Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-08
LOCAL FIGHTERS |
EAGER FOR GONG
Battling Jimmy and Joe Cas-
sidy to Settle Suprem-
acy Tonight.
KURTZ BEATS FITZGERALD

The main bout at the Central Tn
stitute tonight will bring together
Battling Jimmy and Joe Cassidy, two
been training strenuously for the
affair and are anxious to face each
other. Red Mack and Young DON
nelly, both of this city. will be the
semi-finalists. Billy Telesco and Babe
Angert, both of whom claim the BAN
tamweight title of the city, will bat
tie for supremacy.
-Four other bouts are billed. Happy
Davis. of Bloomfield. will have it out
with Lawrence Werner. OF this city;
Young Bandal and Johnny Red. an
other pair of local lads, will clash;
Danny Murray will meet Buck Jer-
sey. while Young Vaudeville will
meet Young Pierce.
Young Kurtz, of this city, returned
to the ring after an absence of sew
eral weeks and outfought Willie
Fitzgerald, of Brooklyn, in ten
round bout at the Atlantic Garden A,
c., New York, Saturday night.
Gilbert Gallant, of Chelsea, Mass,
and Knockout" Sweeney, the New
York Lad, who has been coming strong
during the past year. have been
matched for twelve rounds at New
Haven September 20.
Jack Read, the Australian light
weight champion, who came to this
country with Sam Langford, has
been matched to meet Jimmy Coffey
over the ten-round route in New York
September 10.
Battling Levinsky, better known to
fight fans as Barney Williams, will
tackle some tough game in New York
Wednesday night when he clashes
with Eddie McGoorty, the Oshkosh
middler.
Georges Carpenter, the French
boxer, has been signed to box Bonn
barber Wells, the English mitt artist,
at the Olympia, London, December 8.
The fight viii be twenty rounds for
a purse of $1,000 francs. fS17, 000). Each
boxer has deposited forfeit of 81, 500
for appearance. Charley Ledoux, the
French bantam, will meet Bill Bey-
non, an English boxer The bout is
to be staged at Cardiff, Wales, and
the purse is $500 and the fight is to
be staged in six weeks, and is sched-
tiled for twenty rounds.
II the New York State Athletic
Commission rescinds the rule prohib-
iting bouts between blacks and
whites Gunboat Smith, of California,
will try conclusions with Sam Lang
ford, the Tar Baby, in Madison
Square Garden, New York, on Sep
TENDER 10. The match was tentative
ly arranged Saturday after a confer
enee in which Matchmaker Gibson,
of the Garden A. c.; James Buckley,
fi,oo Smith and 1na WOO6-
man, manager of Langford, took
part. Langford and Smith have agreed
to box for so per cent. of the gross
receipts, of which Langford will re-
ceive 80 per cent
Packey Mcfarland will probably
meet Harlem Tommy Murphy in New
York this month.
Frank Moran the Pittsburgh heavy
weight, was matched yesterday TO
fight Jack Johnson in Paris some time
next December, the exact date not
yet arranged. Dan McKettrick, his
manager. made the proposition to
Leon See, Partisan fight promoter.
McKettrick asked for expenses and
5000 guarantee, with an option OF
80 per cent. of the gate receipts. Inc
terms proved acceptable to See, ac-
cording to cablegram received from
him last night by McKettrick, and
the exact date will be arranged IN
the near future.
Tom McCarey, who promotes the
boxing game at Vernon, Cal, says
that he will arrange no more heavy
weight matches. The accidental kill
ing of Bull Young by Jess Willard IN
his arena was the last straw.
Jim Flynn, the heavyweight pugil-
list, of Pueblo, Colo, today agreed 10
meet Carl Morris, who has been train
ing at Chicago for three weeks. Flynn
is anxious to box Morris at Kansas
City, where he defeated Al Kaufman