Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-06
BOXING NOTES.

's1p fDne good bout that Billy PIERCE
must not overlook is Frank ManteH
against Jimmy Gardner or Hugo KEEL
= n. Manten is boxing i'll great form
just now.
1T was at first thought that tbs
earthquake tremcrs recorded by the
scismograrh Tuesday evening. Weit
due to the Marquis OF QueensberrN
turning over in his grave.
Tommy Quill wants another match with
Bob Mona, who defeated him at Mlwau-
3see Christmas Monday Quill has written
to the Milwaukee promoters asking for a
return bout He says he was not in the
best of condition that time. but is willing
10 put up rrair sized side bet if he is
given another chance.
Digger Stanley refuses to box
frankie Burns at Tom O'Rourke' :
club in New York Jan. 1S. as that
date is toe close the time of his
100 arrival IN America to let him do him
self justice. Abe Attell ana Patsy
Kline have been substituted More
Seftness for Abraham.
100 Johnny Coulon is scheduled to meet
Eranke Conlcy at New Orleans neXt
Sunday afternoon, but there nave
been SC many shifts in dates and post
81 sponements in that city OF late 1t Is not
at all certain that the bout will take
place.
Bangor News On Jan. 49, E. w.
Hanks of Augusta, the p. T. Barnum
iuf the eastern sporting world. VIII en-
terrain the Capital City sports with n
cracking good match in the middle
weight class. Tommy Sullivan of Law
renee will meet Ted Nelson. the Aus
fralian middleweight champion.
Dan Flynn. after fighting Jack
s'Twin" sullivan and Sandy Ferguson
5r. successive weeks, will shut off steam
a little and ease up in his training. bu;
will be in shape when he meets Con
OiKelly at Syracuse, Jan. is. Flynn
should defeat O'Kelly, although the
latter's poor showing against Jeil
Madden ives caused by a cut which
caused a fiot of blood into the eye
Alec Mclean intends to keep Sandy
ferguson in training, if such thing
is possible. and endeavor to get the
ri big fellow back into something like
the old time form. Sandy boxed anG
t@a floundered like a clown against Flynn,
.. md is sadly IN need of work that will
rive him sreed and make him a judge
OF distance.
Gus Rubin. former heavyweight
rugilist. who was assaulted in Brook
lyn Tuesday evening, was the only man
other than Jim Jeffries to score two
victories over Tom Sharkey. When
Sharkey was at the Readville races
two years ago he stated that Rubin
would stand up and fight man the
same as Bob Fitzsimmons used to, anu
not Law back and crouch like Jefries.
- Packy Mcfarland of Chicago and
Freddie Welsh of England are 70 meet
again. The match was closed Nednes-
day and the men will meet in London,
:. Feb. 9. in a contest of e rounds, th
weight 10 be 1S3 pounds at = o'clock on
,ra 6av of the contest. The announce
inert vas made at Milwaukee Wednes-
"a day by II G. Messier, the American
representative Of Hugh Mcintosh
VINO will stage the battle.
..,,,e51x. q. Brown of New York, who has
been out of the ring some time with an
, ;n,,,,e6 hand resumed training for his
bout with Tommy Murphy "Wednesday.
brown boxes Murphy Jan. %, but be-
r. fore meeting Murphy will box at Har-
~ rison. n. j., Jan. 10; Watervliet, \.
Y. Jan. 10, and Albany, y. Y, Jan. IT,
nc. been selected as yet.
Freddie WEIGH has cabled the news
that he will arrive in this country IN
q few weeks and force Ad Wolgast IN
To match. Judging from the way
wolcast has been lodging the issue OF
1a,a II will take considerable forcing
n get the champion to agree to meet
anyone in the ring on equitable terms.
owen Moran might agree to meet
WEIGH on satisfactory terms.
Xii Goodman of Boston. the famous
little lightweight, who has given Ban
por sports so many good fights in Ban
2or. is in Bangor for few weeks, as
many people there know. The Kid is
looking in excellent health and is TAX
ing the best of care of himself as usual.
Already lie is making arrangements
for some matches in Bangor and from
present indications he will be the
means of giving the boxing game
big boost around there.
3. There is apparently a hitch in the
proposed bout between "One Round
Hogan and Frankie Burns, which was
scheduled for San Francisco, Jan. 81
i, Walter Franey, manager of Hogan, de-
manded a bonus for his man, and Jim
.. Griffin. the promoter, refused to be held
I'M. and said that he would match
Matty Baldwin to meet Burns rather
b. than give in to FraneyS demands. AS
Baldwin is matched to meet Pal Moore
il.ani Boston, 3an., II. Promoter Griffin
will have TO get another man to meet
III Burns or make shift in his dates.
~ Digger Stanley, holder of the English
tasBantamweig championship and claim
~ ant of the worlds title at this weight
smiled from Liverpool Jan. 1 on the Gu
i1nard liner Caronia for visit to America.
y He expects TO land in New York about
Ian ~ Stahley Is ACCOMPANIED by his