Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15
BOXING NOTES.

Peter Mahar and Jim Savage. Il New
York heavyweight. will clash in New
York Friday night.
Mike Donovan of Buffalo and Rubs
Ferns have been matched to box in Pitts
burg Saturday night.
At the Rhode Island 4. c. in Thornton,
r. l.. Tuesday. Young Donahue of Boston
got the decision over Max Freeman of
Attleboro at the end Of Is rounds of tame
sparring.
Young Kenny Of Chicago lost the
decision tc Paddy Levin of Buffalo i'll
a fast 12-round fight at Niagara Falls
Tuesday. Levin had all the best of the
going. and Kenny was badly used up at
the finish.
The matchmaker Of the Lincoln Club of
Chelsea has received word from the man
agcr of Benny Yanger informing him that
YanEer is sick at his home at Chicago
and will be unable to nect Briggs for
four or five weeks.
Eddie Grancy. the champion referee of
| the coast is sick at the Palace Hotel at
| San Francisco OF appendicitis. but til"
doctors say that he is out of danger He
will not be out fOr several weeks as ho
had a very severe attack.
In place Of the bout scheduled for
next Monday night between Matty
Baldwin and Goodman at the Lincoln
Club. Chelsea. the star attraction will
b" the bout between Honey Melody
and Willie Lewis of New York
Rufc Turner. the hard hitting wcter-
weight. has been matched to box Young
Kid Mccoy Of Williamsburg, MINI, 20
rounds next Friday night before the
National Athletic Club of Stockton, Cal.
The men Will meet at 133 pounds ring
side.
The matchmaker Of the Lincoln Club
has offered loo Woodman. manager of
Sam Langford. a match for Sam with
Jack Johnson for Monday night. Wood
man agreed TO let Langford box Johnson
if the latter Will make 40 pounds at
rings:de.
The Gans-Sullivan fight is off in Los An
Gelos because tho council Of the city pass
ed an ordinance restricting tho fights to
u certain district i'm which Tom McCarey
has tho only pavilion suitable for such
contests. It was a simple case of freezing;
out Morris Levy. who went from San
Francisco and tried to butt into the Los
Angeles fighting game. Tho jealousy OF
the Los Angeles people WAS SO stron:,
that this ordinance WAS enacted Levy
had arranged to hold his fight at the Nor
ley's baseball grounds. but the other fight
promoters pull proved too strong for him,
Marvin Hart has accepted the offer of
w. a. Pierce, manager of the Lincoln
Athletic Club. Chelsea. to fight George
| Gardner Gus Rubin and Tommy Burns
Hart, however, wants the order reversed
| as he is more anxious to meet Burns in
the ring again than any other mar in tho
world and hc says lie is willing to meet
any man on earth. blacks barred In sup
port of this position he Tuesday at Louis
Vile announced he would meet Purns be-
| fore any club in America. barring ti,,
Los Angeles. for 5000 n side. and if he
fails to put him away in 70 rounds Burns
is to take the coin. He deposited slOU
| with the sporting editor of the Times to
bind the match. Hart also said he would
| fight Burns for $1,000 a side before any
Philadelphia club. and if he fails to bca
him will forfeit the money.
Jack O'Bricn has fiEally confessed
| that there does not seem to be much
chance for him 10 get on with Tommy
Ryan for the middleweight Champion
snip. Pm afraid the match with
Ryan for the iniddlcweigEt tile is off. e
n" said last week. Tommy knows
can beat him. and he will side-stcu
ana Keep out of sight as long as
Try 10 got on with him. There is no
use III wasting more time on that
always said Hart was a dub. could
ave whipped him easily Burns got
ahcad OF me- there while was busy on
me road. have beaten Burns and
do not consider him in nv class
even If h did beat Hart" O.Rrien
was in New York during the last wool.
and announced there that he copsid- :
ered himself a frll-fledged neavv-
weight champion. He declared that
there IS no one to dispute his title. OK
ceet Jeffries. and arnounced his will
ingness to meet Jeffries if the latter
wants TO enter the ring again.
wednesday. at a meeting of the Atb-
ietlc Association OF the Lewiston High
school. Cleveland Stetson was appoint-