Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-15
BOXING
News of the Ring Game

Ad WoIgast ex lightweight champion,
is working like trojan for Ills twenty
round hghi with Tommy Murphy a.
must beat Murphy this time, or step
down and out as a contender for VIII
lie Ritchie's title.
Jess Willard. tallest of all heavy
weights, is helping WolRast get into
shape. Coast fans are turning out
strong to see the two work. Willard
Is a strong booster for Ad and looks
for him TO regain his lost title.
Frankie Burns, who has not donned
glove since he lost TO Tommy Murphy,
win meet Joe Azevedo in a ten-round
bout at Oakland CAL tomorrow night.
II Frankie Whitney succeeds in de-
feating Eddie Johnson at Denver, Col.
Friday night he is 20 get on with Jack
Redmond April IS. Whitney and john
son are scheduled to go ten rounds.
Joe Rivers. the Mexican speed marvel,
will make his next fghr in New York
against Young Shugrue. The date Is
April 2s
Pal Moore, the Eastern HghtweiLht,
and Johnny Grimiths are to don the
gloves for a ten-rOund session April %
They viii weigh In at 1870 pounds 3
o'clock.
Digger Stanley, the bantamweight
champion Of England, still holds his
title lie was to meet Eddie Morgan In
London the other night, but a few days
before the contest Morgan found he
could not make the weight, so the bout
was called OF.
Johnny Kilbane still insists that he
wants 20 turn lightweight. and the first
man he wants to meet is none other
than his old rival. Joe Rivers. Kilbane
lost to Rivers the first time the pair
ever met. but later more than evened
matters by stopping the Mexican in six
teen rounds.
George Knockout" Brown. Of Chi
csgo, meets Jack McCarron tomorrow
night at New York. Jack Britton and
Matty Baldwin clash in the same ring
Spike Kelly proved too tough a propo-
sition for Billy Walters at Kenosha
last week. Kelly was given the news
paper verdict over the Sailor after ten
rounds Of furious lighting, Both boys
hold draws to their credit over Wild
Mike Gibbons. Leach Cross or Freddie
Welsh viii be the next star at Kenosha,
Wis. according TO letter received here
from matchmaker Nate Lewis. Some
good man will be secured 10 meet which
ever OF the above mentioned the club
secures.
GEORGE Chip IL not the only fighter
IN the Chip family, Joe. his youngest
brother, is now seeking fame in the
r6ped arena.
EDDIE McGoorty. the Oshkosh middle
weight. is 10 be a busy boy for the
Hicks. the Detroit favorite. Wedne sday
night, and on May will travel TO
Denver, Col. where he takes on Jimmy
clabby in ten-round AFFAIR.
Rudy Unhoiz. who is now managing
McGoorty, is apparently making good
In the capacity as manager. Rudy al
ways was an ambitious boxer. For ref
srence. see Battling Nelson.
Reports from Chicago state that
Johnny Coulon, bantamweight cham
pion. has already started training for
his ten-round match with Francis Hen
messy at 81. Louis April 20. This VIII
be Johnnys first fight since he met Kid
Williams al Baltimore nearly year
ago
George Dugdale. manager Of Billy
Walters, has received word from St
Joseph. Mo, that the proposed match
between Walters and Ferns scheduled
10 take place May has been post
poned Dugdale fears that the fight
may be called OF all together on ac-
count Of Walters defeat at the hands
Of Spike Kelly.
X O. Brown and Bud Anderson are
on edge for their twenty round battle
on the coast tomorrow night. Fans on
the coast are going void over the fray.
as they still remember the wonderful
draw the same boys put up after twenty
rounds Of real lighting about one month
aEo.
George Mason, the Baltimore 49,
pound boxer, who is here at the present
time. is anxious to close g match with
Benny Kaufman