Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-07
SPORTING
BOXING NOTES.

vii, meet in West Baden Aprli IL.
Leach Cross and Jack Martin will
clash in Albany next Monday night.
Kid Mercier and Johnny Stewart
will meet in Bangor, Me, next Satur-
day night,
Sailor Burke and Montana Dan Sui
livan will box at the New York a. G..
next Saturday night
Parson Davies. the veteran sporting
man, says that a boxer is at mis- best
at the age of 35 years.
John Willie and Young Peter Jackson,
couple of good old 'hasbeens." will
box in Sasgatoon, Can, April 20.
The bout between Jerry Gaines and
Bob Farlow has been scheduled to box
in New York next Monday night.
Sammy Keller. the English bantam
weight, and Willie Jones have signed to
box in New York next Monday night.
Gunboat Smith knocked out Joe Lanum
Wednesday night at Oakland. Cal, in the
second round of scheduled Ground bout.
Dick Nelson and Johnny Waltz, who
have become great rivals, will meet for
the third time in New York next Tues
day night.
Tony Caponi and Young Mahoney.
who have already boxed many times.
have been matched to meet again in
Racine April %.
Champion Ad Wolgast injured his
arm again in his recent bout in Cali
fornia, but he expects to be able to go
on with his match with frankie Burns
in California next month.
Jim Barry will box Herson at Tulsa.
Okla, tomorrow night. Barry is max
ing all kinds of offers to Carl Norris
but the latter will not bite at any of
them. Barry offered to bet $4,000 that
he could stop the hope" inside of
15 rounds, but it was not tempting
bait
Jim Flynn. the Pueblo heavyweight.
is in Oklahoma making big ''holer"
because Carl Morris will not give him
match. 1t will do him no good, for
the ones who are handling Morris are
not letting him go against hard game
at present, which is good idea.
The big bundles of money that the
hghtweights have been pulling down in
various parts of the country has caused
Battling Nelson to announce his return
to the game. AT his request he has been
matched to box Dummy" Decker In Bal
timore June II, so that he can Judge if he
can come back.
Buck" Grouse. the Pttsburg middle
weight. who made such a big hit when
he boxed Frank Peron in Boston two
weeks ago, was signed Wednesday to box
Ted Nelson of Australia In one of the L.
ND hor, NJ tl,a A
Wednesday night Nelson has defeated
Mike Glover and fought draws with Jack
Dillon and Tommy Quill.
The Torchlight. a paper edited and
published by colored men in Danville.
KY, gives Jack Johnson fierce
scorching for his actions 1t says the
champion has Inundated his race ana
heaped upon it shame and disgrace.
The article winds up by saying that
good term in prison would be the
best thing for him. The article must
have been written before the editor
heard of the San Francisco affair.
Completely outclassed by his heavier
and more experienced foeman, Jimmie
Mitchen. middleweight boxer. was
knocked out Wednesday night by
o1ioi Dol nc Will ilElll lIDbk ~
the jaw in the third round of 10
round bout at the Long Acre A. A. at
New York. Mitchen never stood a
chance. and it was the consensus of
opinion that Burke could have won in
much shorter time.
Bangor Commercial: One thing is GER
tain: the fans of the squared circle who
journey to the Gaiety Saturday night will
see some Of the best bouts they ever saw
Much interest is being taken in the event
and it is being looked forward to- The
bout of the evening, of course will be
that between Kid Mercier of Lawrence
Mass, and Johnny Stewart of this city
Both boys are evenly matched and will
make things hum while they have the
ring. Inc Dreliminaries will be all to the
merry also. Ed Dixon of Old Town will
box Lon Bradley of Bar Harbor Young
johnson of this city will stack up against
Young Martin, another Bangorite; Young
Taylor of Old Town will take on Mig
Jones of Orono
More New York and Canadian amateur
boxers who are seeking national titles
sent their entries to George v Brown |
Wednesday In Boston for the champion
ship tournament in Mechanics building
next Monday and Tuesday nights The
New Workers are julius Hesseiner OF
Union settlement a. c., for the 105-pound
class; NJ. Blier of Union Settlement A. c.,
115-pound class; Frank Hafnagle Metro
politan 125-pound champion; w Butler.
l35-pound class, and f. McGarry, 15S-
pound class. The Canadians are o. Bal
ley, Toronto, lo5 pounds; NJ. Adams. To-
ronto. 115 pounds; r. Barrett. Toronto. |
and Harry McEvan, 125 pounds. The lat
ter was beaten by Johnny Gallant in the
final bout in the 1l5-pound class last
year Boutellier. the Boston fireman, who
has attempted several years to win a
title, is TO try his luck again this year
and has entered the 15S-pound class.