Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-27
BLOT WILL
PROMOTE FINISH
BOUTS IN MEXICO
San Francisco Man Has OBJ
tanned Permission to Hold
Fights at Tia Juana, a Border
TOwn--MOran- WOlgast, john
sOn-K Kaufman and Johnson
LangfOrd Bouts in Contempla-
ton.
LOS ANGELES. Cal. Feb. 81.

7 OUIS BLOT, the San Francisco
promoter, announces that he has
secured permission to hold box
ing bouts on Mexican soil. Tia Juana,
the little border town, Is the site Sc
lected by Blot to hold finish contests,
and his plans are to give but three or
-four battles a year, combining himself
to championship events only.
II hadn't intended to go before the
public for a few weeks yet, but l guess
there is no harm now in admitting the
facts" said Blot yesterday. 81 had a
Wolkast-Moran contest in mind when
l went to Mexico, but since landing
the permit l nave been figuring on
both a Johnson-Kaufman and a john
s~on-Langford match"
Jack White. of Chicago, and Johnny
Kilbane, of Cleveland, have been
matched to fight at Milwaukee or
March 6.
1t was announced last night that
Carl Morris, called by Oklahoma sports
THE White Mans Hope" will box
fifteen rounds with Mike Schreck, of
Pittsburg, at Sapulpa, Okla, March %.
Joe Jeanette and Jim Barry have
been secured by Miah Murray. manager
of the Armory A. A. of Boston, to ex-
change wallops in a twelve-round bout
at a show to be held by the club on
Tuesday evening. March 7.
A battle for the middleweight cham
pionship of England will take place at
the National Sporting Club of London
A--I~AA L ~-A, 4, .r9I a-l aA-
the title are Johnny Summers and
Young Josephs, the clever English
fighters. They will meet for twenty
rounds.
Charley Griffin, the Australian fight
err, and Young Ahearn, the English
lightweight, will be the principals in
the main bout of ten rounds at the
Knickerbocker A. c., of Albany, on
tomorrow night.
Willie Lewis and Joe jeanette will
sail for Europe March 16. jeanette m Ia
be matched to fight Sam Langford for
twenty rounds, while Lewis will tackle
Harry Lewis or Jimmy Clabby in Paris.
Leo Houck, the hard-hitting middle
weight Of Lancaster, Pa, and Jack Dill
Ion, the Indianapolis fighter, have been
matched to meet for twelve rounds at
the Armory A. A., of Boston, tomorrow
night.
Five stays are scheduled for tonight
in New York: At the Olympic A. c.,
Harry Stone VS., Benny Franklin. ten
rounds: at Postman A. c., Leach Cross
VS.. Willie Beecher, ten rounds; at
Brighton Beach A. c., Coney Island,
Harry Phillips VS.. Frankie Williams.
ten rounds; at Colin A. c., Brooklyn.
Young Donohue VS.. Johnny Dohan. ten
rounds; at Maspeth A. c., Willie Bren-
nan VS.. Jack Lundy, ten rounds.
A match has been cinched between
Bob Moha, the crack Milwaukee welter-
weight, and Mike Twin" Sullivan, the
New England fighter. They will hook
up in a ten-round bout at the Star A.
c., of Milwaukee, on March s, at las
pounds, weigh in at 3 o'clock.
An important fight between prominent
lightweights. of California will take
place in San Francisco tonight. Lew
Powell and frankie Burns, the Frisco
boxers, will be the principals, and they
will battle for twenty rounds in the big
Dreamland Rink. Burns won a de-
cision on a foul over "One-Round" Ho-
gan in Frisco last month.