Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-07
WOLGAST AGREES
TO MEET PACKEY
MFARLAND AGAIN
Men Viii Meet at Fairmont Club
in New York in Latter Part
Of ApriI-ChicagO Boy Must
Weigh in at lbs Pounds at
Z O'CIOck-We.sh to Visit
America.
CHICAGO. March Z.

A S a result of a conference yester-
~ day, Lightweight Champion VOL
CAST and Packey Mcfarland. ths
stockyards lightweight, will meet In a
ten-ioJnd Oout before the FairTnont
Club, of New York, the latter part Of
April.
According to agreement of the man
ayers yesterday. Mcfarland must
weigh 135 pounds at 7 o'clock on the
night of the fight. The date OF the
match and the division Of the purse
viii be decided later, but Wolgast.s
manager said he would be satisfied to
let the champion fight a week after he
meets "One-Round Hogan"
Wolgast and Mcfarland have been
matched on three occasions before. but
each time something has prevented the
men from coming together.
The warm competition for the light
weight championship in this country
will be further complicated next week
by the arrival In New York Of Fred
Welsh, one OF the cIeverest boxers of
his weight IN England. who comes with
a general challenge to the lightweights
of America. He expects to meet Vol
CAST, Brown, Hogan n other as
pirants.
Montana Jack Sullivan. the middle
weight made good In his first battle In
New York city. He met Connie
Schmidt, of Hoboken, In the wind-up at
the Olympic A. c. stag and gave him
such a beating in every one Of the ten
rounds tina. the bout was really too
one-sided to be interesting.
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good impression with the fight fans
because had before him a fighter who
was shorter by several inches, is
muscle bound and besides lacks the
proper ring experience.
There will be no show az the Fair
mont A. C. tonight. because Jim Smith
could not make the weight suggested
by Hugo Kelly for their ten-round
bout. At the Brown Gymnasium A A.
Montana Dan Sullivan Will meet Jack
Reynolds. of Brooklyn, in the main
bout Of ten rounds. Al the Brighton
Beach A. c., Coney Island. Harry
Phillips meets Darkey Griffin Tor ter
rounds.
Mike Schreck. the Western heavy
weight, is getting into condition at
Pittsburg for his bout with Carl Nor
ris. the Oklahoma heavyweight, which
takes niace at Sapulpa, okla. on March
Is. Kid Cotton, the colored fighter of
Pittsburg, formerly snarring partner OF
Jack johnson. Is getting Schreck IN
condition for the scrap. Schreck weighs
21s pounds.
Bert Keyes has suffered another de-
feat. This time Joe Bede'l, the Brook
lyn lightweight. accomplished the feat.
beating him in a ten-round bout at
the Postnan A. C. stag. Keves fought
in his usual stvie. swinging wildly with
both hands and trying for a knockout
Bedell Used a clever ieft-hand jab and
had no trouble outpointing Bert.
Phil Knight, OF Kansas City. lost 70
Paul Sykora. of Detroit, on a foul In
the first round OF a scheduled ten
round bout near Cleveland last night
Both are ightweights
seYarkeev Schwartz. Of Philadeirhfs.
and Joe Men1ot. OF New Orleans.
fought eight fast rounds TO q draw at
Memphis last night. In a preliminary
PALM Galloway a California negro.
Fpocked out kid" Happy. Of Boston.
IN the first round.
Teddy Murphy IF Poston. and Youns
Mario. of Glen Falls. fought ten fast
rounds to a draw there last night IN
the third round Mario nut Murphy e
the mat for the cunt for nine.