Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-27
BOXING NOTES.

The National Club Of Portland will hold
its next meeting at the Auditorium
March l..
Dan Stuart who pulled off the Corbctt
and I'itzsimmons fight at Carson City.
has. with Il Texas man. bought tie Fort
Erie race track for SS0COG
Terry Martin is anxious for a return
match with Honey Melody. Saturday
Johnny Mccain, manager of Martin, and
Johnny Mooney, who looks after MellO-
dys interests, talked the matter over,
but did not come to any agreement. Mar
tin offers to box winner take all and put
up q side bet.
1t is the intention Of Johnny Mooney
to take Abe Attei and Honey Melody
West in about 10 days. lie has !, chance
for AtteI to box Dick Hyland in Denver
the latter part of next month. Mooney
also has offers fer Melody TO box Joe
Thomas at Coima or Butte, and Jack
Dougherty at Spokane.
Je:e Dunn, one of the best-known
sporting men in the country, is critically
i'll in San Francisco from cancer of the
throat is not expected to live. His wife.
who is Il Boston woman, is now on her
way to the Pacific coast. Dunn gained
much notoriety when he killed Jimmy Ell
lott, the Prize fighter. in Chicago. lie
frequently acted as referee, officiating in
many prominent mills OF late years he
has followed the turf.
Jimmy Walsh is not satisfied that Abe
Attcll is his master, and neither IS his
manager. Eddie Eccvin. 1t is Neevin
intention to challenge Attcll to box Walsh
again at the same weight and the men
to break cicnn. Eecvin is 50 confident
that Walsh can win that he will put up
Il side wager. Walsh would he willing
t. have the contest take place in tire"
going after Il match with the winner OF
the Neil ana Tcnny battle.
Another championship battle is to be
fought III San Francisco tonight. frankie
Ncil, the champion bantam OF this Colll-
try is to meet Harry Tenncy, also OF San
Francisco. 1t will be their second battle
for the title, Neil i;.xing defeated Ten
neg last year at Cofn;: after ~ rounds
Of hard lighting. Tcnncy II that time
had Just lcf. the amateur ranks. He has
Improved considerably since. and it will
he no surprise il he wins this time. Neil
hi" not fought since. rwhile Tcrncy has
hatn III the ring a couple OF times.
Joe Cans has been challenged by Kid
Herman for q match for the light
weight championship cf the world and
his manager. Natc Lewis, has sub
Stimulated ;hc proposal with Il cash
deposit of $1,000. which has been put
Up in Chicago. There is only one con-
clifton and that Is that the match shall
j." 2t 1873 pounds at the rinasidc. This
weight was chosen because Herman
contends il is the lightweight limit,
and that it was at that weight Cans
defended the title recently against
jimmy Eri;t.
Battling Nelson, the champion light
weight pugiliSi who is passing few
days i'll tue mountains at Blue Sulphur,
near Huntington, W. Va, prior to go
ing into training at Philadelphia, was
painfully bruised in stopping !, run
away at that place Sunday and rescu-
"a Mrs. Frank Howard with her two
small children from Il pcrilous stua-
ton. Mrs Howard had taken the
Children for Il drive, ana the horse, be-
coming frightened. boltcd and ran. AS
the runaway neared Nelson, the puSi-
list lcapcI for the horses neck and
succeeded in stopping it Only after he
had been dragged a considerable dis
lance. The bruises are not serious.
1t took sam McNey. The colorcd
heavyweight. 10 seconds Saturday
night at Bakersfield. Cal, to knock
Tornado" Smith of Jacksonville Mo.
into drCailland and the white giant
remained unconscious for 10 minutes.
AZ tho opening Of the fight, which was
scheduled to go 20 rounds. Smith led
off and danced around in promising
fashion, McNey waded in and placed
singing blow over the heart that
sprawled Smith about the floor and
rolled him three feet by the force of
the punch. Frank Garlic saws McVev
has improved 30 per cent. since he
fought Jack johnson and he will chal-
lcnSe the world ON behalf of his man.
MAINE PEOPI