Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-21
MIDDLEWEIGHT QUESTION IS
AGAIN UP FOR DISCUSSION
"Cyclone" Johnny Thompson and Eddie
McGoorty Have Best Claim
to the Title.

distance, that is the only way to de-
eide championships. l have had an offer
from Paris to go over and meet Carpen-
tier. the French champion, and may de-
eide to make the trip later on. / think
/ can beat the Frenchman in long fight,
although L understand he is very fast and
clever
AID Wolgasts experience in his four
round bout with Willie Richie has Demon
strated that the champion must have had
some ill-effects as result or the opera
ton some months ago. despite the denial
| issued by the Michigan bearcat. From
the reports of the contest sent out by the
various papers Richie gave the champion
severe battle and held him to a good
draw The accounts also stated that VOL
CAST suffered considerable pain in the
Pbody as a result of blows in that region.
That may or may not be true, but taken
altogether, there is little doubt that the
champion was not at his best and IL
should be warning to him to see that he
is right when he tackles the marathon
distance. with a tough youngster like
Joe Rivers on July 4. II Rivers can stand
the gaff himself. he is liable to make
trouble for Wolgast, for the boy with the
punch who can stand him off for a while
and bide his time to get home hard
wallop stands an excellent chance OF
coping the title. There have been few
lighters who have undergone operations
of that kind who have gotten over them
without showing some ill-effects. and the
same may be expected of Champion VOL
CAST, until he has proven that he is diff
ferent from many others.
After putting up several very creditable
battles in Australia Jim Barry the Chi
cago heavyweight, fell down before sam
Langford in eleven rounds at Melbourne
the other day. jim was all in, and his
seconds hung out the distress signal.
| Previous to this Barry had put up A
Of mia
Langford. also with Sam McVea and
Porky Flynn. Barry has always been "A
tough customer for the colored men to
meet. and he has met Langford no less
than ten or eleven times. The trouble
with Barry now is that his sight is bit
defective and that is what causes him TO
be wild in his judgment of distances az
times. At that. Barry can beat most OF
the white hopes in this country at the
present time.
The matching of Packey Mcfarland and
Ray Bronson for May 20 at INDIANAPOLIS
may mean the breaking away from the
lightweight class by the Chicago boxing
marvel. Packey has steadfastly refused
to enter the welterweight ranks, but in
matching with Bronson he has agreed TO
142 pounds at 3 o'clock Probably, II
Packey is successful. he may change his
mind and decide to take on Mike Gibbons
at even a higher weight. Bronson and
Mcfarland fought twenty rounds at New
pounds. and it was a hard. fast battle
all the way. with the decision a draw at
the end Ray has clever left hand him
self and may keep Packey busy at the
weight.
The result of the Johnny kilbane-
frankie Burns contest in New York only
goes to prove once more that a good
little man has no right 10 go against a
good big man. when they equal in
science and hitting. for the good big
man will win nine out of ten times. Burns
is a star at the bantamweght limit, or
rather near the limit, for he is just 4
bit too big TO make 116 pounds. and too
small for the featherweight limit. He
tried to hold his own with clever Johnny
kdlbane. who went into the ring at
catchweiehts, and found that the cham
pion, who is wearing Abe Attel's crown.
is a sure enough champion. kilhane
demonstrated his class clearly to all the
fans who attended the battle in New
York. and he will have many more ad-
mirers as a result of his bout with tho
game little Burns. frankie will have
to stick TO the bantamweight class for
time yet, and his best match is with
Johnny Coulon. the holder OF the ban
tam title.
Mike Gibbons has again proven himself
a wonderful boxer. He met Paddy LAWN,
a very clever fighter. at Buffalo, y. Y.
and handed him so many jabs and up
percuts that Paddy was obliged to hang
out the signal of distress in the eighth
round. The weight suited both boys and
if anything LAWN had the best of il.
However, he was never in the chase. for
Mike put 1t all over him. both in boxing
and hitting. and long before the towel
came into the ring Paddy was to the
bad. 1t only proves that Gibbons is one
great boxer. and at his own weight there
is no one to take his measure. Mikes
manager, Eddy Reddy. announces that
Gibbons win make 1i2 pounds at 3 o'clock
for any of the welters who want a crack
at the title (Which, by the way, is held
by Jimmy clabby). but he will have to
prove it first, for when Mike fought In
Milwaukee az 14S pounds he was drawn
down pretty fine and did not appear like
a man who could take of another six
pounds and be right. Neither can Clabby
make 142 pounds any more, so that ii is
a stand-off between them. If Mike will
make 49, pounds he can get big match
with Ray Bronson and Packy McFar-
land may be induced to take him on
at that limit. What match Mcfarland
and Gibbons would make, 1t would be
worth going many miles to see.
Harold G. Killing. brother of Johnny
n