The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-11

way In the making OF a match via
Kaufman, as the latter has long on.
pressed desire 10 meet the cham.
pion Current reports had II that
Jack O'Bricn wired Kaufman to come
east and that the Californian was al.
ready on bis way 20 the Fast, but
these were later denied, Al Kaut.
man. at Willkcsbarrc, Pa. stating he
would not engage in a six-round bout
with Jack Johnson i'm Philadelphia.
lie wants fight to a finish and IS
willing to sign articles to that effect
Carl Morris, the white mans hope,
has been attracting just as much at
tention lately as he has during the
past couple of months, but it has not
been all to his liking. First of ali
Jack Johnson came out with a state
ment late in January that Morris rap.
id advance was due to fake fights, and
to this Morris retorted that he would
give Johnson $4,000 if he could prove
where he had ever faxed a fight. He
added that to any one else he would
give $1,000 for similar proof.
Then came a rupture between Nor.
ris and w. F. Stone, his manager, and
the 15-round fight with Mike Schreck
planned for Muskogee, Okla, on the
9th inst, was abandoned. Morris an.
nounced he would take a thirty days
spell and in the meantime z. b. Ufer,
Of Sapulpa, purchased the manager
ship OF. Norris from Stone for $685.
coo. The Sapulpa man is still being
taken seriously, though his boom Is
not as wide-spreading as it was a
month ago
A serious charge was made against
Packey Mcfarland by Referee Hack,
of Memphis, Tenn, on the End inst,
after the drawn battle between Pack
ey and Jack Britton. Mcfarland en-
.deavored to get Britton to lie down,
says Hack, and Britton supports the
allegation Right on top of this, how
ever, came the news that Mcfarland
and Ad Wolgast, lightweight cham
pion, after a year of wrangling, are
to get together and box six rounds be-
fore Jack O'Brien's Philadelphia CLUB
on February %, the anniversary OF
Wolgasts victory over Nelson. A tel
egram saying that the match was on
awaited Mcfarland when he returned
from Memphis. 1t doesn't seem as If
much reliance is placed on the
charges made.
The much-talked-o match between
Wolgast and Owen Moran seems to
be nearer clinching than ever before.
for at a meeting at Philadelphia on
the End it was decided that the two
men would meet in a fight to a finish
or one that will go so long as to be
equivalent
The meeting was attended by the
| fighters and their managers, Charlie
| Harvey of New York, for Moran, and
Tom Jones for the champion. Jones
! declared he was anxious for a match,
as he was tired of hearing the praises
of Moran as a coming champion. He
said he wanted to show that WOlgast
was the champion. Before they dis
/ cussed terms they decided that they
wanted a long fight or one to a finish
but both managers wanted more time
to think it over before they allowed
their proteges to put their names &C
articles.
After talking for an hour the man
ayers and fighters agreed to meet
again on the 4th, when they will sigr
articles The fight, being a lengthy
affair. must take place some place il
the west, probably in California, if i
can be arranged with the authorities
Abe Attell. who has been feather
weight champion for ten years, broke
one of the bones in his right shoulder
on Jan. Both at Cleveland, Ohio. The
mishap happened in the fourth roun(
of ten-round bout with Tommy X
bane, of Cleveland, the two men ia