Evening star., 1911-08-13
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sides that Mcfarland is one of the clev-
crest boxers in the country today, for il
takes mighty clever boxer to outpoint
Freddy Welsh. and that is what McF'ar-
land did in England. but, despite this
fact, Wolgast Is given the CALL OF course.
these betting propositions will be left
to newspaper decisions, and there will be
all kinds of arguments as to who is right.
for unless one of the men has decided
advantage, there will be all kinds of de-
cisions handed out by the writer's 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 mixing the result is usu--
ally a battle of the highest class, and
that is what is expected when they clash
September 10. 1t may mean twenty
round battle following this one, but. even
IL 1t does, 1t is positive fact that they
will go at top speed in their ten-round
contest. because Packey will be looking
for a chance to win decisively. which
would mean fortune to him, and You
can bet all you have got that he will not
overlook the opportunity If 1t presents
itself.
There was a story sent out the other
day that Tony Caponi, the Italian middle
weight, of Chicago, who had signed a
contract to go to Australia the coming
season. had given up the idea, because of
is Caponi was getting a guarantee Of
nearly 81 600 more than he had accepted,
due to a mistake In the wording OF a
cablegram, which was afterward correct
ed The real cause of CapOni not going
to Australia is due to the fact that his
little wife objected strenuously to parting
with Tony for six or seven months. and
gave the husky middleweight to under
stand that she would not remain in Chi
cago alone while her spouse was meeting
t. ~
have been tickled to death to make the
trip. and now he is trying to fix matters
whereby he can take his better half with
him on a tour through the southern hem
isphere in 1912.
The elimination tournament for middle
weights. 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 comers who have entered for the
contest are Billy Uvick of Omaha, Tom
my Gavigan Of Cleveland. Jack Dillon OF
Indianapolis and protege Of Frank
Mantell of Providence, R. l. These boys
have all entered. and in three cases they
have offered to pay their own transpor-
tation to New Orleans in order to get
Goorty, Bob Mona, Billy Papke. Johnny
Thompson, Frank Mantell, Jimmy Card
ner and others. From the way the boys
are entering into the spirit Of the. thing.
contests. and if Jim Sullivan, the English
middleweight, would enter. 1t would give
the tourney quite an international tone.
The most-talked-of featherweight in the
country today Is Jose Rivers. the Cali
all comers before Tom McCarey's club
at Los Angeles Abe Attell is champion,
but there are q great many who look up
on Rivers as the coming champion, and
his manager, Joe Levy, is already billing
the boy as worlds champion feather
weight and successor to Abe Attell. Tom
McCarey thinks SO well Of the boy that
he has been endeavoring to sign up Abe
Attell for worlds championship match.
feeling that Rivers would defeat the
several boys he is now matched against.
Joe Levy intends coming east with Riv-
ers early in October, and there is a
scramble on between the numerous feath-
erweights as to who will get first chance
at him down at New Orleans, for with
the good men there he will draw big
money. Jimmy Hearst of Kansas City,
who pilots Tommy Dixon. has been beg
ging for first chance, claiming that his
boy had all the best Of Rivers In their
battle at Los Angeles until he was dis
Johnson also wants another chance for
Joe Foster. while Manager Smith Is
more than anxious to put Patsy Kline,
the New York featherweight. against the
Mexican. Harry Gilmore Is just as
anxious to match up Frank Connolly for
the title. Tom McCarey has been stag
ing a sort of elimination tourney for the
feathers, and the West Side Athletic
Club of New Orleans Is doing the same
thing. Between the two there should be
a clearing up of the featherweight
brigade. and when the winner of these
Journeys is picked Abe Attell will have
a real worlds championship match on his
hands.
Cyclone Johnny Thompson is determined
that Billy Papke will have nothing on him
when 1t comes to claiming the middle
weight title. Johnny is out with an an
nouncement that he is the legitimate mid
dleweight champion, having beaten
Papke for the title at Sydney. Australia,
and that II Papke wants a match for the
championship he will have to make the
recognized limit of 15S pounds, otherwise
he CThompson) will ignore him. Thomp-
son says he is ready to fight any man In
the country at the middleweight limit. and
will defend the title at any time. He Is
Pittsburgh middleweight. who is without
a doubt one OF the toughest nuts to crack
in the country today, and the result of
this contest will be awaited with interest.
Papke has signified his willingness to
meet Thompson over the ten-round route
in Milwaukee but Is holding off for a
twenty-round battle at New Orleans, until
later on. In the meantime Eddy Nc
Goorty. the Oshkosh boy. and Bob Moha
of Milwaukee are hot on the trails Of
both -Papke- and Thounpsons