Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-18
Special Correspondence of The Star.

weight championship, and is also holder
| of the Australian title, had miraculous
escape from death the other night. Jimmy
arose from his bed at Sir Joseph Bank s
place at Botany Bay about 3 o'clock in
| the morning, while sound asleep, and de-
| ifberately walked through the open win
dow, after having raised the blinds, and
fell to the stone pavement below, a dis
lance OF twenty-five feet. Luckily for
Clabby. there was a veranda about eight
feet below the window, and he struck
this first, which broke the fall. Ray
Bronson, the Indianapolis lightweight,
and Johnny Thompson. the Sycamore
Qllinois) lightweight, were sleeping in
the next room to Jimmy. and they heard
the commotion. They awakened Walter
Owens. trainer for the boys. and the
three hurried to the ground below, not
knowing really what had happened, but
thinking Jimmy had been badly hurt
They found Ciabby conscious, but unaole
to rise, they carried him up to his
room, and Bronson, who is pretty good
doctor himself. examined him to see II he
was seriously injured. Beyond several bad
scratches and a sprained ankle, Clabby
was all right, and Bronson bandaged the
ankle and massaged his sore side. Jimmy
had bruise back of his right ear. which
he must have received in rolling over the
veranda. The wonder is that the boy
was not killed. and the rest of the Yam
kee contingent were grateful to thinx it
was not more serious. as 1t would have
put a severe damper on their tour around
the world. The accident followed two
nights after Jimmy's great victory over
Bob Bryant for the Australian cham
pionship. and the boy is thankful now
that 1T did not happen the night before
the bout. 1t Is the first time that any
thing OF that kind ever happened to
Clabby, and he cannot account for 1T. but
he lost no time in securing a room on the
ground floor of the hotel, as he wants no
more such falls.
Gee. but I was lucky kid" said jim
my today. in talking of the mishap. Il
must have been dreaming, and tried to
ing like that ever happened before.
must have lifted the blind and crawled
under IT. When l struck the veranda I
awakened, and could realize that I was
falling, but could not help myself. All
that / thought of was being so far from
home. for 1 would not want to be left
so many thousands of miles from my
family. Then I realized that I could
move. and it seemed the brightest mo-
ment OF my life. 1 tell you that my
brain worked overtime for about half a
minute.
Clabby consulted doctor. but was ad-
vtsed that there was nothing to worry
about. and he is the happy kid once
more.
A peculiar incident in connection with
the above Is the fact that Dave Smith.
who is training to meet Billy Papke
November %. is somewhat Of a sleep
walker. and the night before had walked
from his room during the night into the
bathroom and started to take a bath,
when the cold water awakened him.
The splendid showing Jimmy Clabby
made against Bob Bryant November
2, when he won in seven rounds, has
made him the hero Of the boxing fra
ternity here, and the enthusiasts think
there is no one like the Milwaukee youth.
The papers compare him to the once
great Critic in point of cleverness; in
TACT, the papers here have gone Wild oven
mis- sreat work and place him on a pedes-
tai by himself. Tommy Burns was a
great favorite here with the boxing fol-
lowers and others, but 1t is doubtful.
whether Tommy made more friends dur
ing his stay tnan jimmy has the past
men whom the people will give chance
against the clever American. Some OF
the big sporting men approached Clabby
yesterday and offered to furnish S2,OU
backing for him to meet Billy Papke. so
confident do they feel that he Is the best
ever, but there was not hing doing, for
Clabby knows full we'll that such match
would be sheer nonsense at this time
and he very politely declined to consider
it. 1t would '. like stacking Ad Wolgast
against Clabby to put Jimmy against
Papke. Clabby weighst 142 to 145. while
Papke is at his best around 1853 to 100
However. Jimmy is filling out bit now
and within another year he may add
which would make him one of the great
est middleweights since the days of Kid
Mccoy. Jimmy has the speed and
clever1iess now: all he needs is more
foHx opI CT Y1x
would come with the increased avoirdu
pois.
1t is likely that Clabby's next opponent
here will be Mark Higgins. local boxer,
who formerly was in the welterweight
class, but who is now near the middle
| weight limit. Higgins is said to be more
clever than Bryant and his additional
weight may help a little. but C,abby
hopes to win just the same and Will then
be ready for something better. The date
Of this match will probably be about
December Q. Manager Covel of the
Stadium. is so pleased with ClaooWs
work that he is seriously considering
using him on boxing day. the big day
| weight. He is making an effort to get
Arthur Grips. the clever Australian
middleweight. to meet Clabby. Another
| match talked of is one between Clabby
about 49, pounds, but he wants to have
Clabby at 40. This Jimmy will not
agree to. as 142 is the lowest he will
| make. After Clabby finishes his engage
ment he expects to leave in January for
England, where he will meet Youn"
Joseph, or whoever the holder may be.
| for the welterweight title of Great
Britain. under the direction of Hugh
| Mcintosh. At that time Frank Mulkern
manager of Clabby. may meet him in
| London and while there arrange for. a
| match in Paris with one of the Lewis
boys.
When Promoter Fl. D. Mcintosh con-
| tracted with Billy Papke. the American
middleweight for three or more matches
| In this country, he supposed there would
be no trouble securing good opponents
| for the Illinois boy, but since his ar
rival here the middleweights have be-
come scarce. Les O'Donnell was figured
| on as one of the men to give Papke a
fight, but O'Donnell was taken down with
| appendicitis and is still in the hospital. so
| he is OF the list. Then the defeat of
| put Grips out Of 1t, leaving only Smith
| and Ed Williams to meet the American.
| Williams was pie for Billy. being put out
| In six rounds. and should Smith be de-
| feated there Is no one left to give him
| a battle unless he goes out of the middle
| weight class and meets men around ITO
| and 1870 pounds, such as Bob Turner and
| Bill Squires- In view of the present
| situation 1t is likely that Mr. Mcintosh
will have Papke go direct to London.
| where he may be matched with Tom
| Thomas. the English champion. or some
of the middleweghts over there. Mr..
Il