The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13

That John the Barber, Iess Mcmahon,
Eddie Mcmahon, I'ete Fitzgerald Joe
Shugrue. Willie toecher. Jimmy Johnston,
Boxing Commission, supreme court In
Injunction thing was settled yesterday
afternoon after u three hour wrangl".
John tho Il. claims he came out with
colors dying. As 1t stands now, Fitz-
gerald for Shugrue signed an agreement
to- meet " ilh- Ueerher on February !
at the Empire for the McMahons. and
Sfugrue has i. the li.'s full consent to
box charlie White at the Garden on De
cemher 90 and Willie Richie. II Richie
accepts Jimmy Iohnston's terms. on
January 20.
I'm better off than I was before the
!. Of u. last night "Shugruc will he u
greater card on February than he II
to-day. for he will surely beat White.
He's done II twice before and I know
that he can whip Ritchie. There are but
two strings on the Beecher- Shugruc bout
Shugruc must win both fights or the
81. 500 that I have guaranteed him In the
new az we'll as the old contract will he
cut to 1000. Newspaper decisions will
settle that matter. The other stipulation
! IN that the bout must he fought before
u club run by the Mcmahon boys. Jimmy
Johnston wanted the bout, but I'm bound
to he loyal to Jess and Eddie. ~ they
have backed me M in this matter. The
old contracts have been destroyed aud
the new set bind Shugrue both with
l'eecher and tho Mcmahon boys. They
| can't back out of II now. think old
, j. the ~. got all the best or IT,"
| The Garden management has kept tho
! fans in the dark all along as to who shut
| grues second opponent would be. Few
thought that Ritche would be the man.
! Willie Ritchic made a great hit here
against Cross and the fans always wanted
/ him back
Rig Fred Mckay. the Annette Keller
] mann OF the prize ring. was standing IN
| at the Falrmont fight Thursday night
1 when some one said Fred. you're "A big
husky Canadian. why don't you join the
| Allies"
Tut. tut" said Mckay. impossible
! I'm too tall for.the trenches 80
| lack Kearns. who brought billy Murray
| on here last summer, rs headed this way
/ again from the Golden state with Murray
and Red Watson. the lightweight Wat
/ son ia hard hitter and kearns claims
| that Willie Richie turned down a fat
| guarantee to meet him in California re-
Gently. Murray. who fought clahhy a
great draw. has his cap set for the curly
| headed James.
jack Elliott. whom Mike Gibbons sent on
! from ST Paul as his idea of a white hone,
! will try the heft Of his punches on Soldier
| Delaney at the Olympic \. e. tomorrow
| night. Jack certainly can hit.
| Soldier Kearns, vino looks moro like
/ Tom Sharliey than any other man IN IN"
| ring before or since tho tar was good, has
| retired from the glove game. Big and
| powerful. with a muscular development
! that always made Snarkey green with
| envy. poor kearns never got very FAR NJ
| the puglistic ladder. With all his bulN
| ne had glass Jaw and hardly niEh'
went by that some one didn't bump NM
! off to sleep. "Ive decided To- chuck II up
, Tor something soft" says the soldier I'm
! going back TO my old tradc-ulacksmi'h-
/ ing
Joe Jeanette and Bin Tate Will furnish
| the tall old doings al the Irving \. e.
! in Rrooklvn tomorrow night Well say
| this for the dusNN pair--theN couldn
/ possibly put M as poor bout ~ did
sam Mcvc> ana Jim Johnson. fMPoS-
StBt.E'
speaking ~ Jim Johnson After N"
fight at the Fairmout the other night Jim
, went to Billy Gihs"n's plac" TO collect I'd"
] exhibition dough" AS he nut IL. Ne found