Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-20
N'C0ORTYREA[[Y
HOLDS THE TITLE
FOR HIS CLASS
His Defeat of Australian and
Englis h Middleweight
Champions Should Make
His Title Clear.
BY w. w. Naughton.


San Francisco, Oct 10. 1t Is a pity
for Eddie McGoorty's sake that his
bouts with Australian Dave Smith and
English Jack Harrison were not in &C.
cordance with middleweight conditions
in the matter Of poundage. II they had
been the question OF championship in
the 16s- pound class. which has been
in a sadly vexed condition since STAN
ley ketchel died. would be mighty close
to a settlement.
McGoorty would have been in a DO
sition to say. my right there Is none to
dispute" for with the 4scalps Of the
Australian and English champions
dangling at his girdle it would be easy
enough for him to bring confusion 10
any one inclined to argue that he was
claiming too much.
OF course France could claim that
until she was vanquished McGoorty's
conquest of the middleweight universe
was not complete, but the protest from
the land of the Gaul would sound like a
very still. small voice.
For that matter. judging from the
way he handled Smith and Harrison,
McGoorty could hop over to Paris and
settle the pretensions OF George Car
pentier In fifty Then with all for
eign territory subdued. Eddie could en-
terrain challenges from his own coun-
trymen or else invest In some fanciful
sparring costumes and take long
fling at the theatrical game.
A Prominent Figure.
But whether 1t gains him worlds
or not. McGoorty's work
with Smith and Harrison makes him
as prominent figure as there is In the
fistic realm today. To begin with the
men he defeated were champions of
their respective countries, even though
the weight requirements were not con-
formed with when McGoorty came into
their lives.
And to knock out a brace Of worlds |
champions In less than four minutes of |
lighting time. all told. and all In the
space Of three weeks, is feat that has |
not been duplicated since men began |
10 box with .muffled hands,"
1t Is to be regretted that, sandwiched |
n between McGoorty's worlds startling
was that spiritless go |
with Cyclone Thompson at Cincinnati.
There was something about the affair
which did not ring true.
some OF the reports which reached
he coast had 1t that both men were
Kissed for their slouchy work while 9TH
RS told how the Cyclone chased the
Oshkosh boy from pillar to post and
vent near to knocking him out several
lines.
The showing with Thompson Is as a
hot on McGoorty's escutcheon, espe-
tally at this time when Eddie Is
chieving distinction as the quickest
emolisher of foreign pugilistic cham
ions the boxing game has known. 1t
ooks as though It is up to Eddie to
emove the stain by tackling the Cy-
lone once more and administering
to him..
Apart from what happened at Gin
lnnati there is sufficient provocation
or McGoorty- Thompson battle.
thompson. through his manager, one
.arney Lychtenstein. has laid claim
0 the middleweight championship, on
he strength Of a voctory over Billie
'apke at the Antipodes.
This looks like rubbing II in. FRS,
all Thompson places McGoorty in a
ubious light by doing the bulk of the
tile fighting that was done at Gin
innati and then, totally ignoring the
act that Mc0oorty has just swept
ie foreign middleweight situation A.
lean as q whistle, Thompson calmly
laims the middleweight laurels. |,
In . way it, tantamount to saying.
McGoorty licked the foreigners, but
licked Mc0oorty."
1t certainly is high time that the
yclone and the man, from Oshkosh [
Tere matched again.
More than one critic has remarked
ltely that fight promoters are going
ut Of business in punches and that
10 high prices demanded by ring stars |