Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-09
BOXING NOTES.

Honey Melody meets Billy Sherman
of New York al Adams. Mass, Nov. 10
Tommy Maloney will box Willie
Howard at the American A. A. New
York, on Nov. Il.
There is no Law against boxing at
legitimate clubs in that commonwealth,
and yet Boston is at present without
a boxing club. II IL better however
To have no boxing than to have bouts
that are financial BENEFITS for broken
down boxers.
John Willie. the Chicago heavy
weight. who has been Ill for a week, Is
I'm and around again and looking for
trouble with Joe jeanette or Jim Bar
". With no disrespeet to John, Andy
Morris is little mere In his line.
The 1o-round bout between Leach
Cross and Tommy Maloney. scheduled
for the Fairmont A. c., of New York.
Thursday night, has been postponed to
next Tuesday. to give the men more
time to train.,'
Emil Thiery. who manages Paekey
Mcfarland has undertaken the man
agement of two more Chicago boxers.
"Chuck" Larsen, a lightweight. and
Charley White. featherweight. Emil
is brave person. Mcfarland is
about all one man has time to man
age.
Young Jackson Of Boston, the col
ored featherweight, who has shown to
good advantage recently. has accept
ed the challenge of Young Britt of An
aconda, on the condition that he
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bout. He also insists that the bout be
heightened to at least 10 or 10 rounds
jackson Is willing To put up side bet
of 500 on his chances and will box
Britt In either Butte. Anaconda, Boze-
man or Livingston,
jim Sullivan, the English middle
weight, who spent about month i'll
New York looking for a boxing en-
gagenent, has sailed for home Sulli-
van thought he was entitled to a
good sized purse because he once put
up good battle with Bill Papke IN
London, hut after the Papke- Sailor
Burke and Mohan- Papke bouts, the
Britcn decided there was no place like
home unless he wanted to stand on
the outside of restaurant and watch
others eat
Battling Nelson, who gained draw
with Young Loughrey before 2001 spec
tators at Albany. n. Y, Monday night.
left. Tuesday morning. for Buffalo.
where lie is booked fer 1o-round en-
yagemcnt with Tommy Moore. next
Friiav evening. Before his departure
Nielsen reiterated the old stuff that he
WAS coming back and would land OH
the top of the lightweight muddie aft
er all Rather more stock was taken
in hie other statement, however. that
there would be. none of the Attwell
business In his bout at Buffalo and
that he would go in to win from the
start.
Johnny kilbane. Clevelands best
boxer. will meet Abe Attell for the
featherweight championship of the
world at Vernon. Cal, New Years
day, If the fighters come to terms with
Promoter Tom McCarey. kilbane and
Atteil have already agreed to meet
fer the title before the club Offering
the best purse. Jimmy Dunn, manager
of Kiibane, Monday. received tele
gram from McCarey asking him to
name his lowest terms for the battle.
Dunn REPLIED Immediately AtteH has
aceepte'. an offer of s50e0 to fight Kill
baflel at Vernon. according to report
froy. Los Angeles.
fAndy Morris is tackling good hard
game. when he goes against Tony
Ross, the Italian heavyweight of
Newcastle. Penn, at Pittsburg, next
Tuesday night Not that Ross is
champion, but he is rugged trial
horse. and has bothered Jim Barry on
more than one occa sion. Andy is no
champion either and doesn't claim to
be even a near champ but the East
Boston boy has been coming along
quietly and steadily. meeting the
game as 1t was put up to him, say
ing nothing and saving considerable
wood; Nobody has claimed Andy as
the hope Of the white race, but he S
q lot letter fighter than some who
getrfull length phosos in the papers
Alex Mclean, manager of Matty
Baldwin. the Boston lightweight. has
accepted an offer from the Southern
Athletic Club of New Orleans, for an
eight round bout with Joe Mandot
the Southern lightweight sensation. to
take place in New Orleans two weeks
iAcAi idSt ANtAlNdJ blCLtdn mas
been angling for Il chance al Mandot
for some time, but the opportunity
for meeting would hardly have
come had not Dan Morgan. manager
of X. q. Brown declined to live up
10 an agreement he has with the
Southern A. c., To pit his man against
the Southerner. Articles for Brown
Mandot rout had hot been signed. hut
Morgans own figure had been accept
ed by the New Orleans Club AMI ar
tieles Of agreement were on their way.
in the meantime Joe Mandot earned
convincing victory over Young Say
Tor OF Indianapolis. recently seen at
the ArmorY A. A. and Morgan jump
ed Browns appearance price up to -
per cent of the gross receipts. As
Mandot Is big drawing card In New
Orleans Just new, the club couldn't
see where the New Yorker came in
for quite 50 large slice and called all
negotiations off. giving Mclean and
Baldwin their much desired oppor-
tunity.