Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-20
IN THE RING.
Matty Baldwin and Bert
keyes Are Matched.
Big Purse Offered For Bout
Between Goodman and Hy|and.

Between Goodman and Hy|and.
Kid Gleason Breaks His Arm In Bout
at Quaker City.
Boston. Nov l9-Matty Baldwin has |
been nntched by his manager, Johnny |
Mack. 10 meet Bert Reyes at Water |
bury. Conn. on Friday. Dec. &. The
bout will take place at the National
Athletic Club and Tim Hurst will refe-
rec. The tout is for 4 purse of $lOoo
with a privilege OF 20 per cent, L" De
divided - per cent. to the winner anu
% per cent. to the loser. Baldwin VIII
train at PlattSburg. y. ", and hopes
f., heat keycS who will meet Tommy
Murphy at New York tomorrow.
Andy McGarry, who is also under
M;,ck's management. viii meet NIlile
FitzgeralI ~ Baltimore Nov % That
same night Young kenrey of Lowell,
ana also in Muck's stable. will box
some GOOD lightweight at Plattsburs.
l.
Ink Russell al The Industrial 4. &. of
Phladt lphia on Friday, but SINCE the
program Of the intnrcity bouts was
sugg.s: ed tha, bout seems I" be up III
the air.
The matchmaker OF the WinniSmmet
A. G. tried to land Sailor Burke. IN"
big gutter, and P;u Okecfe for
isrht httf In
man wuuld not accept the chance un-
lC*s it was for Il later date. Okeete
may meet Burke AT Chelsea on Dec. ,.
Willie Moody Of Philadelphia. VINO
was beaten by Fred LanderS at Pnlli-
,ielphia on Saturday, may meet Johnny
Summers of England AT the National
a. c. Of Philadelphia in two weeks.
Sir Patrick Minihan manager 81 hld
Goodman received a telegram from
Salt Lake City yesterday Offering
Goodman a big purse to meet Fighting
Dick Eyland on Dec. g. As Goodman
had signed last week to meet Tommy
Murphy at Bill CrOwley'S Coliseum A.
c., New Haven, on Dec. 2, Paddy was
compelled to decline. He IS willing to
ACCEPT If the club will make it for two
weeks later. 1t was Il big offer. but
Paddy wouldn't break his word given
10 Crowley ard the New Haven club.
Paddy, who while not directing the
ring work IF Goodman or Jimmy Card
ncr, is at local hotel, as manager.
has also received several propositions
for Gardner. There is talk of the
Lowell lightweight meeting Tommy
Quill. Paddy is willing if they show
him anything.
The Riverside A. c. of Niagara Falls,
\. V, has decided to pull off bouts be-
tween good fighters this winter. For
their opening show they have secured
Eddie Kelley of Buffalo TO meet Kid
Baebe of Philadelphia in a l5-round
battle at l23 pounds on Friday. They
were to have fought a l5-round go
at Rochester, \. Y, several weeks ago.
but the police stopped the bout from
taking place
Sam Fitzpatrick, manager Of Jack
Johnson is a great admlrer Of jim
! Flynn, the heavyweight fighter Of Pu-
eblo, Col, whom Johnson stopped in II
| rounds a short time ago. Fitzpatrick
says that Flynn would be the biggest
kind of a hit in siX-round bouts IN
Philadelphia, as he is an aggressive
fighter. His bouts with sam Langford
will prove his worth.
Mike CTwin) Sullivan, who defeated
Frank Fields, a light heavyweight in
20 rounds at Goldfield, New, on Nov.
]. has returned to Los Angeles. Cal.
and has signed articles of agreement
W. =
dleweight, for 10 rounds before the
Pacific A. c. of that city in two weeks.
Sullivan ought to have no trouble in
outpOinting Farmer, as the latter is
slow and besides is not clever.
The matchmaker of the Winnisim-
met A. G. announces that he has
matched Tony Ross of Newcastle, Pa
against Jim Barry for next Tuesday
| Young Donahue will meet some light =
weight on Thanksgiving night
Johnny Fitzgerald Of South Boston
who SignaliZed his temperance in the
ring by beating Billy Harlow at Chel-
sea couple of weeks ago, will meet
Joe Egan of Philadelphia in the pre-
liminary bout at the Cooper show to-
morrow night Egan is reported to be
q corker and has very fine record
Fitzgerald has been training diligently
Only two years ago Fitzgerald was
looked upon as one of our most prom
Using lightweights. He retired from
pugilism then. and only came back
when he fought at Chelsea. He showed
he had his old wallop by knocking ont
Harlow.
frankie Neil had a narrow escape
from serious injury last Monday while
exercising one Of his fathers horses al
| Oakland. The horse took fright at ar
auto and ran into a bakery wagon
throwing Neil to the ground. Frank
sprs,ined his right thumb but it will
. not interfere with the fight Friday
night with Moran. The date for the
. fight has not been changed and the
lads will hook up Friday night as pei
schedule. Coffroth thought the goth g
betterdate for the fight, but the print
ing mad already been ordered and the
first date was agreed uuon There i.