Evening star., 1912-11-03

Gibbons will attract lots of attention
when they clash in New York a month
later. but just now the calcium will be
focused on the southern city. The pity
is that the bout is not for a longer dis
taace, as there are many who believe the
boys are only meeting now to warm up
for a longer battle later on. That may
be true in sense. but it is also GER
tainty that the boys will fight at top
speed when they meet down south.
Neither can afford to do any ''stalling,'
and 1t is doubtful whether Wolgast would
do so If he thought he could gain by it.
The Cadillac likes the money, but he
also likes his reputation. and he knows
he would suffer an awful jar if anything
like that occurred.
Ad has arrived In the old town brim
fun of confidence, the same as he has
always been before his fights. and he
says there will be nothing to 1t but him
self after the fifth round. 1t is all right
to carry the nerve and grit. but some
times overconidence spells ruin. Mandot
is good. strong fighter, and has just as
much cleverness as the champion The
French boy also has plenty of confidence
and that should result in the staging of a
great battle. With one man aggressive and
the other willing to mix and use his
cieyerness the result is usually a splen-
did contest 1t looks like a pretty even
contest with the champion always having
the shade. for what the title carries with
1t, but in this case the short odds one
may turn trick, that is, on points. The
promoter D. j. Tortorich. is undecided
about giving verdict. It is hoped that
he will have one given, for it will do
away with all kinds of controversy aft
erward, in case the bout does go the
limit and be anyway near even.
Discussion Of the Wolgast-Mandot bout
brings to mind the fact that it was Jim
hyr For III
pion, who first taught Joe Mandot the
clever side of boxing. When Jimmy first
went to New Orleans to fight Jimmy
Gardner he was unknown to followers of
the game, but his great battle with the
champion of the welters at that time
gave Clabby boost into the limelieht
such as he never experienced before 1t
was only natural that he should get an
other try with Gardner and at better
terms. Clabby went to New Orleans for
the second contest ahead of time, and
while training he had youngster whom
the boys called Joe watching his every
move. Jimmy took fancy to the kid
and spared with him daily. He even
took pains to show him all the move
ments he had acquired himself in his
numerous fights and workouts and by
the time the date of the fight rolled
around the kid had mastered many OF
Jimmy's pet blows and shifts The kid
none other than little Joe Mando.. a
French youth. began to get into preIim-
mary bouts and made such a good show
ing that he soon graduated into tl,a
Wlno-ups. He was living at Memphis
then. and Jerome Raggio assumed the
management of him. He climped s19aG-
iiy, meeting all kinds of opponents-han-
tams, feathers and some ligh-weignts.
f1is rise from that point was rapid and
IN al his fights one could see Jiramy
Clabby's style throughout He has the
Same sndppy style about him that made
Jimmy such a favorite in Australia. Like
oiaDDy. ne has tantalfzing left nani
that works overtime against an opno-
nents race, and right cross that is al
ways dangerous. Joe does not use the
loop -the-loop SO much as Cla5by. h,,t he
can when he wants to. When Joe meets
" oIgast II Will be like a smaller edition
OF Ciabby at work.
The old saving that there are never two
really good fighters in one family seems
10 pe wrong In the case of the Hagen or
1ather Jack O'Brien family. There is no
aouDt tnat philadelphia Jack" when he
II he had carried about twenty more
pounds OF flesh he would have been
worl1s champion. AS it was he was con-
sldered the light heavyweight Champion
weight title. Jack gave away weight to
all comers and never made a kick He
weighed only 16O pounds, sometimes 1G5
out he never backed away from matches
orbett. Tommy Burns. Jack johnson,
sam Langford, In fact. all the heavy
weights. and usually gave a good account
OF himself. Now comes his young
brother whom he has nicknamed ~ Dung
Jack He Is lightweight only coming
eighteen years of age. and a crackeriack
The boy. for he is a mere boy. has had
some hard fights the past year, meeting
such star ughtweights as Knockout
Brown. Ad Wolgast. Young t.rne, Leach
Cross. Jack Goodman and One Round
Hogan. besides many other good bows He
has not picked the eask marks. but has
met all comers and good ones Now he
seeks a match with Packey Mcfarland
has not picked the easy marks bur has
shown remarkable cleverness in all his
contests. and II he remains around the
133 notch will prove a thorn in the side
of the lightweight champion.
After many delays and postponements
it is announced that Billy Gibson of the
Garden City A. c. of New York has
matched up Eddie McGoorty and Mil
Gibbons for December 3. This date viii
suit Mike all right. so he says. and bar
ring more accidents. it will take place
as scheduled. This is match that fhe
fans have clamored for, and 1t should
prove a great card. McGoorty saws he
can make the weight-15s pounds at
ringside-and be strong. If he can he
will beat Gibbons to a certainty. but |
that weight and retaining his full
strength. He may have fooled all of
us as regards weight, but one thine. |
know. Eddie always SHE'D away from
los ringside heretofore, and it must be
within the past three months that he
discovered he could make the stipulated
poundage and be strong There may
not be much trouble in making the
weight, but 1T is another question of
making the weight and being able to
retain his strength. Without his strength
he will fall an easy victim to Gibbons
cleverness. However. McGoorty is the
one who will be the loser. and surely he
must know what he can Go in the weight
line If he does make 1t and can retain
his full strength it should be another win
for the Oshkosh boy.
According to the French Federation of
Boxing, Billy Papke must be considered
the champion middleweight. The claim
does not hold water in any form. The