Daily Kennebec journal., 1907-11-21
THE R0PED ARENA.
Philadelphia Jawn Will Re-
enter the Game Tonight.
Tom Sharkey 10 Referee Good
man-MuTphy at New Haven.
Mcfarland and Herman TO Meet at
Davenport, Ia, Today.

rEilad. d.lyllla Jack UPrlen. who. he
Cau-e of HI; attack on the ring and hl%
about taking, WAS cStraCiH-
eJ ley all connected with the prize ring.
makes his re-cntrancc tonight at Col
umhlls. Ohio, meeting Bill Hrvron for n
big purse IIcvron is an English heavy
weight Tho bout is limited to ten
rounds. n'Bri"n is showing at Column
bus. doing u nonol"guc as $IccialtN
with Il burleSuue troupe. Pat CALVIN.
Hcvrons manager. is said to b" backing
Bill to heat O'Brion. The latter was
always Il good hand at picking up soft
one. ana it seems that he has not lost
his cunning. II Jack is any good at all
he should defeat Iievron.
Jack Murca1l. the indianapolis Wcltci-
weight. and Indian Joe Gregg, who
were to have boxed q 1n-rouni batt.c
before the Indianapolis, A. g.. but We're
prevented by the recent order OF the
governor Of that state. will meet in
1e-round bout before the Peoria. uli)
\. {. on Dec 4 or 5. They will box at
H. pounds.
rharIcy Harvey. who hr"u"ht over
johnny Summers. owen Morai ana F1t
O'Kecffr. il not making much money
NTH Iii; rug.li:,tG. C'KeeH" Eot little
money for fighting Papkc. Summers re-
ceived $500 for boxing keyeS and Moran
got a similar amount for tacklinG Tom
my O'Toole Expenses have played
havoc with Harvey. and on saturday
night Harvey had t" forfeit 500 t"
Willie Moody because Summers was
unable to box him i'll Philadelphia
Neither Jack McGuigan of the Ma
ti.pal A. G. nor Bob Deadly of the In
d,lstrial Boxing Club of Philadelphia
VIII make q bid for the Jack Johnson
V. Jack OBrien fight. The match IS
on, however until the date for closing
the bids. As vet the club managers are
not falling over themselves, bidding for
the bout.
Jimmy Britt has gone To Hawaii with
Mike Fisher and his baseball tourists
The fight public at San Francisco IS
making it hot for james Edward and
his cowardice against Joe Cans will
rJt be allowed to die.
Jim Barry is training Charley Hal
glley. who will meet Bill Papke in the
first of the tive-round bouts ut Chcl-
sea I'rua. Barry says that Haighey
has a good chance against the Illinois
Thlnderbclt The indications are that
there will be a big crowd. in fact. the
record attendance since the Winnlsim-
met A. e. has entered the field.
Tcin Sharkey will referee the Tommy
Murrhy-Kid Goodman fight at New
Havcn on Dec. 3. Kid Gushing Of
Springfield will meet Kid Murphy of
Now Haven in one of the preliminaries.
Eddie Chambers. the well-kncwn
Philadelphia lightweight. who has
beaten Willie Fitzgerald and Young
Erne. would like to come here for
bout and has Il desire to meet Jimmy
Gardner or Frank MantelI
Jake kilrain says his hardest ring
fight was with Frank Slavin at Hobo
ken. n. j.. on June 16. 1891. "t'rom
the beginning he had me going" said
kilrain "Thc minute we stepped INTO
tie ring h rushed me, but I ducked
and landed. &Iavin countering His
long suit was tp rush in and land
short arm jabs Well. the fight lasted
nine rounds-that u.s. | lasted that long
bel fore Slavin was given the fight. If
there was spot on my body that
WaHnt covered with blood my seconds
couldn't find it. Of all the fights
have had I believe that was the worst
druhlbins ! ever received
PaCkey Mcfarland. because of the
number of battles II" has won during
the year. should I've the favoritc in the
betting against kId Herman at Daven-
port. Iowa. today. but his a,llierentS
refuse to give odds. His hackers argu"
that Herman. although he has been out
of the swim sine" last January. is an
old staGer at tho game and has the
greater experience. Besides, they say.
he was lightweight champion aspirant
before Packey got into the limelight.
Herruan's admirers on the other hand
point to the "Kids'' long laynm as .,
handicap and are backing him SiurIv
admits he was not himself when he be
gan training for the fight. but after q
weeks work in the gymnasium with
speedy boxing partners he rounded to
nicely and considers himself as good
as ever.
PaCkeN has cut out some Of the box
ing hours because he fears inluring his
hands on the hard heads Of his eparrinc.
Pal tiltlN IIio Ils5ut lJuu WdS CntTPlN
ont of commission when he fought Joe
Galligan, and both were in poor shane
when he beat Abe Goodman the first
time. and also when he fought Maurice
Sayers. He admits Herman the hard
est customer he ever has been asked
to meet. and knows he cannot heat him.
without we'll tempered tools.
DESHLER. .O'BRlEN.