Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-24
BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
PRIZE FIGHTING AND BOXING
Sporting Writers Would Help Along the
Game by Being More Careful in
Describing Contests.

more than anxious to pick up the short
end of the purse, no matter whether they
get beating or not. II Wells comes
to this country and succeeds in making
a good showing, ii is a good bet that
Jack Johnson will be signed up to meet
him in championship battle, either out
west or some other part or the WOLF,
within the next year. There have been
reports of Johnson retiring, but il Will
be once too often to the arena for LII
Arthur, the same as all the rest before
him.
Battling Nelson, the former lightweight
champion, is surely the wonder OF the
boxing world. For a man who mas goa
through what the Battler has encount' red
during his career in the ring il Is aston
fishing to note the form he IS displaying
at the present time against many gool
boys, and many other second-raters in
all parts of the country. He seems TO be
the happiest when he is engaged in bat
tie. and he has not been selecting the
easiest kind of marks to go against. He
has had three times the number OF battle
since he lost his title to Ad Woigast that
the champion has been in, and while the
Battler has lost couple OF decisions, he
has won all the rest of them. He is now
matched against Jack Redmond TO battle
twenty rounds at New Orleans December
81. A peculiar instance in connection
with this contest is the fact that Red
mond is managed by Teddy Murphy, who
was Nelson's first manager. the two
are still very good friends. but ii VIII
seem strange to see Murphy in the cor.
ner against Nelson. instead of behind
him. whispering advice between ROUNDS
Redmond is the boy who came near put
ting AID WolgaSt out of business In MIL
waulxee nearly two years ago. 1t was
when Wolgast fractured his arm and was
at the mercy of Redmond, had the lat-
ter known enough TO go in and win. he
was Just a bit afraid that Wolgast was
stalling, and for that reason did not care
tn fok oh
the best OF condition for his battle with
Nelson. as he has been in strict training
the past month in anticipation OF match
with Joe Mandot at Memphis, but which
has been postponed owing TO an injury
| to the southern champion. 1t Will not
be surprising to hear Of Nelson being
defeated by the Milwaukee boy, as he
likes the long-distance route Just as well
as the Battier The, contest will take
place before the West Side Athletic Club.
and will be at 133 pounds ringside.
| Eddy McGoorty. the wisconsin middle
| weight is coming into his own. For long
time McGoorty was passed up by soma
| of the promoters the claim being that ha
| was not of championship class. but ms
showing I'm the east the past two months
has convinced the promoters and critics
alike that there is no middleweight IN
| the country today who has any more
right to a try for the title than the same
McGoorty. His managtr, Patsy Callahan,
! has been lalQ up IOE a TIME ia d. sam
/ tarium at Grand Rapids, Mich, but he is
| improving nicely. and announces that ne
will be out before Christmas, and Will
| then arrange for Eddy to make another
European trip, unless something good
| should turn up in the states in the mean
| time He is particularly anxious to match
up with Marcel Moreau. the French
| champion middleweight, and also Gurgei
Carpenter the latest French sensation
| i'm the welterweight ranks. but who has
now Joined the middleweights. McGoorty
| is anxious to first meet Frank Klaus and
Hugo Kelly, two of the best American
middleweights and then go after the
| foreigners.
| The indications are that Johnny Coulon,
the bantamweight champion Of the world,
will have q real title match after the nrst
of the year. Sid Smith, the English ny-
weight champion, who won the Lonsdale
belt at the National Sporting Club in
| London last week. expects to come to this
country after the holidays, and challenge
! Coulon for the worlds title at any weight
from 10 to 115 pounds. Smith defeated
Joe Wilson for the British title, and now
has a clear claim to it. He will be &C
companied by Billy Marchant, the British
featherweight, and his manager w l..
Ames. Marchant is after match with
abe Attell or Johnny kilbane, and from
all accounts ne will give either one the
hardest kind of a battle