Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15
Bv T. S. Andrews.
specisl Dispatch 10 The star

Special Dispatch to The star
MILWAUKEE,. Wis. October 1t
When will the boxing promoters get to-
ccther and establish a uniform scale Oh
Weights for international championship
hattlesq The need OF q uniform scale Oh
weights IS being made more apparent
a,-or,- dav To a certain extent the
British sporting public recognizes the tact
tbat the weight for a worlds champion
is IL; mounds. either a ringside or at )
O'clock AS may be determined upon-ln
foe, the battles Of recent years have
been at IL: rinSSide.
Tho controversy going on between Nd
N-oIeast. Matt Wells, Packey Mcfarland
and FREDDY Welsh brings up this inter
esting question at this time. There is no
doubt that Matt Wells, tire English cham
pfon. is the logical opponent for Vol
tss:. but what il FREDDY Welsh should
come along ami defeat the Michigan wild
cat i'm their twcnty-gound contest At Los
Angeles? 1t would kind OF tanGle mat
ters up a biz, for ii would make t'Sh
practically The worlds champion without
having beaten the champion Of his Own
country Wells and WO!gasT are trying
to get together the laA OF TINS month III
q ter-rolInd hout. buy there is nothing
sur, of j.; yet. and besides, it viii 10
n0-dSCISIf.N
suit IS to the settling al any Ute
Vow. il Wells can make ~. as ne
s.,vs he can why no; have Wells ana
We,sh meet first, and then inc winner
would have Gear sailing foE me caah-
MON II might hc well 10 mention that
wren Wells defeated Welsh in England
n was at 49, pounds. the English WeiSht.
Then We would have to bring fackey
Mcfarland intO The fold, bus, Ike NcIiS,
no fuds 4 ditfiCuit TO get 10 the H.
ri ct a
make H., nicely, end tnat IS the Weisht
That We-lS likes 50 why not let these
two have /, out at 10 pounds ana see
which one wcG.d DC entitled 10 the Dig
pun?
M this trouble Gates back to Juno,
1SH;. when I'D LayiGne, the SAGINAW
Kid. went 40 England ard defeated Lrch
Burge. It that tirle unG!spuiec ci4hiDion
OF England. in seventeen ROUNDS at inc
National SDcTtiug CiUb.
Th.. rp7o~n,z.-1 lightweight limit tfen
in England vas 10 pounds. III" same as
IN Australia tcday. but l" sun Lay i I-.
the wei2dt for the burSe contest We" ~
agreed 1t Is pounds. Having won the
title I.avigue. who could easily make
Tx pounds. dropped the championship
limit to thst weight vipgside again ana
three years later lost til" 'ltie 10 franA
T,rne Of Euffaic The latter fought Joe
Cans for the honor and defeated him.
hut later he met Cans again at Fort
Eric and lost 70 the colOreG boy ~ one
round. Cans did not like the weight OF
~: ringside at that time and jumped il
up again: in fact. he once announced That
he would forfeit the lightweight title
and become Z welterweight. For time
Jimmy Britt claimed the title and was
recognized - the champion. ana men
Battling Nelson defeated Britt. This
brought aboUt the great contest between
Nelson and Cans at Goldtield. when Cans
won. and la.er the contest at Frisco,
when Nelson defeated the coiored Won
der Thus the weight has remained at
I:;s; but Tincside weighing Is most IN
popular with both promoters and critics
of the game. and there appears to be a
general demand that rinSsioe Weighing uc
abolished This is favored By the fol-
lowers both in America and England.
The Natora! Sporting Club of London
fixed the scale of English weights two
years ago. but failed to look far enough
ahead: at least il must have overlook
I'd the fact that it might want to flS-
ure in worlds title match. otherwise
il could easily have made the weight
the same as the American. lbs pounds at
= o'clock. Now. unless Wells can make
this weight his chances for the world 3
championship may be spoiled.
The coming OF the English boxers 10
this country Is awaited with interest by
many of the eastern followers of the
game. as there are numerous hoys here
anxious to test their speed. Will Anes.
v no viii have charge of the team. cables
10 me that he intends to leave about Oc-
tofar - and will arrive in New York the
latter part OF the month with Billy Mar
chant. the fast 19-pourder. and Sid
Smith. tine sensational l1--pounder. who
is after Johnny Coulon's scalp. The third
member will b. either Sid Burns or
George Randall. Smith had TWO fights in
London the past two weeks and Won both
and Marchant hal two bouts. winning a
ten-round battle ana also . twenty-roUnd
bout. Matches are beng ARRANGED for
the two little fellows at New York. Bos-
ton and Philadelphia, also IN New or
leans.
Jimmy Dine the clever manager of
TONY Ross and Tom Mcmahon Of Lam
caster Pa. would like 10 make d "Trip to
the Antipodes. and has opened neeotia-
lions with Hugh ID. Mcintosh with that
end in view Jimmy would like 10 go
....ar il EnlLGA-aE