Evening journal., 1912-05-04
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BOXING
Late News and Views

Jack Johnson declined the offer OF
$3OOOU to Dox Sam Langlord IN Aus
lrla.
The Harry Trendall-Joe Mandot
fight scheduled to be staged at ST
LOUIS May 10 has been postponed for
ten days.
Pal Moore owes much of his sue
cess 80 his wife, who is boss of mis-
training camp.
The origin OF the term. My hats
in the ring" was first used in Lon
don in 1924.
Promoters are now trying TO ar
range a match between Aw Wolgast
and Packey Mcfarland to be stageu
in the Madison Square Garden in New
York. Wolgast has been offered a
guarantee Of $4,000 for his side or
the purse
Boxing in Philadelphia is very pop
ular at the present time. but il is liza
BILE 20 be killed by the style Of fight
ing now being staged there. In every
mill staged there of late there has
been too much clinching to suit the
Quaker populace.
Billy Papke viii sail for Paris May
s, where he will meet George Car
pcntier and Marcel Moreau some time
during the summer. He VIII later
go to London, where he hopes 10 meet
Bombardier Wells.
Matt Wells, despite his defeat at
the hands OF Packey Mcfarland, still
is popular with fight promoters. He
has signed to meet Hilliard Lang, a
clever Canadian, at Toronto, May 2l,
and other matches at Buffalo aud
Columbus. o. Wells began work to-
day with Sid Burns, the newly-arriyed
English welter.
The scrap between Frank Klaus. Of
Pittsburgh. and Jack Dillon, of In.
dianapOlis. was unmcrci ally panned
by New York sport writer's today.
Klaus was given the double credit
of winning the bout, but it was called
the 'tamest fight" in many months.
Dillon, as an excuse for a bad show
ing. says he injured his left hand
early in the evening and was unable
to do his best,
A good draw was the verdict Of the
Niagara Falls sporting writer's today
on the ten round bout last night be-
tween Jimmy Maloney, of New York,
and Kid Gleason. of Pittsburgh.
Carl Morris. the Oklahoma giant,
was practically knocked out by Luth-
or Mccarthy, the Springfield heavy
weight IN the sixth round at Spring
field Mo. last night. with a terrific
right swing to the mouth. There was
no count. the referee keeping tab in
his mind. according to previous
agreement After a lapse OF IA sec.
onds, Referee Cochrane declared tht
bout ended.
The scrap betwcoa Steve Stanley
Of Wilmington. and Andy Wilson. o
Philadelphia. at the Armory last night
ended in tho second round. Stanlc'
had his man outclassed from TN
start, and had no trouble putting owe
the sleep punch.
Harry Baker, OF this city. outpoint
ed Harry Stone. Of Pittsburgh. after
hard six-round go IN which Bake
showed the science and Stone IN
strength.
Young Raymond and Kid Golde
fought a good draw.
Kid Tobin and Young johnny Con
lin put up a rafting good preliminar
that kept the crowd on edge from TN
start. and Kid Reynolds and XII
Smith. both Of Wilmington. mixed u
until the fourth round. when a nos
punch put him out of the running.
Somebody in this town is re-
sponsible for disregard of tina
opinion of City Solicitor Hasting
under which boxing has been pei
mitted here during the last six week
H. happened a tho Armory last nigl
during the boxing bout betwee
] Young Baltimore. OF Wilmington an
Kid Kyle, bantamweight champion
the Navy. while he was lack
aboard the L. S. s. Iowa. Althous
= Baltimore had been introduced as
It aspirant to the bantamweight char
IT liohclilp vi btidWditt lhelt were
e the audience some lovers OF legii
r. mate boxing as defined under the ci
IT ordinances, who had hoped that tho
y in charge would not permit Baltimo
IT to reach his goal in public and at {
expense of those people who ha
made the boxing game lawful he
under certain restrictions. But IN
is what somebody at the Armory Ia
night tried TO get away with. Fro