Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-31
FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS

Eddie Hanlon and Johnny. Murphy. the
California iightweights. who put up such
slashing ,ten-round fight at Colma. Cal,
last Saturday night. the bout being de-
last night to meet in a twenty-fve-round
battle at Jim Coffroth's open-air club at
Colma. Cal. Saturday afternoon. August
Is. They will box for 80 per cent Of
the gross receipts.
Tony Ross. the Italian light heavy
weight Of Newcastle. Pa. who is matched
to fight Sam Langford. the colored fighter
OF Boston. a six-round bout at the Fair
mont nit, a; ,o c; stag Friday evening. august
contest He will do his work at Felix
Boehm's .roadhouse, at New Dorp. s. l.
Ross 'has won many fights this year.
is going to fight again in Milwaukee In
September. His manager. T. L. Jones,
has already made up his mind to sign him
up for battle there in the fall. lis Mil
waukee good fight ?" he was asked
by Young Corbett who is thinking
riously about. returning to the ring. Il
should say it is. In three fights that Pap
Ike fought there we got $4,000 for our
end" replied Jones.
Jack Welsh, the referee Of fights of Cal
ifornia, will be the third man in the ring
when Stanley Ketchel and Hugo Kelly
battle for the n1iddleweight championship
title at the Pacific A. c. of San Francisco
were under the required weight, 15s
pounds. which they are to make at 6
pm. Welsh was selected to referee the
contest by the managers Of both fighters.
Billy Papke will be Matty Baldwin's
chief adviser and handler in the latter's
six-round fight with Charley Griffin, the
Australian champion featherweight. at
the stag OF the Fairmont A. C. tonight.
II think Baldwin is one of the best fight
Papke last night IT have trained with
him. and really believe he will beat
Griffin. will second him and show him
how to beat Griffin
A match was arranged last night be-
tween Joe Sieger, the rugged Denver
light weight. and Joe Bedell. the husky
Brooklyn fighter. They will battle for
six rounds in the main event at the next
stag OF the Roman A G., Boston; Mon
as both lads are noted for their slam
bang style of fighting and their ability
to take punishment. In the semi wind up
Tony Chester will meet Young O'Leary
for six rounds.
Tommy Murphy and Rudolph Unholz.
who put up such a great twelve-round
battle at the .Armory A. a. of Boston
Tuesday night. fought before one Of the
biggest crowds that has ever witnessed il
bout In that city. Murphy, for winning.
received $1.100. while Tnholz was handed
500 for the losers end. Unholz will ar
rive In town today from Boston and will
be matched to fight Dick Hylaud at the
Navarro A. c. Tuesday night.
According to one Of the New York
sports that attended the bout at the
Armory A. A. night before last Peter
Maher is target for the jokes of tie
boxing crowd In New York Both Me
Coy and Peter were jollied into believing
that something would be doing. One day
they would tell Mccoy what Peter intend
ed to do. and the next Peter would be In
formed that the Kid was going to slug
him and to watch out. so by the time
that the bout vas to come of both were
on edge for the work. McCoy's skill won
out and now Peter 10 sorry that he re-en-
tened the ring.