El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-23

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many of the smaller colleges through
out the country have taken up Ine
game, and from present lndlcaIlohs ~
will be possible TO hold IourhalheHIs
on a very large scale IN Inc neaI ~
ture, with representatives from many
of the states. This would be on psI
with the way in which some OF the
big tournaments in England are con-
There seems no good reason why the
sport should not be fostered Tor Il
is certainly less injurious than 1oot-
ball, and teaches men to nave DelleL
control of their tempers As one OF
the leading professors In a big souIn-
ern university said, only week ago
I want the boys in my college 70
take Up the boxing game, ana Wnen
they have disputes TO settle them VITA
the gloves It is more manly, ana
teaches the boys to settle their dill
ferences without resOrung TO the use
Of revOlvers and other dangerous Weap-
ons" Professor r. 7. Mckenzie Of the
university of Pennsylvania, is just as
enthusiastic over boxing, as professor
Stagg is over football. at the universe
ty Of Chicago, and he predicts tnat
within few years all the preJuolce
against boxing viii have died away
Packy to Travel.
Packy Mcfarland, the pride Of Chi
cagO, and near lightweight champion
of the United States, IS planning =
tour around the world. about 1913, and
time, and settle down to a quiet NE
In talking Of the proposition IN chi
cagO, the other day, Packey said 70
the writer. Ever since / returned
from Europe I have had my mind set
on making a tour around the WoIld,
and I would like to do II while i am
near the top OF the heap in the box
ing line You know while am a
card" there is a certain magnetism
about the drawing power, ana II Woul4
mean money to me in the countries 4
would visit, where boxing is permit
ted I had made up my mind a year
and a half ago TO go TO Australia ana
even signed a contract with hugh NC
IntOsh for q tour through that country
but my brother objected so strenuous
Is that i gave uD the trip, ana re-
NAMED at home although fl cost me
$4,000 to do So I have several con-
tests in view now, one with Dung Elne
in Philadelphia and another with
Knockout Brown, but aside from That,
have not negotiated any big matches,
at The present time
1T is my intention to work my way
out west, then go to Australia, ana
from there visit South Africa, after
which I would go TO London and Paris,
returning home by way Of New Ork-
I cannot say positively at this time,
that will 60 through with H. ouL
those are my intentions II nothing
turns up to prevent them All this
talk about my meeting Nike GIBBONS.
az the welterweight limit, is Dosn.
while I can fight around the light
weight limit, not that / am afraid Of
Gibbons in the least, but do not IN
tend to give away weight 70 a cleNer
man like Gibbons, when ii is not nee
esSary. There has also been talk Of ny
meeting Ray Bronson at 14Z pounds
but nothing has been done in this re-
spect. and I Wi not go through with
the match unless there is good money
in sight The one man want 10
meet most of all is Ad WOlgast, ana
If he viii make a match at l55 IDS
at 3 o'clock, he will find me ready TO
do business in hurry. and there VIII
be no backing up on my part see
no reason why ne should favor some
of these other fellows ahead OF me,
for I think 1 am the logical candidate
viii find out in the not distant future,
that the clubs viii insist upon all
weighing at 3 o'clock in the afternoon,
instead of ringside-'
Frankly a Feather.
Frankly Burns. the New Jersey ban
tam weight. who has raised such
howl over the decision given against
him in his fight with Johnny Conlon
for the bantamweight title. is think
ing seriously of joining the feather
eight ranks His new manager. Tom
my Walsh, feels that Burns VIII stand
a splendid chance Of beating Abe At
tell. or Johnny Kilbane, at the feath-
eTWeight limit Of 1Z2 lbs. rlngsiue-
youngsters I have ever taken hold
Of" writes Tommy. from New Orleans,
"and I believe he will be the champion
fcatherWe1ght before he gets through
They tell me that Charley White is
being grOOmed for a match with XII
bane: if Charley White will make l2l
lbs ringside: we VIII take him on, and
give him all the side bets he wants.
This weight business goes for any OF
the stars. but not for any of the sec
ond raters- He viii also give Johnny
wants to make a match for the bantam
weight title under the same conditions
as existed at New Orleans in their
last match. I want to go to the coast,
and later make a trip to Europe, as
I would like to match Frankly against
this new French champion, Jean POesy,
and also Sid Smith, the English boy,
who got homesick and left New York
when he was matched 70 meet tranky
in New Orleans
EngIishman Makes Good.
Billy AIarchant, the English feather
V eight who came over here recently,
under the management OF W. T. Amos
has been making good in the east,
nv Kfbane for the featherEeight
championship. The little foreigner
has been kept busy around New Aork
and Philadelphia. and has oeen up
against some very good boys, defeat
ing Tommy O'TOOle, Boldly ScanI0ni
Bobby Reynolds, and others, within
space Of three weeks. That Is pretty
good showing for a stranger, and en-
titles him to consideration from the
best in the country He is now trying
to get on match with Charley White
the Chicago featherweight at CleFe-
land Ohio. and also with Joe Rivers,
the sensational Mexican fighter, at Los
Angeles. Marchant weighed 13S lbs
when he landed in New York, but ne
is getting down to his natural weS<1t
now. and scales around 124 to 125 lbs
If he is not successful in getting on a
big match here shortly. he intends to
return to England. and meet the win
ner of the Jean POsey-Jem Driscol
bout
Jem DriscOu. the British feather
weight champion, who announced his
retirement some time ago, unlc~- he
could get a match with Abe Attell. for
the championship, has changed his
mind. and viii reenter the ring on the
night OF June 3, at the National Sport
ing club in London, when he meets
John Poesy, the French champion. in
a title match They are to meet at
126 lbs. at o'clock, which is the
recognized featherweight limit in
Great Britain and France Since Poe