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Briefs from The Toronto Telegram November 16-20, 1908...Charlie Gage won a crushing victory over former fellow stablemate Frank O'Malley last night in front of a capacity crowd at Mutual Street Arena. The Irish lad was coming off a one-round knockout of Quebec's Soldier Jones and was expected to force matters with the Canadian champion, but it turned out to be a fairly one-sided thrashing, with Gage sending him to the canvas no less than five times before finally ending it with a straight right to the jaw at 2:13 of the twelfth round. Gage weighed in at 189½, O'Malley 193¼. The loss brought O'Malley's record to 23-9-3 (17) while Gage is now 25-1-1(11), having defended his Canadian heavyweight title twice since winning it in November of last year...In the semi windup Arthur Pelkey defeated young Dai Griffiths, causing a stoppage at 1:23 of the tenth inning. Griffiths was game but Pelkey was much the stronger, putting him down in round six for an eight count, opening a cut in round seven, reopening the same cut in the next round and forcing referee Joe Francis to call a halt because of the profuse bleeding around Griffiths' eye. Pelkey weighed 206 and Griffiths 187¾. The Welsh lad just didn't seem to have the firepower to hurt the big man from Chatham. After his fight, Pelkey issued a challenge to Gage, claiming the champion was ducking him...Tommy Burns made the news on his comeback tour, outpointing Blackie McDonald over eight rounds. There were no knockdowns, but Burns was easily the superior of the local boy from Winnipeg. Burns expects to travel to Vancouver next to meet George Stanley who won a narrow decision over Bill Taylor of Alberta on Wednesday. A win over Stanley would likely guarantee Tommy a shot at the Canadian title next year...In an unexpected turn of events, Nova Scotia's young Clyde Parker, the East Preston fighter, managed to kayo Bert Kenny in the main event at Antigonish Arena last Tuesday. Kenny was the betting favourite and many accused him of going into the tank. Most unbiased observers however said that Parker was ahead going into the fifth round and had hurt Kenny just before the bell ending the previous round. In his dressing room, Kenny stated, "The kid caught me with one I didn't see coming. I've got no excuse."...At Mount Royal Arena Wilfrid Gagne (190¾) avenged a loss to Horace "Soldier" Jones (181) in May with a knockout in three rounds. This sets up a rubber match which should draw a standing room only Montreal crowd in the new year...Coaltown promoter Leo Roberts is moving heaven and Earth to bring together the new tiger Johnny Gillis of Sydney, Cape Breton and Al Lambert of Moncton, New Brunswick to headline a card in January with an open date at the King Street Arena. Most boxing pundits figure Gillis is still too green to take on Lambert when he has yet to go past six rounds. The unbeaten Gillis graduated from the Halifax DBF academy last winter...Hot off the wire. The IBU has made Sam Langford their number one challenger for the world title held by Luther McCarty...