The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-11
PUG|L|STIC
HAPPENINGS
A Forecast of Events to Be
Pulled Off in the
Ring.
LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS
MATCH NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT
BETWEEN CANS AND MEMSIc
SHOULD BE A CoRKER.
Special to The Journal.

be a nifty battle is now in course of
being arranged between Jack John
son, the big colored scrapper who re
Gently put quietus on the ambitions
of descrepit Freckled Bob and Sailor
Burke The bout is to be pulled on
during the first week of September
and will go to the club offering the
best inducements, bids to be opened
Monday The agreement signed by
Joe Humphreys, Burke'S manager, and
Sam Fitzpatrick, who looks after the
interests Of the colored giant, calls
for the men to box six rounds at
catchweights. 1t is agreed that soft
bandages can be worn by both men
and that straight Marquis of Queens
bury rules shall govern. Each side
has agreed to post a forfeit when a
bid for the bout has been accepted.
While there is no doubt that the
mariner can put up a stiff fight, he
ought to be fried chicken and water
melon for the big moke.
New YorksspoTts are manifestfng a
lively interest in next Fridays battle
for the lightweight championship Of
the world between Joe Cans and
George Memsic, to be pulled off in
| Los Angeles. Jim Jeffries will act as
referee and will receive $1,000 for his
services. According to adVices from
| the coast, both men are now in train
ing and will be in-g good condition when
they face each other in the ring six
days hence. A $4,000 forfeit has been
posted by each fighter and the, hackers
of both declare they mean business
on hnf DF FOIL
less. The men will be required to
weigh in public every day next week
before the contest, which will prevent
another Nelson-Herrera fasco. AS a
projections to the public, Jeffries de-
clares that if anything shady develops
in connection with the contest, he
| will call all bets OF. The SIC, 900
purse will be divided 81, 900 to Cans
and $4,000 to Memsic, win or lose. In
whatever way the tide Of battle runs,
Baltimore Jee will @have white man
a@workin' for him." Surprises. are al
ways possible in >pugilism, and every
fighter takes his pitcher to the web
! once too often, but it isn't likely that
many fight fans will back Memsic on
| the strength of his possibility. He is
undoubtedly a clever fighter and a
hard hitter, but Cans is still in his
prime and will likely find it easy TO
efface Memsic from the lightweight
pugiliStic map.
| Sports of the middle west Will have
an opportunity to see a good mix-up
week from Tuesday night, when
Packy Mcfarland and Benny Yanger
are; scheduled to do things TO each
other the St. Joe, A. c., Fort Wayne,
Ind The melee is to go ten rounds,
and the weight agreed upon is 1870
pounds at noon on the day of the con-
test, August 20. Malachy Hogan will
be referee. This bout is to take the
place Of the Yanger-Little contest,
which has been declared OFF. Both
Mcfarland and Yauger have made
good in the sporting circles OF the
central states, and "a. settlement, of the
question of superiority offers interest
ing features.
Reports from the sagebrush me-
tropo4is state that Goldfield has a
new athletic club, which viii put on
itsS first attraction on Labor Day
Marvin Hart and Mike. Schreck are
mentioned as the gladiators@ who will
furnish amusement for a Goldfield
holiday.
Jack (Twin) Sullivan and his
brother, Mike. have left the classic
precincts of Boston and are again in
the wild and woody west, the former
having been matched TO fight ten
rounds with PIN Flynn before the
Denver A. C. next Friday night. Both
men have bone to pick as the result
Of previous battles and are expected
10 be anxious to settle their differ
ences of opinion as to which is the
better man. In the two former meet
ings, Flynn won the decision in the
Grst and the second was a twenty
round draw
Five clubs will be granted licenses
20 pull off limited, no-decision boxing
bouts in Chicago :dETing the. coming
winter. This revival of the game, by
permission of Mayor Busse. has
aroused great enthusiasm in the
Windy City, and will likely result in
arrangements for several stiff contests
during the next few months
Two Quakertown clubs, the Nation
al-and the Washington Sporting Club,
are attempting TO get the six-round
bout between Harlem Tommy Muir
ply and Fighting Dick Hyland, TO be
decided in September. 1t is likely
that the former will be given the
-noSNA- IHO NddOHdI a u, THIduS1-
phia's leading sporting institution, has
closed down until September On &C.
count OF the hot weather. As the star
bout OF the opening show. an attempt
is being made to match Tommy
OFoole, the crack Philadelphia
featherweight, and frankie Neil, the
little California fighter.
Tommy Burns is$sOme ssore.on Mike
Shrek. the Cincinnati heavyweight,
and in letter tosa New York friend
says: Some Eday 1 am going to sur
prise that fouZ-fusher Shrek. by ac-
ceptins his challenge, and whenxI do
get in the ring with him I will give