Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-31
SPORTING.

would hereafter attend To the mana
gerial end of Joe Mandot. the South
ern lightweight.
Tally Johns. Montana's champion
featherweight. and Jimmy Reagan Of
san Francisco viii weigh in at 100
pounds for a match at Butte, Mont,
Feb u. It viii be n six-round affair
Kid Henry and Joe Uyanni arc
matched for Albany a week from
Wednesday night The bout between
Frankie Madole and Tommy Maloney.
scheduled for this week, in that city.
has been abandoned.
Abe Attell who has been spending n
few days in Chicago en- route from
New York to Los Angeles. Where he
win meet Johnny kflbane ON Wash
ington's birthday, resumed his journey
10 TIE coast. Tuesday.
kid Thomas, who fought a draw
with De Ponthieu in Buffalo recently.
Lucea FOR the topllne bout of. the In
ternational A. c. show in Buffalo a
week from Wednesday night
Battling Nelson. who is still So
iourning at Hot Springs, Ark. says he
is perfectly willing To meet cone
ROUND Hogan on the coast. Hogan to
get $1,000 as his end. while Nelson says
he viii gamble with the club staging
the bout as to what he shall receive.
Marvin Hart, the Louisville heavy
weight who had his chance in the
rims and failed to make good. is com
ing back into the game and declares
l. l,s,ft rsa
stay on the retired list
A resolution protesting against the
proposed Johnson-Flynn prize fight
was adopted, Monday, at a meeting
of the Methodist Ministers Association
in Cincinnati. The resolution was or
dered to be sent to Congress. which
will be asked to legislate against prize
fighting.
Word was received at Boston, Mon
day. from Eddie Murphy, the clever
South Boston lightweight. who has
been making Chicago his headquarters
for several weeks past, that his match
with Pacltey Mcfarland at kenosha,
Wis. Friday night, had been declared
off. Mcfarland is matched To meet
Young Erne in Philadelphia. on Feb,
7. and is TO receive a $1,000 guarantee
there.
A blow upon the elbow during a boxing
match resulted in a broken neck and the
instant death of Hough Rouden, stu
deit of the Burns Academy at Gadsden.
Ala. Rouden and Foster jenkins, also
a pupil of the school, were boxing, when
Jenkins slashed in an uppercut which
Boaden caught on the elbow. The force
OF tho blow stood him on his head. and
resulted In the dislocation of his neck in
the fall
James P. Fitzgerald, president of the
Canadian Baseball League and sporting
editor of the Toronto Telegram, was fin
ed s5i and costs by Magistrate Denison,
Monday, on a charge of permitting a
prize fight to be held under the auspices
of the National Sporting Club, of which
he is secretary. The case arises out of
the Flynn Williams bout couple OF
weeks ago, and is in the nature of a test
to determine just how far Toronto sport
ing organizations can go in presenting
boxing exhibitions
Under the new administration box
Ing must be conducted properly IN
Cleveland, o. This fact was made
manifest when the Eagles Club was
refused a permit to hold smoker on
Feb. II, when it was intended 10 run
Packey Mcfarland and Tommy Devlin
as the main bout. II Is understood
that the Eagles were turned down by
Mayor Baker because the managerial
tactics and discretion used by them
were not in accordance with the ideas
of the head of the city regarding the
conduct of the sport. Whether the
ban is a temporary one or permanent
it Is hard to say, but at least the ac-
tion of the mayor indicates that he
has formulated rules of his own which
must be lived up to.
Charged with promoting five box
ing bouts in violation of the law, Ed
ward f. Keevin, president of the
American a. A., appeared before
Judge Burke at Boston, Monday, in
the first session of the municipal
court, where he was fined $780, or $1OO
on each count. Keevin appealed and
was held In $500 bail. Attorney Edward
Greed appeared for keevin, who
pleaded not guilty. y number of men
well known in boxing circles were at
the trial The witnesses for the gov
eminent We're five policemen, all of
whom testified to going to Keevin's
gymnasium in Bowdoin square and
buying tickets at 81 apiece Keevin
testified that he was president. but
that he did not arrange bouts, and
That he had always believed the club
was being conducted within the letter
Of the law.