The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-03
5 HOOKS and JABS
. OF the FIGHTERS +;

Next week at the Bedford Jim Shor-
tell win dish up three ten-round bouts.
Patsy Kline md kid" Singer will go
ter rounds in the final. Harry Stone
and Knockout O'Donnell, and Young
Joe Coster and "Yank' Schwartz will
also go ten apiece. Looks like a big
night.
The ~Jeft-Johnson match will have
nothing on the Joe Humphreys-Jack
Dougherty bout, IL these two veteran
managers a agree to a go. Dougherty
Is ready on a days notice, but it will
take a few weeks for Humphreys to
get in trim. A New York promoter is
negotiating to get Madison Square Gar
den for this contest. 4-T
Danny Dunn writes, saying that he
is just as much entitled to be called
the bantamweight champion as any kid
in the business. Danny has a corking
good record, and has knocked out Phil
McGovern in -four rounds. He will be
ready to box in September, and will
take on any of them at 116.
Heine Rafael, in a letter, says ne
will get some money with Frayne
within the next few months. Johnny
Is matched with Hyland for twenty
rounds before the West End Club, of
Frisco, on August 20, and on Labor
Day will box some good lightweight a
tWenty-round bout-maybe Young Erne.
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Billy West, the ard-hitting Eas st
Side welterwelght, is still clamoring for
a chance at my of the t~op-notchers
In his class for any old distance up to
twenty rounds. The East Side fighter
finds it hard to secure a match since
he defeated Bill Hurley, the Glens Falls
m~iddleweight, although he will con-
cede weight to secure a good match.
The bantam elimination contest. which
started at the Fairmont Athletic Club
three weeks ago. will be continued Fri
day evening. This weeks contestants
Will be that rugged authenticated
~Pittsburger, Patsy ~Brannigan, who de-
feated Charley Harvey a few nights
ago in a decisive name and Jim
kendrick, the champion bantam 4
England.
Jack Curley, the hard-punching Har-
lem lightweight, knocked out Lew
Sheppard in the second round of their
scheduled ten-round bout at the Olym-
pic ArC. last night. Sheppard collided
with the canvas four times and with
the floor outside the ring three times.
After the third knock-down SHEPPARD
received unnecessary punishment, for
the referee pulled the beaten man bach
INTO the ring in order to let Curley
shoot over another crashing right.
handler.
Jimmy Walsh may make another trir
to England pretty soon. He has beer
offered a couple of matches, accom-.
panied by good Inducements. to meet
Digger" stanley nj "Boyo' Driscoll
joe Cvanni, of Rome, N. Y. cham
pion lightweight of central New York
was given a decision at Charlotte. N
y. i'll a six-round bout. over kid
saunders of Rochester, last night
Uvanni is on his way to Chicago tc
meet others in his class or better.
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Packy Mcfarland, Chieago's sta,
lightweight, is after a match with AZ
Wolgast, of Milwaukee. In response Il
the challenge of Wolgast, issued a few
days ago Mcfarland said that he
would give the Milwaukee man a battle
II the weight was made 1873 pounds two
or three hours before the battle. a side
wager of $1,000 to be made on the scrap
Mcfarland does not think it would pa,
him to train otherwise. Mcfarland