The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-22

Several OF the fistic events carded Tor
this week are OF more than ordinary
interest to New England sports. The bouts
10 be held at the Douglas club and those
TO be decided at the Portland auditorium
tonight are attracting much attention:
The feature bout at the Douglas club
will be between Benny Yanger, that great
fighter from Chicago. and Kid Goodman.
the Ghetto champion. and Is one or the
best matches the club has made, sched-
means a great deal 10 Goodman. He and
his manager Paddy Minnehan. have
planned 10 go west In the event Of the
kid winning tonight. Goodman believes
the people nereabouts have seen him fight
enough for a while, and. besides, he
figures he will get more money hghung
in the west.
Yanger. who is rated as one of the
best men in his class, is known as
the boxer with good wallop. Though he
expects Goodman To give him hard bat
tie. he is confident OF being declared the
winner.
The semi-nnal bout, which will be be
tween Willie Riley and Young Madigan,
will he an interesting event, and so will
the semi-finals and final OF the IO-pound
competition.
The club assures the members that
there will not be any further trouble over
the seating arrangements. as IL has Sc
cured circus seats. which will be ready
for use tonight
The bouts that the Eastern A. e. is TO
hold at the Portland auditorium tonight
are OF such a quality that the place ought
TO be packed. They are about the best
that have yet been arranged for that city.
Abe Attell, the shifty and clever boxer.
main bout OF Is rounds. AttelPs record
Is we'll known. In the semi-flnal George
Dixon. tho ex-premier featherweight
est boxers OF Philadelphia. Dixon has
been taking good care OF himself for some
time, and can still go fast, so that he
and stein will put up a good battle There
There has been some good bouts ar
ranged in Philadelphia for this week. To-
morrow night Adam Ryan meets INK
Russell. On Wednesday George Gard
ner will make his nrst appearance In
Philadelphia against Jim Jeffords. II has
been a long time since Philadelphians
have seen heavyweights In the ring. and
the bout is looked forward to with great
interest
on Saturday night Tommy O'Toole Of
Philadelphia and Jimmy Walsh of Bos-
ton are expected to clash. Both of their
previous encounters were whirlwind af-
fairs. with Walsh proving too clever for
three rounds and O'Toole holding his own
In the last three rounds
There are number or good three-
round bouts booked for New York for
this week. Matty Baldwin, Emergency
Kelly and the Pickaninny are some Of
the Boston boys who are to figure In
At Los Angeles Friday night Al Kauff-
man whom Billy Delaney is trying to
mold into cnamplon Is i to Gsne Rss ano,nes aSs
him such n beating he has been sparring
some with different boxers His oppo-
nent Friday night will be Dave Barry.
one OF the aspirants for the heavyweight
title Barry IS not very clever. but he
Is n very rugged boxer.
The fight between Cal McVey and Ed.
Martin the husky colored heavyw ight.
az san Diego Thursday nieht should be
n great mill Both are clever and can
hit hard.
Bouts scheduled:
Monday-Kid Goodman VS. Benny Yam
ger, Willie Riley VS. Young Madigan and
the semifnals and finals OF the 100 pound
competition.
Abe Atten VS. Billy Maynard. and
George Dixon VS. Kid Stein, Eastern A.
c.. Portland Me.
Andy Walsh VS.. Kid Williams. New
York
Kid Murphy vs w Schumacher, Jeffer-
son A c., New York
A. McGary vs. Matty Mathews. Mont
gomery A. c.. New York
INK Russell VS. Adam Ryan. Phlladel-
phta.
Jack Downey VS. Pat. Connors, Brook
lyn.
Tuesday--A Cote VS.. ]. Kenyon. San
ford Me.
Emergency Kelly VS. Bert Keys, Green
point, l.. !.
Matty Baldwin VS.. Johnny Burdick. Phil
McGovern VS. George Kitson. The Pick
aninny" VS. Harry Senter. and Kid Muir
ply VS. KID Kelly Brooklyn
Wednesday-Tommy Connolly vs..
Charles Mulhall. Lancaster. Penn.
Frank Carsey vs. Kid Taylor, Erie.
Penn.
Monte Attell VS.. Jockey Bennett, Sacra-
mento.
Joe Grim va. Sailor Burke, Central A.
C.. New York
Pady Nee VS. Tom Penderghast, Grand
Rapids.
George Gardner VS.. Jim Jeffords, Ma
tional A. c., Philadelphia
Thursday-Emergency Kelly vs. w.
Hoey, New York
ED Martin VS. Cal McNey. San Diego.
Friday-Al Kaufman VS.. Dave Barry,
Los Angeles.
Spider Welsh vs. Rube Smith Denver.
Saturday-JimmY Walsh vs. Tommy
O'Toole at Philadelphia.
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