Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-24
BOXING BRIEFS.

The fight this week in California will
be the ten-round battle between Jim
Barry. the Chicago heavyweight. and Bat
thing Johnson. the San Francisco giant.
for ten rounds at the Pacific A. c., OF
Los Angeles. Cal, on Friday night. A
victory for Barry over the big Frisco
heavyweight will be responsible for his
getting some important fights out on the
coast, for the winner will be signed up to
meet Jim Flynn, the Pueblo fighter.
Jim Jeffries has declined to referee the
twenty-round bout between Billy Papke
and Stanley ketchel, which, is to be de-
cided at San Francisco on November p.
| JEFF is sour at Papke for the way in which
! he called off his proposed bout with
Hugo Kelly of Chicago at his club next
| month and says under no circumstances
will he be the third man in the ring
when Bill Papke tackles Ketchel. Jack
Gleason, the fight promoter of Frisco.
offered the job of referee TO Jeffries. but
he promptly declined it.
Sam Langford, the rugged coored fight
er has changed his mind about going TO
California for fights. In letter from
Langford's manager. Joe Woodman, the
latter says that Papke has drawn the
color line and Sans proposed fight with
ketchel has been declared off on account
of the latters defeat by Papke. he has
decided to have Sam remain home and
fight the big men in the east in six-round
bouts.
Jimmy Gardner. the New England fight
err who is one of the cleverest men for
his weight in this country, will be match
ed to fight the winner of the Harry Lewis
Terry Martin battle, which is to be fought
at the National A. c., New York. Friday
night. This should be a great battle,
Lewis and Martin have fought three hard
fights, and besides are in better condition
for this scrap than they were for any
of the others. Martin is so confident
he is going to beat Lewis that he is tip
ping his friends to have a bet on him.
Being unable to get on a match with
any other of the welterweights. Jack
Black burn. the clever colored boxer of
Philadelphia is now compelled to go out
of his class and fight middleweights or
heavyweights. His next battle will be
with John Willie, the Chicago heavyweight
They will come together in a siX-round
bout at the National A. c. of Philadelphia,
Saturday night. Willie made "A poor show
ing against Sam Lansford and was knock
ed out in two rounds
Bill Papke the middleweight champion.
left San Francisco yesterday for his home
at La Sale. Ill Before departing Papke
said that he has no intention of issuing
challenge to fight Tommy Burns for thu
heavyweight title and that he will never
fight Sam Langford or any other colored
man. II am A middleweight." concluded
Papke, land intend to stay in my class.
As for fighting colored men, let them
fight between themselves
There will be six great bouts at the Ma
tional A. c.. New York. Friday night.
Terry Martin and Harry Lewis will meet
in the final affair and Frank Madole and
Eddie Walsh will clash in the semi
final. The Madole-Walsh battle will be
hummer and good enough for a star
event. Manager Johnny White says the
right. They are harder to please than
any other place in the country. Martin
is working at New Dorp and Lewis is
at STAFFORD. They are both strong. clever
boys and will mix it up in great fashion.
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien is going to
do considerable fighting in the future He
has been signed up for two fights already
and expects to go right along the line
meeting all Corners when he is finished
up with these contests. His first battle
will be with Jim Stewart, the New York
heavyweight, whom he will tackle for
six rounds before one of the clubs in
Philadelphia on Friday night. His second
bout will be with Sam Langford the
colored fighter This match was arranged
last night. and will be decided before
the club that offers the best Inducements.
The National A. c., the big club OF New
York city. will probably land this bout.
to be decided in two weeks.