Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-06
[IE DAYS DOINGS IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS.
BOXING NOTES

BclIield Walcott and BARLEY Con-
nelly will meet in Portland Iuesday
night.
Attell and Moran received $4,000 each
out OF their recent battle III san Fran
cisco.
Freddie G'Brien of Chelsea and Bob
by Tickle Of Fail River have been
matched to box before the club offering
the best terms.
Bill Pdpke and Hugo Kelly have
signed to met again. but the weight
will be 1875 pounds ringside. The club
offering the hest terms will get the
bout
Thomas West, a contracting piasterer
and former fighter, was shot five times
by Paul Mullen, an ex-pugiiist Satur-
day at San Francisco. The bullets en-
bedded themselves in Vests hips and
legs. The attack was brought about
| by a dispute between Mullen and West
over the Attell- Moran fight West Will
recover. Mullen is under arrest.
| Ike Weir, who underwent an opera
| ton al the Boston City hospital several
weeks ago, was discharged from that
institution Saturday. While the opera
|
him considerably and he now looks bet-
ter than he has for a long time. HIS
friends did not forget him Will" he was
sick, and he wishes to thank them for
the many remembrances he received
from them.
Terry McGovern. eX-hghtWeiGilt
champion pugilist, was performing at Il
Toronto theater last week He gave
q porter in King Edwards - with
which to get bottle Of wine. II didn't
come up and when the porter was SUM-
moned again Terry whipped him. He
was found unconscious on the floor. He
was covered with blood and nine of his
teeth were knocked out. McGovern was
put out Of the hotel the next morning.
The Industrial Boxing Club at Phil
aLelphia, which was forced to remain
dark again Friday, owing to inability
to get a good windup. Friday clinched
| 4 number of matches. On Jan. 10 Jim
| my Gardner will meet Eddie Chambers
of Philadelphia in the windup at this
club, and Joe Gamer Of New York and
| Young Tommy Coleman will figure in
the ,Semi-windup. On Jan. l., JACK
blackburn will fight Jack Bonner, the
old-timer who recently returned to the
| ring.
Jimmy Gardner of Lowell has many
| supporters who believe that his mar
vicious ring skill will enable him to win
| over Joe Nolcott at the ArmOry a. ~.
Boston, Tuesday night, when they are
| scheduled to box IS rounds. Gardner is
training at Diamond Hill and is in eX-
! ccilent shape for the bout. IF | win, |
| viii claim the worlds welterWeight
championship Gardner states "Wol-
| cot has never really lost that title, all
though Honey Melody was adiudged
a winner over him. Melody was never
| champion in my opinion"
Champion Jim Jeffries no longer
wears the title belt. The honors all he
long TO AIRS. Jim. While the big prize
fighter was sitting in a restaurant al
San Francisco Thursday night with a
party Of gay friends, his wife walked
in, and. taking Jeffries bv the ear.
yanked him out OF tbs room ana into n
waiting automobile. in which lie was
whlsked away to his home. JefTrics
had been taking in the sights of the
town. and had with him $1,000 which hn
had received for refereeing the Moran
Attell fight. Mrs. Jeffries wanted both
Bill Squires is on his way East. The
Australian pugilist who came here hon
Ing to win the worlds championships
to America left California after engag-
ing in three fights. The results show
as many defeats. Now Bill will visit
TIE Eastern states and probably con-
tinue on to England. Il do not intend
10 lock- for fights in the East" he said
e..,1 ~,
trip. | have no excuses to offer for nv
showing in the ring here In all of the
three fights tool, part in was beaten
fairly, ana the only thing | can say for
myself is that 7 cannot fight as i used
to in Australia"
Joe Wagner. the New York bantam.
who clashes again with Al belmont at
Thornton. II. l., Thursday night, has ar
rivetk at Ashton. r. l.. To finish his
traihinS. He is already in great shape,
and. he and his New York friends are
so confident that he will reverse the
previous decision they are prepared to
back him for big amount. belmont is
working at Diamond HILL r. l., and
reports from the training camp state
that he - showing more speed, clever
ness and hitting harder than aver. He
iNSio Comment vi SlOWlnS w 1RHer away
before the limit. He knows that if Wap
ner gets the award over him, he will
lose the big matches he has in view,
so he is going out to win as quickly as
possible.
| Boer Unholz outfought George Memsic
OF Chicago in the last six rounds of
their fight at Los Angeles, Cal, and nv
his rushing, ripping. tearing tactics.
plainly put shade on the bohemian
BOY 1t took the Boer some time to adj
Just his skids 10 the canvas, and in the
first few rounds he often swung himself
off hisIeet. but after he got his sights
set for the proper distance he made the
evening very warm and entertaining
Tor Memsic. George helped to bent
him self by losing his temper and toss-
ing away his judgment with It. After
the third round the Beers wallops to
the body slowed down Memsc a great
deal, and few trip-hammer kidney
caresses did not make matters any bet
ter for fighting George.