Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-08
MAY MAKE BOXING I
HISTORY THIS WEEK
Wells Carpentier and McFar.
land-BrittOn Bouts Are
Opening ARRAYS.

Wells=Carpentier and McFafs
land-BrittOn Bouts Are
Opening ARRAYS.
RITcHlE 2 TO 1 FAVORITE
Several important glove fights will
be decided this week, both in this
country and abroad. The twenty
round battle between Bombardier
Wells, English heavyweight cham.
pion, and Georges Carpenter, the
tonight at the National Sporting
Club, London. Although both have
been knocked out, Wells by Al Pal
ger and Gunboat Smith, and Carpen-
tier by Frank Klaus and Bill Papke,
there is much rivalry because Wells
claims that he was i'll when Carpen.
tier stopped him nearly a year ago in
four rounds. They will fight for an
$4,000 purse.
Another important event tonight Is
ten-round bout in Milwaukee be-
tween Packey MacF'a rland and Jack
Britton, the rival Chicago light
weights. The weight is 1877 at
o'clock, which is the same that gov
erned their battle in the Garden last
spring when Mcfarland won by .
wide margin. Britton says he'll not
be afraid or ratified this time, but
that doesn't alter the fact that Nc
Farland yesterday was a to ia
vorite.
Richie Big FavorIte.
Willie Richie, lightweight cham.
pion of the world will defend his
title at Jim Coffroth's club in San
Francisco on Wednesday night. He
will take on Harlem Tommy Murphy.
of New York, in twenty-round bout.
the weight being 1876 pounds one hour
before ring time. Richie will receive
sporting men are offering to bet to
l that he will carry off the honors.
Burns and DonIey mt Central.
Allie Burns and Mickey Donley who
will furnish the main bout at the
Central Institute tonight, are boxers
of the scientific order. Donley has
been boxing before Manhattan clubs
in a fashion that has pleased a ma
jority who have witnessed him per-
form. Burns has been out of the
ring for some time, but according to
those who have seen him in training
he is better than ever, and his return
to the ring ought to be successful.
Patsy Broen and Dennis McFadden
VIII come together in the semi-wiud.
up. The preliminary events will in-
troduce the following: Mickey Quinn
and Young West, Jackie Dobbs ard
While Baker, Del Jenkins and Young
Hicks, George Nelson and Young
Frenchie, Buck Jersey and Battling
Larry and Bob Russell and Young
Goldie.
National Sporting Club Opens.
The return of the National Sport
ing Club, in New York, to the boxing
field after lapse of year is per-
haps the most interesting feature of
the sport in Greater New York this
week. The management has an
nounced that shows will be held
weekly, beginning tonight. Walter
Mohr and Harry Condor, the two New
York lightweights, who furnished ,
such fast bout at the Garden A. c.
last Wednesday night before Morris
and Willard entered the ring, will be
the headliners. A ten-round bout be-
tween middleweights and the usual
shorter preliminaries will complete
the card.
Leyinsky VIII Have to Hustle.
The bout between Jim Flynn, the
veteran heavyweight, and Battling
Levinsky at the Atlantic Garden Ath- p
letic Club, New York, tomorrow night
is the most likely looking contest on s
New York's boxing program. 1t will
be a case of one of the most aggres.
sive boxers of the day, with full
knowledge of all the fine points of the
game, matching his experience against
a strong and ambitious youngster.
McAIlister to Make Debut.
Bob McAllister the California mid
dleweight, with a record of continued
successes in the West will make bic
New York debut Wednesday night at
the Paramount Athletic Club in a ten
round bout with Young Nike Dono-
van, of New York. This bout was ar
ranged for two weeks ago. but called
off owing to McAllister being taken.
sick.
ssIrish" Mahon on Edge.
At the Sharkey Athletic Club next
Saturday night Manager Dominick
Buckley and Matchmaker Billy Ja-
cob have arranged an excellent series
of bouts, the main evert of which
will bring together Irish Mahon,
of Newark, and Waller Brooks, of
the Bronx. This will be Mahon's first
DOul StIlSC Pl1SAAtG AAtAhoSiA diAAtA eiO
management of Jimmy DeForrest,
and he is faithfully training for this
bout, as he fully realizes that In
meeting Brooks he is taclSling one of
the toughest propositions in the feath-
erweight class.
Alberts to Substitute.
Johnny Alberts, of Elizabeth, has
been secured in place of Phil Cross
to tackle Tommy Howell tonight at
the Olympia Athletic Club, Philadel-
phia. The semi-windup will be be-
tween frankie Daley, of Pittsburgh,
and Willie Moore.
Upton TO RACE AT FRISCO
LONDON, Dec. S.-Sir Thomas LIP
ton. who is building q. yacht to race
for the Americas cup next fall. Is
considering building another yacht to
be raced in the events at the Panama
Pacific Exposition of 1915 at San
Francisco. Sir Thomas prefers to
build a twelve meter boat, but stip-
ulates that there must be other for-
engn entries. If these are not forth
coming he will possibly build a yacht
of the eight meter type and sail her
In all races that are open to her at
the regatta