Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-17
NATIONALS BOUT
MEANS MUCH TO
KEYES AND MOORE
Decision in Ton:ght's Bouts
Means a Battle With Knock
out BrOwn-0wen Moran and
Mcfarland Arguing Over
Weights--Packey Wants 3
O'clock Weight, Moran 7
O'clock.
oAL MOORE and Bert Reyes viii

AL OOhE anu Bert h6yeS vii
come close to clearing up the
lightweight situation in the East
tonight, when they meet at the Ma
tional Sporting Club In a ten-round
contest. Moore recently defeated the
rugged Matty Baldwin at Boston, and
Reyes gave Knockout Brown a tough
session Of ten rounds in New York.
They are both anxious to get a chance
against either Wolgast or Brown, and
the winner of tonight's battle will I'M
doubtedly get the prizes.
A year ago Pal Moore was fighting
in the featherweight ranks. He met
and defeated the best men in hat d.
vision. This veal he graduated into
the lightweight division and he has
been coming to the front in leaps and
bounds. He has trained under the d.
rection Of the veteran Jimmy DeFor-
est, who is confident that Moore will
some day sport the title.
Keyes has come back in the last
few months. A month ago he made a
wonderful showing against Knockout
Brown, although he had only twenty
four hours notice. A week later ne
kept Packey Mcfarland stepping in q
six-round bout, and. according to his
manager, Jim Buckley, he Is now fit
to meet any boy in the country.
Reyes is a rugged, slam bang fighter,
and no doubt will keep Moore on the
jump from bell to bell.
Digger Stanley, the English bantam
weight champion, who has lost the two
bouts he has fought this year in this
country to frankie Burns and Tommy
O'Toole, Is homesick, and is going back
to England. He has engaged passage
on the Lusitania, which sails next
Wednesday,. Stanley says he is dis
gusted with the way the American
papers have treated him.
Packey Mcfarland and Owen Moran,
who have been matched TO fight at the
Paramount Club, New York. are un-
able to agree OH weights. Moran. in
New York, sticks steadfastly TO his de-
mand that Mcfarland make 1875 pounds
at 7 o'clock the night of the fight,
which will take place on March IA. II
an agreement Is reached today. This
weight Mcfarland refuses TO do at 7
o'clock, and demands they weigh in at
LOO pOuuuS Ut Y CluCh III lHB utter
noon. There the matter stands, and
unless one or the other gives in the
match will continue to remain unmade.
Hugo Kelly, the Chicago middle
weight, was signed yesterday for u ten
round bout with Dave Smith, of New
York, before the Paramount Club, of
New York, on March I.
Young Ahearn. the English fighter,
who has certainly been fighting In
great form in this country, has been
matched to meet Young Erne, the
Quaker City welterweight, in a six
round bout at the National A. c., of
Philadelphia on Saturday night. Ahearn
should give Erne q stiff battle, as he
is shifty, clever n can punch straight
to the mark.
Kid Ghetto got the better of his ten
round bout with Sammy Kellar at the
Metropolitan Athletic Club last night,
and had no trouble In outpointing his
opponent.
Dave Deshler, of Boston, stopped
Freddie Corbett, of Philadelphia, at the
Brooklyn Beach Athletic Club last
night in the third round.