Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-23
PLANNING MATCHES
Boxing Promoters Are Arrang-
ing Bouts for Winter.
WELLS JOHNSON FIGHT
Should Not Have Been Arranged
For. as May Spoil Wells
Future.
BY T. S. Andrews.
Dispatch t" Tho Star.

Special Dispatch t" Tho Star.
MILWAUKEE. Wis, July oc.--Box-
ing promoters OF the big clubs
throughout the country are now getting
busy for the fall and winter season and
are planning ahead for matches which
Will attract the public eye. There are
only three places where twenty-round
contests can he held-New Orleans, San
Francisco and Los Ange1es-hut even
with this number limited there are not
great many really high-class bouts in
sight. The boxers who are at the top
of their class are anxious to get as
many easy bouts" as possible. and for
that reason like the ten or six round
no decision affairs. In New York. Boston,
Philadelphia and Milwaukee where these
classes Of bouts are most prominent,
where the long-distance affairs are held,
unless it is a near championship affair,
and naturally you cannot blare the
boys for taking the easy end Of it. ST.
Louis may open up again and will help,
for the Mound City has always been a
good town for boxing bouts There is
talk of holding several elimination tour
neys, but the best Of all is the one sug-
gested for middleweights by the West
Side Athletic Club Of New Orleans, as
the distance there is twenty rounds, and
g. real test can be had. President D. J.
Tortorich of the club is also planning
an elimination tourney for feather
weights, so as to get man to clash
with Abe Attell for the worlds title. AL
featherweight limit have been signed up
and will engage in contests this fall, be-
ing switched I'm with the niddleweight
contests. The latter tourney should
good middleweights have been signed
for the elimination bouts. They will not
begin until some time in September.
Among the middles are Hugo Kelly,
Eddie McGoorty. Bob Mona. Frank Man.
tell. Johnny Thompson. Billy Papke,
Jack Twin Sullivan, Jack Dillon and 9TH
ers. Joe Coster. Jose Rivers: Abe At
tell. Jack White. frankie Conley and
Tommy Dixon are featherweights who
expect to appear there. Jimmy Coffroth,
big bouts and hopes to land Wolgast
and Mcfarland while Tom McCarey of
Los Angeles Is bidding for couple of
big ones. If the New York boxing bill
state will again become leading center
for the men of the padded mitts.
There has been a great deal of negotiat-
ing between Milwaukee, Frisco and New
York promoters the past two weeks with
the managers of Packey Mcfarland. AID
Wolgast and Matt Wells regarding
matches between these boxers. Mil
waukee is the spot Mcfarland and VOL
CAST prefer, for they know that it Will
cage to draw on, but Wells seems to
have no idea whatever of the Importance
of the west and cannot see but one city
New York. He should get a map and
study it and also find out that Chicago
is larger than village. also Milwaukee.
Besides, Milwaukee has q building that
seats double the number of people that
any arena in New York can accommo-
date. Mcfarland and Wells may come
together In Milwaukee and later on Nc
Farland and WolGaSt may meet. Botn
are great matches and would draw i'm
menSe houses.
Tommy Walsh. the former New Orleans
referee and promoter. has turned his at
tention to awaiting. and Is now plotting
the Curtiss outfit about the country, and
Is also planning tour OF the orient.
Tommy was here this week. and speak
Ing OF the boxing game said: Il have
Just come from New York, where the
promoters are just discovering that they
have made fools Of themselves by giving
everything In sight to the boxers: but
they are wise now. and will hereafter
try and do business on q business basis.
New Orleans is great center for boxing.
l put In one season trying to build IL Up
and an sorYy / did not remain, for there
is A BIS fItu'e for the sport there. The
promoters there are the best in the
wo-,;i, ana | wc!il to pay my respects
TO Messrs. Tortorich. Ruprich and Mid
dleton. They lost at first, but are now
getting into Itiei: own. They have adopt
ed the proper plan to work on now, hav
ing ten rounds in the city. from which
they can build up lots OF good matches
for the big club across the river, where
,fx-r md hafd