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The St. Paul Daily Globe, May 29, 1887, p. 4


THE BANTAMS.


Everything in Readiness for the Featherweight Contest.


Tommy Warren Tommy Danforth Tommy Warren, from the West, and Tommy Danforth, from the East, are finally to settle the featherweight championship of America in a fifteen-round contest Monday evening at the Washington rink, Minneapolis. The match has created universal interest because it settles the championship of America, and the winner is certain to be challenged by Weir, the Belfast Spider, for the championship of the world. The last Danforth-Warren meeting at Minneapolis resulted in a draw after ten hotly-contested rounds. After a year of mouth-fighting they have almost got together again, and fifteen rounds should afford them sufficient scope to demonstrate who is the better man. Both are in perfect condition, and the cordial feeling of dislike which exists between them makes it certain that their meeting will be animated, to say the least. Warren arrived at Minneapolis yesterday from La Crosse, and wherever he went was the object of curiosity. He was rigged out in a gorgeous spring suit, and did not seem to dislike the notice he received. Danforth has also come in from Bass lake, and last night called at the GLOBE office. His three weeks of hard training has reduced him from 127½ to 117 pounds, and his appearance has been considerably changed as a result.

He has emulated Warren's example as to clothes, and looked like a Bowery swell on a Coney island trip. Both men are to weigh at 8 o'clock to-morrow morning. If either goes over 120 pounds he is to forfeit $250. Warren will probably not weigh over 117 pounds, which Danforth claims is his weight to an ounce. The match is to come off promptly at 9 o'clock in the evening. Heretofore it has been customary to have such events occur about the mystic hour of 11, after the audience has been entertained (?) by a number of uninteresting set-tos between no-account boxers. The innovation is a good one, and will enable people from St. Paul and other places to return home the same night. It is likely that only one preliminary set-to will be allowed, and that will be between Pat Killen, the champion heavy-weight of the Northwest, and some clever boxer. The sale of reserved seats has been large, and an immense audience will be present.


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