El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-28
Gossip Of the Pugilists;
Sidelights On the Battlers
By 7. S.
Andrews

anxious to meet Eddy McGoorty, the
| Wisconsin middle weight, and the
! chances are that they Will oe brought
together, but not before next fall A
battle between McGoOrty and Papke
| would be a very important one for Nc
Goorty, for if he could make a good
showing against the Illinois Thunder
boldt he would then be in line for a
match with Ketchel for the middle
weight championship of the world. In
! the meantime McGOorty is satisfied TO
ga along and meet some Of the lesser
| lights in order to gain more experience,
| and be better prepared when the reai
test comes. A battle between Hugo
Kelly and Papke would also bring the
: Chicag go man into the limelight once
more. Kelly has several times been
{ near the championship goal, but just
! at the time when he thought he would
cross it he has been slipped up and
doomed to disappointment
There has been so much wrangling
among the promoters and boxers in
| California during the past year that
| the wonder is that the sport has not
been killed before this William J. Slat-
/ terry, the critic on the San Francisco
| Call, has taken the boxers and promo
! ers to task for trying to kill the game
/ in that state. and every honest follow
( er of the sport viii back him up in
the stand he takes Mr. Slattery has
advised the promoters and boxers. alike,
! to come out in the open and nave every
| thing above board He points out that
California is the one state of the Union
where long contests are permitted, and
where the people favor the game, and
back 1t up. and for that rea.cn they
/ should be given every cOnstderaL. ION
when matches are made no matter
whether they are championship events
or not.
He also points out thar il is a direct
slap at the people of hat state for out
siders to try and force an eastern man
for referee, when there ;Lre more capable
men in that state than any Crner in
the Union. Mr.. Slattery is right in the
stand he takes, and it is hoped for the
good Of the boxing game, that the pro-
meters out there will try to get to-
gether in harmony and take the public
into their confidence more than they
have in the past The people of Cali
fornia have demonstrated on many oc-
casions that they really enjoy the sport
OF boxing, and supported it wonderfully
well, and it is up 10 the boxers and
promoters to save il from the clutches
of lot of men who would think moth
ing OF killing it TO meet their own
-dtIS cOLHO OF the stories sent out
from California, supposed TO be the
work Of clever press agents, have done
the game no good; and if they were to
stick TO facts the public throughout the
country would be better pleased and
the game itself would be better off
AID Wolgast, the present light weight
champion and whom Milwaukee claims
as one Of her champion products, will
give the boxing fans of the middle west
chance to see him in a real workout
on June 3, when he meets Jack Red
mond, another Milwaukee lightweight.
formerly of ST. Paul, in a ten round no
decision contest before the Badger Ath-
leuc club in Milwaukee. The weight
IS TO be $50 pounds at o'clock in the
afternoon, which will make it the regu-
lation weight of 1873 pounds ringside
There was some talk of securing Matte
baldwin of Boston 10 meet Wolgast, but
the promoters were of the opinion that
Redmond was not only a better card to
put against Wolgast, but that he would
give him a much harder battle and
force him to go his top speed
redmond is not at all backward in
meeting Wolgast, for he has battled with
him on two former occasions, once in
1917 In Milwaukee, when they fought
SIX round draw, and again in 1908.
decision
SIX rounds of very strenuous boxing.
AT that time Redmond weighed only 124
pounds, whereas now he is full
fledged lightweight and stronger in
every way. During the past year Red
mohd has met some of the best bows
In the west, including Ray Bronson of
Indianapolis, with whom he fought q
draw at New Orleans. This should make
MIN look pretty good in view of the
tdc' lhat bronson had just previously
iouSht twenty round draw with pac
ky Mcfarland. Redmond has beep
training earnestly for the past month
and It IS his declaration that if he
cannot hoId his own with Wolgast. then
he viii be ready to retire from the
arena.
The matching Of frankie ConIev of
kenosna. Wis. feather weight. win
owen Moran of England should prove
crackeTJack OF contest and one that
will no doubt please the boxing fans Of
Los Angeles The weight is to be 125
pounds at o'clock, which viii bring
moran down pretty fine, but at the same
time give him an advantage of a few
pouhcs over Conley. The Wisconsin how
Is legitimate bantam weight and can
DO l16 pounds if necessary but he has
oeeh taxing on weight of late and 12n /
pouhdS IS more TO his liking than 115
pounds, so after all there win nor h. a
great deal of difference in avoirdnois !
and as Conley has demonstrated that he |
IS hlgh class fighter. there is no rea- J
son TO believe other than he will syiI,a |
the EngllShman as hard a bat+Ie oS
any Iea1ner weight in the country. with !
Inc possible exception of Abe AtteU |
Inc recent sad accident which Moran .
3,4 .eo III at san Francisco may have /
IL
ley Such has been the exDerIenca r+ /
most boxers placed in similar noSi-
ton and it remains to be seen vvbatba- /
moran will prove an exception to tbs +