Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-17
BOXING NOTES.

| Bill Lang, the Australian hope" 0t
Promoter Mcintosh, meets Petty Off
Ger Curran Of the English army in
London "Wednesday night.
"Porky" Flynn. the Boston hope,
meets Con O'kelly, the hope" discov-
cred by Tommy Ryan, Tuesday night
at Syracuse. Flynn should, at least
outscore O'Kely.
Jack Lester, the hope" found by
Tommy Burns, meets Pete Muldoon
in Tacoma Tuesday night, and if Null
doom has it right Burns hope" is in
| for a whaling
Mike tTwin) Sullivan has hard Gus
toner to meet in Buffalo Tuesday night
in the Dixie Kid. While the Twin is the
cleverer boxer, the Kid can wallop with
both hands in hard fashion.
With hopes. near-champions and
some of the local talent to appear in
the ring in different parts of the coun
try this week the patrons of boxing
are as much interested in the bouts as
If some of the title-holders We're to de-
fend their pugilistie crowns.
Dave Deshler's bout with Kid Shea
has been called off, as neither man
could come to terms on the weight
question. This condition of affairs
knocks the Hyde Park fans out of a
good match. The matchmaker of the
club is arranging another match for
| next Monday night.
Carl Morris, the Oklahoma "hope."
| who looks the best of the lot 50 far. is
certainly being "steered" right. He
n lro Golora1ly In, n 11p, 10
Friday night. Schreck has seen his
best days as a boxer. but n win owe"
him will give Morris more confidence
and experience.
Another match arranged Sunday by
O'Brien is the coming back Of Mel
SON." The Dane Monday put his name
to a contract which calls for him to
fight st. Patrick's day with any boy
of his class who may be picked by
O'Brien. Nelson is showing here this
week and it is likely that his opponent
will be the boy who makes the best
showing against him on the stage. If
on st. Patricks day the popular deci-
sion IS against Nelson, he declares
ne VIII never. don q glove again and
viii open cafe either in San Fran
cisco or New York
Among all the aspirants for the middle
weight championship, Gardner. Hugo
| Kelly, Klaus, Papke and the rest, there
is one whose merit could not be overlook
ed. This is Leo Houck of Lancaster. Pa,
well known to, and a favorite among the
boxing fans of Boston. Houcks first APP
pearance in Boston was unfortunate. He
| lost to Frank Perron on a foul in three
| rounds. This was last April. But last
| August -he won decision over Harry
Lewis in the same ring, which was no
! mean feat. And last October he knocked
out Tommy Quill the local star, in eight
rounds, hanging the first Knockout on the
record of the Brockton boy. Houck has
also outboxed Young Loughrey and
Young Otto, held his own in no-decision
bouts with Jimmy Gardner and Frank
| Klaus, won a 15-round decision over
| Frank Mantel and knocked out Fred
| Corbett.
| They are in the throeS of a heavy
weight situation in England that Is a
replica of what we are confronting in
this country. There is a mad chase
for hopes" over there, but the efforts
to dig up good fighters that will stand
the acid test are meeting, apparently
with no better success than similar at
tempts on this side of the ocean. The
latest big fellow to cause the critics a
little Hurry Of anticipatory joy is a
big butcher boy. Bill Chase by name
who weighs 220 pounds and is said tc
have all the "makings' of the real arti-
Gle. Recently Bill waded through "all
corners" at the National Sporting Club
moving down his opponents right and
left. Still the critics are not so wild
| about him. Experience. it seems, has
taught them caution and they no long
er are extravagant in their praise OF
fiy-by-nights and morning ghosts.
Warren w. Barbour, the millionair,
amateur boxer of New York. VII,
won the national amateur heavy.
weight championship here last year
will most likely defend his title this
year in this city, Billy Rodenbaek
| the retired amateur champion and who
| was regarded as one of the cleverest
| amateurs seen in the ring, has beer
boxing with Barbour every day ir
New York. Another amateur heavy
in New York the other day had a
discussion with Barbour about his
right to call himself the champion and
1t ended in an agreement to settle
the matter at the national champion
ships. TO be held here in April. When
Barbour was reminded that his father
declared he would not allow him te
go in the ring again. Barbour re-
marked that he was II wears old.
Those who have seen Barbour box
lately say he has improved greatly
over his last years form.
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