Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-17
BOXING NOTES.

Dick Nelson and Johnny DOMAIN VIII
meet in Baltimore Dec. &C.
tPorky Flynn and Jim Savage will
clash in Brooklyn Dec. q.
Young Allen of Everett Is anxious to
get a bout with Beano Breen, Peter
Sweeney or Joe Nelson.
Tommy Quill ana Bob Aloha have
been matched to box In Milwaukee Dec.
Is; Moha has also signed to Box Dixie
Kid In Buffalo Jan. 0. l-5
bCon OKelley and Miles Mcleod, two
Of the hopes" will meet in Syracuse
mkt month to sec who will be ehmi-
rtEtcd from the list.
Bob F1tzsimmons declares he 10 not
allowing anyone to kid him back into
the ring again. He believes they can
not come back. but it took him some
time to figure It that way.
Walter Monahan and Kid Cotton,
who were Johnson's sparring partners
when he was training for Jeffries. have
been matched to box in Pittsburg
Dec. 20.
Jack johnson Is certainly getting to
be n man of many fads. His latest
is collecting bronze statues Of old Ro-
man gladators to see how they COM
pare with him. Perhaps his next shift
will be to become an aviator.
f. w. Hanks, the Augusta promoter,
who was in Bangor Thursday, stated
that he proposed putting on some
fights in Bangor in about two weeks,
that will be the real thing. He men
toned as possible matches: Benny
Kaufman VS.. Young Wagner and
Tommy Sullivan VS.. Jimmy Gardner.
The =. a. a. will probably hold the
New England amateur boxing cham
pionships in Mechanics building. Bos-
ton. next March. 1t may also hold the
national championships the following
month. What city will got the latter
will be decided Jan. 10 by the A. a.
u. officials.
Boo Eitzsinlmons is still confident
TINT Jeffrles was dopcd. though he
THINKS it will he many years before
they get white man who VIII defeat
Johnson. 1.-THE public" the eX-cham-
pion snys. docs not want to hear any
past history from old-timers; it wants
TO see young fellow come to the
'front.'
Joe Burke. the Jamaica Plain ANA
tour heavyweight. who lost to Warren
Barbour in the national amateur cham
pionshlps in Boston last year. is going
TO turn professional He is now on
his way to Hot Springs. where he ex-
pects to find an Instructor who Will
teach him tho fine points Of the game
so that he can enter the list of the
"hopos."
Tommy Murphy. Harlem's pride
stepped back into 81 the lightweight
champion zone over the reputation. the
face and the body of Pol Moore Thurs
day night at the Empire a. c.. New
York. He made garrison finish IN the
10th round that sent the chances OF
Moore to win as high 90 the record OF
G!iroy's kite. IN to the fatal 10th
Moore had a chance to win. but the
combined cleverness. courage and nit
ting ability Of Murphy sent him away
back into the class Of failures.
In the Majestice rink at Mckeesport,
Pa-, Thursday night there was one
Of the most vicious whirlwind fights
vet seen In that little city, when Frank
Klaus, the hard .hitting East Pttsburg
boy, met Jack Abbott. whose reputa-
ton as n hitter Is only slightly less.
KLAUS forced Abbott's seconds to
throw In the sponge in tho fifth round
TO save their man from 4 knockout.
The round was only n minute old and
il was seen that Abbott could not
longer Withstand the hitting OF tho
East Pittsburg man. so. with the con-
sent Of the police, Abbott's friends
gave IN.