The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-30

white heavy-weights are concerned owing to the prevailing desire to de- velop some one to knock the day. lights out of Jack Johnson, but there is a limit and Morris has apparently reached it in Gotham.
 Carl is a fine big fellow and has worked hard to advance in his line, but it looks very much as if he would never make good. Certainly he has had many opportunities to prove he 1 had the "makins' of a champion and has fallen short of the mark by a great deal.
 1 I think that Morris has been very badly trained. He has been given an overdose of it if a man ever got it. Too much of that sort of thing is a great deal worse than too little; and especially when its application is mis- directed. Ignorance of proper train- ing methods has irrevocably injured many a promising boxers chances and while I doubt very much that Morris is of the right temperament to make a champion am of the opinion that the strenuous course of contin- uous training has not tended to bring out the best there is in him.
 The Frank Klaus-Jack Dillon bout was far from being satisfac tory in that it failed in its purpose of es- tablishing the decided superiority of either contestant. he former was giv- en the decision by Referee Welsh who thought Franks work during the lat ter period entitled him to the hon. ors.
 Eddie McGoorty will now be given next chance to show if he is of championship class. He is to meet Klaus within two months under Cof- froth's auspices, provided the men can come to an agreement on weight. Eddie recently put Hugo Kelly out of the running and ought to give Klaus the hardest battle of his ca reer if the dope counts for anything. In fact, I think McGoorty outclasses Frank just about enough to return him victor. Both men are Of the rugged type, having strength, endur- ance and weight in about equal pro- portions, with Eddie excelling in box ing skill and ring generalship. The winner of this match will not be call ed "cheater'' if he adds middle weight champion to his calling cards. Of course, should Mike Gibbons shy his castor in the ring it is no sure thing that the title would not change hands. The St. Paul man is grow ing heavier all the time and with a few more pounds of bone and muscle added to his stock of science and skill would cut considerable figure among the middIe-weights.
 Although he did not put Jack Den ming away for the full count in their match the other evening. Mike Gib- bons won a decisive victory and was the master hand at every point of the game. He outgeneraled, outboxed and outsiugged the New Yorker from l beginning to end, and in the fourth session the bell saved Denning from what looked certain knockout. Again in the final round it was only hanging on like grim death that the latter weathered the storm of Mikes punches.
 There is a rurnor af1oat to the effect that Gibbons contemplates an early | trip to France. The story goes that Paris promoter has guaranteed him a tidy sum to box George Carpentier, the French middIe-weight champion. and Marcel Moreau, who recently ap- peared in a ten round bout in New | York.
 l. To my way of thinking Gibbons I would be foolish to pack up and leave our shores at the present time, espec- tally while things are breaking good for him. He drew $4.0OO for the Denning bout and could get that much, if not more, for ten rounds with either Klaus or McGoorty These men are accredited as the best among the middle weights There would be little danger of Gibbons los-