Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-21
FROM The SCRAP BOOK.

for Patsy BranninSan against Johnny
Co,1lon at Pittsburg Friday night.
Willie Fitzgerald the "Fightine
Harp" is either getting big or else is
reckless. He has signed to box Frank
Klaus at Pittsburg Oct. 26.
Biz Mackey, the Western feather
weight, is seeking a match with clever
Johnny Lynch at Cambridge. The lat
ter is not at all averse to such a
match. provided Mackey comes in at
the proper weight.
Jig Stone the old warhorse with the
terrific kick" is anxious to take a
flyer at any of the minors just now.
This includes Tommy Furey, Otto
Mantell, Tommy Foley and other boys
of that class.
There is some talk of a 10round con-
test being arranged between Stanley
Ketchel and Jim Flynn to be held at
Los Angeles. unless ketchel heads for
the East. Flynn is a big card in the
southern California town. where he had
his great battle with Billy Papke.
Sam Berger, who is headed East. has
resumed his yelling about what jeff
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certain announcement setting the date
and place of the match, with the men
starting to train and getting down
to business. will be the most pleasing
news the public can receive regarding
Jelfries and Johnson-Boston Herald
Excepting. Of course, the news that
they have met and the question of SUI
premacy is settled.
Young Pierce completely outpointed
Benny Kaufman in the wind-up at the
Douglass A. c. Tuesday night at Phil
adelphia. The Germantown Mulatto
knocked down his opponent twice in
the fourth round and had him in a bad
way in the fifth. The latter came back
in the sixth, trying to make a Garrison
finish, landing many blows, none of
which, however, did Pierce any dam
age.
Young Britt won a decision from Kid
Lenny Tuesday night at Baltimore.
Lenny put up poor fight, being on the
defensive in all except the last round.
Britt knocked Lenny down in the 18th
round for count of six, and incident
ally for the loss of two front teeth.
Britt forced the fighting The pair had
met twice before In one battle Britt
lost on foul, and the other resulted
in draw.
In the seventh round at the Glad
stone A. c. at Lowell Tuesday night,
Jim Moriarity of Lowell got the de-
cision over George Lucroft of North
Bllerica. Fred Mcclure of Lowell was
given an unsatisfactory decision over
young Maylia of Boston in the semi
finals. In the preliminares young
Boyle of Lowell got the decision over
young Johnson of LEVEL, and young
Sullivan Of Lowell won over young
Luke of Lawrence.
Johnny Mooney Of Boston, well
known in New England sporting cir
cles as one of the abest young man
ayers of scrappers in the business, and
who always has two or three good
ones in his list, writes the Journal that
he is anxious to match Eddie Shevlin
of Roxbury, Mass, with either Mike
Cunningham or Tommy Bergin of
Lewiston, and would like to have the
| match pulled off in Augusta He fur
| Their states that now is about the right
time to put on the attraction. AS tC
the merits OF the boys, Cunningham
and Bergin are both we'll known in Au-
gusta, and Shevlin is also quite well
known here, he having spent month
last summer at East Winthrop, during
which time he was often in the city
| and made many friends among the
boys. Like the other two lads men
toned he is very clever Last spring
he won the title of amateur champion
of New England at 125 pounds, and
since joining the professional ranks ht
| has engaged in six contests, winnine
| all Of them. AS Cunningham and Ber-
| gin are guaranteed to put up a gooC
exhibition whenever they enter the
ring. and as Manager Mooney never
travels with anything but first class
goods, it may be considered a foregont
| conclusion that should Shevin meet
either of the above lads in the rims
the bout would be of a kind that would
make the sports sit up and take notice