Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-08-18

The fight itself should develop into
a grand one, for the simple reason
that their styles are entirely opposite,
and when you get clever man
against one who is going in and mix
ing the result is usually battle of
the highest class, and that is what
is expected when they clash Sept. Is.
1t may mean a twenty-round battle
following this one, but even If it does
it is a positive fact that they will go
at top speed in their ten round con-
test, because Packey will be looking
J for a chance to win decisively, which
would mean a turn of fortune for
him, and you can bet all you have
got that he will not overlook the op-
portunity if it presents itself.
There was a story sent out the
other day that Toni Capponi, the Ital-
ian middleweight, of Chicago, who
: had signed a contract to go to Aus
tralia the coming season bad given
up the idea because of dissatisfaction
over the terms. The fact is Caponi
was getting a guarantee Of nearly
81 900 more than he had accepted,
due to the mistake in the wording of
the cablegram, which was afterwards
corrected. The real cause of Capon1
not going to Australia is due to the
fact that his little wife strenuously
objected to parting with Tony six or
seven months, and gave the husky
middleweight to understand that she
would not remain in Chicago alone
while her spouse was meeting all
corners in the Antipodes. Tony would !
have been tickled to death to make
the trip, and is now trying to fix
matters whereby he can take his
better half with him on a tour through
the southern hemisphere in 491l.
The elimination Tournament for
middleweights, which will be staged
by the West Side Athletic Club of
New Orleans this fall, is bringing
into the limelight several new men
who have had very little boosting in
the past. Among the new corners
who have entered for the contest
are Billy Uvick of Omaha, Tommy
Gavigan of Cleveland, Jack Dillon of
Indianapolis and a protege Of Frank
boys have all entered, and in three
cases have offered to pay their own
transportation to New Orleans in
order to get trials against such men
as Eddie McGoorty, Bob Mona, Billy
Papke. Johnny Thompson. Frank
Mantell. Jimmy Gardner and others.
From the way the boys are entering
the spirit of the thing, there prom
Uses to be some very lively contests,
and If Jim Sullivan tho English mid
dleweight would enter. it would give
the tourney quite an International air. .
in the country today is Jose Rivers, 1
the California Mexican, who has been 1
defeating all corners before Tom Nc
Careys club in Los Angeles. Abe .
Attel is champion, but there are
great many who look upon Rivers as
the coming champion. and his man.
ager, Joe Levy is already billing lin {
as the worlds champion feather 9
weight and successor to Abe Attell. s
Tom McCarey thinks so well of the
boy that he has been endeavoring to t
sign up Abe Attell for a worlds i
championship match, feeling that {
Rivers would defeat the several boys c
he is now matched against. Joe Levy a
intends coming east with Rivers
early in October. and there is
scramble on between the numerous +
featherweights as to who will get t
first chance at him down at New h
Orleans, for with the good men there i
he will draw big money. Jimmy g
Hearst of Kansas City, who pilots t
Tom Dixon, has been begging for first v
chance, claiming that his boy had all r
the best of Rivers in their battle at 8
Los Angeles until he was disqualified
for an accidental foul. Jimmy John. n
son also wants another match for +
Joe Foster, while Manager Smith is n
more than anxious to put Patsy Kline, c
the New York featherweight, against t
the Mexican. Harry Gilmore is just u
as anxious to match Frank Connolly t
for the title. Tom McCarey has been
staging a sort of elimination tourney n
for the feathers, and the West Side ;
Club of New Orleans is doing q
the same thing. Between the two q
there should be clearing up of the
featherweight brigade. and when the
winner of these Journeys is picked u
Abe Attell will have real champion
ship match on his hands.
Cyclone Johnny Thompson is de-
termined that Billy Papke will have
nothing on him when it comes to :
the middleweight title. John
ny is out with the announcement that
he is the legitimate middleweight =,
cham pion having beat Papke for the =.
title at Sydney, Australia, and that !,
If Papke wants match for the :
championship he will have to make ,
the recognized limit of 1853 pounds =
otherwise he (Thompson) will ignore :,
him. Thompson says he is ready i;
to fight any man in the country at !
the middleweight limit, and will de- q
fend the title at any time. He is now 9
matched to meet Frank Klaus. the :