Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-09
IN BOXING CIRCLES.

Ad Wolgast regards the challenge of
frankie Gage as joke.
Morris Lemoine and Noah Brusso are
matched to meet at the Warren A. c. in
New Bealord, Dec IL. They will night Il
rounds.
Tom Foley, who recently beat Jimmy
Fryer in Philadelphia, is going back to
that city to meet his old opponent in a
week
Tommy Ginty, who brought Phil Brock
to this city several years ago, is anxious
to show Danny Goodman of Chicago in
the vicinity of the Hub.
Frank Mantell is training for a battle
in Cincinnati with Jack Dillon. which
ing West with the Morgan Savage COM
bination.
Sam Golden, who made the Hub his
headquarters for few years, is now
managing Eddie sherman, the New ork
featherweight, who fought Jimmy " alsh
in Boston, last spring.
Some of the boys who have been around
the New England circuit are thinking of
passing up the New England clubs un-
til the game improves. None of the
clubs draw more than $500.
The Mcmahon brothers of Albany,
who have been quiet for the past few
months, Thursday, were granted Ii
cense to conduct boxing club in
the Capitol City. which will be known
as the American A. G.
Alec Mclean has been asked by a
Portland promoter to put on shows In
that city. AS the Auditorium is no long
er available for boxing entertainments.
the proposition doesn't look good to Nc
Lean.
Jeff Madden is after a match with
Sandy Ferguson. Madden has grown
weary of writing to Arthur Peky for a
match, so he is going to try and ar
ranges matches with some of the other
men in his class He whipped Pelky
once
There will be no more boxing in Pitts
field if the fans don't show some signs
of life next Monday evening. The club
has been losing money, but it intends to
take a chance with Bant Dorsey of AL
bany and Bay Woods for its final num-
Der if the patronage is not up to expec-
tations.
Once more Abe Attell is going to live
the simple life. This is about Abes
steenth attempt. Now he is ready to To-
cate in the woods or somewhere on u
mountain again. a few months ago Billy
Nolan, manager of Champion Willie
Ritcde, tried to persuade Ape that No
lan's ranch was the proper place for him.
but Attell after lingering there a few
days pined for the incandescents and al
lowed himself to be lured back to his
old haunts
K. o. Brown, once looked upon as
a near candidate for lightweight hon
ors, and Young Reilly of New York,
will meet in a 10-round bout at New
York, next Monday night. There was
a time when boxers of Reilly's class
were scorned if they looked for a
match with the German lightweight.
It's a case Of any old port in a storm,
and at present the sailing is none too
smooth for Brown.
The charges preferred against Man
ager Leo Flynn of New York by jim
Stewart were dismissed by the box,
ing commission. 1t appears that Stew
art was willing enough to wager
money on the result of his meeting
with One Round Davis at Buffalo, and
when he lost he disiked to pay over
the money. Flynn, however, explain
ed to the commission satisfactorily.
while Stewart could not prove his as
sertions. The commission however,
warned the men that betting was
against the law and warned them
not to repeat.