El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-16

, six months to boxing, and that he has
made considerable progress in that d.
rectiOn was demonstrated IN fhe return
engagement with Stewart a Jew weeks
ago, when he outclassed the Brooklyn
ite. So much so, in facE. that the bout
was stopped in the seventh roun1 10
save big Jim.
If Harry Wuest. the Cincinnati light
heavyweight, lives up TO the reputation
he has esta bliShed throughout the mid
die west the Gunboat viii have a stiff
tryOut when the pair meet in 10 round
bout in this city next Wednesday.
Wuest is no novice at the game; he has
been boxing professionally for nearly
two years and has, met and defeated
Tom Mcmahon. the Pittsburg heavy
weight. New Workers who have been
given the privilege Of watching WuesU
at his local training quarters are IA
vorably impressed with the Westerners
chances:
Buffalo has a candidate for the
heavyweight race in George zone
Round) Davis, who has been bowling
his opponents over with alarming reg
ularity since his professional debut.
one Rounds" latest feat was to dupl-
cate GunbOat Smiths knockout Of Jim
an attempt viii be made to match Davis
with the winner of the Wuest-Smith
bout
Ad Wolgast is not to box Willie
Richie on Thanksgiving day, after all
L was under the Impression the bout
was on for the big holiday, but 1 see
where il has been postponed 1 imagine
the champion wants another Whack at
Joe AIandot before taking on Richie.
who looks the more difficult PROPOSE
ton of the two. AID has boxed both
boys and ought to know.
I note where Tom Jones. WolEast's
manager. is out with a spiel in which
ne al n . 9
given the worst of the newspaper or
popular decisions in New York and
Philadelphia, where the laws do not
permit referees to pick the winners.
Jones says that western boxer, to get
all that's cOmi~C to him, would be
forced to knock an opponent cold. es-
pecially if it is d local man he is box
ing.
So far as Mr.. Jones and his champion
and this town are concerned, must
say there is ground for complaint But
I take exception to the statement that
all visitors are given the raw end when
boxing local boys. Take Nike Gibbons
and Eddie McGOOrty, both Westerners,
for example. They have never been
treated unfairly in the matter Of ex-
pert opinion. With WOlgaSt, however,
it is about as Jones claims. Ad and his
mauag ger, for some reason or other, are
not very popular IN newspaper circles,
and as a result when the champion
boxed here with X o. Brown the ma
iority of the critics awarded the decls-
ion to the local boy, although draw
was the very worst WOlgast should
have been given. Johnny kilbaue is
aonther who has suffered at the hands
of the local press. It may not show
the proper sporting spirit to permit
personal prejudice to influence man
in rendering a decision in boxing
match. but 1 guess it is human nature
to do so.
They tell me Battling Nelson is to
box here Thanksgiving day with either
Leach Cross or zone Round" Hogan. I
don't know how much fight there is left
In the Battler but the old spirit is still
there
Local sports are clamoring for a
match between Packey Mcfarland and I
Jack Britton. Dan Morgan, who man
lges Britton, says it is no fault Of
heirs that the match hangs fire, and
Mcfarland. I have not heard directly
from Packey on the subject but mag
me it is a question OF weight that has
stood in the way Of closing the bout. I
know Mac dislikes to make weight
for anything short of a championship
match. as he is growing heavier and IL
IS getting harder and harder to reduce.
hope the boys come to an agree
nent. They are nearly OF a size and
two Of the cleverest in the game at
any weight Packey does not know
what it means to lose q decision. His !
S a spotless record. Many critics con
END that he is the greatest boxer in |
he world Mcfarland knows the game
II hit stop and get away about as
as the man who wrote the |
'ules. Britton is not far behind in point I