Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-11-03
Men Will Meet in Frisco De-
cember "a in Twenty
Round Go. +.

nATTLING NELSON, the fighting
~ Dane, and AID Wolgast, the pres
ent title holder, are going to
battle again for the lightweight cham
pionship of the world. They were
matched today to gag in a twenty
round bout at the big baseball park
in San Francisco on the afternoon OF
December "a. If the weather should
prevent the fight from being held in
the open air. then the mill viii be
brought off in the night at the big
Dreamland Rink. The men will battle
at 1873 pounds, weigh in at the ringside.
Eddie Smith will most likely be select
ed to referee the contest. Wolgast is
to receive a guarantee of $500 for his
end, $500 for expenses and privilege of
taking 40 per cent. of gross receipts.
Sam Langford has already grown
tired of the stage and will soc be back
in the fighting business. Sam was
booked up for several weeks on the
road, but after two weeks of this kind
of work Sam ipplored his manager,
Joe Woodman. to get a fight for him,
and Joe Immediately matched him to
meet Joe jeanette for twelve rounds
al lIlS AIiIlOIN =. a. VI IOSiOAi' oA
Tuesday evening. November 20.
Jimmy Carroll, the California BAN
tamweight. is one fighter who can get
backing for $500 to fight any lad in the
business that will box him at 116
pounds at s p. M. Carroll fights Char
ley Harvey ten rounds at the Knicker-
booker A. C, of Albany, on Monday
night. Tom O'Rourke is trying to clinch
a bout between Carroll and Frankie
Burns to be fought at the National
Sporting Club in two weeks.
The fact that Governor Gillette, of
| California. did not prevent the fifteen
round fight between Battling Nelson
I and Anton La Grave in San Francisco
on Monday night proves c~onclusively
that he does not intend to stop any
more bouts, and as a result the fight
I promoters on the coast are going ahead
/ arranging big bouts for the future.
An effort is being made by Tom
O'Rourke TO clinch another bout be-
tween jack Goodman and Young Sam
my Smith, TO be fought at the National
Sporting Club in three weeks. Sammy
! Kelly, manage of Goodman, and Heine
Rafael. manager of Smith, talked over
another bout. but nothing came of it.
| The chances are that the men Will be
matched.
Sailor Burke has returned to STRAIT
ford. Conn, where he is busy training
for his 12-round battle with Frank
Klaus, of Pittsburg, at the Armory A.
A., of Boston, on mex Tuesday night.
Burke has a hard job on his hands
when he faces Klaus for the latter is
one of the gamest fighters and hardest
punchers in the business.
Jimmy Johnson is certainly keeping
| Joe Coster, the Brooklyn boxer, busy
lighting these days. Besides having
him matched to meet Young O'Leary
for ten rounds at the Brooklyn Beach
A. C., of South Brooklyn, on Thursday.
November 10, Jimmy has billed him to
fight George Kitson for ten rounds at
the stag Of the Reno A. c., of Brook
Ign, on Monday night.
Neal Rsgan, tie English feather
weight. who made a good impression
in the fights he had here several
months ago, is back again from Eng
land, and IS ready to take on any of
the good little men we have in this
| country. Regain has been signed up for
fights at Albany and Syracuse and his
opponents will he selected in a few
days.
At the Sharkey Club last night Kid
Ghetto had a shade the better of Marty
Brown in their ten-round bout. Ghetto
was to have met Young O'Leary, but
when the latter's manager saw Ghetto
he said the Kid weighed too much, and
refused to allow o'Leary to enter the
ring. O'Leary and Ghetto were to
have weighed in at 40 pounds.
O'Leary's manager was willing to so
on with the bout IL Ghetto weighed in
at even 124 pounds. Ghetto. however.
refused to get on the scales. n so he
was matched on the spot with Brown.
The latter proved a good substitute for
O'Leary.
At Providence Benny Kaufman de-
feated Young Dyson easily in a fifteen
rom bout at the Rhode Island Ath-
letic Club. Kaufmann's c~leverness