Cap's New and Improved Alternate Universe - Page 33

Cap · 12-14-2025, 04:01 PM

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...

Cap · 12-21-2025, 11:36 AM

From the pages of the December 1908 Christmas issue of Mitt Slingers Magazine...Sam Langford has been named the IBU's premier contender for the world title currently held by America's Luther McCarty...McCarty has yet to catch on with the public in any meaningful way, largely perhaps because of his defensive style and his lack of a strong personality...Langford doubtlessly owes his prestigious position to his defeat of Harry Wills "The Black Panther", not once, but twice. As for Wills, he slides in behind the Canadian thanks to his wins over both Fred Fulton and Billy Miske...The question on the minds of many US promoters regards the Manassa Mauler Jack Dempsey and his cunning manager Doc Kearns. Will they challenge Wills for his American heavyweight title or stay in California and bide their time until they get a crack at the world championship...Fulton, the Minnesota Giant, wants another shot at McCarty but he has already been told he needs a big win or two before that door opens up...Gunboat Smith clings to a spot in the top ten and has signed with a promoter to fight Billy Miske in January or February...Tom Cowler was pondering a return to Merry Old England until someone suggested he might get a sizeable purse headlining a card in Toronto with the Canadian heavyweight champion Charlie Gage. His manager Jim Corbett was interested enough to travel there and seek an audience with Tom Flanagan...As for Gage, he was exploring his options. He could fight someone like Cowler or New York's John Lester Johnson, or defend his Canadian title belt against Tommy Burns when Burns had restored himself as a real gate attraction...Ern Waddy found himself floundering despite having sent Jack Johnson back into retirement. Offers to his manager were small potatoes, a few hundred dollars to fight men like Bud Gorman, Kid Norfolk and Bill Brennan. Cables from Hugh Mcintosh back home in Australia proffered princely sums to return and fight Albert Kid Lloyd at Rushcutters Bay. So Waddy was leaning towards going home...In Europe, promoter Ray Charrington was angling to get a match made between his latest star Dave Hawkes of Australia and EU champion Colin Morrison of Scotland, but the British boxing board was pressuring the National Sporting Club to force Morrison to defend his title against Bombardier Billy Wells first. Morrison ignored both parties and signed with a promoter in Scotland to meet Edinburgh's 15th ranked Rab Dickson, as was his right in his first title defence...

Cap · Yesterday, 04:56 PM

Monday, May 18, 1908. Montreal. St Denis Street Gym. Horace "Soldier" Jones KO 1 Wilfrid Gagne.

Thursday, November 19, 1908. Montreal. Mt Royal Arena. Wilfrid Gagne KO 3 Soldier Jones.

Wednesday, January 6, 1909. Montreal. Mount Royal Arena. Wilfrid Gagne contre Soldier Jones..??

12-14-2025, 04:01 PM	#641
Cap Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Large Province in God's Country Posts: 7,972	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... Attached Images __________________ "...There were Giants in Those Days.." Last edited by Cap; 12-14-2025 at 04:06 PM.

12-21-2025, 11:36 AM	#642
Cap Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Large Province in God's Country Posts: 7,972	From the pages of the December 1908 Christmas issue of Mitt Slingers Magazine...Sam Langford has been named the IBU's premier contender for the world title currently held by America's Luther McCarty...McCarty has yet to catch on with the public in any meaningful way, largely perhaps because of his defensive style and his lack of a strong personality...Langford doubtlessly owes his prestigious position to his defeat of Harry Wills "The Black Panther", not once, but twice. As for Wills, he slides in behind the Canadian thanks to his wins over both Fred Fulton and Billy Miske...The question on the minds of many US promoters regards the Manassa Mauler Jack Dempsey and his cunning manager Doc Kearns. Will they challenge Wills for his American heavyweight title or stay in California and bide their time until they get a crack at the world championship...Fulton, the Minnesota Giant, wants another shot at McCarty but he has already been told he needs a big win or two before that door opens up...Gunboat Smith clings to a spot in the top ten and has signed with a promoter to fight Billy Miske in January or February...Tom Cowler was pondering a return to Merry Old England until someone suggested he might get a sizeable purse headlining a card in Toronto with the Canadian heavyweight champion Charlie Gage. His manager Jim Corbett was interested enough to travel there and seek an audience with Tom Flanagan...As for Gage, he was exploring his options. He could fight someone like Cowler or New York's John Lester Johnson, or defend his Canadian title belt against Tommy Burns when Burns had restored himself as a real gate attraction...Ern Waddy found himself floundering despite having sent Jack Johnson back into retirement. Offers to his manager were small potatoes, a few hundred dollars to fight men like Bud Gorman, Kid Norfolk and Bill Brennan. Cables from Hugh Mcintosh back home in Australia proffered princely sums to return and fight Albert Kid Lloyd at Rushcutters Bay. So Waddy was leaning towards going home...In Europe, promoter Ray Charrington was angling to get a match made between his latest star Dave Hawkes of Australia and EU champion Colin Morrison of Scotland, but the British boxing board was pressuring the National Sporting Club to force Morrison to defend his title against Bombardier Billy Wells first. Morrison ignored both parties and signed with a promoter in Scotland to meet Edinburgh's 15th ranked Rab Dickson, as was his right in his first title defence... Attached Images __________________ "...There were Giants in Those Days.."

Yesterday, 04:56 PM	#643
Cap Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Large Province in God's Country Posts: 7,972	Monday, May 18, 1908. Montreal. St Denis Street Gym. Horace "Soldier" Jones KO 1 Wilfrid Gagne. Thursday, November 19, 1908. Montreal. Mt Royal Arena. Wilfrid Gagne KO 3 Soldier Jones. Wednesday, January 6, 1909. Montreal. Mount Royal Arena. Wilfrid Gagne contre Soldier Jones..?? Attached Images __________________ "...There were Giants in Those Days.." Last edited by Cap; Yesterday at 05:06 PM.