The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-04-11
Leading Exponents Of the Glove
Game Are Engaged to Fight in
California During Next Three
Months.
BIZ John Pollock.
THE admirers OF boxing In Cali
fornia will now get the chance

fornia will now get the chance
20 see all the top-notch fight
ers in action. for Fight Promoters
Tom McCarey OF Los Angeles. who
holds his shows at Vernon. Cal. and
Jim Coffroth and Eddie Graney Of
San Francisco. have signed up tho
different stars OF the squared circle
for battles. McCarey has already
booked bouts between Leach Cross
and Freddie Welsh on April IS. Cham
pion Johnny Coulon and Kid Will
liams on June for the bantam
weight title. Joe Rivers with either
Charley White. Jack Britton or jim
my Duny on May IL. and Champion
While Richie with either Freddie
Welsh or Ad wolgast on July 4, Cof-
froth has Ritchie and Tommy Muir
ply for a fight on April II. and Gun
boat Smith and Jess willard on the
afternoon OF July I.
The proposed twenty round bout at
Vernon. Cal. between Gunboat Smith
and Al Norton. the California heavy
weights. has been abandoned because
Jim Buckley, manager OF Smith, after
accepting guarantee OF $4,000 for
Smiths end, raised the amount to
$500. Promoter McCarey refused to
raise his bid.
Although Jack Dougherty has re-
ceived numerous offers for Al Mccoy
TO meet some OF the real good middle
weights, it's a cinch that Jack will
pass them all up until after he gets
all the money he can for his fighter
out OF the theatrical engagements
He will find IA few third.raters fol
Mccoy to beat.
Seven clubr will hold shows to
night. At Fairmont A. c., john,
Harvey VIZ. Walter Mohr. VIM,
Adams vs. Frankie Notter. Brown
Gym. Battling Hurley vs.. Johnn!
Waltz. Sharkey A. G.. Eddie Fitz
simmons VS.. Bull Thompson. Broad
way Sporting Club. Brooklyn. john,
Howard VIZ. Jack Dtscoll. Irving a
c., Brooklyn, Joe Bedell VI. Jacl
Hanson. Vanderbilt A. g. Brooklyn
Danny Whalen VI. Young Limbo
| Queensboro A. c.. Long Island City
Sailor Maher VS.. Al Britton.
Sailor Fritts, the heavyweight O
Brooklyn, and Howard Morrow O
Syracuse, N. Y, have signed article
OF agreement for n-round bou
which will be fought at the Irving \
e. of Brooklyn. April Is. fritts ha
fought Battling Levinsky. Soldie
kearns and other heavyweights
Johnny weissmantel, matchmake
OF the Broadway Sporting Club q
Brooklyn, arranged two ten-roun
bouts to-day for his show on April 4
George Rodel, the Boer fighter, wi
meet Bill Mckinnon of Boston an
Young Mike Donovan tackles Youn
Iieber OF Newark. n. }.
Pal Moore. the Quaker City ligh,
weight, who In battling in good forI
again, has been secured to fight Pats
Drouillard. tho crack lightweight ,
Canada, for ten rounds at II show I
he brought of by the Olympic A. #,
of Rochester. N. Y. ON Tuesday nigh
Young Brown meets the winner u
April "a.
II Jim Buckley Is willing, and h
has an appointment to-day with jill
,, Coffroth, bout will be staged in Sa
, Francisco between Gunboat Smit
/, and Sam Langford on Friday, Ma
70. In response 10 conroth's wir
= Joe Woodman says that Coffroth
!, terms were satisfactory and tn,
Langford would be ready for the gui
ner on that date.
With the hope of getting Geori
= Chip to fight again AT his clu
e Matchmaker Weissmantel of Il
I Broadway Sporting Club of Brook,
y to-day wired Jimmy Dime, manag
v OF Chip. a guarantee of $500 to me
@ Johnny Howard of Bayonne, n.
: for ten rounds either on April Il or
d A bout has been clinched betwe
= Jack Britton, the clever lightweigl
. and Soldier Fairfield of Brook,
who has been fighting In good 10,