Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-17


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Mcfarland and One-round Hogan divided
$500 after their last weeks ten-rount
exhibition. Mike Gibbons and Jacl
Deuning are to box for a similar sum
while as an inducement for Carl Morri:
and Al Palzer to give New Workers &
sample of the best the white hope
market affords an offer of $4,000 colo
cash has been made.
No indication of hard times in such
offers for ten-round exhibitions, is there;
And yet not a few scrappers are finding
it rather difficult proposition to cora
enough of this worlds goods to supply
the eats" at regular intervals.
While the pugilistic headliners and the
big promoters are making money il
large gobs, the mediocre boxers and
little club owners have to hustle tt
make both ends meet. i am in receipt
of Il letter from a disgruntled Gotham
gate at his last show was in the
neighborhood of 500, and out of this
he was expected to pay rent, light, helI
and the boxers. And the entertainment
was to consist of some thirty rounds OF
boxing, with fair lot of boys to fur.
nish the sport. Needless to say, he had
to call the show of.
In nearly every city I have visited
of late while filling theatrical engage
ments I have been urged by boxers, in
some cases unheard of outside Of their
immediate neighborhoods, to exert my in
fiuence with New York matchmakers in
their behalf. The impression seems to
prevail that to start a boxer on the high
road to fortune all that is necessary is
the chance to perform in Gotham
Far be 1t from me to try to discourage
ambitious youngsters from taking a crack
at the game in Manhattan. Mike Gibbons
went there an unknown and in a few
weeks was famous. There is the same
chance for. any lad who can make good
But before packing up and grabbing rat
tiers for the effete east. my advice to
aspiring pug1llsts is, BE sure you are
there with the goods Otherwise the
glad hand OF welcome and the guaran.
teed purse shall not be your portion.
1t is reported that Ad Wolgast is tc
don the spangles some time i'm MAY, and
that Senior Jose Rivers will be the first
TO be used as trial horse to demon.
strate whether or no the. disarrangement
OF the champions interior department has
seriously impaired his fighting skill.
Rivers Is pretty tough customer for
anybody, even a champion to tackle
after a long siege of convalescence and
absence from the ring. 1t would seem
to be the proper scheme to select an
easier nut to crack. However. Ad and
Manager Tom Jones know their little
books.
Should Wolgast come back" with fly
ing coiors it is to be hoped he will de-
eide to settle that long mooted question
of superiority between Mcfarland and
himself. The public has waited long and
patiently for that battle: there was heap
much disappointment in the land when
the authorities interfered with their pro-
posed bout last fall. and the promoter
who succeeds in bringing these stars to-
gether will deserve the thanks Of ad-
mirers OF the sport as well as the large
financial returns which would accrue
from such contest
The. idea is current that Abe Attell is
all in.' And why, pray? Because he
lost his title to Johnny Kilkane and
Tommy Murphy outpointed him? I for
one believe there is lot of good fight
left in the former champion. I'll swear
he can beat more men Of his weight than
can beat him.
Attell is not so good as a few years
ago. that is very true. but he is a LONG
way from being down and out. kilbant
u great boxer. somewhat on the origi
nal Attell pattern, while Murphy out
weighs Attell by eleven pounds at least
Its no disgrace to be beaten by those
boys.
kilbane came along at a remarkably
fast pace the last year. as his record ties
titles. and paved the way TO the cham
pionship by beating the best men among
the feathers. Harlem Tommy Murphy j.
no sucker. either. Only Thanksgiving day
last he stuck twenty rounds with tn,
great Packey Mcfarland. and more re
Gently handed One-round Hogan a gool
licking, although the referee decided
otherwise.
Had Attell beaten Murphy 1t would
have greatly surprised me. The latter
had every advantage but one-cleverness
He is heavier, stronger and in the bes
form OF his entire career. He figures II
hold his own with any lightweight. bar
ring. perhaps. Wolgast and Mcfarland
rounds. even though losing the decision
proves he is far from a dead one.
was stubbornly contested battle from
start to finish. notwithstanding that AT
tell has been accused of approaching
Murphy with proposition to flop.
The pictures OF the Kilbane-Attell con
test indorse the decision of Referee Eytol
as eminently just and proper. Johnn.
had the contest in hand all the way. a
near as one can judge from the films
Attell was apparently in bad shape alon,
toward the finish. while the winner wa
as fresh as a daisy in comparison.
The new champion will be a very har'
man to beat. He is skillful boxer an,
an excellent ring general. as the picture
show in every round. He certainly woul
star in the game around New York. i
ten rounds it would take a marvel I
dupont HID, ana hlSDdne ought 10 los
no time heading in that direction. III
can pick up a small fortune there, an,
without running great risk Of losing hi
hard earned laurels.
The brothers Mcmahon. managers ant
matchmakers of the Empire and Olympi
clubs of New York, have booked a serie
Of featherweight contests for the nigh
Of March q. They have arranged a sor
Of elimination program, the stars of tn
east are to compete in ten-round bout
TO aid in selecting the boy to be matches
with Kilbane. when the champion arrive
in Gotham. Tommy Houck is to be paire,
with Patsy Kline. the lad with the wal
rop: Eddie OKeefe will have the cage.
Joe Coster for opponent. and Johnn,
Dundee tackles sturdy Young Wagner
Later on the winners OF the first leg ar
TO be put over another hurdle in tn
process of elimination. and the final vic
tor awarded the honor and glory of
chance at the Cleveland phenomenon.
The boxing commission has accom-
plished a great deal of good since as
Stunning charge In New York and in intro
ducing a number of new rules and regula
tons to govern the sport creates the i'm
preston that its members are heartily 4
favor of any reform that tends towar
the uUlift Of professional BOXING