Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-10

Cy Flynn and Harry Wuerst will
meet in Cincinnati, Jan. Is.
Mike Malta, the South Boston boxer,
night.
Young Loughery and his manager have
had falling out and have split this
time. it is said, for sure
Joe Thomas and Tommy Sullivan
have been matched to box in Manches-
ter. N. H.. Jan. Is.
Jim Driscoll and Spike Robson, rival
featherweights of England. have been
matched to box in London, Jan. 80.
tionai Club and Jack OBrien's new
boxing club in Philadelphia.
Ralph Galloway the colored heavy
= weight. who Perky Flynn stopped twice
win meet Ryan in Utica Tuesday night
Teddy Murphy, the first manager of
Battling Nelson, may take up again the
management of Chicago Jim Barry, the
! heavyweight boxer.
Billy Nixon has been offered chance
to box K. o. Brown in Watervliet. N. Y.
Jan. 20. If the club will give Nixon his
terms he will accept.
Matt Larkin, San Francisco sport
ing man, plans to build a clubhouse in
that city, after the style of the Nation
al Sporting Club of London.
Anton LaGrave, the lightweight that
Sam Fitzpatrick unearthed in Cali
fornia and who fought draw with
Nelson last October. boxes Jim Fitton
in Oakland. Calf. Friday night.
Tommy Sullivan and Joe Thomas were
matched Saturday to meet in a 15-round
bout at Manchester, N. H., the night of
Jan. IS. Sullivan's match with Ted Nell
~ son for the same date has been can
celied.
Jack Lester, the hope" discovered
by Tommy Burns, goes into the ring
again at Tacoma Tuesday night against
a Seattle heavyweight named Pete
Muldoon. The latter feels confident he
will put damper on the hope
The fact that Sam Langford and Joe
Jeanette are to be in the feature bout
at the Armory A. A. Tuesday night
has awakened unusual interest not only
in Boston, but generally in this coun-
try and England.
Frank Klaus. the Pittsburg middle
weight who is working to get back
into his old form so that he can have
another try against Jimmy Gardner
and Hugo Kelly is slated to meet Billy
Berger in Pittsburg Wednesday night
Mike Uwin) Sullivan, who is still in
Buffalo, has been promised match with
the winner of the Dixie kid-Bob Moha
bout. The twin Is having a good time in
Buffalo. and 1t looks as if he has also
fallen in love. 1t is said he Is to marry
Buffalo gin.
Someone has been fooling Paul koh-
Ter, the Ohio lightweight. He believes
he is matched to box Matty Baldwin
in Boston Jan. 10 at the Armory A. A
Pal Moore is to be Baldwin's opponent
in Boston Jan. II, and the club holds
meetings only on Tuesday nights.
With Digger Stanley. the bantam
weight champion of England, now il
this country. it should be an easy mat
ter to clear up who is the holder of the
worlds title in that class. There are
only three or four bantams in this
country who can make the weight.
The citizens of Sapulpa, Okla, the
home of Carl Morris. figured that wher
Is Morris defeated Marvin Hart he
brought great honor TO the town ano
they have presented him with "A house
and lot. The citizens may have diff
ferent opinion of Morris when he boxes
!, again.
Morris has physical advantages ovel
every other heavyweight in the world
He Is 8 feet. inches tall and has d reach
Of so inches. He is &c years old. When
asked to tell something about his plans
Is Morris said: II have won five battles il
q hurry, but know that the quality OF
> the men I've whipped isn't much. Mar
vim Hart was the best man ] ever met
and stopped him in three rounds"
Kid Fleming again demonstrated
Saturday night in Old Town, that he il
some fighter and also has good punch
when he met Soldier Paine. the fighter
who halls from Kansas City. Paine
was touted as some class but 80 Sec
onds after he stepped into the rine
with the Old Town Lad something hap.
pened-Paine went down and stayet
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