Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-28
BOXING.
Mcfarland Will Finish
Training at the Hub.
Former Amateur Champs Will
Clash at Chelsea.
Lewis Knocks Out 0'Keefe--.Joe
WaIcott Bests Cole.

Boston. Dee. 21.-Packy Mcfarland.
who is to meet Tommy Murphy at the
| formal opening of the new Arnory a.
a. on Jan. IL. is hurrying TO the East
and will finish his training i'll this city
Packy'S manager, Harry Gilmore. Jr.,
is now Gickering with Battling Nelson
and Promoter Jimmy Crotfroth on the
bout Tor the lightweight championship
| to be held at San Francisco on Feb. %
The stock yards boy is Very confident
that he will beat Murphy and the critics
seem to he unanimous in picking him
to win over the Harlem lightweight
Mcfarland is also ma tched with Johnny
SUMMERS for the National A. G. of
Philadelphia on Jan. l.. 1t is barely
probable that Packy may train at tn"
club house as the facilities Will be eX-
cellent.
The informal opening and inspection
i'll take place on New Years day.
when every member will be specially in
| wired t. look the place over The car
! pentors. p!asterers. electricians and
| painters claim that they Will have tho
building ready on Saturday night, but
the directors to make certain will not
have the inspection take place till
Wednesday.
| The alterations. renovationS and nee
| essary work will cost more than at first
supposed and will run up into $4,000.
AS there will be a big membership list
and as each man pays an initiation or
entrance fee this outlay will be paid off
before the club opens.
Members. as at other swell athletic,
country and social clubs, will have this
privilege of inviting guest under GER
tain restrictions. Thus every man who
sees a boxing bout or attends any other
entertainment at the club must be a
member or 4 regularly carded and in
PRODUCED visitor or guest
Kid Shea, who has moved back from
HalloWell, Me. to South Boston, will
meet Young Kloby at Billy Bells
Unity Cycle. Social and Athletic Club
Lawrence, Jan. L. Shea defeated
Young Kcnney of Lowell at Haverhill
Christmas day. Kenncy showed how he
could perform by beating Young Erne
at Philadelphia Shea will train at
South Boston with Rouse O'Brien and
will seek a match with Dave Desher
O'Bricn arrived home in South Boston
Saturday feeling big and fine and him.
self He win 60 to New York Tuesday
to take on Battling Hurley III the main
bout OF the Sharkey A c., next
Wednesday,
Henry Meirs of Charlestown. who
Won the 113-pound national amateur
championship at Mechanics hall last
spring. and Danny Murray of Jamaica
Plain. will meet in the preliminary of
six rounds at the Winnisimmet A. c.
next Monday. Thus three of the six
performers will be former a. A. L.
boxing champions, the other two being
Jack Doyle Of New York ana Bily
Kirkland Of RoXbury, who will mingle
in the emiinal of eight rounds.
Johnny Summers, who will meet
Matty Baldwin in the main bout of II
rounds to decision, claims that he
drove Battling Nelson out of England
on the Danes Albion invasion early
last winter. Summers followed Nelson
to Philadelphia, where Il big purse was
offered for a match between them
Summers agreed. but Nelson, with his
manager, Billy Nolan. hked for the
wild and woody country.
Summers met. Tommy Murphy and
bat him handily, flooring the New
Drker three times. Baldwin has also
beaten Murphy. Soc of the local ex-
pertS are picking summers, although,
as q matter of fact, they never saw
him perform, or. for that matter, new
er saw him in the flesh till last Mon
day night