The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-04-17
BY Jimmy.

BY Jimmy.
There will be no fight at the
Spokane Amateur Athletic club this
month.
Eddie Quinn, match maker for
the club, made this announcement.
this morning, and gave as his rea-
son for calling off negotiations that
it is case of too much manager"
with Potts, the lightweight, who
had been figured on as the oppon-
ent of Maurice Thompson. April o..
Potts Is a peculiar fellow. He
seems to be an ambitious youngster
and. besides managing himself, he
has manager in Minneapolis and
one somewhere in Montana. When
Quinn first heard that it would be
impossible to get Jack OKeefe to
fight Thompson on the date for
which he had made his plans, he
telegraphed Potts western" man.
ager. Fine" said he, well close
the decker right away"
Then the western" manager and
the eastern" manager got their
dates mixed. The western chap
communicated with Potts, who had
gone back to Minneapolis, and told
him to pack up his fighting tights
and other paraphernalia and light
out for Spokane, as he had secured
the April date. The western man
ager was patting himself On the
back and having visions of a large
time bossing the Potts training
camp.
But 10, it was not to be. Potts
answered that the eastern" man.
ager had him matched with some
one there and he could not well
break the date.
Such is the luck Of Eddie Quinn.
He should now sit down aid write
a hood entitled "Sleepless Nights of
a Matchmaker, or Take an Axe to
the Manager"
In telling of the affair today, Ed
die said: "The disappointment of
the OKeefe-Thompson match was
bad enough, but the Potts matter
is much worse, and | am up in the
air. Therefore I'll call the April
date off and make other arrange
ments ar May"
The Hay date has not been de-
cided on as yet. There are a bunch
o. good fast boxers whom Quinn is
in touch with and among them the
best are perhaps Eddie Hanlon and
Willie Fitzgerald. Young Corbett
may come here and fight Thompson.
Although Young Corbett is con-
sidered a dead one among the top
notchers just now. yet he still has
class enough to make a good fight
with Thompson. Corbett is match
ed to fight Fighting Dick" Hyland
at Salt Lake in few days and af-
ter the battle there he may consider
Spokane.
g o Q
Well. Kid Scaler did it again. It
took just II rounds of clever fight
ing for him to put Sailor McQuoid
away at Butte last night. After
the first two rounds he outfought
the sailor, outgeneraled him and
outpunched him. The blow which
was the undolng of McQuoid landed
on the back Of his head and he shot
to the floor as though a mule had
kicked him. Butte Is all for Seal
er now. Before last night the sail
or was thought to be the real thing.
Scaler continues to get better right
along and after a few more fights
he may expect to land a battle with
someone worth while. The way he
has of cleaning up the small fellows
in the northwest don't trouble him.
He has never yet been subject to a
right good beating not hard
enough, at least, to impair his
health nor hinder his abilities. He
is one fighter to be depended upon
at all stages Of the game when in
condition.
o o o
There is an inside" to the fight
at Palouse City between Kid Har-
rison and Young Santery. 1t will
be remembered that Harrison won
in the sixth round. 1t is claimed by