Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-29

Special Dispatch T. The star
MILWAUKEE. Wis, October 2S.-Nill
Silly Papke. the Illinois Thunderbolt. and
crank Klaus. the husky middleweiSnt OF
Pittsburgh. come together in a twenty
loupd bout for the championship of Amer
ca?
II these two huskies fail To get together
4 will be through no fault % George En-
,e,. manager of Klaus. nor OF the West
side Athletic Club of New Orleans. Tor
he manager ID. j. Tortorich. has ottercd
!, rood-sized purse, or. in lieu thereof. a
GOOD n,rcentaCe of the gross receipts for
IN. two men to meet and contest FOR
,.hihs All over the country have been en-
5aavoring TO match these two men ever
since Billy returned from his trip around
.be world but to date they have been I'M
able To get them together Billy mas slue
tracked himself manager OF iiliseii
and now leaves all that part OF the pusi-
ness 10 his brother Edward, ana says thas
in The future he Will attend strictly 70 I'M
ashting end al the game.
Iy,n,n| Coffroth Of the Pacific coast mas
offered i nice purse for the two nlidaie-
W,feh+s and several New YORK clups
- .ried ia get them. but the New Or
leans offer seems most uml'tlAS 10 the
Pittsburgh boy. for il i not - iaf i""s
and will permit toe boxing rams 81 10
nom. town and such cities as =. LOUIS
st,,,bis cincinnati Louisville. indian
.nclis chicago ard nearby places 10
send delegations. whereas san fIahoi'e 80
Is altogether too far AWAY 10 permit -
friends Of either man ~a,n.s iii, III age
bout. And besides New orleans VIII sag
y IT > time when = BIZ holiday cfo"u
can attend which viii be- better ioi an
concerned. at.r,ct ~,
.o.trtrI FOR II would be pracucallS LOT
II. InidCltw eight title OF America az
though cyclone Johnny thompson .aS
clgim 10 thar honor. Stree ms os.E'it -
-. Il, Ans,ralia However. Thomp-
90, Il sailing FOR australia this week anu
VII be in no position - defend MS ciali.i
to the title. and. therefore. 2 uia'siI
tween Papkc and Klaus wouid De looheu
ui,on rs fCt the championship, ana az
Riiy defeated the champion OF England:
VIM Il would add more 10 tae laureis VI
tie winner hare. Then y Tommy hol'lp-
son should capture tie Australian chain
r.anship he would IL in 4 position TO nave
a real world : championship battle "heh
he returned home. -.
George Engel. m2nas 81 u NiauS' Wiz
nls that he is most anxious TO nave
marathon distance hattie Wlt,i rapne 80,
tEc title and that he viii be onS 700
glad TO accept the terms OF the New Vt
leans club providing Billy VIII MAKE .ile
match for any time this tall, the sooner
the better Tor the llltspui Sh..
is No to Billy and Brother E-u"aio ~
arrange the details
PapEe Will have another man 10 hSuis
with however, before meeting hlaus' an
that is Bob Mona. the Milwaukee, VIII
cat who has made "A great many ol 'ne
nniddleweights throughout the country SIT
un and take notice the past ten months.
They will come together at the Artiioi.
A. A. in Boston. October 81. ailu rdPhe
will have his work cut out 10 get tiie pet
a., Of he SDuaitV man from peer toNI
Mcha has been worSing for TINS nout
harder than usual. for Bob Goes not iihe
10 work any too hard for contest II ne
can help it. but he realizes that TINS time
he must be right 10 outfight the globe
frotter Should Noha defeat Paphe y
would upset all the dope ana make pa.
tie over the marathon course with flaus
a preferable one.
How would it sound to the fans TO hear
of Cyclone Johnny Thompson ana sam
Langford the Tar Baby being nooNea up
for a match? Well. stranger things nave
happened and, would not be surprising
if the two should meet. especially IL
Langford goes to Austraiia. honPsoh
sailed this week with his family 1or the
antipodes taking with him Terry heiIaf'
a Young light heavywe Sht from Caillor
MIA and his manager. Clarence Lee
who with Thompsons VIE ana TWO chh
dren. make quite partN. Johnny Is En
der contract to Hugh ID. Mcintosh TOT
six battles against any one whom inc
Australian promoter selects. and the
chances are that he Will meet ms oiu
rival Dave smith: Les O'Donnell. If he
il right again, BandS,nan Rice, the Eng
I,sh middleweight. who Is there now
Jack Lester. and also Samuel Largiord
should the latter go over. Before leaving
johnny stated to the writer that ne would
not sidestep match with Lansford--in
fact he would seek one. because the ILL.,
nois boy thinks he is just as tough when
II comes to lighting as the coiored man.
and while Than would have about ten
pounds on him in weight he figures that
he can outlas; him in long contest y
hav. great respect for I-angford. said
Johnny but | also think 1 could give
him all he wants and my chance OF WIN
ming would be Just as good his. He IS
one colored man | would not object to
boxin2. for he has never tried 10 get into
the lmeieht. but has acted the part of a
gentleman always, and attended 10 his
oven business. wEics ii other colo:ed box
ers had done, would not make them 50
unpopular today.
change has developed III the plans of