Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-03-10
BOXING NOTES

Champion Willie Ritchie feels con-
fident that he will show Ad Wolgast,
from whom be won the lightweight til
tie, that he is still his master with the
gloves when they meet in their 10
round bout at Milwaukee next Thurs
day night. AS no decision is given in
bouts in that city only a K. o. will
actually decide winner. OF course.
the spectators will have opinions as to
which boxer did the better work. The
bout, however, should show to some
extent whether Wolgast has come back
to the extent he thinks he has. If the
champion Is right, those who have
seen both boxers in action can figure
only Ritehie as having chance. He is
a cleverer boxer than Wolgast ever
was and has a style that generally
comes out ahead, even in short-dis
tance bouts. The men are to weigh 135
pounds at o'clock, which will be d
great help to Ritchie. The bout will
draw a lot of money. 1t is figured that
there will be between S35,000 and s45,-
600 in the box office. The champion
gets n guarantee of $4,000, with the
privilege of taking As per cent of the
receipts if they amount TO more than
his guarantee. Wolgast was willing to
another meeting with the man who
took his title away from him, and
feels confident that he can win It back.
Gilbert Gallant, the Chelsea light
weight, who has been making good
since he went West. is to box Danny
O'Brien at Murray, Utah, next We'd
nesday night. O'Brien has been doing
some fine boxing in the Western State
and the fans of Utah expect to see
him give Gallant a tough go.
Arthur Stedman. Jr, the Jamaica
Plain boy who won the amateur
heavyweight championship Of Denver
few weeks ago, is going 10 box a
special bout at the Denver y. c. next
Friday night with Young Ketchel.
Ed McGoorty, who cleaned up a big
roll in Australia, IS going to have a
hard contract to fill on Saturday at
Sydney when he meets JEFF Smith, the
New Jersey middieweisht.
Joe Borrell. the Philadelphia middle
weight. takes on Sid Burns, an Eng
iish boxer. at London, Eng. next
Thursday night.
Young Ahern. the Brooklyn boy who
has been boxing abroad for several
months. meets Hogan, Frenchman. at
Paris next Saturday night. AS Hogan
can box some, the American is likely
to have lot of trouble.
Young Jack O'Brien is to try his
hand at refereeing in Philadelphia.
st. Patricl's T. A. S. of Brockton will
hold an amateur boxing tournament
March IT,
Young Shugrue has been secured by
promoter Baker of Australia to make
a trip to the Antipodes.
Johnny Gallant has been matched TO
box Tommy Rowan at Chicopee on
March IT.
Tho French sports have raised such
d cry about being fooled in regard to
bouts scheduled as championship af-
fairs, that the French boxing commits
sion has decided to supervise the an
nouncements.
Terry Martin, for several seasons
the idol of the Manchester. N. H., box
ing fans will be in our midst again
Tuesday night when he will don the
gloves in his former home town for the
first time in two years. Opposed to
him will be boxer who is now max
ing this city his home and who, by his
exhibition in his one bout there, has
made hit with the fans-Dave Kurtz.
These rugged welterweights are billed
for 12 rounds at the McElwaine club.
The Wisconsin State Boxing Com
missoin has ruled that the color. line
will be strictly drawn in that state
against battles between whites and
blacks. This means a refusal to al
low the Kenosha Boxing club to stage
a proposed bout between Sam Lang
ford and Carl Morris.