The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-27

HOOKS AND JABS.

champion OF the WOf1u, mas Deen Seiecl-
ed to referee the fifteen-round bout be-
tween Leach Cross and Harry Stone,
the New York lightweights, which
takes place at the Eureka A. c., of
Baltimore, tomorrow night. Al Her.
ford asked the lighters If they were
satisfied to accept Gan as the referee
and they both agreed on hit without
delay. Cross will leave for altimore
tomorrow morning.
Packey Mcfarland. of Chicago. who
wa matched to fight Cyclone Johnny"
Thompson at the big Hippedrome in
Kansas City on Monday night, has been
practically matched to meet Bert Reyes,
of New York, for ten rounds at At
lanta, Ca, November IL. They will
fight at 1873 pounds, weigh in five hours
before the contest. Mcfarland will
leave Kansas City for Atlanta after his
bout with Thompson.
Matty Baldwin, the cleve lightweight
of New England, n Willie Riley, of
South Boston, have been matched to
meet for twelve rounds at h opening
show of the National A. c., of South
Boston, on Monday night. Riley fought
a few battles in this vicinity over a
year ago and showed he could handle
himself well. Johnny Burdick. of New
York, will meet Eddie Shevlin, of Bos-
ton, in the semi-final for eight rounds.
Miah Murray, manager of the Armory
A. A., of Boston, has surely landed
a great bout by signing up Jimmy
Walsh, of Boston, IN Tommy O'Toole,
of Philadelphia, to battle for twelve
rounds at the show of his club on Tues
day evening, November 9. These young
sters are fast with their mitts, and
as they are also noted for their agrees
s~iveness they ought to put up n Of
the best scraps between little men ever
witnessed in that city.
Fistic battles on Sunday are getting
to be all the rage In New Orleans. The
next scrap to be fought on the Sabbath
down there will be the twenty-round
bout between Sailor Burke, of Brook
lyn, and Billy Papke, the illinois
cyclone which takes place at the
West Side A. c.. Both fighters have
arrived at the battle-ground and will
be in fine shape for the mill.
Frank Klaus, the promising middle
weight pugilist of Pittsburg, will have
a hard TASK to perform in the Smoky
City on the night Of November .. when
he will meet Billy Papke for six
rounds In the Duquesne Garden under
the auspices of the National A. G.
Papke is the best man that Klaus has
fought so far, and il he can best him
he will get plenty of bouts N the
future. =
Another bout will be brought off
at Albany in about ten days. The
men who will battle are Fighting
Dick Nelson. of Brooklyn, and ICY"
Smith, the New Jersey lightweight.
who fought some good contests up
through the State. They will come to-
gether in a ten-round go before the
Knickerbocker A. C. Nelson is n Of
those pugillsts who improve In every
bout. Smith will surely have to go his
fastest to last with him..
Jimmy De Forest. the well-known
manager and thrainer' of fighters of
New York city, is in Philadel-
phia trying to hatch Pal Moore,
the clever Quaker City bantam,
against either Phil McGovern or
johnny Coulon, at one of the local
clubs. Jimmy says that there are a
great many boxers from New York in
"Philly," but as the managers of the
different clubs over there r not
willing to pay them the money they
want they nave refused to fight.