Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-15
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The main bout at the Princess "A. c.,
of New York. Wednesday night win
be a ten-round bout between Phil
Cross n Marty Brown, both of this
city. They will fight at 126 pounds.
There will be a special ten-rou1d
bout between Terry Moran and Kid
Promo, who will fight at 116 pounds.
The semi-final of six rounds will be
between Ed La Rose, Of Philadelphia,
and Sailor Schaffer. the champion mid
dleweight of the navy, who, since leav-
ing the service, has fought eight bat
ties and has secured five knockouts.
jeff Smith. the Jersey cyclone,
will tackle of the toughest PROPOSE
tions of his career when he stacks up
against Fighting Dick Nelson in the
star bout of ten rounds at Browns
gymnasium tomorrow night. Smith has
not lost a fight this year, his recent bat
tie with Paddy LAWN, of Buffalo,
showed that in addition to packing an
awful wallop he possessed great ring
generalship. Jerry Ost and Bull An
derson, of Brooklyn. will hook up in the
semi-final.
Jim Smith, the husky Westchester
farmer, who once had the late Stanley
Ketchell fioundering In a bout at the
National Sporting Club, will reappear
there next Friday night In n star
bout of ten rounds against Morris Har-
ris. Smith and Harris are both wallop-
ers, and If the bout don't terminate in
q knockout the dope Is misleading.
Harris Is perhaps one of the best negro
heavyweights in the country He has
fought all the stars with little damage
to his reputation. Smith has shown a
lot, of class in his recent bouts, and
right now figures up near he top
among the heavyweights. He recently
stopped Dummy Maxim, whose rise had
been nothing short Of meteoric. Up
Westchester way Smith is regarded as
a sure-enough champion,
Eddie Murphy, the Boston boy who
gave Sammy Smith a bad beating up
in Beantown a short ago and who
is now matched to meet Leach Gross at
the Twentie..a Century A. c., at the st.
Nicholas Rink next Thursday night,
May IS, is coming to New York today
to put the finishing touches on his work
for the fattle up at Johnson's road
house. Experts of the fistic game who
have seen Murphy in action proclaim
him the coming lightweight champion.
Although he has been fighting but a
short time, his records show a long list
of wins and ''knockouts" over some
of the cleve.est lightweights in the
business. Murphy a easily make the
lightweight limit, AMI if he defeats
Cross will probably be matched with
Jack Britton, the Chicago boy who
made such a hit with the New York
fight fans when he defeated JOHNNY
Mario last week at the Twentieth Cen
fury A, c..
Sailor Burke, the Brooklyn middle
weight, knocked out Charley O'Rourke
in the first round of a scheduled ten
round bout at the Standard A c., in
Brooklyn, on Saturday night.
Sam Langford and Joe Jeanette VIII
meet before the Cirque de Paris, the
big boxing club of France, on Saturday
evening, June "a. According to articles
of agreement signed by McKetrick,
there will be no fouls allowed, the men
battling until one of them is finally
knocked out.
Fighting Dick Hyland will meet "Cy'
Smith, the cyclone lightweight of Ho-
boken, in a %ten-round bout at the
Olympic A. c. stag tonight.