Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21


MILWAUKEE,. Wis. January 3o.-Thc
latest American boxer to invade Australia
Is Buck Grouse, the hard-hitting middle
weight Of Pittsburgh. under the manage
ment of James r. Mason. who has made
up his mind to travel over the South seas
to the antipodes and stack up against the
best OF the 1oS-pounders over there now.
which will probably include Jimmy Clab
by. Johnny Thompson and Dave Smith.
The deal has been under way for the past
week or two. and II was only this week
that Manager Mason secured the consent
OF Crouse's mother to make the trip. They
will go to'Australia under the direction OF
Hugh D. Mcintosh. and Grouse is guaran-
teed six battles. The Pittsburgh had is
one of the real contenders for the middle
weight crown and therefore should prove
a strong card for the Australian promoter.
and. besides, his style OF fast milling
should please the fans there. They surely
like Jimmy Clabby's style and cannot help
but take to the Smoky city youth. who Is
just out of his teens. Grouse had num-
Der OF good bouts on his date sheet Tor
the coming months Of February and
March. but he is determined to see some
thing Of the world and took advantage of
the offer made at this time. Writing oil
his protege, Jimmy Mason says:
My Dear Andrews: You will have
made no mistake In signing this boy Tor
Mr.. Mcintosh. and before he gets through
with his contract over there / will wager
they will want him back again. There is
no middleweight who is better entitled to
a crack at the championship than this
same Grouse. and. with no setback.
think he will land the title before long.
do not like to blow about a fighter, but
you take it from me the people OF Aus
tralia will be tickled to death with his
style. In Boston and Philadelphia. two
hard towns to please in, they have gone
daffy over his work. and am not stretch
ing the truth when I say he will be the
successor of the late Stanley Ketchel. He
knocked out Australian Ted Nelson In
three rounds. Frank Perron in four,
Young Loughrey in three. in Boston. and
easily beat Billy Berger and Leo Houck.
He is the only man who ever stopped
Young Loughrey and Berger. / have just
passed up offers to match with Tom Nc
Mahon, Mike Gibbons and Klaus that We
may be able to 60 through with our part
Of the agreement. Hugo Kelly wants ants
Klaus. Buck fights George Chip January
22 and will then be ready to sail. Will
see you before leaving"
Is Johnny Coulon. the champion ban
tamweight, going to make mistake IN
agreeing to meet frankie Conley. the
Kenosha featherweight. at lie pounds
three and one-half hours before the con-
test? These two boys fought at New Or
leans February 26. 1911. and Coulon was
awarded the decision after very siren
uous battle. 1t was claimed at the time
that making such low weight defeated
Conley. Now the question arises II Con-
ley is given three and one-half hours
time to make the same weight that ne
did in New Orleans at r.ngsde, can ne
recuperate sufficiently to have his full
strength and thereby have an advantage
over Coulon, who will not weigh over. liz
pounds at the ringside. Coulon Is a Won
aerful little fighter at his weight. but TIC
cannot afford to give away any great
amount Of poundage any more than any
other champion And 1t is a noticeable
fact that Ad Wolgast is not giving away
much weight In the lightweight division
Conley is one OF the most rugged lit G
fighters in the world today, as he has
proven in several battles on the Pacific
coast during the past four months. At
100 pounds ringside he Is able to hold his
own against most any featherweiSht In
the world. and II he can retain his
strength in making 118 pounds three and
one-half hours before the contest he will
certainly give Coulon the toughest battle
Of his career. It all resolves itself into a
question as to whether Conley can make
that weight and be in proper condition
as he did at New Orleans. 1t will be a
great battle, no matter which Is declared
the winner. and Tom McCary OF Los An
geles has secured a great card in match
ing the boys up
The winner Of this contest should be
matched with Sid Smith of England. who
was the champion 112-pounder Of that
country and who has challenged Coulon
for the bantamweight championship OF
the world. Smith will be on his way to
this country next week. accompanied by
Billy Marchant and Will Ames. his man.
aver Smith will throw down the gaunt-
let to Coulon on his arrival here and
post forfeit to arrange an international
battle for the worlds title. Here is a
chance for some of the clubs to get busy.
Many boxing rules are ridiculous to the
average boxing fan and are Of very little
use. but there is one rule ado-ted by the
authorities in the city of, Pittsburgh which
at first thought m ght seem uncalled for.
but which is a good rule. When Bob
Mocha went there to box against Jack Dill
lon last week he. was notified that he
could not go on because he was not physi-
cally At, or rather that Impression was CIV
en- out The fact is Bob was in good con-
dition for bout. and would have had
no trouble boxing six or double that num-
Der Of rounds. but the rule prevented his
going on for the reason that he was over
the weight limit The rule provides that
il a boxer is Ave pounds over the weight
of the various classes set by the commits
sion he cannot get permission to go on. In
this case 1t was mddleweight contest
and the limit was placed at 16O pounds.
which is rea sonable. but when Mona