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Show OrrEKED GOOD BOUT. PHILADELPHIA. reb. 21. Toaag Jack (VBiian of thla city wm matched by cable yesterday to MM rreddle Welsh, light weight champion or England, to a twenty round boot at Ponty Prtdd. Wales, on April 2. Eugene Oorrl of tba National Sporting dug, Los-don, Los-don, will referee. A purse of $7500, with a privilege of 60 par cant of tha grees receipt. 75 par cant to tba wlnnar, baa hen offered for tha right, wblch will be at tha naw light weight limit, 1 pounds. The Judiciary committee of the lower honae of the Utah state legislature, now la see- ! ion. reported favtorably this morning on the Krtebel boxing bill suggesting an amendment. however, that Jurisdiction over wrestling aa well as boxing be given to the proposed' state athletic coDunlselou. . Han rranclaro Feb. II -Both Ad Wol- faat. former llcht weight champion, and larlem Tommy Murphy. who are matched to nght twenty round here tomorrow to-morrow afternoon. finished atremiBua training i.kUv i-loee to weight. Murphv weighed 114 last night and Woleast half a pound lea Betting le at 10 to I, with Wolgaat the favorite, but many believe II will go to 10 In ( end possibly lo even money, ringside. ... t. Joseph. Mo., Feb. 21. Clarence Ferns of Kansas City am Billy Walters if ( hlcago. welter weights, are scheduled to engage in a fifteen-round prlae fight hera tonight see r-hl.-ago Feb 31 Freddie Hicks, the Detroit middle weight, will fight Jimmy lalihy before the Hammond Athletic '.!'. J Hammond, lnd., on February 17. MUSS also has signed tor a bout with Howard Morrow for March 12 and for one with Bob Moha to take place at Orand Rapids March 2. ... Springfield. O.. Fh. rl.--Ou. Christie of Milwaukee will fight Jack Dillon of In-dinrieimlls In-dinrieimlls here on February 27, before the Home City Athletic club. e e e JopUn. Mo. Fh. 31. Jack .Twin) Sullivan Sul-livan of Buffalo, N. T , and Jeff nark of this city fought ten feat rounds to a draw hers laat night. see Philadelphia. Feb. 31 -The boxing match between "Young Krne." Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, and Jack Ilrltton. Chicago, scheduled sched-uled for tomorrow night In thla city, waa called off last night when It waa dlaeovered that tha local fighter Is suffering suf-fering from a badly wrenched arm. X-ray photographs disclose Injuries which will require at leaat two weeks' attention. atten-tion. e e e Qloveravitle, N. T., Feb. 31 Harry Condon Con-don of Brooklyn beat "One Round" Ho-gan Ho-gan of California In a ten-round go at , the Johnaton Athletic club here laat ; night. Hogan came out the better In only two rounds -the second and alxtb aud earned a draw In three others, while Condon easily had tha better of four rounds. Hogan weighed In at 1421 Con- see New York. Feb. 21 Philadelphia Jack O'llrlen s M0.00O beauty Jack MeCaxron appeared at the Forty-fourth atreet club last night. He met Dave Kurta of Newark, New-ark, and MoCarron won. It waa a good stiff fight, full of slugging and bitter ral-llea. |