New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-23
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Mcmahon Brothers Withdraw
Application for Big Bout.
JOHNSON NOT SURPRISED
Negro Champion Declares That
Action Means lie Will
Not Fight Again.

After all the talk and uncertainty roll.
tive to the proposed ten-round boyln,
bout between Jack Johnson and Joe lean
nette. the Mcmahon brothers, represen,-
ing the St Nicholas Athletic Club. with.
drew their application at a meeting OF tho
State Athletic Commission yesterday AZ
ternoon The commissioners Frank 6
O'Neil and Major John j. DixOn-merelv
called the McMahons' attention to ruI.
ing laid down last September forblddiny
Johnson TO appear I'm this state The s,
Nicholas men then put their heads to.
gether and soon decided to call it all of. In
referring to the affair after the meeting
Jess Mcmahon said:
For the good of the game We thought
it best to call the whole thing off,
When asked If he anticipated any trou.
BILE from Johnson because OF a possibility
Of the champion claiming the clubs for.
felt money, Mcmahon said he did not see
how Johnson could make any trouble
johnson. Jeanette and ourselves had
agreed to post 5000 in this city last Mon
day" ne added, land thus far neither
of the fighters have put up anything
heard that Johnson had posted $500 in
Chicago, but that was not the agreement"
O'Neil said The McMahons were not
coerced I'm any way by the commission
They voluntarily withdrew their applca.
ton after we explained to them that there
was ruling OF the commission against
permitting Johnson TO box I'm New York
State. In my opinion, the notoriety Of
such a match as the one proposed would
lead to agitation which would hurt the
sport"
"T am not surprised and II does not
worry me-" said johnson. when the re-
port reached Chicago that his contest
with Joe Jeanette had been called OF.
That means that I won't fight again. /
simply wanted to fight Jeanette to show
certain people that | wasn't all in.
Seldom has a boxing contest arranged
between little fellows given promise o,
better sport than that in which KID
Williams, OF Baltimore, and Kid Kelly,
Of New Orleans will clash at Madison
Square Garden on next Monday night
Williams has been trying IN every way TO
get a match with Johnny COulon the
first named even going so far as TO post
a sl.Go0 forfeit to bind match at ll5
pounds ringside Although ll6 pounds is
the bantamweight limit Coulon insists on
pound less. In Kelly, however VIII
Jams will meet a boy who will take a lot
of beating. Kelly claims the ll0-pouEi
championship of America. He won the
tournament for bantamweigits az the
Olympic club in San Francisco, not long
ago.
Luther ucCarty. the big W,stcrher,
who would rather hGht than eat. believes
that I'm Nthur Pelkey he will meet an
opponent made 10 his liking, and as both
heavywcithts are OF the rushing Kind,
the chan'es an" that IL will not last tine
scheduled ten rounds. I'm order to c;imD
higher 7p the white hope ladder These
men have got to prove their superiority
over JOSS Willard. the elongated COW
punchd. II is therefore not improbable
that tie winner az the Garden on Monday
will b. given another chance at Willard.
MoCGty knows that he needs experience
and hat is one reason why he is 50 anX-
ious to fight every week.
TIN third ten-rouud affair will surely
furnish another whirlwind mill between
young" Shugrue, of Jersey City. and
Jimmy Golfer. They met few weeks ago
at the Garden and at the finish il was
hard 10 say which boy had the better OF
the argument
Ncl Sheppard. James r. Meredith and
u j.. Lippincott returned from the
olympic games Oh the steamer Ma iaStic
yesterday. The three athletes travelled
all over the Continent and in Great Brit
ain and Ireland after the games. Each
a number of prizes. After rum
rdng in Budapest Sheppard said that otf-
dals offered him an enticing salary TO
remain there and give instruction in run
ming. but he declared that he was not
merfond OF goulash and rather preferred
10 live I'm New York. Meredith, who made
a new worlds record for the half mile
by covering the distance i'm :52' 2. said
that one Of the most pleasant experi-
ences he had while abroad was while he
was kissing the Blarney Stone.
Sheppard. who is employed in tho Gus
tom House. was greeted uproariOusiy by
the inspectors on the pier. He is 10 he
their guest at a dinner at Coney Island
on next Tuesday night.
I'VE had sufficient money to enable Us
TO get home" Sheppard said. I'VE over
stayed the limit OF our steamship TICK
cts. and had to pay $50 additional That
Is all the basis there was TO the report
that we were stranded"
The annual meeting of the Metropolitan
4 Association Of the, Amateur Athletic
Union will be held at the lrish-Americah
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