Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-13
BOXING NOTES.

| Young Sayior and "One Round Ho-
gan will probably meet in Pittsburg,
Dec. 20.
| Jack Goodman and Johnny Mario
! have been matched to box in New
York. Feb, Is.
Rude Unholtz. the Boar lightweight,
is back in Chicago and is trying to get
a match with Battling Nelson.
Matty Baldwin and Freddie Welsh,
the English lightweight. have been
matched to box at New Orleans. sun
day. Jan. IA.
Joe Ketchel. brother Of the late
rnfddleweisht champion. has been
matched TO box Young Mahoney at
Appleton. Wis. Thursday night.
Abe Attell and Johnny Kilbane have
at last been matched to box for the
featherweight title at Los Angeles,
Feb. %. Attell gets $1,000. while Kill
bane will receive $500.
Johnny Coulon has drawn out of his
match with frankie Burns of jersey
City in New Orleans, Dec. "a. It looks
as if Couion is afraid to meet Burns.
Burns and Eddie O'Keefe of Philadel-
phia probably will meet on that date.
Norman Selby, known in his pugll
istic days as Kid Mccoy" was grant
ed a discharge in bankruptcy, Mon
day, in the United States district
court in New York. This is Selby's
second bankruptcy. His first discharge
was granted in June, 1904. In his lat
est schedules Selby gave his liabilities
as s21.470, with no assets.
Gov. Hadley of jefferson City. Mo-.
wired the prosecuting attorney and
the sheriff of Vernon county to stop
a prize fight which is being adver-
tiscd to take place at Nevada, in that
county. The Governor says that prop
erly conducted boxing exhibits are
permissible, but prize fights are barred
by the Missouri statutes. The Ferns
Brewer bout was scheduled for Mon
day, at Nevada. Mo-
Tom Kennedy the destroyer of
white hopes" was matched, Monday
night. by his manager Dan McKetrick,
to fight AL Benedict at the Olympic
A. c., New York, next Monday eve
ming. Kennedy is training for his
fight with Carl. Morris, which is to be
held at the Empire A. c.. on Dec. 27
and is in good condition.
Frank Mantell of Pawtucket, r. T.,
who claims the middleweight cham
poinship of the Pacific coast, has been
matched in a return bout whit Kid
George of Stockton. Cal, for Dec. %.
The pair met at Sacramento. Cal,
Thanksgiving day. the Eastern man
getting the decision of the 2o-round
bout. The men yill weigh in at 15S
on, ha Of Gol, OF
the winner will meet Fritz Holland.
Both men have started training for
the bout
Oscar Battling Nelson is heard from
once again. He win enter suit against
the Perry Athletic Club of Cleveland,
o., for 500 which he says is due him
for expenses for coming to that city
for n bout with Phil Brock soon. The
club sent Nelson two kilograms, ac-
cording to the Battler and he came
to Cleveland, last Wednesday to start
training for the encounter. The club
called off the bout. and as no articles
weer signed, they claim that Nelson
has no right to collect. Nelson stated
that he will spend $1,000 to collect the
money if it is necessary.
The bout arranged between Abe At
tell and "One Round Hogan to take
place at the Madison A. c., New York,
next Monday night. has been post
poned until Dec. 90 and all because
Attell knocked out a doorkeeper OF
the National Sporting Club, last Fri
day night. Abe was careless enough
not to have his fist encased in a box
ing glove in that impromptu match
and as a result his right hand was
| hurt when 1t came in contact with
the doorkeeper's jaw. Because of the
injury Attell asked Gil Boag, manager
of the club, to defer the bout until the
latter part of the month.
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