Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-24
BOXING
THIS WEEKS BOUTS.

Tuesday-William CHoney) Melody
VS.. William Rolfe, Matty Baldwin VS..
John Lynch and Young John Johnson
VS.. Larry Connolly at the Armory A
A., Boston,; Jim Barry VS.. Jack Burns
at Los Angeles; Patsey Kline VS..
Young Pierce at Philadelphia; Young
Loughrey VS.. Paddy Sullivan at Phil
adelphia; Tom Sawyer VS.. Jeff Doher-
ty at Lawrence.
Wednesday-Fred Corbett VS.. Kid
Broad at Philadelphia; Jack FitZger-
aid VS.. Jim Savage at New York.
Thursday-Joe Marks VS.. Joe Shea
at Meri0en, CT; Jack Sentell VS.. Eddie
Jones at Atlanta, Ga; Tommy Lowe
VS.. AL Schumacher at Baltimore: Tom
my Danforth VS.. Harry Brewer at Kan
sas City; Kid Locke VS.. Johnny Will
let's at Philadelphia.
Friday-Bartley Connolly VS.. Terry
Martin at Manchester. n. H.; Terry
MUSTANG VS.. Leo Layton at Fruitvale,
Cal; Sandy Ferguson VS.. Joe jeanette
at New York; Pierce Mathews VS..
Dale Gardner at Omaha.
Boston, Aug. 23.-The coming week
will witness the re-opening of the Ar
mory A. A. The three bouts scheduled
are Of an elimination kind. and this
should mean warm work. Billy Melody
and Billy Rolfe will furnish one of the
feature attractions, Matty Baldwin and
Johnny Lynch will engage in another,
While Young Jack johnson will oppose
Larry Connolly in the opener.
The Mellody-ROlfe bout has every
body guessing. Mellody's revival of
form in his bouts at Paris has encour-
aged his supporters. ROlfe will have an
advantage in weight. The South Boston
boxer is strong boy, and this will be
useful to him against Melody, who, it
is said, still packs that Wallop that
won MIN tine Welterweight champion
ship at one time.
johnny Lynch will be given the OPP
pOrtunity of his life when he faces
Matty Baldwin. Baldwin has the ad-
vantage of experience, and from late
reports will be in fine trim for the bout.
From q joke in the ring, Young Jack
Johnson has developed into one of the
most feared welterweights, goes against
the hardest fighter he has ever faced
when he meets Larry Connolly.
OF the several other good bouts
scheduled for the week one is between
BARLEY Connolly, the Portland welter-
weight. and Terry Martin of Philadel-
phia at Manchester.
Jim Barry will go on with his match
against Jack Burns, a California heavy
weight, that looks good Tuesday night
Lawrence has a bout billed for Tues
n .srGt
and Jeff Doherty of Connecticut fur
nishing the feature event of IL rounds
At New York, Friday night. Sandy
Ferguson and Joe Jeanette will fur
nish the Fairmont Club members
with the feature attraction. Johnny
Frayne's defeat of Dick Hyland has
placed MIN in line for a battle against
the champion, Bat Nelson. Monte
Attell had an easy time disposing of
Percy Cove, the little Seattle boxer,
who showed here against AL belmont
1t was previously stated that Cove
would impair his chances meeting At
tell under the conditions he did, and
1t came to pass. However, that is a
boxers own lookout and today AtteIl
is a notch higher in the esteem of the
Much concern is expressed about the
prlscoll-Moran fight that will be held in
England soon. The American followers
are as deeply interested as the English
men. They are going to meet at 1875
pounds, the recognized weight limit for
a featherweight on the other side, and
the chances are that when Abe Attell
meets the winner he is going to chal-
lenge he will have to fight him at that
weight. OF the two, Driscoll created the
better impression while boxing here
A little fellow in the featherweight
class that is attracting a lot of atten-
ton is Johnny Glover of South Boston.
Glover's early contests in the amateur
ranks were the talk of the city, and
when he entered the professional game
he went along in surprising manner.