El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-08

TT VII be a clash between the wild
cat ana the panther when Mike Glib
= bons, the ST. Paul marvel, and Clar-
ence kid Ferns. Of Kansas City, meet
at Indianapolis. October 16. Ben Crose
and Ed Bingham, who are promoting
the match write that the bout has been
signed Up and that the boys are to go
ten rounds. weigh in at 145 pounds at
$ o'clock in the afternoon the day of the
fight. Ferns has not Deen before the
public a great while, but he has met
some corldng good boys the past year
and has given such a good account Of
himself that the Hoosier promoters did
not hesitate to stack him up against
the toughest piece Of fighting mach1n-
cry in the country at the weight; that
is. the best of the boys at the poundage,
which is a trifle above the recognized
American WelterWeight limit Hereto
fore the weight has been 142 pounds at
, o'clock or 145 ringside, so that they
cannot claim it is the championship
weight Ferns in all of his bouts mas
also displayed considerable cleverness.
In his bout with Ray Bronson he
showed great speed and hitting pow
ers that reminded Ray OF a mule
kicking, and there are few who can
take a punch like Bronson and come
back for more. Therefore it viii bring
together the slugger and the clever
man, which combination always results
IN a great battle These com D1natlOnS
e.fHay bring about the kind Of fights
that set a crowd crazy with excitement,
and If Ferns follows his former tactics
he VIII make the speedy Mike move
at a cIip that will startIe the HooSler
fans. Gibbons says he can make the
weight all right and be strong. which
will again prove that Mike is not the
big middleWeight that some people
claim although it will still be evident
that he is at his best around $50
pounds, at which weight he fought
most Of his battles in the east.
The Indianapolis promoters will try
to match mp the winner with Ray Bron-
son. but as there will be no decision
given they viii depend upon the usual
popular verdict to select their man.
Bronson and Ferns for a return match
would be real contenders for the vel
terweight title; IN 1act Bronson mas
claimed It and has been defending 1t
against all corners at the American linz
it Of 142 pounds. That weight also
suits Ferns TO nicely and the chances
are that his manager, Jimmy Hurst
will be uckled to sign up under those
conditions. Jimmy Clabby relinQuished
his claim to the welterweight title
year ago when he found his weight
above the limit and he advanced into
tHe middleweight division
The action of Billy Papke, the for
fner rniddleWeight champion IN refuS-
ing to meet Frank Mantel before the
New Star A c. in New York the other
there was not sufficient coin in sight
to satisfy the Illinois ThunderbOlt, may
cause his disbarment from all boxing
clubs in New York state. Papke had
been matched to box Manteu ten rounds
and never a word was said until he
got into the clubhouse and saw the
crowd. Then he suddenly changed his
mind and refused to go on Later it
was said he hurt his hand getting out
OF the automobile, but the club officials (
and boxing commissioner O'NeilI said
It was simply a case Of Papke soine@
back on his contract and refusin5S1f to
fight owing to the apparent LSft re-
ceipts. The New York comps.Ssy ion has
taken the matter up witbSthe French
sfrsaCifSsf-'57f -9ECszlY and viii try to
have the Illinois boxer barred In that
country also. as Billy IS scheduled to
meet Georges Carpenter over there
soon. There is no excuse for boxer
doing such an act. If he signs q con-
tract to box on percentage basis he
has a right to live up to that contract,
no matter whether the gate receipts
reach his expectations or not. The
trouble is. the fighters want all the
money and want the promoters to take
all the chances. A boxer is worth just
what he can draw at the gate and no
more.
This mixup reminds me of a similar
case back in the days Of the old PIANO.
rama in Milwaukee about 1905, when
the Badger Athletic club matched Jim