Daily Kennebec journal., 1907-10-29
THE R0PED arena.
Many Good Bouts on the
Card This Week.
AtieN-Weeks Fight at Los
Angeles the Big Event.
INK Russell and Larry Connolly
al Chelsea Tonight.

The i"rc li"t of important lrHing
bout, arh",,ul"d for this week will create
. lot nf talk N rnpcd arena matters
several ri th's" are $" big that therr
Will i" interest all over the country.
aud in "nr event Tommy Burns. tho is
roN Spc.dinG across the Atlantic, will
eagerly wait for the cahlegr:tm an
nounting its ncW>; of tho Jack johnson
jim FLYNN bout ON Saturday.
Tho big ring contest for the week is
tnr til" ieathrrw"iGht championship to-
morrow night at Los Angeles between
ltn Atttll. the holder Of tn" title. ami
i';,rlGi" Weeks of Denver. COL. The
conditions call tor the m"n to weigh in
~ T. pounds. stripped. and that the
monet nr sph; c" and II per cent.
Att'll has tried to do the monkey
doodle act with the promoters and with
Week. hut found Marius Durand chow
that raInc does remind one of the old
Rnmnn:l. Weeks manager. was not to
10 huTa!oc.l ana said that ther" would
tc no weighing in attired in fighting
toys nof would ther" be 4 split 7, and
p, Aftcll was conlpclicI to weigh in
fully Acc"u.crtd when he fought Jimmy
Walsh
ON torm .Att"li should win, but it
mrSt l." Remembered that Weeks has
mad" some good FIGHTS Ne has beaten
Jimmy Walsh Grover Hayes. Tommy
o'T""e ard Nick Sant"ra.- The west
ern promoters; hnv" been trying hard to
mako tlie match for Il long time. There
has i"'"n dicEcrins on it for several
monthr.
t,l III
the world He has made it y practice
Of "r'llinc" a- Witness his bQu,e with
Walsh. n"ro"lc and Pnhsok In his;
first bout h" usually manages to squeeze
through. hut when he gets th" second
match for u big r,Irr" there is q differ
"nt story to relate. When he fir>t
fought Walsh h" made Il monkey Of
Jimmy. but the iatt"r stayed the full
T., rounds. In th"ir second contc:.
h. beat him to . pulp and knnrked him
out in cight rounds. He has all the
Philadelphia Jack Ohricns and Tommy
Eyans faded t" 2 shadow in fnxincss.
~ Chelsea tonight INK Russell. ono
Of III" lest w"ltfrW"iGhts in thn country
Will ln.'ct Larry Connolly in ;hc main
bout Of ten rounds. Connolly has a
Wallnr. if he ever lands il. but he
doesn't %"cm to hav" much success in
Getting il ACROSS. ON the fac" of it..
IN" bout looks pretty good for Russell
The rest of tn" card consists of an
other t"n-rnuUh hout between thos"
two hiti"r south Boston rivals. Will"
Riley "nh I<id I'recin9n. RilI Nckir-
non. who has figured 50 well in heavy
N.'trht amateur contests. will meet
Jack Kelley. who toys With side Of beef
for 4 living
ON Friday Honey Melody will meet
Frank Martell. While Honey has tho
reputation. Mant'l is very promising and
has a good punch. and the indications
are that the bout. which is for 70 rounds
mt ii5 pounds. st ) o'clock, will produce
a very GOOD contest
Mike 'TWim Sullivan seems to he back
ut his old idea Of picking up soft ones.
for he has match with Frank Fields
at Gnldfield. N"v.. on Friday. This is
Fields first bout Of any importance. and
as it IS ~ 4 finish it is safe to predict
that the lighter "Twnlet' will bring
home the bacon.
Jack Johnson and Jim Flynn are book
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