Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-30
Boxing Cos sip
BOUTS THIS WEEK.
Saturday-FrankiA Conley VS.. Danny
Webster. Los Angeles; Johnny Willetts
VS.. Leo HOuck, Philadelphia.

VS.. Leo HOuck, Philadelphia
Joe OBrien of Cambridge, who was
the opponent of Max J.andy Of ROx-
bury, in a boxing bout, April % at
Brockton, following which Landy was
found dead in his bed, was discharged
in the Brockton conrl Friday, after a
brief hearing
Jeff Doherty Of New Haven stopped
Young Kenney of Lawrence in eight
rounds of a scheduled 10-ronnd bout
Thursday night at Lawrence. Eddie
Murphy was to have been Doherty's
adversary. but refused to fight when
he saw the size OF the gate receipts.
and Young Kenney was substituted
Abe Atten ana Tommy Murphy fought
l0-round draw Thursday night at the
Empire club. Neither was in bad ply
steal condition when the bout came 10
an end. but Attelrs left eye was badly
banged up and Murphys nose, and
punches had landed fairly hard and
often
AID WOlgast has accepted an offer
to fight Johnny Mario of New York
at the National Sporting Club in Pitts
burg. the date TO be decided later
From Pittsburg Wolgast will go East
and meet all men of his weight. On
June q he will fight in San Francisco
someone of Tom McCarey's selection.
Pat Kennedy of Springfield was
awarded the decision over Jack Grant
of East Boston Thursday night at the
Ware. Mass, A. G. In the eighth round
Kennedy had Grant in such a dis
tressed condition that the referee
stopped the contest. Kid Ryan defeat
ed Eddie Britt in three rounds and
Young Rurdette defeated Danny Will
son in. one round.
The gross receipts Of the Ketchel-
Langford fight at Philadelphia were
$18,750. According to Johnny Pollock
or this amount Ketchel got so per cent.
of the gross receipts, and Langford
fought for So per cent With the en-
tire house sold out, the tickets would
have called for $4,000, but there were
many deadheads occupying the best
seats. ketchel's share was $9375, while
Langford received $5625
A double windup was Thursday
nights attra ction before the Lancaster
Pa, A. G. Tommy Stone of New York
and Jimmy Toland went a WhirlWind
six round bout. with the honors in
favor of Stone. Yankee Schwartz and
Johnny Phillips of Philadelphia boxed
six fierce rounds. Schwartz had close
call in the fourth, when beaten to the
ropes. but in the final things We're all
his way and the bout was his.
Arthur Cote of Biddeford won the de-
cision over Kid Wright of Lawrence in
an S-r0und bout Thursday night at the
American A. G.. Boston 1t was n rug
ged bout, which Cote, who was in poor
condition. won by superior genera lship
In the first part of the bout it looked
as # Wright's youth ard condition
would win out in spite of Cotes clever
defensive work. He hit Cote often, and
hard. the Maine man devoting most of
his energy to blocking punches.
The ArooStook Pioneer says: Kid
Pantz and Johnny Stewart put up the
fastest boxing exhibition ever pulled
off in Northern Maine before a large
house in Houlton. Both boys We're in
first-class shape. PantZ led all the
way and gave the best exhibition of
infighting ever seen here. Stewards
blows didn't have any effect on PantZ
whatever. If a decision had been CIV
en-, Pantz would have certainly got it,
as he done all the forcing Two fast
preliminaries were also boxed.
Sam Langford arrived in Boston
Thursday night from Philadelphia.
Nothing about his looks indicated
that he had been in fierce battle
with Ketchel. He said the report that
he did not try in the bout was wrong.
"Ketchel is an awkward boxer" said
Langford. II am confident / can de-
feat him in less than 10 rounds. AS to
our meeting again / can't say until
my, manager Joe WOodman, returns
to Boston. Some of the reports Of our
battle make me laugh. Why, Ketchel
never hurt me. He is a snowy boxer
and the way he works will catch
crowd, but he cannot keep UP the pace
he boxed at Wednesday night. | feel
sorry that my friends have an idea
that I did not try to do my best when
1 did"
Tommy Mccarthy. the San Francis
CO boxer, who will meet Owen Moran
in that city shortly, will never need
for a strong supporter while his moth
err is alive. When she could not dis
suade him to quit the game she en-
couraged him. The other day she went
over to Moran's training camp in San
Rafael and watched the English boxer
go through his stunts. She then intro
duced herself. II came over here to
get Il line on this English boxer whom
my Tommy is going to box" said Mrs
Mccarthy "Now I am satisfied that
Tommy can beat him. feel so certain
that / am going to send this $500 up
to my friend Tom Corbett to bet it on
my boy. He will beat Moran within
Il round. He cannot lose"