New-York tribune., 1912-01-08
BOXING BOUTS Of WEEK.
Jack Johnson Not Very ANXIOUS
to Meet Sam MCVey.
FLYNN EASY FOR CHAMPION
Many Contests of High Calibre
To Be Fought at Some OF
the Local Clubs.


To Be Fought at Some OF
the Local Clubs.
On the surface 1t would seem as II Dan
McKetrick, the local manager who guiIeS
the pue ilistic destinies OF Joe Jeannette'
Jack DennIng and Willie Lewis. was r.ght
when he declared last week that Johnsol
and McVey would not meet on the othei
side of the world, or in France either
McKetrick. as told in The Tribune seVera'
davs ago. said that McVey was too tough
and that Johnson was not the man ne "as
whs, he fought Jeffres. and knew IL
Johnson McKetrick declared, would wat
and meet some OF the various
hopes" and make .ome easy money
For the time being. at least. the lid'o,
with NcVey Is off. Jeanette ana Lahs io',
may try for a match, but LII AI.'"'
has signed 10 meet no one between May
and tie time he meets Flynn. II Is ais"
very pr bable that Jack Will axe ihdt'
easy until the time Of the hght' 10 "ne'7
ia the rromcter who will guarantee hin'
$40 O0o for bout with SOM seconn rdVe
man?
The tout promises 10 be so one-s.ded thd'
uttIe interest is awakened. Clo e stuuen'S
NJ rho ysmo are of the opinion that the
money 10 tini the match will never Dc
DC sted and the whole affair VIII Id
through. Il is very hard 10 see j ST "hei9
the S3l.0uO Is coming out of spars>ly set
tied country to see a champion fight a
man whom many have teat n, ana VINO Is
certain IN no soundly walioped II the ma cn
IS fought on its merits. The last time
FLYNN met Johnson he lasted eleven rounds
when johnson informed the crowd ne had
.da,e" and then knocked the Pueblo
man out
The New York boxing "fars" Will oc
treated 10 a RI al feast OF clever ooxlng On
January "a when Nike Gi Ito s the sensl-
tIonal welterweight boxer OF st. Paul. anu
Jsck Dcnning, who shaft red the dream
OF Moreau on New Years afternoon AT u Q
Fa.rmont Athletic Club, of The Lronx' Will
meet I'm a ten-round bout. There are Few
men In the ring to-day who compare al an
with eith,r in sciei ce and skid; ano 'ao
bout of the year ~ SsurDd Wneh they 'tSs'
gloves at Billy Glbson's CLUB.
Abe Attell, the little featherweight cham.
MON Of the world. evidently reconsidereh
his agreement to box Jack White, the chi
cago fighter. twenty rounds at New Or
leans on January IA. and the bout II on
Attell has never declined TO meet man
at the featherweght limit before. and mas
oven boxed light and wslter weights. the
chsmpion Is growing old however, ana
White is a hard proposition for the best OF
them, 80 Abe insisted on coming In at
catch weights Many there are who believe
there will be new champion when AtteH
and KIlbane meet in their twenty-round
bout In California.
Jack Dougherty the veteran trainer OF
nugiIists. has discovered boy VINO has
every mark Of a promising boxer. He is
Johnny Ridge. of the East Side. Ihose VINO
saw him whip Battling Travers at the
! Olymric Club on saturday night predict a
bright future for him. He is only sixteen
| years old. but is a shifty, cunning boxer,
! With a hard punch in both hands
The best bouts OF the week will be held
~ tho Royale Athletic Club. OF Brooklyn,
and the National Sporting Club Of America
AT the Brooklyn club tomorrow night
Tommy Murphy, the pride OF Harlem
will face joe Bedell, the rugged Williams
burg lad for ten rounds. Bedell and Mur-
phy met at the same club rev weeks
ago and after a terrific bout Murphy was
adiudged the victor by slight margin. IN
the early rounds however. BedHll scored
three knockdowns and had his man IN a
| had way. Both boys are In excellent con-
/ ditIon for the coming match ana tast
| bout Is expected.
/ Al the National Sporting Club OF America
y, Thursday night PAL Moore the Phila-
deInhia Phantom" will met the 'ree hit
,ir,, aggressive Matty Baldwin tor ten
| ,ourds Moore and the Boston boy are
| among the best men of those "no mover
| ,ust a trife over the limit OF lSi POUNDS.
| po,b ara. Al their best at l35 pounds In the
| ring.
The oft repeated question, Can a fighter
heat a fast boxer? will be answered IN part
NJ the Olympic Athletic club, OF Harlem
Tonight. where "Cy" Smith. the rugged
uoboken boy, will face Young Ahearhe'
the Dancing Master" for ten rounds. IL
Smith is ever able to catch up to Ahearhe
he may win IN punch Sailor Burke
; viii face George McDermott In ten rounds
nj the Irving CIu5. and the other contests
for tonight are as follows: young Mickey
ucDonough and Bobby" Loughrey. at the
Fast Avenue club; Walter Brooks and
Marty Allen, at the Brooklyn Beach; Jack
DennIng VS.. Terry Mitchell at the Carlyle
Club.
Tomorrow night at Browns Gymnasium
Battling" Mantel will box the rugged
Young" Dyson. of Providence, ten rounds.
while at the Mount Vernon Sporting club
young" Britt will face Joe Cleary, the
latest arrival from California. The Sharkey
Club has secured a very promising bout
for Wednesday night, when Harry Tracey
and Harry Thomas will don the 'mits'
for ten rounds Honey" Melody, the for
mer welterweight champion OF the world,
will face Billy West at the Long Acre
Club on Saturday night
Ray Simon, the Greek heavyweight
boxer. Will meet Billy McGrave, the
heavyweight who won two hope" tourna-
ments In Philadelphia. In ten rounds at
the Long Acre Club on Wednesday night.
While Simon and the hope" are settling
their differences, Eddie O'keefe and
Young" O'Leary will box ten rounds at
| the Fordon Athletic Club. Young" Wag-