Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-11
EPIDEMIC OF ILLS OVERTAKE
STARS OF THE BOXING GAME
Wolgast Not Only Fighter to Have Appen-
dicitis Freddy Welsh Liked Out
on the Pacific Coast.

chances are that the Michigan boy will
ne ready and anxious by that time 10
tackle any one. During the period of I'M
ACTIVITY by Wolgast the rest OF the light
weights can fight il out between them
selves There should be some lively bat
ties win the string OF likely lightweights
on the "arpath Just now. Besides Nc
farland and Welsh there Is Joe Mandot,
the southern champion: Milburn aylor OF
Indianapolis. Grover Hayes. Matty Bald
win, knockout Brown and several lesser
Ilshts coming to the front such as Pal
Brown. the Minnesota champion: Joe
RIVERS, developing into a lightweight, and
others Matty Baldwin, the Boston boy,
mas gone so far as 10 have his manage,
Alec MacLean, post a forfeit of $1,000 for
a match with Welsh or any lightweight
in the world. The talk OF Battling Mel
SON coming back is not taken seriously.
The .Battler was the greatest Of the entire
bunch. but he has passed his prime and
must join those who were champions be
fore him. The wonderful Dane is not a
dead one, by any means. hut he is not
the kind now TO win back the champion
ship.
Ray Bronson. the former lightweight Of
Indianapolis. but now a claimarre ~ SSs
fwelterweight title, writes from his home
taS follows: You can put me down now
as real welterweight. and IL there is
any one in the states who has a better
claim than | have to the championship [
wish YOU would inform me who he IS. As
real champion until he forfeited his right
| to it when he left for Australia and from
! what I hear Mike Gibbons cannot make
| the weight. and therefore cannot Law
claim to the title. Neither can Willie
Lewis, Mike Sullivan nor any OF the boys
heretofore claiming IL. because they can
not do the weight. II Gibbons will make
the weight, which I have always under
stood was 142 at 3 O'Clock or li5 ring
side, why ! will meet him any distance
he wants and for side bet of real
money. The same offer stands good for
any welterweight in the country. I am
laying claim to the title and stand ready
to defend 1t against all corners. l think
you will find Gibbons nearer the middle
weight division than the welterweight
class What Bronson says is correct.
Gibbons did not fight at the welterweight
limit in New York with Lewis. and
doubt very much whether he can make
AZ pounds, for when he fought Jimmy
Cabby i'm Milwaukee last summer he
about his cleverness and ability to feint.
but he has nothing in the feinting line
on Jimmy Clabby when Jeems wants to
box according to Hoyle. Mike is fine
young fellow and clean liver. and IL he
follows that rule he VIII make a hit in
the big city and at tho same time gather
in some coin.
The twenty-round bait e between Grover
Hayes and Joe Mandot at New Orleans
proved one OF the best contests between
lightweights since the time Packey Ne
Farland and Ray Bronson fought at the
Westside Club two years ago. Hayes has
shown wonderful Improvement over his
form a year ago. and despite the fact that
he lost the decision by q. narrow margin.
he was given an ovation at the close OF
the bout. Toward the fourteenth round
Hayes began to weaken a bit, and 1t was
Mandots superior strength that made him
a winner. Mandot will now tackle an
other clever boy December Is when he
Il l~lH
weight. at Memphis for eight rounds.
Allen graduated out OF the l26-pound
class the past year. the same as Nandot
SO that both are OF about tho same
weight. size and experience In their latest
division.
Eddie McGoorty. the Wisconsin middle
| weight. has been after match with
| time. and recently Hugo's manager, Silvy
| Ferretti. announced that II McGoorty
wanted q chance at the Italian, he would
first have to defeat his stable companion.
Jimmy Howard. Well. the two met at
Fond du Lac. Wis. and Eddie proceeded
to put Mr.. Howard to sleep in Just two
rounds, so il Is up to Kelly now to mako
match with the Wisconsin boy for coin
and glory. The club at New Orleans re-
Gently offered a good purse or percentage
| for a battle between Kelly and McGoorty,
and the offer will no doubt be renewed
now that there is a chance OF bringing
| them together Patsy Callahan. manager
Of McGoorty. has had offers from London
TO take Eddie back there, but he is not
anxious to make the trip At this time "a
the year The Badger boy has demon
strated on more than one occasion the
| past year that he is entitled to as much
| consideration any OF the middlewelshts
He would like nothing better than "a
! chance at Frank Klaus, Willie Lewis or
Leo Houck and as for George KNOCK
out" Brown of Chicago. why Patsy says
= he will match him against the Greek any
! time but he wants to be assured OF
/ reasonahle nurse first McGoorty says
he will not challenge Johnny Thompson
now as the latter is in Australia, but
when he returns he intends TO get after
him, provided he wins ms matches
much entitled to the middleweight cham
/ pionship as any one