Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-27
Boxing Cos sip
BOUTS THIS WEEK.

MISUNDERSTANDING Hurley VS..
Leach Cross. New York.
Thursday-Joe Thomas VS.. T. Kel-
Ter, Ogden, Utah, American A. c.:
Charley Griffin vs. Phil Cross, New
York.
Friday-Terry Martin vs. Bill Nc
Kinnon, Manchester, N. H.; Lew Pow
ell VS.. Frank Burns. San Francisco.
Saturday-Kid Mcdonald VS.. Johnny
Glover. Bangor.
A 20-round boxing contest between
Abe Attell and Harlem Tommy Muir
ply, has been arranged by Promoter
Coftroth for August, in San Francis
&C. Attell has agreed to let Murphy
weigh 1873 pounds. ringside.
Mike C'Twin') Sullivan. who has
been resting several months, will be-
gin the seasons campaign he has
mapped out on Aug. 2. when he will
meet Willie Mack of New York at
Buffalo.
The managers Of Battling Jim John
son. the colored Philadelphia heavy
weight. got themselves lin bad' with
the people of Brussels the other day
by passing him off as Jack Johnson.
The managers had to flee from the
Pelgian city and the Battler was tax
en- to court to explain the deception.
He placed all the blame on his man
ayers.
Chief of Police Steward of Chicago
placed the Jeffries- johnson fight pic
lures under the ban in an order issued
Monday afternoon. His order is: per
nit the exhibition of no pictures or
representations in any form of acts
illegal in the state of Illinois" Prize
fights are not permitted in Illinois and
the prohibition is assumed to include
the films of the Reno battle.
Young Wagner had all the better of
Packy Hommy in their 10-round bout
Monday night at the Olympic A, c.,
New York. Wagner showed his superb
ority over his opponent in every
round except the third and ninth. 1t
was a fast boutfrom beginning to end.
Both boys mixed it continuously, and
each tried hard for a knockout
Young Kid Broad of Philadelphia
and Joe Sieger of Denver put up
rough exhibition in their eight-round
bout Monday night at the New Phoe-
nix A. c.. Memphis. Tenn. Both mixed
it hammer and tongs from start to
finish, and the referee declared it a
draw, pleasing q majority. Although
there were no knockdowns both Broad
and Sieger were wobbly toward the
last.
Tom Sawyer of Portland and Bill Hur-
ley of Glens Falls, N. Y. fought a fierce
six-round bout Monday night at Caey's
DNr f1o md Of
up slashing fight all the way through.
Hurley led in the first two rounds. the
going was even in the third and Sawyer
had the better of the fourth and fifth
Both men slowed down in the sixth, Jim
Rippin of Portland knocked out Kid AL
bert Of Augusta in the second round of
the Semi-f1nal.
Jimmy Moriarity of Lowell and Bill
ly Glover of South Boston Monday
night fought one of the best 12-round
fights ever witnessed at New Bedford,
with Muriarity receiving the award at
the end. 1t was the first welterweight
bout staged at New Bedford. In the
semi-tinal bout of eight rounds Joe
(Kid) Lee of Boston. although out
boxing Chicken Roskin for the entire
route, vas given but a draw. Lee
proved himself to be a very clever and
shifty youngster and found little
trouble in landing on the New Bedford
boy when and where he pleased
Tommy Burns. who is in Seattle. de-
MES the statement published in New
York that the match between Burns
and Sam Langford. scheduled to take
place in London in September, has
1,
Intosh because Burns demanded $4,000
more than tile amount he originally
agreed to fight for II told Mcintosh
at Reno after johnson had agreed to
meet me again. that l would fight
Johnson for 35 per cent of the gross
receipts" said Burns Monday. 81 fig
ured that Johnson. being the cham
pion. would get about 40 per cent.
Then | wired Mcintosh that / wanted
40 per cent. of the receipts to meet
Langford. but that I was still willing
to tackle Johnson for 81 per cent of
the gate