Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-27
AO VOLGAST SAYS
he HAS RECEIVED
NO LONDON OFFER
Would Meet Moran There, He
Declares, Provided He Gets
$4,000, Win, Lose or Draw.
Papke Loses on Foul While
Taking Beating.
Sporting Page
CADILLAC. Mich. d.

Aof1hS DSotlu%s
CADILLAC, Mich. Dec. II.
ri HAVEN'T had any offer from
Moran to fight in London" said
Ad Wolgast when shown a tele-
gram last night to the effect thai Owen
Moran in P%ittsburg had received an
offer of a $4,000 purse for a battle with
Wolgast in the British capital. Eff
teen thousand dollars would be no in
ducement~ whatever for me to cross the
ocean to fight If divided in the ordinary
way. If, however, Moran can
me $4,000. win or lose or draw, in any
number of rounds. I will accept the
offer"
Billy Lang, of Australia, had an easy
time defeating Jack Burns. of Califor-
MIA, yesterday In London. The latter
was in such a bad condition in the
twelfth round that Referee Eugene
CORR stopped the bout. In the first
three rounds Lang did all the leading,
landing heavy blows and administering
severe punishment. He tried hard for a
knockout and nearly succeeded in the
second round when he sent Burns
sprawling. the gong alone saving Burns.
Burns came up very groggy in the
twelfth round. Lang, seeing his advan-
tage. went straight for his opponent.
landing rights and lefts. After a min
ute's fighting CORR decided that Burns's
chances were hopeless and awarded the
fight to Lang OF points. =
Jack C'Twin") Sullivan and Porky
Flynn will come together in a twelve
round battle in Boston tonight.
Willie Beecher. of New York. won his
six-round bout from Teddy .Maloney
yesterday at the National Club. of Phil
adelphia. Beecher was on top of his
man and made him back up from rights
and lefts to the head. Toward the end
OF the fight Beecher proved the
stronger and easily had the bout in his
favor on points. Maloney was game.
but could not gain any Roadway with
his stubborn opponent.
Phil McGoyern. OF Brooklyn. was
prevented from continuing in his
match with Eddie O'Keefe, of
Philadelphia at the latter place.
after he had been Rocked down in the
fifth round. O'Keefe was knocked
down by McGovern in the first and
third rounds, while the latter was sent
to the floor in the third and fifth
rounds.
After the last Touchdown the physi-
clan at the ringside refused to permit.
McGovern to eontisae7 4lthougn in the
judgment of the referee both men were
in shape to continue the full six rounds.
Billy Papke, the illinois Thunder
bolt" who claims the middleweight
championship of the world, lost yester-
days battle with Dave Smith, the Aus
tralian middleweight t~itle-holder, in the
tenth round, at Sydney, New South
Wales. Papke lost on a foul after
Smith had led him in every round.
While he has not been satisfied with
his condition for the past fortnight.
Papke was very much chagrined at his
disqualification. After the fight the
Yankee boxer expressed an opinion
that the disqualification would never
have happened had the fight taken
place in America.
James Barry. of Chicago. and Tony
Ross, of Newcastle, Pa, fought eight
rather tame rounds to a draw before
the National Athletic Club. of Memphis,
last night. Neither man seemed dis
posed to chance his opponent at short
range, and the blows, which landed
true, were comparatively few. After
the sixth round the fighting became
faster, Barry landing choppy rights
and left SWINGS Ar 4ha arz Do~-- -
a blackened eye and Ross showed sew
eral bruises. Carl Morris, the Okla
homa heavyweight, was at the ringside
to challenge the winner.
Joe Moroney, of New York, had Jack
Smith, of Brooklyn, all but out when
the gong sounded BIT the end of their
six round go before the Eureka A. G..
which opened at Elmira n. Y, last
night.
Jack White, Of Chicago, all but
knocked out Gene McGovern in a ten
round bout at Milwaukee yesterday
afternoon. McGovern was substituted
for Johnny Schultz, of Toledo. who was
taken sick. The bout was an uninterest-
ing one. 1t being a smuggling match, In
which White did the smuggling.
Johnny Parmentier, of Green Bay. L.
years old. died in the ring last night
while fighting a six-round bout At
Green Bay. Wis. Hemorrhage of the
brain from over exertion, it is said.
caused death. A coroner's jury will in
vestigate the case.
Tommy Quill, Of Boston. was out
pointed at Milwaukee last night by Bob
Moha, of Milwaukee, in a ten-round
fight.
Howard Morrow, of Benton Harhor.
Michigan, a pupil of Tommy Ryan.
knocked out Hugh Ross. of oswego.
yesterday afternoon. in the tenth round,
at Syracuse, N. Y.
BOXING AT McGUIGAN'S