The Washington herald., 1906-11-16
BOXING NOTES.

Benny Riley and Young McCue have
been matched for fifteen rounds in Balti-
more for next Monday night.
Jack johnson can beat all the Jim
Jeffords he pleases; ne never viii be able
10 get any attention from the real heavy
weights. if such they may be called.
Jem Bowker. the English champion who
was expected in this country, has changed
his mind about coming here and. instead.
viii tour Australia and South Africa.
Battling Nelson is touring the one-night
stands Of Indiana this week. This IS men
toned for fear some one may miss the
usual talk that Bat hands out from place
TO place.
Miah Murray. who has been in the hos
p.5al for ten days, where he was operated
un. has been discharged and has gone
TO the Cape to spend a few days TO re-
cupcratc.
Eddie Toy, Charley Neary's manager
and trainer fell into the out-of-tOvyn
habit Of telling what great man he was
once and the Los Angeles writers gcil
for Eddie's yarns
Jim Jeffords, who got back into the
l,meiight through his fight with Jack
Johnson. wants another crack at the
colored man and if he cannot get this
ne is anxious TO box Ar Kaufman o.
Sam McVey.
Dave Holly. the Eastern black, has
thrown out some hot words TO the other
light-weights Of his section. taking Joe
Cans al the same time. Dave says Joseph
never had anything on him except Il few
shades Of dinge-
Already tales are coming out of STRAIT
ford, Conn, about the great style IL
which Young COrbett is going at his
training work for the next fight " L
Terry McGOvern, 10 be decided thu first
week in January.
Bill Dunning. the heavyweight cham
pion Of Maine, is anxious TO fight and
wants to meet the winner of the CuTraI-
Gaines fight. Dunning is the man who
boxed ten rounds with Jack Johnson Ia
Bangor last summer
That story about Al Kaufman going TO
school for d years study and the better
mcnt OF his mental attainments was Just
q little pleasantly by Billy Delaney, who
never Is at loss foc something to say.
Billy should not be taken TOO seriously
Harry Bakers record as a professional
fighter Is short but decidedly good. lie
has beaten frankie Neil. IN ex-cham-
p!on and fought the present champion
to the hardest kind Of an even thing, al
though the referee gave the v".Gict 10
Attell. Pretty good that. for a green hand.
Jerry Gaines is working harder for his
battle with Jack CuTran. Bill Crowley
big heavyweight, than he has ever work
ed for man in his life. Jerry says that
he VIII give the big fellow set back
when they meet in Bellows Falls Friday
night and will wipe out CurTan's heavy
weight championship aspirations.
Nike Donovan has come to bat with
challenge to fight Joe Thomas on tho
coast and offers the handsome coast man
a side bet Of something Ike $3.50. DonO-
van is the man who boxed Thomas to Il
draw at Terre Haute in June Somebody
should call his attention tO The fact that
side bets are long since out Of date.
There certainly is something IN that
hoodoo known as the Indian sign. HaITy
Lewis seems 10 have il over Willie FitZ-
gerald as effectively as Tommy Mowatt
used to have IL over Benny Yanger when
the pair were kids and batrled sixteen or
nineteen times around this neighboThood.
There will be no fight in Chelsea this
week. and that arranged for next week
between Matty Baldwin and Benny
Tanger viii be on Wednesday night
instead of Tuesday, as has been the Gus
tom. Yanger will finish his training at
Mike Deveny's. working with Billy
Rhodes. and Baldwin is at Diamond HILL
r. I. IN the opening preliminary 10 this
bout, Johnny AheaTn, Of South Boston
will box Denny Ryan. Of Cambridge