Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26

| the pick OF Europe, and will work along
those lines whenever opportunity offers.
| Efforts are being made to induce Car
| pentier, the French sensation, to visit
| this side, but to date have not been sue
cesful. Georges is big drawing card in
| his own country. and it will take consid-
| cradle persuasion and mighty big offers
| to land the European champion.
An attractive match local promoters are
striving for calls for Johnny Kifbane and
Jem Driscoll. featherweight champion OF
England, and the boy who outpointed Abe
Attell on the occasion of his first visit to
| this country two years ago Jem Is TO
box Poesy. the French champion. early
| in June. and if successful in that en-
gagement. Will sign to take on the Amer
| lean. provided the latter will permit him
| to come in at the English featherwetght
limit of 136 pounds Johnny Coulon and
Digger Stanley are also dickering for a
bout for the worlds bantam champion
ship. The former has expressed his will
lingness to sign articles. and the buck
has been passed to the Briton.
New Workers have lived in the hope OF
seeing AID Wolgast in action with some
good boy at one of the local clubs before
his bout with Joe Rivers, but 1t looks as
II they are doomed to disappointment on
that score. / rather fancy the showing
he made with Willie Richie did not en-
courage AID in the belief that he could
step ten rounds with fast man at top
speed so soon after his long siege Of
idleness. AS the New York end OF the
program stipulated that either Matt Wells
or Packey Mcfarland was to be his OPP
ponent. the champion decided to call Off
the deal for the time being.
Two Wisconsin boys have been engaged
to furnish entertainment for the fans at
the ST. Nicholas A. c. next Tuesday.
Bob Moha and Eddie McGoorty are book
ed to go ten rounds. weigh In at loS
pounds in the afternoon
To my way of sizing up boxers, Nc
Goorty is the best Of the lot that aspires
to All the lamented Ketchel's job. with
the possible exception of Mike Gibbons,
who has not as yet clashed with any of
the real classy men of the middle divi-
sion. Like Mona Eddie finds 1t hard
rtngside. AS the men are now matched
they will enter the ring at their best
notches and should give local sports a
fine run for the money.
Moha is an aggressive scrapper, and
on the job all the time. He has a fairly
clever left, which he uses to perfection
on mediocre performers, also a pretty
good wallop in either member. He will
| find in McGoorty harder hitting and
cleverer boxer than any of the men he
has mixed with during his career. The
Oshkosh middlewe.ght will win. l think.
although 1 expect the bout TO go the
limit. Bob is too tough nut to crack
in ten rounds
Johnny Dundee, the clever New York
featherweight. will be seen in the ring
with Johnny Kilbane within the next
three weeks 1t Will be recalled that the
promoters Canned Dundee several weeks
ago. and gave Frankie Burns, a bantam.
first crack at the featherweight cham
pion. That match turned out the only
| way 1t was possible to figure it-a most
unsatisfactory affair frankie was no
| match for kilbane, who toyed with the
smaller man all through the contest.
Johnny Dundee is fast and clever and
| skillful enough to make good showing,
even with champion. and the public
knows 1t. and will turn out in great num-
| bers to see the mill. 1t is one of the
most attractive bouts on the program for
| the near future. And, readers, do not
| think that / underestimate the skill of
| Abe Attell's conqueror when ] state I
| Will not be one little bit surprised should
| the New York Italian. with the Scotch
| fnonaker hold Kilbane to draw