The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-01
Match Offered to htWeights
at West End Club on
December 10.
BOUT SET FOR TEN ROUNDS.
Fights Also Scheduled for Mis-
souri,, North Side and Column
bian Athletic Clubs and
Business Mems Gym.

| If present arrangements go through
| Benny Yanger and Hugh MePadden vii
| christen the new West End Club in 8
pugilstic way by meeting in ten-rount
sparring bout at 1876 or 12s pounds Thurs
| day evening. December 10.
| According TO announcements made by
| Charley Haughton yesterday. to this pail
has been rendered the fight for next week
with purse of $500 hung up as the prize
He states that there will he no winners
| or losers end 10 this purse. but that the
| men will fight for Il specified division OF
| the spoils.
In case Yanger demands the larger end
| as being the stronger attraction. which is
considered possible. Haughton states tina,
| he will split the money 500 and 5000, win
| lose or draw.
Hanger and Jack OKeefe are now on a
theatrical tour and word is expected this
morning from Benny McPadden il still
under the care of Ed Smith of Chicago,
and the latter has been wired concerning
the matter.
The bout will mark the resumption Of
boxing at the organization, which is now
located at Cook and Claiming avenues.
fanger has fought In this city several
tunes. His last battle was his twenty
round struggle with Eddie Hanlon in San
Francisco. in which the Westerner got the
verdict after the end of Il hard struggle.
McPadden's sole fights; in this city were
his bouts with Jack McClelland and Mike
Iuths. He beat the latter and drew with
McClelland.
TO HAVE PRELIMINARY.
AS a preliminary st. Louis Tommy
Sullivan and Jack Keefe Of East St Louis
VIII be offered purse for an eight-round
go ut 12S or 12S pounds. Sullivan's good
showing in his fight Sunday with Billy
Huber caused the match to be rendered
MIN and the affair may possibly be sched-
uled.
Frank Hart. who is handling Sullivan,
states that friends of the latter are will
ing to bet 500 he can win from Keefe
and that If he is notified about the matter
he can arrange for this bet
Jack Keefe is scheduled to figure in the
resumption or boxing at the Missouri
Athletic Club, also. ten-round match be-
h f~sen ~. keefs and Fred Green OF Cleveland
the feature of four bouts on the pro-
gramme.
The, men are to go ten rounds at 1913
nounced at the club. Three other fights
are scheduled to fill in the card The first
OF these IS an eight-round go at 123
pounds aid p between Dummy schenck and
Ryan of Chicago. at lib pounds. while
fse other event VII be sY-r9Ind bout
They will go on at catch weights.
Gus Bezenah and Cooney Kelley will go
ten rounds at the Columbian Athletic Club
scheduled to weigh in at 1l6 pounds at
$50. This will be Bezenah's first battle
since his matches at the West End Club,
In which he met Morris Rauch and Joe
1anger. Charley Cornwall and Pete
O'Burn will go on in the preliminary. a
siN-round go, at 142 pounds.
YOUNGSTERS TO MEET.
As preliminary to the Andy Walsh
Andy Stevenson hattie at the North Side
Athletic Club next Thursday evening,
Young Forbes" the paper weight, who
made his Initial appearance in the ring
at Hibernian picnic last summer, will
tight another youngster at IS pounds. They
Will be about the smallest scrappers in the
ring.