Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-17
UBR|EN SIGNS
AD WOLGAST FOR
TRIO OF BOUTS
Champion Will Meet Knockout
Brown, Battling Nelson and
Either Owen Moran or Packey
Mcfarland at the Big Ameri.
can Club in Philadelphia
Matches Next Month.
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CADILLAC, Mich. Jan. Il.

HFff% 49, stNAh 80
WV HILE Jack o.Brien, of Philadel-'
W phia, vas here last week he
signed Ad Wolgast, lightweight
champion, for three fights, the latter
announced last night. The battles are
of six rounds each and will be with
Knockout Brown, Battling Nelson
and either Owen Moran or Packey Nc
Farland. The first one will be on Feb
ruary 5 with Mcfarland or Moran.
Next will come Brown for February IS.
Six days later Bait ing Nelson will be
taken on. Wolgast say he will get
$1,000 for each appearance.
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien says he
has practically signed Jack Johnson
and Sam Langford TO meet at n of
his clubs shows in six weeks.
Phil Knight, the crack lightweight of
Kansas City, who has been lighting
with good success in Kansas City and
other cities in the West, has been
matched by Tom O'Rourke to meet
ICY" Smith, of New Jersey, for ten
rounds at the National Sporting Club
stag on February 2.
A match Vas arranged today be-
tween Monte Attell, the California
bantaInweight, and Philly McGoverp,
the fast little bantamweight of Brook
Ign. They will come together In a ten
ound bout at the next stag of the
Vanderbilt A. c. in tho Clermont Ave
nue. Rink, in Brooklyn, on Monday
night.
Before a packed house last night at
the Olympic Club, of New York, Joe
Wagner n Packey Hommey went
ten rounds to q draw in a fight that
was good in spots and very poor in
other places. Wagner was slow, and
Try as he would he failed to connect
hard enough with his long drawn
punches to even shake his opponent up.
and Packey was not there with the
sting either, light left HAND work to
the head and boGy being about the
Lest he diahed UP.
Leach Cross, the East Side light
weight, knocked out Charley Griffin,
Whc claims the lightweight champion
ship of Australia, in the second round
OF a scheduled t~en-round bout at the
Vanderbilt Athletic Club, in Brooklyn.
lest night.
ross made the Australian look like
= aov.ee in the first round, n the
second round was hardly we'll under
aesy when the Fighting Dentist" land
ed d hard right swing to the jaw n
Griffin was unconscious for four min
utcs.
sam Langford, who declares that he
is anxious Ia meet Jack johnson for
the heavyweight championship, made
his last appearance in the ring in this
country last night before sailing for
Europe. He appeared in a bout with
Fred AtWater at the State Armory,
Utica, \. Y. before a large crowd. At
water is q bigger negro. but had nc
chance. Langford played with him i'll
the first two rounds, even dropping
his guard and permitting three straight
blows TO land. He hen punched At
water, and in the third round f1oored
him with a terrific punch. The bout
was SO one-sided that It was stopped
there.
Johnny Glover, of Boston, outpoi ted
\ 'Fighting'' Joe Hyland, of New York,
in a ten-round bout at Glers Falls, y.
y, last night.
Kid Henry and Connie Schmidt. OF
New York, fought a %ten-round bout
last night before the G~osan' A. c.. at
Watervliet, N. Y. The hout was fest
and furious. In the third round the
men clinched and fell to the floor and
three policemen were compel'e7 to jump
fnto the ring to separate them.
The fur promises to fly in three d.
visions of the boxing game at the Ma
tional Sporting Club on Thursday. when
Manager Tom O'Pourke will stage an
all-star show-thirty-six rounds OF
slashing encounters between some OF
the best bows in New York. In the
main event Tommy Maloney will meet
Harvey Stone. In the weller divis'on
Jeff Smith will meet Iron Man Sieser.
Jimmy Ambrose and Young Solsburs
will clash in the bantam division.
Jack Goodney, the newsboy's cham
plon. and Harry Greenhaus report they
are 10Th 1T for their bout Thursday
right at the Long Acre and promise
The MANAGEMENT that they will put up
tho best that is in them.