Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-01-08
Pantz Meets Fred Sidney
in Portland Tonight.
Goodman and OeshIer viii Clash
Before a Boston Club.
Cote ConseientiousIy Training for Next
Meeting With Pantz-- Notes.

A Cincinnati sporting man is plan
ming TO erect an auditorium in that
city to be used exclusively for boxing.
Kid Sullivan has been matched to
meet INK Russell in Philadelphia Mon
day night, and Austin Rice at Balti-
more next Friday night.
Jerry Gaines, the marketmen's
champion, has been signed 10 box
Sandy Ferguson's brother Duke" at
the Douglas Club Jan. Is.
George Gardiner, VINO is now in New
York; is anxious to box at the Chelsea
Club. He has written the matchmaker
of Douglas Club. Boston. to match him
with Marvin Hart.
Jack Dougherty and Martin Duffy
signed articles for Il fight i'll Indianapo-
lis. Jan IL. They are to go 10 rounds
and weigh in 1T l40 pounds rinSside.
Duffy says this weight will be easy for
Kim.
Kid Murphy was defeated in three
round bout by Willie Schumacher at
the New Polo A. c. New York Friday
night. Murphy WAS not in it with Schu-
nlacher, Who beat him with straight
jabs.
Eddie Santry, who announced his re-
tircmont. and vas given a SiG0 benefit
sorle weeks ago. changed his mind
quickly and is now going to hook up
with Jack O'Brien in Davenport. H.,
Jan. II.
Johnny Mooney wants to get Harry
Forbes of Chicago a match in Boston
with AL belmont or Jimmy Walsh. If
the match is made Mooney guarantees
to have Forbes in Boston q week be-
fore the battle.
Boston Globe: Rube Mccarthy, the
133- pound boxer. who has come out
lately in New York, IS said when i'll
the ring to resemble a cherry. with
shoe button on top for a head and two
toothI icks for legs. He is taller than
Jefferi"s. being feet inches in hight.
George Gardner has challenged Jack
O'Brien to fight for the light heavy
eight championship and for n side bet
Of $4,000. Gardner claims that he is en-
titled to a chance before Marvin Hart.
O'Brien says he will be glad to accept
Gardner's challenge if the clubs seem to
desire such a match.
George Jansen and Patsy Sweeney OF
Boston met at Sharkey a. G. New
York. Friday night. Sweeney and jan
sen put Up poor exhibition. wrest-
ling most of the time. The bout was ii
draw. Emergency Kelly Of Boston also
met Eddie Wallace. Wallace caught
Kelly at short range and won.
Boston Journal: Arthur Cote has
taken 4 tumble to himself since his de-
feat by Kid Pantz. and has been train
ing for several days. He will continue
hard at work at his conditioning till
Jan. -, when he will again face Pant2
at Augusta. Billy Hamilton. Cotes
manager, says he is willing to bet a
good-,ized wad that there Will be a
greatly different tale 20 tell this time.
see Grim Of Philadelphia. the human
ru.. Tag. has again demonstra ted
IA, a, a. stand any kind of pun
.a'''t t...t. .tt was Eitted against Young
..I4Eouoy Of Racine in Milwaukee. Fri
dGy night. tiIe hardest hitter in the
state and Mahoney was not able to
knock him down. much less administer
the Knockout. which Fitzsimnons had
not been able to deal to the Philadel-
phia freak.
Matty Matthews of New York and
Gene Bezenah Of Covington fought II
roInds to a draw in Cincinnati Friday
night. 1t was ore of the best fights
pulled off here for a long time. Mat
thews went to tire floor in the fourth
and that saved him. III the 18th Mat
thews landed an ugly upper cut and
4. So, tI,o
thews getting the last three rounds
Ike English's decision was satisfactory.
Boston Journal: Fitzsimmons with
any kind of levelheaded business man
agemrnt. should have been rich man
by this time. But the Cornishman has
been victim of many unscrupulous
persons during his ring career In 1898,
when he Knocked out i'm Hall at New
Orleans. he received only an insgnifi-
cant portion of the $4,000 purse and
never made a determined effort 10 So
cur" the balance. After beating Co.bett
at Carson City, FitZ turned over ST.
600 70 supposed friend to have il in
vested. but he never got a penny Of il
back. Today the old fellow is practi-
cal!y broke. although he battled for
princely purses in almost all of his
fights.
Jimmy Mason, the fight promoter of
PittSburg. played an old trick on the
Cleveland sports at the interrity bouts
in Pittsburg the other night. Kid Brock,
a Cleveland featEerw.ight, who was
looked on by sports of that city as Il
wonder. was Iitted against a boxer
they We're led to believe was Kid Reebe
of hiladelphia. Mason. learning that
the Cleveland sports We're going to
back HrOc heavily. had Jack McGuigan
of Phila delphia send on Frank Carsey
of Chicago. who has been in Philadel-
phia for some time and he fought un-
der Becbe's name. The Cleveland
sports bet several thousand dollars and
their man got such a beating that the
bout was stopped in the seventh round
Kid Goodman. who is to clash again
with Dave Deshlcr at the Douglas Cluh
Monday night. has returned to Boston
and will finish his training at the.
Charlesbank gym. While, according to
the new agreement. DeShler will again
have an advantage in weight. Goodman
Is satisfied that he will win. Desliler
and his supporters are full of conf
d"nce. y rattling semi-final of eight
rounds has been adSnl ~ tba o,rJ ,nd