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Show I THeWfina NEW YORK, May 11 Benny Leonard scored Ms fourth consecutive knor.kaut by stopping; Kddte Hhannon of San Kran-claro Kran-claro In the alxth round of a ten-round bout In Brooklyn last nlht. Hhannon s seconds threw In the aponce when ha was floored with a rlht uppercut. 1 Leonard Leon-ard welrhed 1334 pounds and Hhannon 13. aee Albany. N. T.. May 11. Th legislature legisla-ture last nle-ht passed tha Slater bill to repeal law TesaJIslna: profeaalonal boxlnc In New York after November 16. The measure, which twice prevloualy had been defeated by the aasembly. had twlo been advocated by Governor Whitman In special spe-cial messages. e Chlcaco. May 11 Jo Homeland. featbrrwelaht. ran lick anybody In that. division, according to Willis Murphy, th I "millionaire newsboy who said today he was willing to hark his assertion with canh. Murphy said he was trying to ar range a match between Homeland and Matty McOue. The last time theae boys met, McCue slipped a h. o. over on Jos. , Chicago. May 11 Joe Koska, Pittsburg i welter, today expressed a deslra to ob- J tain a match with Frank I e I,ynn, who la sttrscting considerable attention In local pugilist circles. see Chicago, May 11. Charley Whit. lightwefKht boxer, has sued the Kdge-water Kdge-water Reach hotel, a fashionable north side hostelry, for $6000 damages, following follow-ing two refusals to give him accommodations. accommo-dations. White says hs will give the money to the Red Cross If he wans ths j suit. - 1 see Hob Fltssimmons, former heavyweight ' champion pugiliat of the world, and hia son have aliened contracts to travel with ! the HelUs-Klotn cirrus for this season. ' They srs to receive a salary of $1000 a i week. i see I Willie Ritchie is naid to have sent word to Tommy Himpeon that he is available i for a four-round go at Oakland. Wmn- j son replied thst tie is doing very well with the boxers he Is using, and that he , I doesn't think U advisable to Invite trouble trou-ble with the polire authorities by attempting at-tempting to-use boxers who are too prominent. ! see i Eddie Wallace, the Brooklyn fighter, I who has hen on the sick Hist for a few , wekn, which romiielled his manager, t Charlie Harvey, to call off eeveral bouts, : Is again well, and Charlie signed htm up to meet Champion Johnny K liberie for ( ten rounds at iK-trolt. Mich., on May l, and Harry Condon at Montreal, Canada, on May ic. ; aee ! Although Johnny Xmnde secured a deletion de-letion ovr Chick Himler, the Bcranton i lightweight, in a I welvrouiid bout at . Ho ton. Himler put up such a good, elaah- ! j Ing. fast battle that Mtah Murray, match 1 m.kr of the eaui club, promptly re- matched the men to meet In another j twelve-round contest on Tuesday evening, May li. I Augie Katner, who Is going to the front rapidly In the middleweight division, and t Zulu Kid of Hrooklyn were Itooked to ' meet in a ten-round bout at Brooklyn on t Saturday evening. May 12. e Tom Cowkr. the clever Kngllsh fighter, 1 and Tom MYMahan, the gam and hard i hitting battler of Pittsburg, will come to-gtther to-gtther in a ten-round bout at Cincinnati, i O., on Miy K Cowler will surely have to be at his bost. as McMahan is a dan- ! gerous man fur anyone. i f Ham WaJlach. who has been looking - aftt-r the affairs of ths Cross family for j several years, has just taken another fighter under his management. The bat- ' tier ts Harry Ionahu of Peoria, in. Don-shue Don-shue gave champion Johnny K 11 bene m hard ten-roird battle some time sgo Wallarh im st xious to match Donahue with Kilbane asam. or will gladly let ht-man ht-man go sgnins' Benny J Leonard. Johnnv Iundec. 4harlie Whtto or any real good I lightweight. I |