Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-22
AUSTRALIAN PROMOTERS DO
NOT LIKE TEN-ROUND BOUTS
Fail to Approve Of Calling Such Affairs
Championship Events Other Boxing
Gossip.

October %, and hence to his home IN
Australia. While in London he Will en-
deavor to sign a few of the best Brltish
lightweights and middleweights and also
a couple of French boxers-Carpentier.
if possible-to make the trip with him.
Tom Jones, manager Of Ad Wolgast'
the worlds champion lightweight. has
evidently changed his tactics in making
matches for the titleholder. for he Ger
tainly did business at New orleans IN
hurry when he signed up to meet Joe
Mandot. the southern champion ID ).
To-torich manager of the West size
Club at New Orleans, had expected lot
of dickering with the Jones party be-
fore getting the match arransned put 10
his surprise he completed all details
for the match with Sir Thomas IN Just
fifteen minutes. That is surely a rec
ord for Tom. and If he follows that plan
in the future he will no doubt make
lots of matches. Instead of twenty
to a ten-round affair. which will be in
side the city limits and at the base ball
park.
Mr.. Tortorch says there will be ire
mendous crowd present, and that he is
confident the gate will run to $3o,Uo,
which will be almost a record for short
bout between little men. Milwaukee drew
$24,O0O for a short bout between the late
Stanley Ketchel and Billy Papke. Should
Mandot and WolgaSt go the ten ROUNDS
is strong probability that they may be
matched over the marathon distance be-
fore the same club, at the arena across
the river from New Orleans. where they
can seat over 5000 people. 1t would
draw from all parts of the south and
near north. Mandot showed his form the
other night when he defeated his former
sparring partner Joe Sherman. at Mem
himself back. preferring to take no
chances at hurting his hands, but ne
won by plenty Of margin at that. VOL
CAST has been working steadily Tor three
weeks and will be in good shape Tor the
test to come. If Mandot starts to put up
a rushing fight there is liable to be
a knockout before the end of the ten
rounds. otherwise look for ten-round
contest with honors divided and with VOL
CAST doing the aggressive work. IL
should be a pleasing bout for the fans,
as Mandot likes the other man to set
the pace and that suits Ad to perfection.
Johnny Kilbane. the featherweight
champion, has opened up his fall cam
paign in earnest with a second meeting
with Eddie O'Keefe in Cleveland, Ohio.
The contest went the twelve rounds ana
the champion received the decision. Ed,
die wanted another chance. he said, ana
he got it, but the result was the same.
Johnny may not be knockerout cham
pion, but he is there with the cleverness
and that is what boxing Is supposed 10
be for-to show how clever man can
De WIN the gloves. <udHy Adho INT ~
see the knockouts, but the real admirers
of the sport are usually satisfied to see
a clever young man, able to gain oe-
cisions by clever tactics.
Hughey Michigan, the Australian cham
pion lightweight. may be seen in action
in the states before he returns nome.
after all. 1t was expected that he would
with his match with Matt Wells. the
British champion. as Hugh d. Mcintosh
cabled him a splendid offer to return,
but the West Side A. C. of New Orleans
has gone after Michigan for a match with
the winner of thZ Wolgast-Mandot bout
Of November f. d. ]. Tortorich thinks
he can afford to pay a big price for such
a match, as it would be a real interna-
tional battle and draw tremendous
crowd to the southern city. If Wolgast
should retain his title and then meet Me-
hogan it would indeed be a contest for
the worlds title, as Michigan is cham
pion of Australasia and worthy a match
for the championship. His battle with
Wells showed him to be strong fighter.
as well as clever boxer. If the in
ducements are big enough it is expected
that Michigan will make the trip over
here and then return to Australia via
San Francisco. having another bout there
before sailing for the antipodes. The
Australian can make the lightweight
limit without bother, SO there would be
no hitch on that score. 1t is a match
tiLdl "oulu dltIdCl Tie dllentlOn VI the
sporting public all over the country.
Luther McCarty's quick defeat of AL
Kaufman at San Francisco the past week
came as a big surprise to some and still
not surprising to many who knew the
condition the former Frisco idol had
been in.
There is no denying the fact that Kauf-
man was not in the best of shape up to
within two months ago. but whether he
was fit and we'll when he met the big
white hope is another question. Reports
say that Al was in good shape. However
goes with such victory, for he has been
working up to the top of the ladder grad
ually and improving with each battle.
Billy Mccartney said that Luther needed
experience only; that he had the strength
and nerve. and it appears that Billy is
about right He may not be a world
beaten, but he must be given credit for
winning against some pretty fair big men,
1t also means the passing of kaufman
as white hope. and the chances are that
Al will retire for good now. Instead of
Jim Flynn going after Jack Johnson for
another bout let him meet McCarty and
show just how good the latter is Flynn
may not be champion but he has shat
tered several hopes. and he is just good
enough to make all the heavies show at
their best to win over him. And before
tackling Johnson again let Jim have a
heavyweight champion. Then he can talk
about another match with the present
champion.
Two of the American fighters who are