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and a longer bout with WOlgasL n
has shown remarl1ab BILE cIeverness in
around the 1873 notch will prove thorn
in the side Of the lightweight cham
pion.
After many decays and postpone
uents, it is announced that Billy Glib
son. of the Garden City, A c., Of New
York has matched up Eddie McGoOIs y
and Mike Gibbons Tor December 3 This
date VIII suit Mike all fright so ne
says, and, barring moro accidents, II
will take place as scheduled. Ihis
- match that the fans have clam
Ored for and II should prove a great
card. 1TcGOorty says he can make the
weight-15S pounds at r1ngslde-and De
strong. If ne can he Will beat CID
bons to a certainty, but nave my
doubts about Eddie making tndU WelSnt
and retaining his full strength. He
may have fooled all of Us as regards
weight but one thing j do kncw-Ed-
die always SHE'D away from 15S ring
side heretOfOre-and it must be Win
I'm the mast three months that he dis
covered he could make the stipulated
pOundage and be strong Inere may
not be much trouble IN making the
v-eie-1t but it is another question OF
making the weight and being able to
retain his strength. without ms
strength he Will fall an easy NlcJlm
to Gibbons's cleVerness- However
1IcGoOrty is the one who will be the
loser and surely he must know what ne
can do in the weight line. If he does
make il and can retain his full strength
it should be another win for the Osh-
EOsh boy
According to the French federation
or boxing. Billy PapCe must be con-
sfdered the champion mlddleWeiSnJ-
The claim does not hold water IN any
form The FRENCH federaJ non mae
the claim that Georges Carpenter
whom Papke defeated, was really the
champion. as Papke did not ke the
stipulated weight. but when Cafpen-
tier refused to further make the mio-
dIeWeight limit the title reverted 20
Papke, although admitting that ne was
overweight In that case then Cy-
clone Johnny Thompson has q real
claim To the title for he defeated
PapEe in Australia over the 20 rOund
route and made 15S pounds rlngslde'
which Paplle failed to &c IhereI Ore'
T'aDlze has no claim TO the title what
ever. that IS the american IlS, dl.u
until he makes the weight and defeats
McGOorty or Frank Klaus, both claim
ants Of the championship, he has no
right to IT It is pleasing to note cnar
Carpenter comes cut and announces
that ne is no longer middleTelght
ard cannot make the weight Follow
ing the declare lions OF ali lneSe near
champions comes Jack Union, the
Hoosfer middleweight, with claim Tor
recognition and q chaNcnSe 10 NEE
anv one of them over the marathon
roule, especially Klaus and AcGoorIS.
Jack has fought both OF them and
Knows fheir game. He also oE9crs 70
ncht Mike Gibbons at 15+ pounds and
u6st n big Forfeit To make the NTelgllI-
Jack expects TO get on with either NJ
Goorty o. Gibbons in the east, but ne
prefers the LONGER distance
There may be other Durable Danes
but only one has shown the goods in
the boxing game and that one : oscar
Battling" Nelson. the eS-champion-
Bat has gone through many grueIlng
contest and it was supposed he was
through two years ago; in fact, [ stat
ed at that time that 1t was too DAD
ne did not retire ana let the rams re.
member him as the great lghtlnz
and third raters to land him atter
he was all in. However the only LAT
tier has had numerous fights since
then and has taken good care q NM
SELF and now he comes back again ana
picks one of the toughest boys IN the
country to meet-Natty Baldwin-the
contest being scheduled for Boston IN
two weeks Nelson might have picked
has q very near lghtWeiSht cham-
pion. If Bat is beaten he no doubt m
tends to 90 down now before good
man.
Probably some of the critics VIII give
Johnny KiIbane credit FOR having
punch of some kind now. knowing that
he handed Tommy DUg2n the knee
out tap at Jamestown, Pa. the other
night Reports say that Dugan gave
Johnny hard fight until the fourth
round when the Cleveland lad put over
4 real Knockout with his right ana
went to sleep for q minute or
more. Kilbane has been Of the same
mind as Abe AtteIl-If he could win
on points he was satisfied-and never
tried for Knockout whore he did net
have to. But the critics claimed john
ny had no punch at all and he prob
ably wanted to prove that they were