The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-10-06
MANY PUGILISTIC BOUTS
Al Mcneil to Meet Young
Gibbs, of Cleveland.

Al Mcneil. the middleweight champion
Of California. who recently secured the
decision over Young Peter Jackson. 70
the coIored cyclone fighter. in Oakland.
Cal has been secured 70 meet Young
Gibbs. the clever coIored fighter. of
Cleveland. for twenty rounds a one of
the clubs in San Francisco the latter
part Of next month These men fought a
slashing twenty-round draw at Oakland.
Cal, some time ago. They will meet at
catchweights.
John Hertz. manager and matchmaker
Of the America A. c.. of Chicago. has
issued the following statement regarding
the decision Of Joe Choynski IN The
Young Mowatt-Jack O-Keefe bout.
which caused such dissatisfaction:
"Choynski is either entirely fncaps biz
OF judging a boxing bout or there was
something underneath the surface that
knew nothing about. It was the worst
decision I ever saw, and I hope it wiz
never occur again at the America A. c.
IN the future George siler, of Chicago.
viii be the club official referee"
There is great bidding at present by
the matchmakers Of clubs all over the
country for the contest between Tommy
Ryan, the middleweight champion, and
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien- Every club
IL Chicago, Philadelphia and San Fran
cisco has offered the fighters splendid
inducements TO battle fer. but they have
not accepted any Of them as yet The
10 rod H1
pugiIsts comes from Jack Hermann,
matchmaker of the International Attn
Ietic Club of Fort Erie. who is willing
10 give the men a guaranteed purse o.
s. 010 OF he will give them 90 per cent
Of the gross receipts.
Eddie Kennedy, the hard hitting welter-
weight, Of Pittsburg. who is to meet
Walter Burgo. OF Boston. in a fifteen
round bout AT Barnsboro. Pa. tomorrow
night, has another match on his lands.
His opponent viii be Matty " ,tthews
the X-weIteTweight champion They will
fight twenty rounds al boxing show
which is TO be decided a few miles out
side Of Pittsburg on October 13.
The six-round bout between Jack
Root, the middIeweight fighter OF Chi
EEED- anu III mart Llit Ll4t-i-4s-1-
sIugger from Louisville which w .
have been decided before the Ar .
Athletic Club. OF Chicago, tomorrow
Eight has fallen through
AureIlo Herrera. the Mexican feather
weight, who gave Terry McGovern such
a hard battle out on the coast over two
years ago, IS the latest featherweight
who is anxious to get on a fight With
Young Corbett, the featheTweight cham
piOn- Herrera says he has q. 900 OF his
own money which he is willing to bet on
himself in a battle with CorbetI. The
Twentieth Century A c. Of Los Angeles,
and the numerous clubs in San Francisco
have informed Herrera that they will
cGer a good purse for the battle.
Eddie Lenny. the featherweiEht fight
er. OF Chester, Pa, who meets Young
Corbett at Philadelphia OF Tuesday. has
been working for over two weeks for the
bout with Joe Cans. the lightweight
champion. and is reported as being IN
first class condition
Jimmy Handler. the aggressive middle
weight fighter Of Newark, has just sign
ed articles 20 meet Pat Ready, the
Washington middleweight- They will
fight twenty rounds before the SaYan-
nah CGa) Athletic Club On or about
November ;.