Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-13
BOXING BRIEFS.

There will be no fight between Al Kauf;
mann. the California heavyweight. and
Jim Barry. the Chicago pugilist. at Jim
Jeffries' club at Los Angeles, Cal
deliberately fiunked out Of the match after
consenting to meet Kaufman. and also
agreeing to accept $1,000 for his END OF
the contest. Kaufmann's quick defeat OF
Fred Bradley in four rounds Is probably
responsible for Barry calling of the bout.
Abe Attell. the featherweight champion.
has finally agreed to take on Owen MO-
ran, the English featherweight, In
forty-hve round battle before one OF the
clubs in California next month. Foxey
Abe waited until Moran had arrived in
New York before he made this statement
for he knows perfectly we'll that Moran
is not going back to California again.
Attell is certainly in bad with the club
matchmakers on the coast, and may never
get fight there again.
Maurice Sayers. the Milwaukee light
weight, who recently lost a decision to
Johnny Murphy. the California fighter, In
a twenty-five round battle at Jim Jeffries'
club at Los Angeles. Cal. is going to get
another chance to fight out there. He
has been matched to meet Dick Cullen.
the lightweight of San Francisco, for ten
rounds at the Pacific A. c. OF Los Ange-
les, October o. If Sayers beats Cullen
he will be signed up to meet Murphy
again:
Looking in fine shape. Packey McF'ar-
land, the crack Chicago lightweight, ar
rived in New York Sunday night ready
| to finish up his training for his six-round
battle with Leach Cross. which will be
| decided at the stag of the Fairmont A. c..
October 81 Mcfarland was accompanied
by his manager, Harry Gilmore. jr.. and
his trainer. Pat Kinelly. Billy Gibson.
matchmaker Of the club. met Mcfarland
at the Grand Central depot. Packey will
20 to Stratford. Conn, where he will
| work for the fight.
Willie Fitzgerald has called off his
twelve-round bout with Tommy Quill, the
fought at the Armory A. A. Of Boston to-
night. Fitzgerald wired Matchmaker Miall
Murray that he injured his hand while
training for the battle and would not be
able to fight. Murray tried to get Quill
to fight Eddie Murphy. the Boston light
! weight, but Quill declined to take him
on.
Although Battling Johnson. the San
Francisco heavyweight. has been defeated
three times in succession. he nevertheless
California. He was signed up last night
to meet Terry MUSTANG. the Nevada
promising heavyweight, for ten rounds at
Tom McCarey's Pacific A. c. Of Los Ange-
| les. Cal. next Friday night. MUSTANG
| will get fight with Jim Barry IL he beats
Johnson.
Jack c'Twin') Sullivan the husky light
heavyweight Of Cambridge, Mass, who
has been fighting so we'll I'M California for
some time. has arrived home. and will
begin training today at Diamond Hill,
just outside Of Boston, for his coming
| twelve-round bout with Marvin Hart the
| Louisville heavyweight. at the Armory A.
A. Of Boston. October 20 Sullivan ex-
poets to beat Hart, and will then go after
| q match with the winner Of the Mccoy
Stewart battle.
Jimmy Conroth. the fight promoter of
Colma. Cal. who has been trying for
some time to put the four fight clubs of
| San Francisco out of business by offering
the prominent pugilists more money than
| the Frisco managers could afford to give
them, has just made Billy Papke and
Hugo Kelly. the Chicago middleweight. a
flattering offer to meet in a twenty-five
round bout at his club election day after
noon. Papke Is not likely to accept it,
! for Jack Gleason has notified him that
| II he fights Kelly at Coffroth's club he will
call OFF his twenty-round bout with Stan
| ley Ketchel which Is to be fought at his
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