Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21
YANKEE BOXERS ONCE MORE
TO JOURNEY TO AUSTRALIA
"Buck" Grouse, Jimmy Clabby, Johnny
Thompson and Dave Smith to
Make Up the Party.

weighed he was more than f1Ne POUNDS
over the specified limit. being nearer 10
pounds than I6o, and he was barred. The
impression WAS sent out that Mota was
barred from appearing there, but such IL
not the case "a his manager. Tommy
Larkins. has received word from the club
that Mona was wanted for a later date.
and that IL was through q misunderstood
ing about the time 20 weigh that the
match with Dillon did not go througn.
The rule is intended TO make boxers train
properly and be I'm condition when they
enter the arena, and by the way II is an
excellent plan. Many times boxers go into
contests when they are absolutely out or
shape and have no business to enter a
ring. but they take the chance and most
times get away with IL. However. Ii Is
not fair to the promoters. nor TO the spec
tators. and anything that will make the
boxers come TO time regarding CONDITION.
that might be adopted advantage by
other clubs I'm the country. and the man.
ayers should see That IT is lived up TO.
Now and then you will find a preacher
who has some real red blood I'm his veins
and who Is not afraid Of being hauled
over the Goals by his superiors for sup
porting what he believes to he an honest
and beneficial sport-noxing-and II Is a
pleasure to meet such men. In st. Paul
the other evenn a prea cher arranged
some boxing bouts in the church gym.
and the AFFAIR was huge success. The
boys boxed hard and proved that they
could go along in real lighting spirit and
still hold their tempers splendidly. That
Is what boxing teaches-good tempers. In
Philadelphia the Rev. Thomas a. Davis.
at the Memorial Church. held a boxing
tourney for the members and friends, AMI
II was also a big success which goes tn
show the sport liz enjoyed by others be-
sides toughs. as many alleged reforrners
claim attend. There are many million
aires at the bouts. and numerous women.
Nom lie oil oh n bo Inv n
see boxing bouts why not for the poorer
classes? And still We have sheriffs and
other officers. with alleged reformers. al
always chasing about trying to stop box
ing when they might do good In other d.
rections.
The prediction In these columns that
Jose Rivers. the Mexican featherweight.
would advance into the lightweight class
has been verified by his manager. Joe
Levy. who writes from Los Angeles that
he has decided to meet Jack White OF
Chicago March Il. at 126 pounds. at
o'clock. which means about 1:s3 at rine-
side. and that later on he will get right
into the l33-pound class. Rivers will not
box during this month. but will rest and
also during February, but In March he
will begin active operations again. He
feels confident of defeating White, In
which event ne will go after the top
notchers In the Lightweight division. in
GLIDING Ad Wolgast the champion.
Jimmy Dunn and his great little feather
weight. Johnny kilbane. are already pre-
pairing for the battle with Abe Attell at
Los Angeles February %. which will be
| for the featherweieht championship OF
the world. Dunn and his protege have to
| be on the ground one month ahead OF the
| date set for the contest. according to the
| articles. and will proceed there at once.
Kilbane was to have met Jack White, but
Dunn writes me that Jack cannot do the
| weight This fellow White talks about
doing 10 pounds ringside but he can.
not make IT. said Manager Dunn. l
would match Kibane with him at any
time but I know he will not do the
weight, so what's the use In giving away
lot Of weight to q tough youngster
like him? l had chance to match
Johnny at New Orlenas with White or
Attell prevented IT, l have great young
| lightweight in this Paul Kohier of Cleve-
land. and he will be heard from later.
Just put down a bet that Mr.. Abr AtteIl
greatly mistaken there will be a new feath-
erweight champion after Washington s
birthday Abe Is clever and all that but
no more so than Kilbane. and | doubt
whether he can hit with my boy, or
stand the gam. That is what Will tell IN
! twenty rounds.
| Grover Hayes. the Chicago light
| weight claims to be the hard luck boxer
| Of that division. willard Stuart his
| manager, is Of the opinion that Cham
pion Ad Wolgast with his recent opera
| ton cannot hold a candle TO Hayes
| with the hoodoo man. In speaking OF the
matter the other day Manager Stuart
said: II suppose You know all about
Growers hand being damaged 1t In
surely tough luck TO have anything
| like this happen just now. and II will
cost us bunch OF money. I had Hayes
matched at Youngstown, Ohio. and also
had our transportation from Jimmy Cof-
froth of San Francisco, where We were
to meet Freddy Welsh on January 10
I or 81 We also had a match with Matty
Baldwin. / think Welsh was not anx-
ious to meet Hayes. as they had some
trouble regarding weight and terms.
Talk about Wolgast and Mcfarland
being in hard luck. why they were carry
ing gold spoons around in their mouths
compared to US. We had Mcfarland at
St Louis and IL was stopped there. We
had date at kenosha and that was
stopped. After getting three good
matches Grover hurt his hand. and
everything Is off for a month at least.
hope we will get started on the other
! road pretty soon. Grover was go;n%
along at his best when the accident hap
pened. He will be ready for work in Feb
ruary. and / think we still have chance
for the championship. We would Ike
to get Joe Mandot at New Orleans again.
or Ray Temple. the Milwaukee boy. who
has been making good on the coast OF
late