Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-23
Johnson COULD NOT BE
BOUGHT IN FLYNN FIGHT
SO Say Many Who Know Of Vanities Of
Colored Scrapper- Smiths Arrival
Should Awaken Interest.

coast. as he believes he is one Of the most
competent officials in the ring TO-DAY.
Harry is thoroughly capable. says
Johnny in his letter, land classes with TIE
| best. He handled my fight with Burns
| to perfection and has handled others as
well, battles which have seen. Joe Man
! dot. Bat Nelson and Baldwin have also
spoken highly of him to me. AND inc
| little fellow is sincere, too.
| That the foul kidney blow should he
| eliminated from boxing contests Is I'D
mitted by all fair-minded critics, and IL
| is hoped that some OF these days boxing
| promoters will insist upon having the
| blow barred and SO instruct the referees
The method Of infighting adopted by
practically all American boxers brings
the foul kidney blow into play very ire
quently. In limited round bouts the kid
new blow does no damage at the time.
but it does work injury to man IN
later years In life and that is the main
reason why 1t should be barred. week
ago Jack Redmond. the Milwaukee light
weight, fought ten rounds with Leach
Cross in New York and a few nights
afterward Redmond was overcome on the
street, due TO the injury to his kidneys
! from blows received during the contest.
They were blows delivered with the
butt of the gloved hand. and are foul
| blows and nothing else. There is not one
fighter in ten who uses what Is termed
the legitimate kidney punch, and few
referees call attention to it, II for no
other reason than the injury caused in
after life by the foul kidney blow 1t
should be barred from all boxing bouts.
The arrival of Dave Smith. the Aus
tralian middleweight. in this country
should stir up little more interest in
that division of fighters. Smith left AUS
tralia a few months ago, coming around
by way Of England. but finding no good
matches in sight there. hurried on to the
states. Before leaving the antipodes Dave
had chance to meet Jimmy Clabby In
! return match having fought him draw
previously. but he declined at the time.
and Clabby claimed the middleweight
title I'm that country. Smith won over
Billy Papke In Australia in 1910, but was
defeated by the Illinois thunderbolt few
months later. Dave also won on points in
a twenty-round battle with Cyclone John
ny Thompson in the spring Of 1911. but
there was no great 1eeway to his win at
that. Now that Smith is over here Johnny
will be on his trail for keeps. but nothing
outside of a twenty-round bout would
suit the Sycamore boy. Smith can hardly
do the American weight limit or 15S
pounds. as he weighed over 100 in all his
Australian battles. and refused to make
15s for any of them. Dave is a clever
fellow, with a good left hand. and a
fairly good punch. He also has the knack
OF the Yankee boys in infighting, having
trained with them at Botany Bay before
he fought any of them, and the expe-
rience was beneficial to him I'm gaining
POINTS he could not otherwise have had.
Smith and McGoorty viii be ripe for A
good contest. as they fight very much
alike, and are of the same weight and
build.
Bob Moha, the fighting wild man Of Mil
waukec. and Eddie Alcfioorty of Oshkosh.
Wis. both claimants to the middeweight
title, may have their little argument set
tied at Port Washington. Wis. on July
4, the same day that Ad Wolgast battles .
Jose Rivers at Los Angeles and Jack
Johnson meets Jim Flynn at Las Vegas.
Moha and McGoorty met at New York
recently and the critics credited the Osh-
kosh boy with the verdict, although some
Of them said draw would have been bet
ter, while two gave 1t to Moha- The
weight Is TO be 15S pounds at 10 I'm, SO
that 1t will be a near championship at
fair. A ten-round battle may not bring
about a decisive result but 1t will give
pretty good idea as TO who is the better
man, for they have had their prelimi-
nary trial ard should be able now TO
Judge each other without having to go
through the feeling out process again.
Frank Klaus and Jack Dillon also claim
the title. but they have nothing on either
Mocha or McGoorty, so that the winner
Of this bout Will be in position to enter
q real claim for the title. Moha will
have every reason to go in for winning.
as victory means a possible trip TO
Australia and then to Europe, and the
same holds good for McGoorty. although
Eddie wants to first tackle the French
champion. Georges Carpenter.