New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-28
BOXING J|NX At LARGE
It's a BIue-Eyed One, Too, So
"Young" Brown Thinks.
SHUGRUE INJURIES THUMB
''Packey" Mcfarland to Arrive
Here on Sunday for Bout
with Britton.

4 WIFI IlttOA.
. There will he no boxing at the Empire
Athletic Club. in coogans Hollow. to-
night Young" Shugrue. the Jersey CIV
lightweight injured his thumb. and wa
forced to cancel his engagement with
! Young Brown OF the East Side. Rather
, than put on substitute bout. Ed and
Jesse Mcmahon postponed the bout untl
March ;. If all accounts Of the injur'
, To Shugrue's hand are true. there is httle
chance Of his boxing even on March ..
| Il is feared by his manager. Tommy Lee.
/ that tre thumb will have TO be broken
and reset. II this Is done IL will be sew
.ral weeks. II not months. before the Jer-
scv lad viii be able to don the gloves.
Billy N"uman. manager Of Young
/ Brown, said yesterday. in no uncertain ar
waverirg tones. that he Is pursued by
hsie-eyed ink. Here j. an extract from
e long letter he addressed To the sporting
| editor of Tho Tribune.
Just q I'm" in which to express my opIn-
, ION If the prcSent-day lightweisnts VINO
nv ana large are afraid TO meet Young"
Brown. the East Side boy. who Is under
ny management al present. Young
Shugrue. who won over Leach cross.
agreed To box Brown. but a couple II
DAYS before the match he suddenly dis
covered that his thumb was broken:
/ Tommy Murphy Matty Baldwin and
other good men hay. suddenly become
! sick when they wcr. To meet Brown. II
Shucrue IS really injured land he 50,
he So. then am sorry for him. and
will not claim any forfeit money. but !
| think that he is a little doubtful Of his
ability To whip bov like Brown.
! have noted in the columns of The
| Tribune that Joe Rivers is on his way
| East 10 meet leach Cross. ! think that
Brown Is entitled 10 consideration from
Rivers. and ours will BE- the first ch"i-
leng" hurled al him when he lands IN
| tins city. ANY boy who can defeat such
boxers as Tommy Murphy. Matt Wells.
Jack Goodman and others too numerous
to mention here Is n nj rival for the best
Neumau will nave his thirst for action
quonched. and quickly. TOO. for Brown
has been matched To box Matty Baldwin
I In q ten-rouud contest al the Empire ClaD
| on Wednesday night. At the same enter
tainment Leach Cross will face Frank
| I.oughry. ana Phil Cross will mingle with
Al ketchell.
Word comes from Paris hat Frank
! Klaus has bet more than $1,000 on him-
self to beat Papke when they meet at
risians have made Papke a favorite AT
odds OF > TO /. Klaus stands to- win a neat
| Little sum # money.
Jimmy Johnson IL the greatest optimist
/ in the boxing game. lie is manager Of
George Rodel the Boer heavyweight. and
bandly admits that the big fellow will be
champion some day. Just when. however
! Johnson does not
Mickey Dunn and Battling Reddy VIII
meet at the New Polo Athletic Cub. OF
/ Harlem tonight. in a ten-round bout
Dial Hawnins. the former lightweight
! boxer, who has opened training camp
in West Chester. at which Bombardier
Wells H. preparing FOR his bout With
"Gunbost" Smith on March ~. received a
dispatch from "Packey" Mcfarland yes-
| terday reservine quarters for himself
and sparring partners. "packey" will az
rive here ON SUNDAY morning on the
Twentieth Century Limited. and Will re-
sumo training IN the afternoon. lie has
been working for ten days. Hawkins am
nounces that the fans who wish Ia see
Mcfarland and Wells In training bouts
viii be welcome.
Jack Britton, who boxes Mcfarland IN
ths Garden on March Z. Is Unuer full
headway at Rye. y. \. lie is In good
condition now but SAYS lie VIII Ieav.
nothing undono. He IS boxing with Jack
Ecnnne. the local welterNeisnt who is
an excellent instructor.
Billy Gibson. manager 81 the Garden
Athletic club. received 4 telegram YES
t,rday from Jonn Dag, sporting editor Of
The Chicago Inter-ocean.' which read
| as follows:
Reserve two hundred IN gside seats FOR
Chicago sporting men who will 80 10 Nc
l'arland- Britton bout on special train"
As rin,sde seats will cost So each. the
Windy city delegation Will contribute
A.