Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-09
"PENNYS' PRIZE
RING GOSSIP.
The Boxing Game is Likely 10 Go
To the Bad in PhiIa.
deIphia.
BAT NELSON AND ]. BRITT
Jack O'Brien May Go 10 Australia.
doc Cans Back Under Herford',
Protecting Wing?

After several years OF prosperity d
nov looks like the boxing game I,
about to expire in Philadelphia Dur.
ing the past few weeks Il has bee,
made apparent that the people a,
Quakertown have had q surfeit az IN.
sport This change of conditions can
be- attributed TO one thing. and one ,r.
ly-the squabble among the promoter.
Increase in the number Of clubs. Doc,
matches and promoters who are r.,
qualified.
SAME OLD STORY.
II is the same old story one no.
moter can not stand 10 see aroihs.
make few dollars out Of the gam.
| II Is quite evident that some OF 'ha.s
would-be promoters were !n a lana
measure responsible for the Burn.
Ftzsimmons hasco at the TuX.8,
club last week when the g0yer1t-
stopped the proposed bout.
The game is on Il shaky foundation ia
Los Angeles at the present time hs.
cause OF the charge that san Frau,sn
men were mixed up IN tho Nelson.
Herrera fuke II seems 10 be the sam,
everywhere. Not many years ago 10
same trouble obtained night here
Salt Lake.
Many contests az interest were So.
cessfully held, but the anvil chorus q,
busy and-2S for the sport Il .s,h
same In nearly every city whore bouts
are permitted and the final result
likely 10 be the death Of the game RI
this country. and in that event ,hsa
are q great many night fans who would
shed no tears
NELSON AND BRITT.
Il is hard to tell just when The uet,
big ring contest will take place hgt
indications point 10 another uIt be-
tween Battling Nelson and Jane, "a.
ward Britt, despite the fact that he
latter was somewhat roughly handed
by Terry McGoyern. Nelson IS sun
champion since he slowed away Here.
IA and his mighty punch The Mexican
is a dead one and now the logical come
biuation seems 20 be Nelson and Brit
with Madison Square Garden as DE
battle ground. Britt claims 90 Boo ue.
dying for a chance 10 get back 40 ,ha
battler
Up 10 date Nelson has called every
bluf that Britt has made regarding
another meeting, even 20 the posting %
2 $4,000 forfeit. 90 "a rs side bet Sd
there Is every prospect that the mats
may be made. Incidentally the Chic.
go lid gets quite shade on tn
part ~ the transaction as be Is get
ting even money On what wiIl likely by
: to 10 proposition AT the rings.4e
BOUT WILL DRAW.
II the fight goes through and tss
boys battle at Madison Square garden
there will be crowd in attendance
that will make comparison with ans
former fight attendance seem lks
joke for there is probably no 0fhs-
pugllsiic attraction that could be-
mentioned AT the present time Tia. s1r
be compared with a meeting Of ,lfu
stsrs-esDecialiy In New York. where
Nelson has never been seen 90 action
O'BRIEN To AUSTRALIA
IN an probability Jack O'Brier's next
big hght will be held In Melbla-t.
Australia, some time boz Novembsr De
received cablegram signed JACK
Wren, asking u he would fight and
replied that he would Ike 20 know ,tt
man, place and the purse. he raeeIre
an answer as follows.
Phil Squlres IN November. weight
$50 pounds purse E2.o0O. 500 '1-
your expenses
0Brien cabled an acceptance srl
VIII write 40 once % Wren Dr. d.s.
cussIng the proposition O'Brien ssfs
II looks good 10 me. and II thsthl7
wren can make good ] will ccralr
lAke on the match ! don't know rr1
Squlres u.s. and ] don't care as iC-g
as me money IL there X we car cone
20 Terms / VIII not tass On any ts
matches before that time. and ] vu
plan to SAIL Tor Australia about Tho be-.
ginning Of September. had hopai 90
&c on p hght with Tommy Rurns ina
rev weeks, but this proposition sr-
pears 10 be p carats. and Burns can
70 DIV the wayside."
CANS AND HEREFORD.
Joe Cans seems 10 be back under ,he
protecting wing 81 Al HEREFORD JJa
went broke IN California and had 20
nave some help % get east So he sent
70 Al Tor some money Now the ra-
formed Joe viii have to box with the
same o,d shadow over him. and 80 s
lard 10 see where he Is going 20 .u-
prove any He has been matched with
WINE Lewis for a bout az Madison
square Garden and should have
on paratiyely easy victory. alfho1g
cannot be denied that Lewis is
ough proposition
ms seems 10 be about as attractive
bout as could well be arranged iu tte
asst ana doubtless viii get better joe
option than most Of the eastern
matches.