picture to the eye and adding to the general attractiveness of that modelly-conducted club. No club in America can boast such a ring. Every possible precaution has been taken to avert accidents—accidents which have done so much to bring the sport of boxing into disrepute. Over the heavy padding and canvass there has been stretched corrugated rubber, insuring better footing for the boxers and reducing the possibility of injury to the minimum. The ropes have been covered with plush and the posts have been padded extra heavily and covered with the same material. The entire effect is impressive and reflects great credit upon the judgment and good taste of President Harry Hoffman, to whose persistence and tireless energy the improvements are due.
The Tuxedonians will inaugurate their fall and winter series of entertainments on Thursday night with a program in keeping with the many improvements. On Wednesday evening the club room will be open for inspection from 8 to 10 o’clock. Those who have time should avail themselves of the opportunity to look over this, the most perfectly appointed club room in the country. Following is the program arranged for the opening night: Billy Smith vs. Frank Burk, Billy Payne vs. Fred Woods, Elwood McCloskey vs. Jack Williams, Martin Judge vs. Joe Hanlon, Joe Dougherty vs. Dan McConnell.
“Joe” Butler and Paddy McBride are requested to call at this office at 8.30 to-night.
Philadelphia Inquirer —
There is plenty of good boxing scheduled for this week. To-night Kid Lavigne will meet Owen Ziegler at the Winter Circus. If both men “try,” as they would say down the road, this will be a mill as will be a mill. Lavigne is undoubtedly one of the greatest light-weights the country has ever produced, although it is doubtful if he could come to 133 again. But at that there will be little difference in the weights, for Ziegler has taken on plenty of flesh in the past two years. Cliff Valentine, of Trenton, and Dan McMahon; Emil Beck and J. Bryan; Eugene Rowan and Dan McConnell; Frank McGee and Ed McCaffrey will appear in the preliminaries.
The Boxers' Lively Saturday Night
Philadelphia Inquirer —
“Bull” McCarthy Bests Dan McConnell Before the Southwark Club’s Merry Push.
AMATEURS AT THE NAVY
J. D. Shibe Wins the 125 Pound Tourney, Defeating Edward Dix After a Game Struggle—The Winners in Other Events.
The wind-up at the Southwark Athletic Club last night between the redoubtable “Bull” McCarthy, of this city, and Dan McConnell, who glories in the fact that Camden is his place of habitat, should have satisfied the most exacting. The first two rounds were of the mildly exhilarating kind—feelers, as it were. In the third round, however, the boys got down to business, and from that on to the conclusion it was a merry case of biff, bang, boom!
In the fourth round McConnell began to rush, a style of fighting which agreed to a “T” with Bull’s straight lefts. It mustn’t be supposed though that McConnell wasn’t doing some execution, for he was. The fifth was a case of mixed pickles, McCarthy’s superior experience making the other Mac look like a novice. In the sixth round McCarthy scored a clean knock down, and otherwise made it embarrassing for his opponent.
Previous to the main event Young Dorsey and Bug Ford fought a draw. “Reddy” McGuire retired “Al” Smith in a round, and Harry Smith bested Paul Doane.
Local Boxers at Lancaster
Philadelphia Inquirer —
LANCASTER, Pa., Feb. 16 (Special).—The Orange Street Opera House was well filled to-night to witness the boxing contests between Philadelphia pugilistic aspirants. There were six bouts, two of which were anything but tame. These were between Dan McConnell, of Camden, and Tom Devlin, of Philadelphia, and Joe Devlin, of Philadelphia, and John O’Donnell, of Manayunk. No decisions were given. There were a large number of sports present from Camden and Philadelphia.
In the Sporting Boiler
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Maher and O’Donnell will wind up at Arena next Monday night.
The proposed Maher-Sharkey match is creating great interest in pugilistic circles. Maher will be a favorite.
The annual spring meeting of the National Swimming Association will be held Thursday evening at the Colonnade Hotel.
Wiley Woodruff is doing finely with the 16-pound hammer. He tossed the plaything 138 feet yesterday, just two feet and seven inches beyond the intercollegiate record.
Championship games of basket ball will be played this evening in the gymnasium of the Germantown Y. M. C. A. between the Reserves of the latter association and Camden Reserves.
Jimmie Handler, of Newark, N. J., and Charley Johnson have been matched to go twenty rounds before the Palace Athletic Club on Monday, April 26. The men are to weigh in at 3 P. M. the day of the contest.
Next Friday night there will be a fistic entertainment at the Art A. C. The wind-up will be between Dan McConnell, of Camden, and Jack Daly. One of the leading “go’s” will be between Jim Cardin and John McCormick.
The Columbia University crew, through its captain, R. W. Pressfrich, has challenged the famous Yara-yara crew of the Wisconsin University to row four miles on the Hudson River, near New York city, between the 2d and 10th of June.
Joe Goddard writes to Arthur Lumley from Johannesburg that he wants to come to America and meet Peter Maher. Goddard says he was robbed in his fight with Dooley, as the committee which decided the battle was betting on Dooley.
Supporters of the Red and Blue will be given a chance to see if the Southern trip did the bass ball team any good to-morrow afternoon when they play State College at Franklin Field. An improvement in batting can be looked for if the game with Virginia and North Carolina are any criterion.
“Billy” Hennessy, of Boston, who is to appear against “Jack” Bonner, the middleweight champion of Pennsylvania, in the wind-up at Athens to-night on the occasion of the third professional show of the Olympic Athletic Association, arrived in this city last night. The first contest on the program will be ten rounds between Martin Judge, of this city, and Thomas McCune, of Detroit, the champion lightweight of Michigan. The second bout will be fifteen rounds between Leslie Pearce, of Camden, and Billy Vernon, of Haverstraw, N. Y., two boxers dissimilar in style, but both anxious to win.
Carey Quits in His Go With Joe Butler
Philadelphia Inquirer —
On the Principle That He Who Fights and Runs Away Lives to Fight Another Day.
A CASE OF HOT TAMOLIES
The Gothamite Has the Better of Butler in the First Two Rounds and Then Quits in the Early Part of the Fifth.
There is one thing to be said about the boxing entertainments at The Arena—you are never dead sure as to what is going to come off. In their infinite variety the fortnightly boxing conversations given under the auspices of the Quaker City Athletic Club rather overshadow anything given anywhere on this side of the big water. Take last night’s for instance. It embraced a little bit of everything and between-men who can put up their hands according to the stipulations prescribed by the M. of Q. at almost any old weight. But the wind up was the thing, that is, it was the real thing. It was between our own Joe Butler, a boxer whose exact status in the art of Fistiana has never been satisfactorily determined by the closest local followers of the game, and “Tom” Carey, who hangs up his hat in the Greater New Yorker, and whose chief claim to fistic distinction lies in the fact that he once stood off Steve O’Donnell, who, it will be recalled, was once proclaimed by Corbett to be the best man in the country, bar himself. It will also be recalled that O’Donnell failed to make good the opinion of his distinguished chief on more than one occasion since then. Under the conditions, then, the dead game sports who went to Broad and Cherry streets last night were keyed up to the highest notch of expectancy and ready to see a “mill as would be a mill.”
The Carey party is a stout lump of a lad, scaling about 190, built low on the water line, and the possessor of a punch that should prove a standing attraction to the most indifferent of boxers. As a boxer, however, he will never gather in the first money in any kind of good company. He is a sort of composite Joe Goddard, Denver Smith and Mike Boden, with the bad points of all three and without any of the merits that made those worthies cut some figure in the fistic world. In the first round Carey landed a sort of right-handed chop swing on Butler’s jaw that had a noticeable disquieting effect upon the colored man and brother. The second round was all Carey’s, who got in another of those funny chopstick swings.
In the third round Butler changed his tactics, devoting his attention to the capacious cold storage plant of Carey’s, upon which he landed with his left with telling effect. Carey then got in a swinging right-hander on Butler’s wind attachment. What followed, only the truthful veriscope could have portrayed. There were wild and lurid mix-ups, there were combinations of writhing, wriggling arms, legs and bodies on the floor; there was catch-as-catch-can wrestling to beat the band, but calm and serene, rising superior to the fierceness of his surroundings, clad in a swagger Tuxedo, broad expanse of shirt bosom set off with an eminently respectable black tie, loomed the commanding figure of Referee Crowhurst, who took his life in his hands in his efforts to separate the two men who were holding on to each other for dear life, fearing that they might hurt each other. While all this was going on, the spectators were making themselves heard in all sorts of ways. At the sound of the gong, the principals untangled themselves, and after a few remarks from the referee, the ceremonies were resumed.
Both men were visibly tired when they came up for the fourth round, but of the two, Butler appeared to be the more distressed. This round was a hot tamale. It was a case of give and take, both men fighting like a pair of washerwomen hanging out clothes on a windy day. Butler had a shade the better of the exchanging, and was so bent upon securing a decided verdict that he so far forgot the rules as to hit Carey after the gong sounded. This brought him into disrepute with the crowd. As soon as the men got together in the fifth, Carey landed with both right and left, but he soon tired of this, and while the round was only about a minute old he picked out a nice soft spot on the floor, and quit. And with the strange perversity of crowds the spectators cheered him and showed a disposition to hoot Butler. The latter did certainly infringe upon the rules when he hit Carey after the gong sounded, and once before he did hit Carey foul, but it was purely accidental, and he immediately apologized. But he did nothing to justify the roasting to which he was subjected.
In the preliminaries Young Jack McDonald bested Tom Williams; Young Cal McCarthy quit in the third round of his go with Billy Smith; Howard Wilson had a shade the better of Dan McConnell, and Frank Bradley outpointed John Henry Johnson.
Philadelphia Inquirer —
All the boxing bouts for the testimonial to Bert Crowhurst, which is to be held at the Caledonian Club on Monday evening, have been arranged, and they include most of the best boxers in and around the city. Many offers have been received, but some had to be refused owing to the large list. The men have been evenly matched in their classes, and there is every prospect of an unusually interesting evening’s entertainment. All the bouts will be of six rounds’ duration, and the first one will be put on at 8 o’clock sharp, in order to get through the long program. The wind-up will be between Isadore Strauss and Billy Paine, and will be a test of two entirely different styles of boxing. The program is as follows: Billy Paine, of Baltimore, vs. Isadore Strauss; Jack Bennett, of Pittsburg, vs. Jack O’Brien; Elwood McCloskey vs. J. Waldron, of Trenton; Charlie Wood, of England, vs. Eugene Rowan; Steve Flanagan vs. J. Pierce, of Trenton; Jack Lynch vs. Billy Smith; “Crocky” Boyle vs. L. Nittenhauer, of Germantown; Harry Crawford vs. J. McGee; “Kid” Kelly vs. “Young” Marshall; C. Baker, of Camden, vs. H. Davis; Billy Peterson vs. Dan McConnell.
In adition [sic] to the above Al O’Brien, Jack Daly, Joe Butler, Jack Hanlon, Dan Crane, “Kid” Fraley, Billy Pope and C. Hutcheson offered their services. C. McKeever, who is matched to meet “Kid” Lavigne for the championship, will also spar three friendly rounds with his trainer.
Bernstein Bests Fairburn — The New Yorker Wins in a Rattling Six Round Go
Philadelphia Inquirer —
BERNSTEIN BESTS FAIRBURN
The New Yorker Wins in a Rattling Six Round Go
The windup at the Nonparell [sic] Athletic Club last night was between Joe Bernstein, of New York, and Joe Fairburn, of this city. It was a rattling six-round set-to in which the New Yorker clearly proved his superiority as a boxer. The men weighed 125 pounds, and the Quaker lad had slightly the best of height and reach. The whole six rounds were purely scientific, but Bernstein showed his superiority at the game by landing much more frequently than Fairburn. The latter landed a hard left-hander in the second round and followed it with a stiff uppercut which staggered the visitor, but that was about the only damage the local boy did, as in the next four rounds Bernstein laid all over him.
Dan McConnell, of Camden, and “Kid” Murphy, of Camden, were the principals in the semi-windup, and they made a good showing, but McConnell failed to take advantage of Murphy’s very open guard and while he might have gained the decision if one had been given he disappointed his friends by his poor showing.
In the preliminary bouts “Spike” Clifford stopped Paddy Burke in the second round; Young Golden stood off John Henry, of Wilmington, at 112 pounds, and Paddy McLaughlin, of Wilmington, stopped John McVey, of Boston, in the second round.
Trenton Times —
Dan McConnell, of Camden, and Matty Matthews, of New York, will meet tonight at the T. A. C. in a fifteen round bout, which should be a remarkably fine exhibition of the game. Both men have national reputations, and are considered capable of mixing up with any of their class. Matthews has never appeared in Trenton before, but McConnell is an old favorite with Trenton sports since his bouts with Connelly and Abbott. Matthews will no doubt be the favorite with the betting men, but McConnell will be the popular favorite.
The men are evenly matched in everything but weight, and there the New Yorker has a few pounds the best of the Camden man; both are in the best of condition and confident of victory. The records of the two boxers follow, and by going over each one carefully it will be seen that there is little to choose between them. Matthews knocked out Stanton Abbott, while McConnell got a decision over the Englishman in 12 rounds.
Matthews’ record is: Defeated Jack Bennis, 9 rounds; Barney Brennan, 2 rounds; Jack Gibbons, 4 rounds; Tom Frazer, 7 rounds; Billy Lee, 3 rounds; Nick Collins, 7 rounds; Jack Hanley, 8 rounds; Stanton Abbott, 7 rounds; Sam Tonkins, 10 rounds; Johnny Laughlin, 15 rounds; John A. Sullivan, 4 rounds; Mike Farragher, 2 rounds; lost decision to Jack Daly, 20 rounds; draw with Frank Garrard, 20 rounds; defeated Frank Garrard, 20 rounds; draw Charles McKeever, 15 rounds; defeated Mike Leonard, 20 rounds; boxed Owen Ziegler and Charley Johnson, 6 and 4 rounds, no decision. Matthews also has the following draws to his credit: Harry Peterson, 8 rounds; Mike Leonard, 8 rounds, and Jack Everhardt, 15 rounds.
Dan McConnell, in all his long career as a boxer, has sustained but one defeat, and that was when Martin Flaherty gained a decision over him in a fifteen round bout at New Haven last December. McConnell, however, was not at his best, at that time, having only trained a few days and when he entered the ring he had a badly sprained ankle. In spite of all these drawbacks the decision was regarded as a rank one, and should have been a draw. McConnell has defeated Mike Conley, 4 rounds; Eddie Dougherty, 4 rounds; Eddie Owens, 4 rounds; Jack Golden, 4 rounds; Benny Peterson, twice in 2 and 3 rounds; Mike Coyle, 6 rounds; Billy Welch (little John L.), 6 rounds; George Gross, 3 rounds; Jim Bradley, 4 rounds; Paddy McHale, 4 rounds; Dennis Hurley, 6 rounds; Tom Devlin, four times, in 4 rounds each; Jim O’Brien, 3 rounds; Mike Boyle, 2 rounds; “Reddy” Connely, 6 and 12 rounds; Stanton Abbott, 12 rounds; Charley Barnett of New York, 4 rounds; Frank Wongo, the Indian, 6 rounds; Fred Stricker and Tommy Edwards, 2 rounds; Billy Duke, champion lightweight of the southern states, 3 rounds; Billy Payne, 3 rounds; Tommy Kennedy, 2 rounds; Frank Majane, Jack Greeley, 12 rounds; Al O’Brien twice, 6 rounds and 10 rounds; Jimmy Fox, 4 rounds; Young Symrua, twice, 6 rounds; Jack McArthur, 14 rounds; Howard Wilson, 6 rounds; Jack O’Brien, 6 rounds. He has fought draws with Tom Moriarity, twice; “Chappie” Hess, 22 rounds; Johnny Hagen, Andy Watson, Bobby Dobbs, Billy Duke, Leslie Pearce, Tom Cleary, Martin Judge, twice, and Kid Robinson.
MARVIN A. RILEY.
McConnell Outclassed by Matthews
Trenton Times —
M’CONNELL OUTCLASSED BY MATTHEWS
The Plucky Camden Boy was Too Light to Meet the New Yorker’s Attack.
M’CONNELL WON ON A FOUL
So Referee Hendley Decided in the Seventh Round When Matthews Had Things All His Own Way. Matthews Too Heavy.
The fifteen-round bout at the T. A. C. last night between Matty Matthews, of New York, and Dan McConnell, of Camden, came to an unsatisfactory ending in the middle of the seventh round, when Referee George Hendley decided that Matthews had fouled, and thereby declared McConnell the winner.
Up to the time of the decision the Camden boxer had been completely outclassed. Matthews seemed able to hit him when and where he wished, and McConnell clinched whenever he could possibly get a chance to do so. Matthews, on the other hand, would not clinch, and many times when McConnell was trying to get close enough to hug his man the New Yorker would keep right on working.
Many of the spectators thought this was foul, when, as a matter of fact, Matthews was only exercising a privilege that was his right under the rules. McConnell was a hot favorite with the crowd, and no matter what the boy from Camden did it was all right. If he made any kind of an attempt to load he was applauded more than Matthews was when he got in left and right and got away without a return. As a matter of fact, McConnell’s only redeeming point was his gameness; his attack was weak and his defense not strong enough to withstand the kind of game the New Yorker served up.
But then McConnell was a bit foolish for thus going out of his class and giving away at least ten pounds to his opponent. The handicap was too much.
Matthews was entirely too big and strong, as well as clever.
Matthews did admirable work with both hands on face and body in every one of the seven rounds. At no time was McConnell even a possibility.
In the seventh round Matthews had McConnell bested, when the referee interfered. The foul that McConnell alleged was committed on him was not apparent to a majority of the spectators; those who were strong partisans of McConnell were willing to accept any way out of the difficulty and when Dan claimed foul they took it up. The truth of the matter is that Matthews is too fast for McConnell, and the Camden man knew it as well as the spectators.
Matthews said after the bout that he had been robbed, and that the Trenton people did not know a boxer when they saw one.
Several times during the progress of the bout, when McConnell fell down, Matthews showed that he was a gentleman by picking up his opponent.
The preliminary bouts between Moore and Farley, six rounds, and Bill and Smith, four rounds, were interesting affairs. Both were evenly contested, although no decisions were given.
McCormick vs. Strong To-night
Philadelphia Inquirer —
There will be heavy weights galore at the Quaker City Athletic Club to-night, and the patrons of boxing will be treated to two six-round bouts between big fellows. The wind-up will be between Charley Strong, the big colored boxer from Newark, N. J., and Jack McCormick, the heavy weight champion of Pennsylvania. The semi-wind-up will be between Joe Welzer, Jack Lynch’s champion heavy weight of Hazleton, who has whipped everybody up that way, and Billy McLean’s big black Ed Smith, who has been coming to the front rapidly of late. The other bouts are all warm ones. The men who are matched are Professor Jack Lynch, the clever Hazleton feather weight, and Adam Ryan, a Quaker City Club favorite. Dan McConnell, of Camden, is down for a contest with Howard Wilson, the husky little colored light weight from Washington. George Franklin, of Slatington, and Fred Stricker, the Dutchman, who have been matched several times, will come together this time, and there will be lively boxing.
Boxing at the Quaker City
Philadelphia Inquirer —
The managers of the Quaker City Athletic Club believe they have scheduled one of the strongest boxing cards of the season for their show on Saturday night. The wind-up will be a double one, two lightweights and two middleweight boxers will take part. The contestants will be Dan McConnell, of Camden, and Howard Wilson and Jack Collier, of Brooklyn, and Dick Kelly, of Southwark.
Dan McConnell at Broadway
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Dan McConnell, of Camden, will meet Tommy Edwards in a six-round wind-up at the Broadway A. C., Broad and Ellsworth streets, to-morrow night. The semi-wind-up will be a double one, in which Alabama Kid, of Alabama, will meet L. Brown, of Pittsburg, and Young Marshall, of Philadelphia, will meet Jack Dougherty, of Chester. Preliminaries: Kid McGloon, of Point Breeze, and Pat Coon, of Southwark. Arthur Dixon, of Philadelphia, and Lee [illegible], of Washington. Buzzard Ingram, of Paschall, and Charles Fetz, of Richmond.
Only Five Rounds — McConnell Was Game But Was No Match For Sullivan
Trenton Times —
ONLY FIVE ROUNDS
McConnell Was Game But Was No Match For Sullivan.
HAGGERTY BESTED SHANAHAN
Sullivan Was in Great Form and Was All Over the Camden Man From the Start—McConnell Responded Gamely Until the Finish.
Some wise men had prophesied that there would be a shower of shooting stars last night, but the only shooting stars in Trenton were those that flashed and darted before Dan McConnell’s vision during the five rounds he played with Spike Sullivan, in what was to have been a twenty-round bout at the Trenton Athletic Club. McConnell was very game, but the “Fighting Irishman” was a whirlwind of hooks, jabs and swings and the Camden man never had a look in. In the fifth round, after Dan had taken a good mess, Referee Crowhurst wisely stopped the bout and declared Sullivan the winner. Even then McConnell gamely offered to fight on until some of the “knockers” thought they had got their fifty cents worth, but here again Mr. Crowhurst wisely said “No.” In the ten-round preliminary Jack Haggerty was substituted for Mike Donlon, to go ten rounds with Tommy Shanahan. Haggerty was given the decision after ten rattling rounds.
It was a few minutes after 8:30 when Referee Crowhurst called Shanahan and Haggerty together for the opening bout. They appeared evenly matched. At this time the club house was crowded, in the neighborhood of one thousand sports being present.
This was Shanahan’s first fight and he made a showing against the clever Haggerty that he need be not the least ashamed of. The only mistake he made was not being more aggressive.
Haggerty won because he had a left hand that was too deep a problem for Shanahan to solve. Whether Jack hooked it or sent it in straight it was too fast for Tommy to see last night. It was apparent that Shanahan was nervous on account of it’s being his first fight for a decision.
All through the fight Haggerty landed his left and the only times when Shanahan counted were when he went into a mix up and during several of these lively affairs he tagged Jack with considerable force, for he has a pretty nice right for a green boy. The decision was satisfactory even to Tommy, who remarked that he would do better next time.
After a short wait the principals of the wind up appeared and were introduced. Sullivan was as fine as silk, while, in spite of the reports to the contrary, McConnell looked as if he had been gazing into the bottom of a beer glass too frequently for a man in training. Sullivan was taller, but McConnell was the heavier. Without wasting much time in getting ready the gong sounded and the men got to work. Spike wore a pair of white fighting trunks and a broad smile. Dan looked serious, as if he realized that he was up against the real thing. After a little fiddling and a few leads that did not do any damage the men got close and Spike ripped in a right upper cut that landed squarely on Dan’s jaw and the Camden man went down. It was a hard punch and McConnell never fully recovered from it. Spike was merciful and Dan lasted until the welcome sound of the gong.
McConnell came out like a fighting cock and tried all that he knew, but his best wasn’t good enough to worry the clever Irishman from Boston. Spike smiled and let Dan go it as long as he wished. In this round and in the third and fourth Sullivan confined his efforts to stabbing McConnell’s pantry and the Camden boy grew weaker as the result. A stomach full of beer does not like to be punched and it looked as if Dan’s tank had rebelled.
In the fifth Spike started in to finish his job and in a minute had McConnell in such a condition that Referee Crowhurst was compelled to stop the bout. Sullivan will appear again on the 27th of the present month, when he will meet the best man the T. A. C. can secure.
Dan McConnell vs. John Blackson
Philadelphia Inquirer —
John Blackson, of Chester, who is fast coming to the title of champion light-weight, will meet Dan McConnell, Camden’s champion, in a six-round wind-up at the Broadway Athletic Club to-night. The semi-wind-up brings together Roddie Wigmore, of Southwark, and Jack Dougherty, of Chester. Preliminaries; Jack Rice, of Southwark, and John Miller, of Schuylkill; Tom Curry, of Schuylkill, and Ed Deguz, of Gray’s Ferry; Ike Stone, of Southwark, and Young Batley, of Philadelphia.
Allen and Callahan To-night
Philadelphia Inquirer —
The contest between Joe Allen and Tim Callahan, Philadelphia’s premier feather weights, which has created so much interest and discussion in pugilistic circles, will come off to-night. The two crack boxers will meet at the Globe Theatre, Third and Green streets, and a lively mill may be looked for. Callahan and Allen are bitter rivals, and as both have trained faithfully and are in good condition, an interesting bout will undoubtedly be witnessed. An attractive list of preliminary contests has been arranged. In the opening contest Johnnie Devine will meet Young Whistler, a brother of the famous Billy, while Billy Ferro and Young Marshall will be the principals in the second contest. Dan McConnell and Dan Danvers will clash in the third contest, while Joe Sullivan, the very promising Gloucester featherweight, will meet Lew Ryall in the semi-windup.
Norton and McConnell — They Will Meet in a Six-Round Bout on Thursday Night
Philadelphia Inquirer —
NORTON AND M’CONNELL
They Will Meet in a Six-Round Bout on Thursday Night
An event that is causing a considerable amount of talk at present is the six-round bout between Charles Norton, Billy Wilson’s lightweight champion, and Dan McConnell, light-weight champion of New Jersey, which takes place at the Globe Theatre next Thursday evening, December 21. Norton, who for the past two years has been defeating all the best 135-pound amateur boxers that could be produced, has proved himself to be in a class above, and has accordingly accepted McConnell’s defi to any light-weight boxer in the country.
McConnell is a very aggressive fighter, and has defeated some of the best lightweights in the city, and can always be relied upon to give a good account of himself. In Norton he will find that he is up against a man of a different calibre than any he has yet met, as Norton is a boxer who always keeps himself in good shape, and will be prepared to give McConnell the battle of his life, as he is very anxious that his first professional fight shall be recorded as a victory. As both are very aggressive fighters this contest should prove to be a corker.
Sporting Miscellany
Philadelphia Inquirer —
George McFadden and Jack O’Brien are matched to fight in New York on May 18.
Charles White is to referee the fight between Fitzsimmons and Dunkhorst in New York April 23.
At Dexter Park, L. I., Tuesday Thomas A. Short won the monthly shoot of the Parkway Rod and Gun Club.
July 20 and 21 have been selected as the dates for the National Regatta on the speedway course of the Harlem river.
Henry O. Havemeyer’s new yacht Impatience is to race against a new unnamed sloop-yacht being built by the Herreshoffs.
Jouett Meekin, who was lately released by the Bostons, has signed to pitch for the Pittsburg team the coming season.
Charles Smithers’ schooner-yacht Fleur-de-Lys, New York Yacht Club, arrived at Hampton Roads Tuesday from Nassau, N. P.
James J. Jeffries began active training Tuesday for his championship battle with James J. Corbett. He is training at Allenhurst.
“Spike” Sullivan has been matched to fight “Jack” Daly, of Wilmington, 20 rounds at 133 pounds at Waterbury, Conn., the latter part of this month.
All inspectors of the Highway Department of Brooklyn have been ordered to learn bicycle riding before May 1, on which date carriages will be done away with.
Governor Roosevelt’s appointment of Frederick C. Stevens, Harry Hamlin and C. H. Halcomb as New York State Fair Commissioners was highly approved by all horsemen.
Entries for the Amateur Boxing Tournament to be held at Menser’s Hall April 19 by the Knickerbocker Athletic Club are to close on Tuesday, April 17, with R. J. Sullivan, 975 Argyle avenue.
John B. Day, chief of umpires of the National Baseball League, has issued a letter ordering that there shall be no disputing of the umpires’ decisions under pain of an investigation by him.
Manager Henning, of the Riverside Athletic Club, announces that the lightweight boxer, Joseph Bartell, will referee the contests at the club’s amateur sparring tournament to be held April 25.
Columbia students held a mass-meeting Tuesday at the university in New York and definitely decided to have a crew. They backed up their determination with money, subscribing more than $1,500.
William Brown, of the Nassau Wheelmen, New York, will try to ride 2,500 miles on a bicycle. He will start May 12 on Long Island roads. He will employ 35 pacing machines, including automobiles.
A match has been arranged between “Kid” Broad, of Cleveland, and Jack McClelland, of Pittsburg, before the Business Men’s Gymnasium Club of Cleveland on May 1. The fight will be for 20 rounds.
“Gus” Ruhlin, Corbett’s sparring partner, arrived at Lakewood, N. J., Monday. Ruhlin says Corbett is fit to fight now. Ruhlin has gone into training for his fight with Fitzsimmons at Westchester on June 1.
Joseph Walcott may now get on a fight with “Tommy” Ryan, who has concluded to draw the color line no longer. William A. Brady will now arrange a match for Ryan with Walcott to be held at Coney Island some time this summer.
At Niles, Ohio, Monday night, Matty Matthews, of New York, defeated William Payne, of Baltimore, in six rounds on points. Matthews also knocked out Dan McConnell, of Trenton, in the third round by a right-hand blow on the jaw.
Coming Boxing Shows — Crockey Boyle and Ellwood McCloskey Fight at National To-night
Philadelphia Inquirer —
COMING BOXING SHOWS
Crockey Boyle and Ellwood McCloskey Fight at National To-night
To-night’s the night when Crockey Boyle will have a chance to satisfy the ambition he has possessed ever since Ellwood McCloskey secured the decision over him at the Arena some time recently. The management of the National Athletic Club has acted wisely in matching these two well-known and clever fighters for its wind-up at Pennsylvania Hall, Eighth and Christian streets, to-night. Both men are anxious that their differences should be adjusted, and with the willingness with which either one of them always fights there is every assurance that they will furnish a rattling good windup to a rattling good show. Other warm members on the bill are Walter Edgarton, the “Kentucky Rosebud,” and John Henry Johnson, who will be the principals in the semi-windup. The preliminaries will be fought by Ollie Butler and Teddy Banks, and George Walker and Jack Rice. Joe Amon and Fred McFadden are expected to do some great things in a special six-round bout.
At the Nonpareil Athletic Club to-night the windup will be between Isidor Strauss and George Cole, and it gives promise of being a pretty mill. A keen rivalry exists between this pair, and as both are fast and aggressive fighters, it is likely they will set a hot pace from the tap of the gong. In the semi-wind-up Frank Fisher and Jimmy Devine will try conclusions. The preliminaries will bring together Jene Tummey vs. Tommy Redman, Jack McFarland vs. Kid Krause and Frank Bradley vs. Buzzard Ingram.
In the wind-up at the Pelican Athletic Club next Monday night Billy Berger, the game 115-pounder, will face Billy Maharg, who gave Paddy Donovan all that was coming to him last week. In the preliminaries, which will be for six rounds each, Al Siddons, of Kensington, vs. Jimmy McHale, of Southwark; Patsy McCord, of Chestnut Hill, vs. Lew Reveau, of Jenkintown; “Big” Emberger, of Rising Sun, vs. “Big” Levi, of Nicetown; Paddy Shevelin, of Nicetown, vs. Ed. Lillis, of Fairhill; Dick Wilson, of Germantown, vs. Jack Rice, of Southwark.
Kid Bernasconi, Danny Dougherty, Frankie Welsh, Harry Burke and Harry Berger, who will meet Tommy Feltz, Terry Edwards, George Monroe, Tommy Sullivan and Tim Kelly in the great intercity boxing contests between Philadelphia and New York, at the Penn Art Club, Twentieth street and Montgomery avenue, next Monday night, April 23, are in active training for their great battles. The local boys are confident that they will come off victorious. Word has been received from the Gotham representatives that they are prepared to show their Quaker City brethren a few new tricks at the squared circle game.
The Central Athletic Club for its windup to-night will have Bull McCarthy, the old Philadelphia trial horse, and Jack Williams, the clever New Orleans boxer. In the semi-windup Jimmy Simister, of Fairmount, will be matched against Eddie McCaffrey. The preliminary bouts will bring together Arthur Brown and Tom O’Hara, Johnny McKeever and Arthur Donahue and Kid Williams and Young Harris.
Tom O’Rourke is negotiating for a fistic club in Hoboken, and in the event of his success, may attempt to pull off the big fights, scheduled to take place at the Seaside Club, on the Jersey side of the river.
George Franklin, of Slatington, and Jack Sullivan, of Bridgeport, fought a fifteen-round draw before the Keystone A. A., Allentown, last night.
Chief of Police Donovan, of Hoboken, insists that under no circumstances will a transfer of the bouts scheduled for the Seaside A. A., Coney Island, to Hoboken be allowed.
Curley Supples, the Buffalo lightweight, has been matched to meet Jack Abbott, of Victoria, at Omaha, May 5, in a twenty-round contest at 133 pounds.
Charles Jeffries is anxious to meet any local light-weight boxer, Dan McConnell or Charley Norton preferred. Address care Pythian A. C.
Dave Holley, of Woodbury, is desirous of clashing with Toddy Banks, and is willing to post a cash forfeit for a battle at 122 pounds.
Coming Boxing Bouts — Cleary and Williams Come Together at the National A. C. To-night
Philadelphia Inquirer —
COMING BOXING BOUTS
Cleary and Williams Come Together at the National A. C. To-night
There should be some stiff milling at the National Athletic Club, Pennsylvania Hall, Eighth and Christian streets, to-night, that is, if judgment can be based upon the card. With one exception all the boys are known to be willing boxers and the exception, Harry Ramsey, of Washington, comes here with an excellent reputation. The chief interest of course will centre in the wind-up between Tom Cleary, of this city, and Jack Williams, of New Orleans. There is no question about the skill or the gameness of either. It should be an exciting bout from end to end, with a likelihood of something dropping before the expiration of the six rounds. The semi wind-up will bring together Gus Gardner, the Fighting Dutchman, and Joe Sullivan. They should make a merry mill of it. From a local standpoint the special six-round bout between George Walker and Jack Rice possesses just as much interest as the wind-up itself. The rivalry between them has been keen for some time past, and to-night it is expected that the question of supremacy will be settled once for all. Tommy Collins and Jack Meeker and Harry Ramsey and Dave Holly will furnish the preliminaries. If Ramsey makes good the reputation which has preceded him he will give Holly quite a battle.
* * *
Champion Terry McGovern is pulling off extra pounds to meet Elwood McCloskey at the Penn Art Club next Monday night. The other Mac is doing all sorts of stunts at the Pythian Club and is visited daily by a host of admirers, who take great interest in his work. The veteran is already within hailing distance of the required number of pounds and states that he was never better physically in his life than he is at the present time. Both Flanagan and Dougherty, who will meet upon the same night, are working faithfully to get to the required weight of 110 pounds.
* * *
Jack Everhart will not have to go away from Philadelphia without being accommodated with a fistic encounter. He came here with Jack McCormick looking for scalps, and it was at first thought by Jack that he would have to leave without a fight. Young Starr, however, has stepped into the breach and the two will meet this evening at the Nonparell Club as the wind up of a show that will be first class in every respect. The semi wind up will be between Dan McConnell and “Kid” Krause. For the introduction, Eddie McCaffrey and “Snapper” Ack will mix things. Jack Woolam and Billy Devine will follow and then Milo, the strong boy, will face “Reddy” McDonald, of Shenandoah.
McConnell and Cleary to Meet
Philadelphia Inquirer —
The Broadway A. C., Broad and Ellsworth, will give the boys a run for their money to-morrow night. For the grand wind-up it has two of the best men that could be secured, namely Dan McConnell, the champion lightweight of Camden, and Tom Cleary, of Fairmount. As both these men are famous boxers there promises to be some genuine sport furnished in this bout. The semi-wind-up is also a good one, bringing together all the cleverest boys downtown, George Krall, of Point Breeze; Billy Devine, of the Quaker City A. C.
Coming Boxing Bouts — Owen Ziegler and Jack Bennett at the Penn Art Monday Night
Philadelphia Inquirer —
COMING BOXING BOUTS
Owen Ziegler and Jack Bennett at the Penn Art Monday Night
Manager McCarthy has finally settled upon Jack Bennett to meet Owen Ziegler in the wind-up at the Penn Art Club, Twentieth street and Montgomery avenue, on Monday night next. They appeared at one of the early shows of the club, and put up a go that was worth travelling miles to witness. It was a corking good bout from end to end, and so fast did the boys travel that at the conclusion the spectators were almost evenly divided in their opinion as to which of the two had the better of the exchanging. Though their styles are materially different—Bennett depending upon his exceptional quickness to land a punch and escape return, Ziegler upon his willingness to take a punch in order to get in one—they invariably put up a bout that appeals to the spectators. The semi-wind-up will be between Ed Denfass, who has a big following here, and Harry Fisher, of Brooklyn. Denfass demonstrated in his bout with big Jack McCormick his ability to give away weight, and that at the same time to render a good account of himself. Fisher is a middleweight of ability, and is well calculated to bring out all there may be in Denfass. The Ritchie Brothers will appear in the preliminaries. Clarence will be stacked up against Eddy Lenny, who has not appeared here for some time, and who will be called upon to redeem himself, and Clarence will try conclusions with Lew Ryall. It is a well balanced program.
* * *
Spectators always get a run for their money at the National Athletic Club, Eighth and Christian streets, and they should get a particularly good run to-night, when Jim Maloney, the champion lightweight of Ireland, and Jack Cooney, of Cincinnati, appear in the wind-up. Maloney has appeared here twice, and on each occasion he has delivered the goods. Cooney is well thought of in the western country, and is highly recommended by Tim Callahan, of this city. If the latter’s judgment goes for anything then Cooney must be all right. There can be no question about the merit of the semi-wind-up. Both Paddy Donovan and George Walker have repeatedly demonstrated their ability in boxing stunts and when they get together this evening a rattling good exhibition may be looked for. The preliminaries also promise well. Snapper Ack will collide with “Kid” Decker; Eddie Rocap will try conclusions with Johnny Eagan, and Jack Ashton and John Henry Johnson will come together. A good night’s sport is assured.
* * *
The weekly boxing show of the Central Athletic Club, 1913 Market street, takes place to-night and the program arranged is a very strong one. The wind-up will be between Jim Burke, of Brooklyn, and Dan McConnell, of Camden. Burke is becoming a strong favorite in this city by the stiff contests that he put up with Young Starr and Tommy Cleary and Dan McConnell has long been known to the sporting public as a game and determined boxer. The semi-wind-up will bring together Charley Mulhall and Billy Devine. The show will open with Bob Foster and Young Preston. They will be followed by Ike Stone and Peter King. The third will bring together George Krall and Tom Burkett.
Gossip Bout the Boxers — Tommy West and Young Peter Jackson at the Penn Club To-night
Philadelphia Inquirer —
GOSSIP BOUT THE BOXERS
Tommy West and Young Peter Jackson at the Penn Club To-night
Tommy West and Young Peter Jackson are slated for a six-round argument at the Penn Athletic Club, Twentieth street and Montgomery avenue, to-night. Considering the distance that they are to travel they should go at a rapid gait. Jackson is seized with the idea that Walcott would have nothing on him in a finish bout, and in a defi sent out from Baltimore on Saturday declared that if the Barbados Demon would give him a match he would bet him $1500 on the side. His faith in his own ability to hold Walcott safe is doubtless inspired by the showing the pair made at their meeting at the Penn Club some time ago. But before he seeks such high game Jackson will have to show what he can do with the man who once put Walcott away in eleven rounds. He will have that chance to-night when he meets West. If he can prove that he is his master in six rounds, then he will have earned the right to look higher. West, however, is a pretty stiff proposition, no matter how he is booked up, and may be depended upon to keep Jackson busy. The semi-wind up will be between Charley Norton and Bobby Thompson, the cycling boxer. The preliminaries will be between Jack Hanlon and Steve Judge and Eddie Rocap and Billy Lewis.
William H. Morris, treasurer of the local Jack Dempsey memorial fund, announces the following contributions:
J. H. W. ... $5.00 L. B. C. ... 1.00
W. H. Morris ... 5.00 J. J. Wafts ... 5.00
Cash ... 1.00 Wm. McGauley ... 5.00
Robt. W. McCay ... 1.00 Nathan Davis ... 1.00
M. T. Gellen ... 1.00 Henry M. Walls ... 2.00
Wm. Muherod ... 1.00 Connie Mark ... 5.00
Contributions may be sent direct to Mr. Morris, 108 South Eleventh street; T. G. Murphy, the Hotel Scott; H. D. Edwards, 23 North Eleventh street; J. G. Donoghue, southeast corner Eighth and Vine streets; Frank S. Morely, secretary Fraternal Order of Eagles, Broad and Spring Garden streets, and the Sporting Editor The Inquirer.
The contest between Eddie Lenny and Joe Bernstein in the ring of the Washington Sporting Club to-night gives promise of being one of the most interesting affairs witnessed by ring followers hereabouts in a long while. Lenny and Bernstein are in the very best of condition, and as they are leaders in the feather-weight class and have reputations at stake, there should be something doing all through the six rounds. The other bouts of the evening will be between Jimmy Devine and Kid Terrill, of Yonkers; Kid Lone and Jack Lansing, Dan McConnell and Joe Grim and Sammy Smith and Mike Tufts.
Things are certainly blowing Jack McGuigan’s way. He is not only landing the best of the fistic talent, but also other things. He was the recipient of a handsome scarf pin from four brothers of the Fraternal Order of Eagles on Friday night. The donors were Frank T. Lynch, Thomas F. Riley and James Ryan, members of “A Trip to Buffalo” Company; and Joseph J. Crandall, of this city. Manager McGuigan was invited to the Owl Club rooms and the pin was presented by George M. Young. The pin is an eagle of solid gold, with outspread wings and set with a brilliant diamond. It was given as a token of esteem and in return for favors shown the visiting “birds” during their stay in this city. A light luncheon was served and to vary the entertainment, Griff Jones and Harry Hafner boxed four two-minute rounds. Members of the theatrical company contributed their part.
What Boys in Ring Are Doing — Dougherty and Feltz Wind-Up To-Night at Penn Club
Philadelphia Inquirer —
WHAT BOYS IN RING ARE DOING
Dougherty and Feltz Wind-Up To-Night at Penn Club
The wind-up at he [sic] Penn Athletic Club to-night between Danny Dougherty and Tommy Feltz should be productive of some good sport. There is not the slightest likelihood of this bout turning out to be one of those tiresome clinching affairs of which Philadelphia patrons of boxing have had a surfeit of late. These boys have a more inspiring incentive than the mere gathering in of their share of the receipts. Each has an idea that he is several shades the better of the other, and hopes to make that superiority marked this evening.
Billy Devine — He and Isidor Strauss meet in the semi-wind-up to-night at the Penn A. C.
Dougherty will have the bulk of the local sentiment behind him, but Feltz will not want for admirers at that. The semi-wind-up will be between Isidar [sic] Strauss and Billy Devine. Strauss, who has been out of the game for some time, will meet a boxer of his own style in Devine. Neither is overburdened with science, but what they may lack in that particular they will make up for in earnestness. Bobby Thompson, the cycling boxer, and one of the ruggedest of the local army of boxers, will meet Dan McConnell, of Camden. The latter has been at work for the past two weeks in anticipation of getting on a match, and will doubtless keep Thompson busy all the way. The preliminaries will be between Kid Williams and Kid Stein, Joe O’Hara and George Riley, and George Marshall and Pete Burke.
The Globe Athletic Club, which has secured the Globe Theatre for the holding of its boxing shows, will give its first entertainment to-morrow night. The wind-up will be between Danny Dougherty and Sammy Smith. The semi-wind-up will bring together Lew Ryall and “Glassy” Shields, of Southwark. The other bouts are as follows: Eddie Rocap vs. Pete Burke, of Brooklyn; Jack Mecker, of Southwark, vs. Eddie Hughes, of Kensington, and James Nelson vs. Jim Mack.
The bouts to be furnished the sport-loving people of Kensington next Saturday night, April 12, by the Keystone Athletic Club, will be red-hot stuff. It is a matter of much talk as to which is the better boy, Young Sharkey or Billy Fairburn. It will be conclusively decided in the wind-up, and as there is a little feeling between the followers of the two boxers, much may be expected. The semi-wind-up will have as contestants Morris Mahoney and Jack Kelly, the lightweight champion of Delaware. The other bouts will be in keeping with the rest of the program.
The fact that Tommy Ryan, of Syracuse, has withdrawn his offer to meet Jack O’Brien, at Louisville, on May 5, has added additional interest to the bout between O’Brien and Walcott, which takes place in Industrial Hall Friday night. Ryan has already drawn the color line, and it looks as if he did not care to have any of O’Brien’s game until after the fight at least. Should O’Brien win over Walcott the chances are that Ryan would side-step again, and this fact alone is enough to make the local boy extend himself to beat the negro.
Captain Dan Sells Oyster House
Camden Daily Courier —
Captain Dan McConnell, who has run an oyster house for many years at 125 Main street, has sold the good will and fixtures and some oysters to Billy Dieffendorff, a young man who is well known in the Poynts. Billy will run a first class oyster house and will cater to family trade especially. Captain Dan will go to Anglesea where he will spend his future days as a fisherman.