Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-04
Boxing Gossip


the Paramount A. c. Tuesday evening
Jack Gleason's remark that he APP
prehnnds race riot in the event OF
Johnson's beating Jeffries is more can
did than tactful and more foolish than
either.
Jim Kenrlck. champion bantam
weight Of England, and Patsy Bran
negan Of Pttsburg fought 10 fast
rounds 10 q draw at the Royal Ath-
letic Club. New Orleans. Saturday
night.
Jack Curley. champion lightweight
Of the Bronx, Saturday night defeated
Terry Young of Brooklyn in a six
round bout at the Northwestern A. C..
New York. In the first round Curley
dropped Young with a short right jolt
but the Brooklyn man was up i'm
mediateIy and fought back hard.
Terry Young Of Brooklyn and Jack
Curley. the Bronx champion. will meet
in the star bout at the Avon A. c., in
Brooklyn, next Wednesday evening.
Young and Curley have met before,
and a rafting contest resulted. Both
are In fine condition for the fray. and
Harry Lewis, the American welter-
weight. plans returning to America
soon and will claim the championship
Of the world by posting forfeit and
issuing a challenge to boxers In the
ZAP and 45-pound> division. Lewis has
two more fights in Paris, one with
Willie Lewis and the second with an
opponent yet to be named.
San Berger, who returned to San
Francisco Saturday from Chicago, on
his way to Join Jeffries at his training
camp. Is quoted as saying that the
fight has aroused such widespread in
tere3t that he does not believe seats
enough can be built to supply the de-
mand.
jim Savage, who claims to be unde-
feated, and Porky Flynn. the conquerer
OF Sailor Burke. will face each 9TH
err this evening In what promises to be
a fast 1O-round bout at the National
Sporting Club of America, New York.
Kid Gleason of Philadelphia and Kid
Burns Of New York are also on the
program to go 10 rounds.
Jack OBrien of Philadelphia an
nounced Saturday night that he had
accepted an offer to fight AL Kaufman
Pittsburg. on April 81. O'Brien said
that kaufman is 40 pounds heavier
than he, and that if Kaufman accepts,
he will go into training Immediately.
The offer came from Jim Dime, now
In New Orleans
In one Of the fastest six round bouts
ever boxed in Philadelphia, Billy Allen
of Syracuse Saturday night outpointed
Joe Theel In the windup at the Ma
tlonal A. c. There never was an idle
moment. Allen. always the aggressor.
kept boring In. compelling Theel to
give an exhibition of defensive boxing
that was simply a revelation to the
spectators.
"Biil" Papke. the prize fighter, dis
gnsted with his inability to get a
fight with European puxaiists. came
back to this country Saturday on the
Lorraine. Papke said he had heard
from Promoter Coffroth that he would
get match with Stanley ketchel for
the middleweight title soon. Papke
fought willie" Lewis abroad in March.
On his way to California; Papke will
stop off at his home at llewanee. Ill
In the main event tonight at the
Pastlme A. c., Portland. Tommy Riley
Of Saco and Young Cote of Biddeford,
meet In the main bout Both boys
have beat Billy Shea Of Fort Mckin-
ley, and it Is seldom that bout be-
tween local talent has so much i'm
portance. Nobody has had any bust
ness with Riley up to date and it re-
mains to be seen what Cote can do
against him.
Kid Shea and his trainer. Rouse
left Saturday afternoon for
lIaverhill, Mass, where this evening
Shea will meet Ben Douglass of New
York. Shea's manager, Charles A.
White Of this city. will leave this
morning for Haverhill. Shea's recent
in Massachusetts. including
one over Tommy Langdon. three weeks
ago before the Armory A. A, at Bos-
ton. has made him a warm favori,e in
that state
Every round Of the six in the bout
between Tommy Bergin of Lewiston
Ind Joe Ryan of Syracuse, N. Y. al the
pastime Athletic Club, Portland. Sat
lrday night was i'm the Lewiston boys
favor and during the last four rounds
Ryan was so tired that he stalled
about all the time The bout was not
very Interesting TO the fans as there
was too much clirching AMI not enough
action and while Bergin fought hard
all the time Ryan had slowed down so
much after the first two rounds that ii
was pretty tame sport.
The case of Jack Johnson, heavy
weight champion. indicted for assault,
hns disappeared from the calendar of
the New York court of general ses-
soins. Nothing has been heard of it
since johnson was released 10 days
ago. under 5000 bonds. because Nor
man Pinder. who charges the assault,
and the other witnesses for the pros
ecution were missing. They are still
and nothing is being done TO
find them. The case does not appear on
the call calendar. nor has any other
day than March %. the original date
been set for the trial.
me newspaper merts special train
TO the Jeffries- johnson battle in Cali
fornia promises to be one of the rea,
ae luxe trains leaving New York for