Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-08

From Los Angeles comes the report that
the recent Jack Johnson-Denver Ed Mar
tin battle in which Martin went down In
the second round was a frame-up to boost
Johnson's championship aspirations.
Henry Melody of Boston. who was re-
Gently defeated by Paddy Ryan of Chicago,
will try to redeem himself next Monday
night when the men are TO ngnt IN Sin-
cago at 142 pounds.
Mayor Harrison has decided to allow the
Chicago boxing clubs to reopen, with the
stipulation that if there is any wrangling
among the promoters or any taking al any
of the clubs they will all be closed and re-
main closed.
Marvin Hart Is to take on Gus Rubin be-
fore Chicago club as the first step OF his
effort to reach champion Jim Jenr1es. IL
the Louisville boxer beats Rubin he Will
20 after Kid Mccoy and Jack Johnson.
Jimmy Gardner. the Lowell lightweight,
who was matched to fight Jimmy Britt on
December 16 and was sidetracked when
Battling Nelson and Britt were matched,
has a fight on for that date with Jack
OKeefe of Chicago They are to be-
twenty rounds at Butte City at 1875 pounds
Harry Forbes of Chicago and Tommy
Feltz, the Brooklyn bantam-weight, are to
mix it up tonight for fifteen rounds before
the West End Athletic Club Of st. Louis.
The battle should be an interesting one.
Feltz is thought to be back to his old form
of several years ago. If he Is he will give
the challenger Of Joe Bowker a hard fight.
frankie Neil. the ex-bantam-weight
champion, has been offered a match on the
Pacific coast with either Johnny Reagan or
Hughey McGovern during the winter. and
has sgnified his willingness to take on
either boy. Neil has been putting up the
claim that while actually bantam weight,
he has been compelled to take on feather
weights.
Sam Langford and Jack Blackburn are
scheduled to box fifteen rounds to a de-
cision at Jap pounds tomorrow night at
Marlboro, Mass. The men are likely can
didates for the welter-weight champion
ship. which Joe Walcott's compelled re-
tirement has left open. Langford has a
draw with Walcott to his credit. Black
burn beat Joe Cans, who drew with Wal
colt.
Aleck Greggains, manager Of San Fran
cisco boxing club. offers to give Young
Corbett chance to fight the winner of
the Nelson-Britt fight, which takes place
there on December 90 Greggains has the
January fight permit for San Francisco.
He demands that Corbett put himself UNI
der Greggains' management and must leave
the city and go on ranch. Greggains
says Corbett is by no means a back number
and can fight as good as ever, if he will
work. JIl
Philadelphia Jack o'Brien is trying hard
to force Tommy Ryan to meet him in
twenty-round bout in San Francisco for the
middle-weight championship O'Briens
latest proposition is that he will make
Ryan a present of $4,000 cash when they
enter the ring. O'Brien says: 81 am sure
that / can defeat him. So sure, in fact,
that will make almost any sacrifice to get
him into the ring with me- l want to be
the holder of the worlds championship or
lose whatever claim l have to fight for the
title. The public, too, is anxious to have
the question settled. and 1 will do my best
to force Ryan into a match We should
draw $4,000 in San Francisco, where we
may fight twenty rounds. am sure can
defeat him in that limit"