El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-06
THREE IN line To
DEFEAT THE NEGRO
Not Much Hope, However,
For Any Except Wells,
Thinks Andrews.
BY 7. S. Andrews.

I
McVey, the California negro who de-
feated Sam Langford in their 2O-rOund
battle at Sydney, Australia, be the man
selected to meet Jack Johnson for the
heavyweight championship Of the
WOrld2
According to the dope 0Icvey is the
natural opponent for Johnson, although
the friends Of Joe Jeanette are put
ting in a strong claim for him. AS
far as any Of the white hopes are
concerned, there appears TO be very III
tie chance Of their making good out
side of probably Jim Flynn, Al kau1-
man and Bombardier Wells, and OF the
three Wells seems to have much the
better chance.
With Bombardier Wells in this coun-
try, looking for chance to wipe lew
of the white hopes" off the map, IL
might be well for Jim Flynn ana Al
Kaufman to get together ana SeILle
which is the better man, then let the
winner meet Wells. The winner OF this
battle would then have a right to chal-
lenge Johnson for the title, or II Jonn-
son should in the meantime meet NC
Ney, or Jeanette and be defeated 10
meet the winner
The foxy Johnson did not come back
to the states, like a rOlly-pOly boy, as
many of the cable dispatches indicated,
but in fairly good condition, and ready
to get back into the game, as soon as
LAG promoters Adu5 up WLldL l4b t-lA-lH>9r
is enough money Jack seems 70 laDor
under the impression that no matter
whom he meets, his end should be SSU,-
600, but there are few promoters In the
world who viii offer any such amount
to him unless IL should be for q cham
piOnship battle with a man like McNeys
or Bonn barber Wells. and then there
would be that uncertainty about break
ing off the match
To Clear Up WelterVFeiEht TangIe.
tn he r
weight muddle is meeting with some
success, and there is a strong proba-
billty that Nike Gibbons, the clever St
Paul boy, and Ray Bronson, the India
napOlis lightweight, not a WelterWelght,
viii meet in a decisive contest The
challenge which Bronson hurled at the
St Paul lad after he returned from the
east to St. Paul, has had the effect OF
bringing Gibbons out with the state
ment that ne can do the WelterWelgnt
limit, I42 pounds, at o'clock
In reply to this statement Bronson
sent me the following wire;
Please permit me to say that / am
very anxious to arrange a match with
ship. Z am ont for that title, and II
Gibbons can make 142 pounds at
o'clock I VIII gladly arrange the
match and also back myself to the
johnny sommers Comes Back.
Johnny Sommers, the clever English
lightweight, who made such a hit in
New York, two years ago, and then
went TO Australia, has reentered the
ring. After JOhnny's return from Aus
tralia TO England, he found himself so
far above the lightweight limit, that
he entered the WelterWeight class, but
was foolish enough TO give away q lot
Of weight to a clever man like Harry
Lewis, the result being a defeat he
was also defeated by Dixie Kid and
then announced his retirement, but II
seems that the fascination was too
strong for Johnny. and he came back
a few nights ago, meeting young Nipe
per, a promising WelterWetght in Lon
don. SOmmerS seemed to have regained
his old time form, for he put up one
Of the best bouts Of his career. and
defeated Nipper in fine style in 10
Two Likely British Boxers.
The two British boxers-Sid Smith
and Billy Marchaut-whO intend COM
ing over to this country for ring hOnOrs,
have been making an unusually good
showing in London the past month or
So Accounts OF the battles they had
at the National Sporting club, give them
the highest kind OF praise. Marchant's
feinting and ducking was the finest
ever seen in the club since the days Of
Peddler Palmer and such scientific box
ers, and his hitting was also above the
average for a small fighter. Marchant
beat Bill bennett, the Dublin man, all
the way and won handily. Smith was
also so far ahead OF Joe Wilson, whom
he fought for the flyweight champion
ship that there was no comparison be-
tween the two. Smiths shifty tactics
were too much for Wilson and at times
ne was completely baffled- The Lon
don critics made no bones about saying
that Smith has a right to challenge for
Johnny Coulon's title, while Marchant
has a right to 90 after Abe Attell or
Johnny K1bane for the American feath-
erweight title, although they forget per
haps that Marchant is nearer the Brit
ism limit Of 126 pounds than the Amer
lean limit of 122 pounds.