El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-19
.HE MIDDLEwEIGHT

-HE MIDDLEWEIGHT champion
ship question is still matter of
4 conjecture. 1t was expected
that the McGoorty- Gibbons contest in
New York would clear the atmosphere
a bit, but far from it. Neither one
predicted by many that there would
be a decisive winner and that the lucky
one would be practically next TO the
American championship, the Other con
tenders being Frank Klaus and Billy
Papke. According to the showing IN
New York McGoOrty must be given the
place of honor. but he will have to do
a lot better than he did against Glib
bons, to hold the place. 1 still believe
that Eddie is better OF making 15S
pounds at o'clock, than r1nSside. and
the same goes for Papke, who I am
certain cannot do 158 ringslde- And
also believe Jimmy Clabby viii give
anv one of them a hard battle for the
title at 15S pounds. ringside- Why not
match Clabby and Gibbons, and the
Yankee claimants. Clabby has received
an offer to box Papke or Klaus IN
France and he VIII no DOUBT accept
the only hitch is regarding terms II
we are to have a recognized cham
pion it is time the leaders got tOgeLher
and settled the question This point
shows the necessity OF having an assO-
citation to handle such affairs more
than ever. If there was a boxing asso-
citation or national board with power
to act it would be an easy matter to
select the two best men to battle
for the vacant title and then let the
winner defend It under proper conql-
WelterWeight ranks
A little story in connection with the
McGoorty- Gibbons battle leaked out
after the match was over. 1t will be
recalled now that the Two boxers ana
their managers parted for several
months about match before getting
down to business The story goes that
manager Reddy and Nike were con-
vinced that McGOOrty could not make
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that weight, while Eddie and his man
ager, Marty Perkins, held for a higher
pOundage. When McGoorty fought
Dave Smith ne was trained down to a.
point where he could not afford to
take off any more weight without
weakening himself Gibbons, or his
manager, was at the weighing in, al
though it was catchWe1ghts. but the
boxing commissioners wanted. the
about six pounds Of lead slowed away
under his belt so that he tipped the
scales at 1e5 pounds. That IS what
guard and they offered to make the
weight 15S ringside. They were sur
prised to have FOrkins accept and be-
fore any further chickering's could be
INDUCED in, fOrfeits we're posted Then
when McGOOrty fought Jack Harrison
discovered that the Oshkosh boy had
in at ringside at 1873 pounds
No doubt this news Jared on the
nerves OF Gibbons. who must have
the weights when Eddie scaled for
Dave Smith But then. it is only one
Of the tricks Of the trade as regards
the boxing game.
The retirement of Abe Atteu from
the rOped arena marks the passing Of
one of the cleverest and greatest
featherWefghts that ever dOnned a
glove. He IS one Hebrew fighter who
will always be remembered as a past
master IN ring science. 1t has often
been said of Able that he toyed with
opponents he found he could beat and
let them go the limit, just to get an
other match, but I doubt this in many
sases. The same claim was made when
he fought frankie Conley at New Or
leans, but I know positively that at /
that time Atten came near losing his /
title to the Wisconsin boy 1t was not 4
1 case Of holding back on Attells part. ]
but a plain case of going back and I
-onIey knew it at the time. That was I
he reason why Conley tried so hard to 4