Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-02
BOXING NOTES.

Drank Moran ana al Ndpiof- "''
box the feature bout at Albany.
March Il.
Sailor Burke and Larry English will
clash in Brooklyn, next Tuesday
night
Dave Deshler will have his second
try against Clarence Ferns at Kan
sas City. tonight,
Billy Marchant, the English light
weight. who was matched to box Mat
~ Baldwin at New York, next Friday
nieht, decided that Baldwin would de-
feat him, and got excused from the
contest. Johnny Mario will meet Bald
WIN on that date.
Sack Curiey denies that he has def
nsfeIy decided upon Las Vegas, New
as the site of the Johnson-F Flynn bout.
he says that he has three towns IN
eiew, and likes Las Vegas best
Abe Attell former featherweight
champion, moved into training quar-
ter at San Francisco. Wednesday 10
prepare for his fight with Harlem
Tommy Murphy. March 9. Attell re-
eeived q warning from his physician
thai he must work cautiously because
Of a wrenched shoulder muscle.
GEORGES Carpenter, the French well
tervefgft cha NIPPON boxer, Thursday
Mt Monte Carlo, met and knocked out
lin sullivan. the English boxer and
former middleweight champion OF the
world in the second round of fight
for the middleweight championship OF
Europe. The contest was for a purse
of 5000
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f3iiIv Papke announces his retirement
once again. This time Papke says he
is IN earnest, as he fully realizes that
II Is needless for him to try to come
back. when l cannot defeat boxer
like Nantell whom l have whipped
once before, it's pretty near time Tor
me to lay aside the gloves for ali
time says Papke.
Arrangements for the Al Palzar
Banbaraier Wells match for July d,
at san Francisco, are going along
smoothly. Those who have witnessed
the Englishman in action pronounce
him a very capable boxer for Dig
fellow. Wells style is said to be some
what after that of Jim Corbetts.
Eddie Murphy, the South Boston
boxer returned, Thursday, from Chi
GdROs where ne IDS bCch SSN q o.
months He has been promised re-
turn match with Packey Mcfarland
BY the Kenosha promoter, and bout
with Willie Ritchie when the latter
returns from California. Murphy has
signed to box Young Erne in Philadel- ,
phia, March is.
That the boxing fans are always
ready and willing to subscribe to any
fund to relieve distress was shown
again in New York, the other night,
when more than $500 was collected
at two of the boxing clubs for the
widow of Connie Schmidt, the New
Jersey middleweight, who was killed
the other day by a freight train +
Young Jaspar and Andy Flanagan,
both of Boston. boxed eight rounds at
the weekly meeting of the Marblehead
A. T., wednesday night. Young Grim
of Boston lost the decision to All
Chung, the Chinese boxer from Salem,
In six rounds. Young Coady of Lynn
won from Kid Ross of Boston in six
rounds Bill Dow of Marblehead
knocked out Dan Finnegan of the same
town in the first round.
George Carpenter, the welterweight |
champion of France, must be pref
ty good scrapper Thursday, at Monte
Carlo he stopped Jim Sullivan, the
middleweight champion of England, in
two rounds. Sullivan is the second
champion of England whom Carpen-
tier his trimmed, for some months
ago he defeated Young Joseph, the
welterweight champion of England.
Carpenter got his instruction from
the American boxers who invade
France.
Billy Nolan, the former manager of
Battling Nelson, has tired of life on
a ranch and wants to get back in the
game. He would like to be manager
of the Sullivan twins of Cambridge.
Mike Sullivan received a letter from
California. Thursday, urging him and
brother Jack to hurry to that state
and go under the management of No
Ian, who would get them some match
es in San Francisco and Oakland.
Mike has passed the offer on, but has
sent the letter to brother Jack, who
is in Buffalo,
Terry Brooks and Joe Farren of
East Boston battled IL rounds to
draw at Nor'h Adams. Thursday
night, before the Western Gateway A.
{. Farren went on at the lag, min
ute, as Clancy, who was 10 box
Brooks, did not appear, and he made
q great showing
Freddie Yelle of Taunton won lie de-
eision over Steve Kennedy of Law
renee Thursday night. at the end of
y rounds of fierce milling. before the
members Of the Colonial A c.. at Fall
River. Both boxers set a fa st pace from
the start, and at times the boxing was
terrific. Yelle had the better of the
long-distanee work and iabbed Ken