Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-03
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Preston Brown won the feather
weight championship OF South Ph.ia-
delphia when he beat Willie Sleuth at
the Broadway Athletic Club, in Phila-
delphia, last night. Brown won all tho
way, but he could not put Sleuth
asleep.
Harry Stone won from Jack Good
ney at the Long Acre A. c. last night
in a very mediocre ten-round bout.
Billy Gibson, manager of the Fair
mount A. c., has signed Hugo Kelly. Of
Chicago. and Frank Klaus, OF Pitts
burg, TO meet in a ~ten-round contest on
the night of March q.
Dan McKetrick. manager OF Willie
Lewis, received a ~cablegram from Paris
today stating that a match had been
arranged over there between Willie AMI
George Gunther. the colored American
middleweiglt. The men will battle for
twenty rounds at the Wagrom Club on
the night of April 8. Lewis and Joe
Jeanette will sail for Paris on March Is.
4 match has been contaminated be-
tween Jimmy Carroll, of San Francisco,
and Al belmont. They will battle for
ten rounds at the Armory A. A, Of
Boston. on Tuesday night. In the other
two t~en-round bouts Tommy O'Keefe.
OF Philadelphia, will meet George Alger,
of Boston. and Joe Hirst will box Ed
die Murphy, OF Boston.
Jack Dillon. the Indianapolis middle
weight, who is winning fights In success
sion in the West, will take on Billy
Berger. OF Pittsburg, for six rounds at
the Northern A. c., Of Pitsburg, to-
morrow night. After this battle Dillon
will go to Boston, where he will get
into shape for his twelve-round bout
with Leo Houck at the Arnory A, a..
on March "a.
Battling Chester and Young Mc'iov-
ern will fight a ten-round bout at the
Brighton \. c., of Poughkeepsie, to-
night. r
Montana Dan Sullivan has been
matched to box Jack Reynolds ten
rounds in the star bout at Browns
gymnasium next Tuesday night. Sui
livan's only battle since he left the
vest was with Billy Berger, the Pitts
burg pugilist, who fought a draw with
Frank Klaus. Sullivan had no trouble
In winning.
In the semi-windup Tom Lena
han. of Jersey City, and Frank Lewis,
of Hobokeh, Joe Jeanette's sparring
partner, will exchange wallops. Dick
Howell, the crack Philadelphia welter-
weight, and Willie Brennan will also
clash for SIX rounds. There will be
two four-round bouts in which Banty
Lewis will meet X. 0. Sweeney, and
Young Seiger will box Young Leary.
Tommy Houck and Young O'Leary
opened the Whirlwind Club at Clermont
rink, Brooklyn, last night, with one OF
the best ten-round scraps Of the season,
1t was a s~tubbornly fought contest all
through. and by making a great finish
In the last three rounds, O'Leary easily
held the tough boy from Philadelphia
TO & draw.
The first three rounds went to
O'Leary ny a shade on clever sparring
and clean work. Houck was not
warmed up and not until the fourth
round did the Quaker begin TO force
matters. Tommy her put on full
steam and ripped in body punches that
weakened O'Leary and had him or the
run. Houck too many let's to the
face, but always found an opening FOR
his terrific right on the body.
Jack Smith received a terrible drub.
bling last night at the hands Of Joe
Hlrst, a fast lightweight hailing from
Philadelphia, before the members of
the Brooklyn Beach A. G. Hirst was
all around his opponent for the entire
thirty minutes OF scranping. The
Quaker City boy was gifted with a
heavy left swing hat rocked Smiths
head repeatedly. In addition he pos
sessed a right uppercut that when Il
landed gave Smith a free vision OF The
aurora borealis.