Evening star., 1912-10-06
GIBBONS AND FERNS SHOULD
PUT UP GREAT EXHIBITION
Two Welterweights in Bout October 16
Means That Best Pair in the Class
Are to Meet Other Gossip.

for home, in all probability via the
| United States. 1t is hoped that Il meet
ing between Michigan. no matter where
1t takes place. can be arranged. for then
| We will have a real International match
| for the lightweight title. the same as
when Jack McAuliffe and Jem Carney
| fought twenty-five years ago.
While the Britishers are settling their
differences in the lightweight division, Ad
| Wolgast and Joe Mandot will be having
] a little argument of their own down
West Side Athletic Club of New Orleans
| for November 2. D. j. Tortorich has Sc
cured a splendid match and it should
| draw from all parts Of the south and the
near northern states However the fans
| will want a twenty-round battle; If it
| is less it will be more of a local affair.
| as the followers 500 miles away will not
| travel to see contest of only ten
rounds between the two. On the coast
| the same match would draw an immense
crowd. fully $3o.OOO, and there is no
| reason why it will not draw as well
| down south. providing it is set for the
| marathon distance. AS to the outcome
| that will be another matter. The south
erners will back the home boy, simply
| on his great showing against Joe Rivers
| at Los Angeles recently Wolgast is
| just as chuck full Of confidence as ever
and 1T will take a real bearcat to beat
| MIN. VIII Mandot turn out to be that
bearcat?
| The white hopes seem to have taken
back seat in New York Of late and the
Ieatners and hshtWeights have taken
their place. The middleweights are also
being tolerated. but the heavies seem to
nave fallen by the wayside for time
The Palzers, McCartys. Flynns and Nor
rises have all taken to the tall uncut
and 1t is just as we'll that they take
rest for a while. as the fans were tir-
Ing bit of the big fellows. BY the
time the Bombardier returns from Eng
land they will be in for another spiel
And speaking of white hopes. some of
the knowing ones among the boxers think
TINS Fellow. Jesse Willard will be the
KING pin of them ALL Lee Barrett. a
clever welterweight and a very intelligent
fellow. who has been training with Bonn
lard, says he has studied the whole bunch
and thinks that Willard will prove the
best Of the lot. Lee says he discovered
that Willard not only has a great punch
IN IN elther INIT but that he has the head
to go with it. which is half the battle.
And discussing the white hopes. it might
be we'll to mention that George Mcdonald.
who brought Matt Wells, the British
! hghtweisht. over. thinks he has a real
nope In Tom Cowler. a big fellow from
the north of England. In writing of
CoWier and his chances Mr. Mcdonald
says: Cowler is a green youth, but is
improving daily. He has every physical
attribute to make him a Champion heing
six feet two and one-half inches in
height. longer reach than Billy Wells.
game as they make them and weighing
10 pounds. Such clever critic as Mr..
bettlnson or the London Sporting Club
tnlnKs that Cowler will make a high mark
among the heavies and he is doing much
to help him along. He is anxious to
learn and is having plenty of fights to
orlns the necessary confidence and ex-
lighting for the championship some of
these days
The meeting between Luther McCarty
ana Al Kaufman at San Francisco Oc-
e,, .ooes ~ should prove interesting. mas
much as II Will eliminate one Of them
krom the white hope GLASS; Kaufman
was eliminated some time ago, when Jim
Flynn put the dream punch to his iaw
a. Kansas City. but Al said he was off
form at the time and wanted another
chance to show himself Now he is tn
nave that chance and it will be to the
woods for Albert or the limelight again
McCarty has been coming along at a
fairly good pace. being nursed carsf,,,1,
by that clever handler, Billy Mc(.arne1:
ana 1t Is safe bet that Billy viii see
that ne gets none the worst of it in tho
coast town. 1t should be some slurpine
mater ,natcn ana 1t will not be surprising to
near OF a knockout one way or the other
IL Will be case of the first one putin.
it over. 'e
hdi EMorls are being made by the big
=
match between Georges Carpenter and
sam Langford. 1t is evident thar rho
rIenchmen want to stack their cham
pion up against about the hardest
business. outside of the chamnion
Jack Johnson. 1t would be a great
caro-. but at the same time if might
mean the smashing of the French idol.
IN France as Carpenter. The latter
mas taken on weight. and is now above
the mlodleWelght class by considerable.
around !1o pounds. but even with that
weight we ne VIII not have anything on
the chunky Langford, who scales
around 1SO pounds when carrying his
full fighting weight. Carpenter is a
mere youth yet, just nearing his TWEEN
tieth year. and it would seem a pity to
run him against such tough game tho
first crack out of the box. There are
plenty of good matches for the French
boy without picking out the black
wonder, but at any rate it could not
be arranged until after the new wear
sets In. as LanGford is under contract
to Hugh Mcintosh in Australia until
January ], 1919. and in the meantime
he may be matched with Jack Johnson
for the title.
That hustling little lightweight,
Rude Cnholz, who has been twice
around the world, refuses to be nut
down. Rude, after being beaten by
Joe Joe Cans. came back and last winter
Hiddc SOfile very cTeOltaOle nights
around the middle west Rudie. how
ever. is not only fighting himself now,
but he has developed a good feather
weight whom he thinks will prove a
champion in time. The newcomer Is
George Horton. who has won a number
OF fights AT 20 pounds in tho Rocky
Mountain country and also in the west
Rudie thinks SO well of him that he
| will match the boy against any 1eo-
FOUNDER for side bet and 10 and %
per cent OF the purse. At present
Rudie is trying to get on with Mandot
or some of the best lightweights at
Memphis. Cleveland and St Louis, and
he hopes to get the winner of the
Sammy Trott- Knockout Brown match.
Jim Corbett. one Of the cleverest
heavyweights who ever stepped into a
ring, had a close call at Philadelphia
this week. when he was operated on
for appendicitis. Jim has taken tho
count for ten seconds twice. but never
did he come so near taking the final
count during the opera lion. Jim has
not been in the best OF health for the
past year, but he has stuck to his
| vaudeville work just the same until
| compelled by his doctor to go to the
| hospital In an effort to save his life.
| Corbett has bookings for the entire sea-
| son, but tho chances are that he will he
| obliged to cancel some of them. There
have been few big men who could COM
| pare with Corbett In cleverness. 1t is
| hoped that "Gentlcman JIM will pull
through all right, for he has been a
credit to the boxing game. and has also