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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1910
Page
8
New York April 2 Corbett shares opinion on the Jeffries Johnson bout. He argues Johnson will not stop Jeffries with a punch, noting Jeffries’s left handed power and versatile attack. Corbett criticizes Johnson’s defense while praising Jeffries as a hard hitter and crafty fighter.
The recap notes multiple NL games postponed due to wet grounds including St Louis Detroit and Pittsburgh Cincinnati, with New York Philadelphia Washington and Brooklyn involved in earlier results. American Association also reports several delays such as Toledo-Louisville and Columbus-Indianapolis postponed for rain while Kansas City and Milwaukee show sparse action.
The column outlines rough costs for a Y M C A start up and notes boxing plans with Schoel-Seger in Sheridan at month’s end. It covers Eddie Pitts arranging Cheyenne games May 28 30 and 31 for the Hatusbrau team, plus Laramie semi pro hopes and park issues.
Freddie Welsh the English lightweight champion is confident of beating Patkey McFarland of Chicago at the National Sporting Club in London on May 30. He also claims the welterweight title by beating Young Josephs at Mountain Ash last July, though Josephs was not the recognized welterweight champion then. Packey McFarland, in a letter from New York, says he will make 138 pounds for the 20 round bout with Cort and will beat Welsh without effort, denying any cowardice accusation and asserting readiness for the fight.
Money and support are pledged to sustain the team as the burg shows readiness to furnish the necessary funds for upkeeping the squad.
Final notice from the Western Golf Association was mailed to club secretaries urging submission of handicap reports by next Monday. Several clubs have not complied and the handicap committee may rate delinquent players as scratched from their organizations.
A motion picture event titled Roosevelt in Africa is scheduled to open at the Lyre Theatre on Friday, April 24, drawing local attention to the new feature.
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