Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-28
Boxing Gossip

ut New haven April Il. nelson Is ABOUT
as tough an opponent as could he found.
He Is boxing in great style just at pres
ent.
Governor Harmon of Ohio Saturday
ordered that the prize fight scheduled
Tor Akron next Tuesday night between
"Bi2" Mackey OF Fndlay and Jack
White. lightweight boxer. be cam
celied. Zen. Sec. j. O. Ames of the
Akron Y. VI. c. \. presented petition
to the governor against the fight
Manager Galley Of the Pastime Athletic
ClIb Of Portland has arranged three
star bout for tonight. The performers
will be Young Cote of Biddeford VS.. Billy
Shea Of Fort Mckinley. "Roughhouse"
Riley Of Portland vs. kid" O'Brien of
Chicago: Cyclone Zip" of Portland VS..
KID Sullivan OF Biddeford.
Terry Young ard Pat Mack boxed six
fast rounds in the principal bout at the
National A. c. in Brooklyn Saturday
night and at the end Pat had a shade
the better Of the argument. In the pre-
lhninaries Jack Fitzgerald went to a draw
with Jack White and Kid Bolt bested
Mickey Foley.
Sam Langford denied in Los Angeles
Saturday that he would break his Phila-
delphia engagement to fight Stanley
Ketchel In San Francisco next month. Il
am going to fight ketchel six rounds in
Philadelphia on April e." was Langfords
statement. II have signed no articles
calling for q fight In San Francisco"
Jack Connell Of Canada, former spar
ring partner of Stanley ketchel, will fight
a 4-round battle with Sailor Williams Of
England at Salina Cruz during the first
week In April for the championship of
Mexico. COnnell Is the new champion of
Mexico. he having won the title last Sun
day night by defeating Jim Smith, the
Negro, and for the further reason that
Mitchell. the former champion, has left
the country and refuses to meet the Ca
madam
night at the Union A. A. of Brockton is
as follows: Kid Bell Of Boston and Hay
wood Briggs of Brockton. six rounds;
Kid Mcdonald Of Roslindale and Jim
Reardon of Brockton. six rounds; Joe
Burchell of Cambridge and Peck Lefavor
OF Brockton. six rounds, and the final
bout of IL rounds between Jack Fitzgerald
of Philadelphia and Tom Sawyer of Port
land. Me.
The main hout at the Pastime Club
in Portland Saturday night between
Jerry Meskill of RoXbury and Eddie
Donahur Of the navy ended after the
first round. Donahue slipped and in
jured his right hand so badly that he
was unable to 60 on in the second
Jim Rippin of Fort Prehle bested Billy
Voight Of Fort Williams and Joe Ma
loney Of Fort Williams knocked out
BILLY Shea of Fort Mckinley in the
second round
Young Erne had g. shade the better
OF Willie Fitzgerald at the National A.
G.. at Philadelphia Saturday night On
several occasions they stood toe to toe
and nixed it with vicious swings. Ernc
was the stronger of the two. In the
semi windup Buck (Twin) Miller of
Boston met Harry Clutch of New York
Miller started out in great style but
he got n little careless in the third
round and Clutch sent him down for the
count of nine After that Miller was
more careful and was entitled to the
ocSlSloIi ~ ttlt cIli III TIE lOcdI limit
Matty Baldwin of Boston was given
the decision over Leonard Lauder of
Los Angeles at thr end of their 10
round battle at the New Orleans A. c.
Saturday night before big crowd. 1t
was rough fight. Baldwin went at
Lauder from the start with the most
aEgr, SSive methods. The California
boy vas unable to stop him, but he
took world of punishment. Baldwin
had the fight won from the first round.
in the eighth and ninth rounds Lauder
evened up the score q bit, but with the
exception of those two rounds the bout
was Baldwins
A letter from Jack johnson, the heavy
weight champion. to a friend in New
York gives his ideas Of training. Il am
not hiring anyone to tell me how to
train" Johnson wrote. "Of course / will
have a large staff of so-called trainers.
hut they will do what l instruct them
10 do. In the actual preparation for the
Jeffries bout l will follow my own sys-
TEN. My training is all based on how
] feel and perform. If I could hit as
hard. be as fast and feel as we'll, | would
not care whether l weighed ton or $50
pounds. But common sense tells me that
1888 or 900 pounds Is enough to be at my |
best. do not expect to weigh an ounce
more than 1873 when / meet Mr.. Jeffries |
1T isn't that | don't need training, but |
! don't need trainers
DIR. J. J. Osburnc, Stanley kctchel's |
physician, issued a statement Saturday |
night at Wheeling. w. Va, stating that
ketchel would have to undergo an OPP |
Grafton for the injury received last
wednesday AT Pittshurg in his bout |
with Frank Klaus. An N-ray ezamina- !
ton was made Saturday evening. and |
1t was found that the second and thirn |
joints OF the left thumb are splintered. !
ketchel is to go to Il Pittsburs hosni- |
tai next week to continue the treat !
ment given here since the Klaus bout |
Should an operation be performed il |
Is probable that the bout between |
ketchel and Sam Langforu at Phila !
delphia on April y will be postponed