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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.
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.
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.