Evening star., 1912-03-10
MAYOR HARRISON,S ACTION A
BIG BOOST FOR BOXING GAME
May Result in Formation Of a National
Organization Whose Purpose It Will
Be to Foster the Sport.

French boy delivered the goods. He has
grown within the past year from a light
weight into middleweight. or rather a
light heavyweight, for Leon See. the
tier can hardly do the middleweight any
more, which. if it is true, will bar him
from claiming the worlds title,- as some
have claimed he would. He gains the
European title of middleweight cham
pion, having defeated Sullivan at the
English weight limit. 100 pounds at .
o'clock. but the American weight and
for that matter. the international weight
is recognised at 15S pounds ringside
However. Billy Papke defeated Sullivan
nine rounds. which gave the English
title to him, but since then Papke has
grown out OF the class and Sullivan
claimed the title again, only to lose it
to the Frenchman.
When Jack Johnson was in London pre-
pairing for his proposed battle with Bonn
Daroier Wells. the Frenchman, then q
welterweight. worked with Jack, and the
Georges was the cleverest and most
promising young fighter he had ever seen.
He is fine young fellow, only nineteen
years OF age, and possesses the build of
an Adonis. He Is growing SO fast that
his tutor believes he will soon be in the
heavy weight class. and it might come to
pass that this same youth whom Jack
johnson picked out as a great fighter
will be the one to rob the colored man
of his heavyweight crown. Stranger
game. 1t only goes to prove what can
be accomplished when you set about
anything. few years ago the French
Ieople were jokes as boxers. but now
americas and kngland's best lighters
for the championship titles in three diff
ferent classes. That is surely going at a
rapid pace. Carpenter is soon to meet
Kid Mccoy in Paris. and barring acci,
dents should beat the once famous Kid
as quickly as he defeated Sullivan.
There seems to be a misunderstanding
among many OF the sporting men regard
ing the class Mike Gibbons, the st. Paul
boxer. belongs to- Some Of his friends
have been claiming the welterwe.ght
championship for him. while others have
claimed the middleweight title. The fact
is Mike is no champion of either class,
although he is probably as much entitled
to the championship as a great many
others who are claiming it. 1t Is unfor-
tunate that Gibbons is at such weight
just now. being between the weher-
same as Fackey Mcfarland is in as re-
CARDS the lightweight class. There is no
doubt that Mike Gibbons is one of the
greatest boxers who have been developed
in the past twenty-five years. possessing
a marvellous left hand and being an ex-
cellent judge of distance. Mike is proba-
bly, at his best around 14S pounds. His
manager. Edward Reddy. told me him
self that it would be hard work for Mike
to make 142 pounds at 3 o'clock or 14o
pounds at r:ngside, which is the welter-
weight limit. He is about ten pounds be-
low the middleweight limit, and will
therefore be obliged to give away con-
siderable weight in that class. but I be-
lieve he can hold his own with practically
all the middleweights who can make 15S
pounds ringside. He will undoubtedly
gain weight. and like Jimmy Clabby will
soon become fulI-fedged middleweight.
Gibbons. has as much right to a try for
the middleweight title as any of them.
He is young. gaining in strength and also
in weight and has a most promising fu-
ture.