El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-04

PACK JOHNSON has finally repudiat
ed his contract with Hugh Nc
Intosh, Of Australia, to go there ant
meet Sam Langford and NcVea, fo1
which he was to receive $4,000. For
1eit money was ready to be placed il
Al Tearney's hands of Chicago, bu
Johnson simply would not go, claim
ing he had again retired. Joe Jean
nette was offered big money to go, but
his manager, Dan McKetrick, refused
because he expects to get Johnson in
Paris for % rounds, Victor Breyer be-
ing in New York now to try and sign
them.
Harry Brewer and Ray Bronson viii
offer the star bout at the opening Of
the St Louis Athletic club at the Coli
scum there September "a These men
met last spring and Brewer almost
knocked out Bronson in the early
rounds. After that Bronson came
stronger and at the end of the eighth
the bout was declared draw.
Press agents in Chicago are busiIy
engaged in playing up the Wolgast-
Mcfarland fight, booked for Septem-
Der 27 in New York In the course of
of Wolgasts alleged orders to Packey
TO refrain from going on with any other
fighter in a match. Some joke, all
right, and hardly consistent with the
holds the champ title.
The Boston Red Sox have put a big
Epike in the American league gonfalOn
and now, unless a miracle comes to
pass there is no chance for the would
be contenders, Washington and Phila-
deIphia, TO get even a lookin- On top
of the impending rag-grab, Joe Wood
may add further laurels to the team, to
say nothing Of himself, by giving the
lH-r--r I'D 5n1
has pulled down IA consecutive VIC
tories, and is in condition to keep up
his winning gait for some time. He
might just as wei go ahead and bring
down the record title and be in perfect
keeping with his team
Jack Britton the Chicago light
weight, has further added to his honOrs
as a pugilist by the knockout delivered
to Eddie Murphy in Boston Britton
went eight rounds with Packey Nc
Farland and was declared an even bet
at the finish by the referee Britton,
who is still young in the business com
pared to WOlgast and Mcfarland, if he
continues a this present speed, will
soon give the two big boys a chance to
show by what right they claim to be
the best in their class. Only one
trouble with Britton-he is a flash
fighter, one day good and the next
rotten. When this is overcome, fare
well, two big boys.
Johnny Kilbane, Paul Kohler and
Cal Delaney. Jimmy Dunn's trio of
boxers, are working daily at the LO-
rain Avenue Business Mems club.
Cleveland, where the featherweight
champion is conditioning himself for
his second eastern invasion since &C
curing the title. Kilbane is matched
to meet Johnny Dundee September 4
and Eddie O'Keefe on September 19.
KohIer and Delaney will be taken east
by Dunn and matched against the best
man in their respective divisions.
IF the Giants win the pennant, many
baseball sharps will adhere to the
opinion that the Cubs have the better
baseball machine n fact, some of the
National league club owners are pull
ing for the Cubs for the reason that
they believe the Chicagos would make
a stronger fight against the winners of
the American league pennant in the
worlds series. With the Giants facing
the Red Sox or the Senators it is won
dered how McGraw's men would fare
against either Joe Wood or Walter
Johnson, both of whom are believed to
be far superior in skill to Lou Richie
Rube Marquard established a record