Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-31
BY T. S. ANDREWS.
Special Dispatch to The Star,

Special Dispatch to The Star
MILWAUKEE, Wis. March 3o.-The
matching of Eddy McGoorty and Frank
Klaus at San Francisco will go n long
ways toward settling the middicw ei ght
championship proposition. This contest
is announced as being for the cham
pionShip of the world, but this is
wrong. for il can only be for the cham
pionShip of America. The time has
passed when the Americans had abSo-
lutte control over the various classes in
boxing. and now they must consider
other countries as being in the race for
titles. England. France and Australia
have champions in the mddleweight
class who are entitled TO a try for the
worlds title and until we can develop
a man who can win from the various
champions it will be a hard matter to
crown the American champion of the
world. However, we are getting to "a
point now where a real American cham
pion will be developed and recognized.
and it will be an easy matter then to
settle the worlds ti+',. The defeat of
Hugo Kelly by Eddy McGoorty had a
great deal to do with clearing the at
mosphere in the middleweight division.
and now that McGoorty is to meet
Frank Klaus it will about settle mat
tiers, for the winner of this contest can
claim the title in America and defend
IT against all Corners
There is no doubt that Jack Dillon and
several other middleweishts have right
to challenge for the title but it is first
necessary to create a champion, and
then have him defend it. With Mike
Gibbons entering the middleweight dlvi-
sion there will be a great deal of inter-
est created thereby, for it Will mean
that the St. Paul boy will be matched
with the winner of the klaus-McGoorty
battle. Gibbons has finally made up his
mind to get out of the welterwelght
ranks. and take on 15S-pounders. \ bat
tie between McGoorty and Gibbons
should prove one of the best attractions
in the country, for both are clever, and
have different styles of fighting With
a recognized champion OF America, 1T
will then be up to the man holding the
title to get busy and match up with the
champions of France and England Cor
ges Carpenter the French champion,
will probably be the hardest man TO beat,
and there is possibility OF the French
man capturing the worlds championship
for the middleweiGht class. 1t will really
not be necessary to bother about the
British title at the present time. as Car
pentier recently won that from Jim Sui
Ivan. and if the American champion car
defeat the FrenChman he Will be killing
two birds with one stone.
The split between Tom McCarey. the
Los Angeles promoter, and Tom Jones.
manager OF Ad WolgaSt, will probably
mean the cancelling of the proposed
match between Wolgast and Joe Rivers.
the Mexican lightweight. There was no
occasion for Il split between the two men.
as Mr. McCarey had made bona tide
offer and "A very liberal one at that, for
a contest between WoIgast and Rivers.
for July 4. and had IL not been for the
sarcastic answer which Jones sent to Nc
Carey there would have been 10 trouble
Jones may have intended il as joke
but the Los Angeles promoter failed to
see it. and refused 10 take il as such
When a man offers SEQ in cold cash
10 a boxer, with a ceTtai-. privilege III
connection with ii, he Is going pretty
steep, and no fighter has a right TO treat
1t lightly. 1t is big money for any boxer
whether he is a champion or not, and II
they were not all money-,nad they would
consider il as such. Rivers has proven
himself d first class boy. and as much
entitled To match with WOlgaSt as any
lightweight in the country. Some time
ago WolgaSt made the stipulation that
Rivers must do certain things in order to
get the 18th of July date with him; the
Mexican lived up 10 all demands of Vol
CAST, and X now waiting for the cham
pion to make good his part of the propo-
sition. WoleaSt now talks OF meeting
Willy RitCnie for the championship i'm his
next match. hUt sporting men genera. y
would prefer 10 see him battling with
either Rivers or Packy Mcfarland. II