Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-12
BILLY PAPKE RETIRES FROM
RING WITH SPLENDID RECORD
Battles With Hugo Kelly and Stanley
Ketchel Were Great Exhibitions and
Will Always BeRecaled by
Ring Followers.

! ton Journeys and match up f9e winners
! Of the two and then match the winners
! Of this one With johnny Thompson on
/ his return from Australia, If he still r.
! tains his colors and ais" with the Eng
| lish aud French 1niddloweghts, for thrJ
J have a few good ones over there now,
/ especially Gorges Carpenter and Marcel
J Moreau.
! Johnny Coulon. the Chicago hampton
| bantam since taking On his broth
/ or Ben a s manager las become acludint-
\ Cd with the footliehts. 1t IS not the
I best thing in the world for fighter ana
/ it Is hoped that Johnny viii not tarry
| too much With the stage. They don
go well together Pen is after some biz
matches for Johnny. but first wants t.
match him up in few short round bouts.
i After that he is anxious to match hrn
| up with frankie Burns for the American
| championship and then meet Sid smith.
4 tn" sensational English tiywe!gut cham
pion. who will take Coulon on at the ban
tamweight limit of l16 pounds. although
he Will make from Ito to ll6 for Johnny.
/ Smith plans to be over here In December
4 with Billy Marchant, the wonderfully
clever English featherWeight, and as he
is after Abe Atten ii is possible two in
terna tonal championship matches may
/ result
! Eddie McGoorty and his MANAGE. Patsy
! Callahan. are not at all cnthuSrd over
4 their treatment AT Indianapolis, when
i Eddie fought Jack Dillon there last week.
4 The club promoters want to do the right
4 thing, said MIR. Callahan. but they are
i having a hard time of il. The local
/ fighters want the best OF everything and
the referees there seem to imagine that
! they cannot hold their jobs unless they
i favor the home boys entirely. Eddie
never was in danger from Dillon and had
! him grOggv In one round. stiii they try
+ to make out that Dillon kested him. ]
4 would only like 10 get Jack into a twenty
/ round battle with McGoorty at some
| point and have a decisive winner. If
he Will make a twenty-roInd match why
he can have all the side bets nc wants
Matty Baldwin. the clever Boston light
weight, is going TO turn giant killer" AT
east that Is what Matty and his man
ager. Alex Mclean. expect to do when
tho Boston boy meets Joe Mandot, the
wrecker Of Young Saylors aspirations at
New Orleans. Marty and Joe arc billed
at Memphis for November -. hut as il
will only go . ght rounds tn. chances are
that no damage will he done, lf they
make a good showing there is a chance
that they will he matched for twenty
rounds at New Orleans later on.
Eddie Robinson. the Kansas city tStic
impresar q. thinks well enough If his
latest protege-Young Togo-to match
him against any l16-pound boy in the
world Togo recently gave Harry Forbes,
I
battle for fifteen rounds and is after
contest with either frankie Burns or
Johnny Coulon. lie wants to have a few
easier bautams first, hut that is his goal
toulon-and he is willing to meet any
one previously that the club managers
may select.
Gone Mctiovern. one 90 tho toughest
feather weights ever turned out IN the
IN ddle west. has secured new manager.
4 Gene. "a
the lightweight champion. and had
number Of good fights OF tho coast, hut
recently he went east with Joe Woodnnan.
When Joseph decided to hike to AuStral a
with Sam I.angford and Porky Flynn,
Gene was turned over to James /. Quinn
Of Boston. Manager Quinn has matches
in view for Gene at Albany. y y. Phila-
delphia and New Orleans and he expects
10 take on Tommy O'Toole. Benny Flauf-
mann and Phil Mc{iovern, brother Of the
famous Terry. lie will go south and then
to the Pacific coat, providing, OF course
that Gene makes good at New Orleans.
lie is scaling IT, easily and i after long
distance bouts # possible. for that is
where the little Swede should shine
Raw Bronson. the Indianapolis light
weight writes me that he has given W
the lightweight class for good and n III"
/ future VIII re a full-hedged welterveight.
i Thai Is where Ray belongs. FOR he cannot
T make the lightweight lint and be strong,
while he is at his best around ~ pounds.
4 Bronson has q great left hand. II Nc
would only make use OF IT, and with his
/ strong right chop should make good
! among welters. Ray and Mike Gibbons
| would be a great card, but Gibbons Is
getting a bit hea"y for the l45-pound
class and may soo,l have to advance into
the m,ddleweight division. the same a.
/ Jimmy Clabhy. even though he IS Obliged
10 give away some weight. The welter-
weight class has been neglected of late.
but there + no reason why II should not
be as popular some or the other
classes for il Is a weight at which the
boxers should show both speed and hlt-
ting power.