Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-09
FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS

Young Carter OF New York is another
115-pounder who would like to exchange
wallops with Young Britt OF Baltimore.
Terry Mustain. a light heavyweight who
has been showing pretty good form OF late.
meets Joe Willis Of Vallejo for a twenty
round bout at the latter city August 10.
a Sunday afternoon contest
Bert Keyes has been matched to meet
Syracuse Billy Ryan at Binghamton Au-
gust II. The boys will box six rounds at
catchweights.
Tommy Murphy has made over $4,000
since he has been in the ring. He has
a beautiful home at Flatbush, where he
lives with his wife-also chickens. Muir
ply purchased a home for his parents
with the money he has earned in the ring
and still has a snug little bank account.
Since Leach Cross has been in the ring
he has made S., 300, the biggest purse he
received being 1861 when he fought Dick
Hyland at the Grand Union CUB. Cross
was knocked out twice, once by Jack
Doyle and once by frankie Madden. lie
also lost decision to Jack Goodman.
Kid Murphy is on the Job again. Thu
time the Kid wants to get Young Britt In
the ring with him, thinking he is entitled
to get first chance since he beat Britt IN
401 Lamberton street, Trenton. y. J.
Watch the mail now. Kid.
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Jack Galley. the well known Portland.
Me-, promoter, has postponed his Roches-
ter, n. H., meeting until race week. winch
comes late in August. In the meantime
Galley is willing to match his man Tom
SAWYER against Jack Killeen. the Irish
champion, or any of these lJo Founders.
Billy Neall. lookout man for Tommy
Burns, is slowly dying OF consumption in
Los Angeles Neall was to have Joined
Burns In Australia and look after Tom
my's business. but he admits he has not
long to live and the news will hit Burns
pretty hard when he hears OF 1t.
The clubs find It pretty hard TO get good
preliminary bouts just now. The boys
have formed sort OF boxers union, hav-
ing become tired OF being handed any
thing that came in the promoters minds
for their services. In most cases the pre-
liminary boys have made better bouts
than those staged for the feature event.
The board of supervisors OF San Fran
cisco granted the October fight permit to
the Pacific Athletic Club OF which Luke
Marisch is manager, and Tor November
TO lack Gleason's Occidental ATHLETIC
Club The December date Will very like
ly be given the Aerial Rowing club.
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Rudolph JnholZ, who made such mis-
cradle showing in his siX-round bout with
Fighting Dick Hyland will probably not
ger another chance to fight main bout
at any of the clubs. as every club match
maker who saw him perform announced
after that bout that he would not think
of putting him on in a star bout. Cnholx
saws he has made close TO $4,000 fighting
this year.
Burt Keyes will be kept busy fighting
this month, as he has three bouts sched-
uled August Il he Will box Billy Ryan
of Syracuse for six rounds at Binghdm-
ton N Y; August p he will probably
meet Charley Griffin, the Australian cham
pion for six rounds at the Fairmont A.
c. stag, while August 70 Jim Buckley
has secured him 10 meet Fighting Dick
Hyland for six rounds at the Navarro A.
c. stag at Timer Park.
Eddie Graney, who refereed many i'm
portant fights out in California and then
quit the business, has practically been Sc
lected to referee the lightweight cham
fight between Joe Cans and Bat
Ting Nelson at Jim Coroffth's open-air
fight club at Colma, Cal. on Admission
day September 9. Ben Selig. manager of
Cans, has agreed TO Graney, and Willua
Britt, manager OF Nelson, is also In Ia
vor Of him