Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-29
COSTER BEATS
FRANKIE CONLEY
IN THEIR BOUT
Brooklyn F~eatherweight Gets
Unanimous Decision of the
Sporting Writers.
NEW May %.

TOE COSTER. the Brooklyn feather
weight, yesterday defeated ranki
y Conley, of Kenosha, Wis, at the
West side Athletic Club in one Of the
best fights ever held In the South.
The Brooklyn boy forced the fighting
throughout and was always master of
the situation, administering a severe
beating to Conley. The Western lad
showed his usual bulldog determination
and ability to take punishment, but
his work was devoid of science.
Three judges were unanimous in
awarding to the Brooklyn boy the hon
ors. and he is now slated to meet ABB
Attell for the fe~atherweight champion
shiI.
Articles binding Ad Wolgast and
owen Moran to a twenty-round match
on the afternoon of the Fourth of July
were signed in Coffroth's Office last
night prior to the departure of the
champion for Los Angeles.
Wolgast and Moran. under the arti-
cles. agree to box twenty rounds on
July 4. the weight to be 1873 pounds
ringside. The referee is TO be selected
on or before June Is. Wolgast. as has
been announced heretofore, is TO re.
ceive $12,5O0 for his end. while the
amount that Moran will be given has
not been made public. In all probable
lily Moran will fight on a percentage Of
the house.
Matt Wells. the lightweight cham.
pion of England, will have Leach Gross
for his first opponent in this country
Jack Goodman's injured leg keeps hin
from meeting Wells. Leach and thu
English champion have been matched
for ten rounds at the Madison A. c
Friday night. The weight agreed upor
Is 1876 pounds at 3 o'clock. Wells is al
ready training for the csht at Chest
ter. Pa.
Matty Baldwin. OF Boston. will NEE
Young Saylor. of indianapolis. for ter
rounds, and Patty LAWN, of Buffalo
will exchange wallops with Jimm,
Clabby, the crack Milwaukee fighter. II
a ten-round bout at Indianapolis to.
night.
Harry Lewis lost another decision ii
n fight I'm Paris on Saturday night
Lewis met George Gunther. the clever
negro Australian middleTeight.
Johnny DAILY. who gave Johnny Cou.
Ion a whipping in a ten-round bout al
Fort Wayne. Ind, last week, is likels
to be rematched for n twenty-rounc
contest with the champion. The manager
of the West side A. c. Of New Orlean.
has offered the lads a big percentage
of the gross receipts to meet in {
twenty-round bout the latter part o
next month. Sam Lewis, manager o
DAILY. has already accepted the offer
DAILY is also 10 be matched today Will
frankie Burns by the Twentieth Cen
fury Club.
The elterweight battle between
Honey Melody and Tee Nelson, which
takes place at Browns Gymnasium to
morrow night, is creating considerable
interest. Jimmy Gardner, the BostoI
crack welter. has sent to Brow ask
ing that he be given a chance to NEE
the winner. Melody has shown grea'
form in his recent battles in Boston
His bout with Young Loughrey, at thu
Armory A. A, two months ago, wal
one of the fastest and hardest tough
battles seen in the Hub.
Leach Cross is going down the lint
until he can get into the position wher'
Wells. Welsh. Mcfarland and Wolgas
will consider him a good enough care
to go on with. Tommy Maloney is tn'
one he is using for a step in the di
rection no wants to go, and next Sat
urday night, at the Twentieth Centur!
A. c., Leach and Tommy will hook III
in the star bout.
To the Sporting Editor of the Evening Star;
In a private bout between Samue
Cohen and Harry Kline. better know
as Spike Mulligan. Cohen was corn
| pletely outclassed and had to give vi
before the finish of the third rount
on account Of the steady fire which
Spike rained upon him. f. n. 6.