Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-05
BOXING
News of the Ring Game

Frank Whitney arrived last night
for his mill with frankie Russell to-
morrow night at the Auditorium
Armory. cocky and confident as ever
SAYS he wants to get Mcfarland here
in Atlanta.
Jim Flynn aspiration to become
baseball umpire has blown. Says that
even q pugilist sometimes is afflicted
with intelligence.
Battling Nelson meets some bum out
in Racine Wis, tonight A wire came
in this morning from the Hegewisch
gent saying he will come here Wash
ingtons birthday if the inducements
are o *.
BIZ Papke sailed yesterday for
Parls, where ne is to hook UP with
Frank Klaus in a twenty-round mill
BIZ says he is through with boxing in
America.
Papke ascribes two reasons for rails
ing the bars on the American arena
FIRST, America does not pay him the
money he can get abroad and sec
ondly the people here declare he is
all in.
Knockout Brown left New York
yesterday for Los Angeles, where on
II CDl uctl ne Is 10 meet joe XIV
ers. Brown will probably come back
to Atlanta if ne beats Rivers, as he
expects. He wants to get another
crack Al Jake Abel when he is right.
Wolgast now claims that he lost
his title to Richie because Ire took a
nip of brandy during the mill and
it put him on the blink,
Al Palzer has gone to Europe In
hopes of Kidding himself of an attack
of malaria. As soon as he returns
he will come to Atlanta to box Jim
Savage or some other good heavy
weight at the Auditorium Armory.
Both Willie Ritchie and Packey Nc
Farland opened weeks theatrical
engagement in Kansas City yesterday
at rival show houses. The fact that
Packey is conflicting with the new
lightweight champion has already got
Manager Billy Nolan's goat and some
hot talk in the press there will
probably result.
Eddie O'Keefe. the clever Philadel-
phian, IS the owner of the biggest
nose ever sported by a fighter 1t
protrudes three inches from his face.
It's strange fact. but in the four
years O'keefe has been boxing he
claims to have been only hit hard once
on the nose.
Jack Britton. matched with Packey
Mcfarland for March a New York,
is also going to fight himself into the
best possible condition. Britton
tackles Jimmy Duffy at Buffalo Feb
ruary 10 and Young Erne at Phila-
delphia February H. He is also
wanted to meet Young Ahearn before
a Brooklyn club.
Jack White, the Chicago battler.
mas arrived i'm Los Angeles He has
issued def to any of the i25 to 132-
pound boys and expects TO be kept
busy in California rings,
Win Bonn barber Wells. English
heavyweiebt. George Carpenter.
French midGleweight; Jem Driscoll
champion feaJherweight OF England,
and Charley Ledoux, French bantam
scheduled to come to this country
should enjoy another healthy boom
Much interest will he taken in the
ring performances Of the foreign stars
Bud Anderson, the Vancouver light
weight who scored bit with Los
Angeles fans when he Knocked out
sammy ffott in six rounds recently
was wanted by san Francisco pro-
motors fur early matches. but turned
down the offer Tom McCarey gave
me my first chance Ia California aud
! VIII box my next two matches f0r
ltln iu Los Angeles said Anderson.
GROVER HAYES. fhe HghtWcighl. b.
now under the managerial wing 90
Jimmy itcForrret. 80 New YORK.