The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-21

be given another chance to redeem himself.
 So you will see, readers, it will take more than the Palzer-M McCarty battle at Los Angeles New Years Day to establish a good, title to the white heavyweight championship. And after the status of the several as- pirants has finally been settled to the satisfaction of principals and public, the next move will be to match the successful candidate with the winner of 8 Joe Jeannette-Sam Langford bout for the worlds title. notc where McCarty's manager, Billy Me Carney, has declared that the claims of the blacks will be ignored should Luther be fortunate enough to clean up the whites. Would the public stand for that T. hardly think so in view of the fact that Johnson was in undisputed possession. of the title when merous indiscretions. Therefore it would seem to me the only fair thing to do would be to allow the best of the blacks, either Jeannette or Lang ford, an opportunity to compete. One mistake was made when a negro was given chance to win the champion ship; we would make a greater error should we try to grab the title now without fighting for it. The ring is the only place to decide champion ships and make champions.
 Madison Square Garden will be the scene of number of high class box ing shows after the big industrial ex- hibitions are over. The fact is the old Garden is about the only real place in town to hold first class show of any sort on a big scale and the de- mands made upon it are seriously i'm terfering with the plans of the boxing promoters. However, Manager Gtb- son announces he has closed several important matches for the near fu- ture:
 The most important match landed is the Packey McFarrand-Jaek Brit ton affair, but that will not be stag ed until early in February. I don't know the cause of the delay in put shrewd Packey figures 1t will take a long time to work up the proper am ount of enthusiasnf, and the box of fee is all that worries the Chicagoan. Britton has been boasting of the teS- ribIe things he will do to MT. Mo Far1and when he gets that young man in the ring. We'll, hell soon have the chance to make good, although I rather fancy that Packey, while not given to 'bragging, will not lose very much prestige during the operation
 Mexican Joe Rivers, loser on a foul to Wolgast and more recently victor over Joe Mandot, has nnafly been pel1- suaded to leave his land of sunshine and flowers, having accepted the Elm pire A. C.'s offer to box Leach Cross ten rounds in New York city on Jan uary 8. Since turning the tables on Mandot offers have been pouring in on Rivers from all parts of the coun- try. Evidently the New York ten round proposition appealed strongly to Joe, and especially so as it carries with it a guarantee of $4,O0O with a percentage privilege.
 We will be glad to see thee young fellow whose startling form reversal on Thanksgiving DaN restored him to popular favor as contender for the lightweight title. He will get a good stiff try-out from Leach Cross unless some one gets to Cross and tips it off'' that Rivers is a great fighter. In that case Leach would take very few chances and fight on the defensive throughout. The To- cal boy is a bear when facing dub, but "rep' seems to take the heart JAS. J. CORBETT