Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-09
JIM FLYNN AND
BARRY MATCHED
FOR IS ROUNDS
Fight Will Take Place at Okla
homa City on Afternoon Of
July winner May Get
Match With Jack Johnson
Later On.
TIM FLYNN. who knocked out AL
kaufman, has signed articles to

TIM FLYNN. who knocked out Al
Kaufman, has signed articles to
= meet Jim Barry, of Chicago, for
fifteen rounds at oklahoma city July 4.
The winner of this contest will be In
line for a fight with Jack Johnson.
Jack Britton, the Chicago boy, who
defeated Packey Mcfarland last Jan
uary, will make his appearance tonight
at the Twentieth Century A. C. at the
st. Nicholas rink with Johnny Mario,
the popular West slider as his oppo-
nent. The pugilistic fans who saw
Britton perform against Mcfarland
have all stamped hin as a wonder and
a great possibility for Wolgast's light
weight crown. Mario Is one of the
sturdiest, has a great following mons
those who like to see a man perform.
who is boring In and fighting at all
times. A strong card OF preliminary
contests has been arranged and in
cludes a return bout between Harry
Thiel and Micky Devine, who put UP
such a rafting contest at the Twen-
tleth Century A. c. the night of the
Goodman-Maloney contest,
II the proposed ten-round bout be
tween Packey Mcfarland and Ad VOL
gas. the lightweight champion, does not
AXE place in Milwaukee next month Il
will not be the fault of Mcfarland.
Packey has signed the articles of agree
ment.
Fighting Lick Hyland was matched
today by Mcmahon to meet "Cy" Smith
In q ten-round bout at the next stag
Of the Olympic A. c. on Monday night
The ten-round go between Jack Good
man and Leach Cross, which WAS card
ed to AXE place at the Madison A. c.
on May II, has fallen through.
One of the best featherweight con-
tests of he season will be seen at
the Long Acre A. A., when Young Fitz.
simmons and Dave Dillon face each
other Thursday night in the main
event of ten rounds. Dillon has de
feated all of the best men at his weight
in Jersey, and has suffered only one
defeat during his long career, and that
was at the hands of Phil Cross, but
on that occasion he was really sick,
Montana Jack Sullivan squared his
brothers account with Sailor Burke, ths
Brooklyn welterweight, by beating hir'
all the way in a ten-round bout at tn
Olympic Athletic Club in New York last
night. There was hard feeling, but Iii
tie science shown. The former follower
of the sea beat Sulliyan's brother Dan
recently.
Harry Forbes won a decisive victory
over Young Fitzgerald. of Milwaukee.
last night at Gary, Ind. thereby clincfl :
ing his match with Johnny couloif at
2s
frankie Conley. of Kerosha. WIS
and Joe Coster, of New York, have been
matched for a twenty-round bout be
fore the West Side Athletic Club May
Joe Mandot, Of New Orleans, out
boxed and outfought Jack White, OF
Chicago, and got the decision. after
eight rounds of fighting at Memphis
last night.
Matt Wells, lightweight champion Of
England. will sill for New Yo-k on Nav
10, his aim being a ten round bout with
Knockout Brown as q preliminary to a
series of fights with the various Amer
Jean aspirhnts for the lightweight title.
His manager is already on this side
negotiating for the meetings. The only
hitch is on the question of weishts
Wells wants to get in al a slight edea
over the American lightweight init
1873 ringside. He proposes 1873 rourds Al
. o'clock in the afternoon. which. he
thinks, would be little away from TIA
English weight-1s5 pounds rirgside.
Johnny Sinclair, of Cleveland. ali
Johnny Albanes. of Columbus, @.
fought ten rounds last night at ian
tamweight limit at Muncie. Ind. Jaeli
Dillon. an indianapolis middleweight
referred. ruling that Sinclair lad q
shade the better Of the fight.
The bout between Jack Crwin) Sul1-
van of Boston. and Tony Ross, OF New
castle, Pa, before the International A
C., at Buffalo. last night, Went The limit
Of ten rounds. sullivan landed tive
blows TO Ross's one, but the Newcastla
man never stopped rushing and slug
cling up to the gong in the tenth round