Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-30
BY T. S. ANDREWS.
,eciai Disna,ch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MILWAUKEE. Wis, September 30
With the middleweight crown floating
about without an owner for the past
year or two, it seems probable now that
a real champion, of America at least
will be developed within the next sea-
son. With dozens of claimants a year
ago, there was little chance of select
ing a successor to the late Stanley
ketchell, but with a number of these
claimants being eliminated the task of
picking a champion is growing easier
The division has dwindled down now to
a point where only few legitimate
contenders are left, and the prospects
are bright that these few will meet
before the coming season passes by
and settle the question for the time
being The list of real contenders ap-
pears now to be as follows: Frank
Klaus, the Pittsburgh middleweight;
Eddie McGoorty. the Oshkosh boy;
Mike Gibbons of st. Paul Jimmy
CIabby OF Hammond, Ind; knockou.
Brown OF Chicago and Frank Manteil
Of Providence, Ii. l. Jack Dillon IS not
considered at this time, as ne has Deen
out OF the running Tor some tlme ana
will have to night his way back. the
Pittsburgh boy, VINO IS promising.
Billy t-apke Is not conSidereu, as 1t is
a " eli known tact that he cannot make
the weight OF 1915 pounus, eitner ring
side or at O'Clock. II As oouD1 Vi
whether Eddie McGoorty can MAKE the
weight now, but his manager, Marty
toykins, says he can. ana until ne
shows or the pubic knows that ne can
not make it tie must De given The benent
of the doubt. The easiest way to settle
mat point is to have one OF the others
make him come forward with sub
StanIial forfeit Tor weight.
If he cannot make it then. why he
must advance into the light heavyweight
class, where ali boxers over tnat mark
belong. The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
written me that he cannot make that
weight any more, and now becomes a
light heavyweight. 1t is The same with
Billy Papke. Knockout Brown has never
been considered seriously as high-class
middleweight until his showing against
Cyclone Johnny Thompson and few
OF. ers of late, but he appears as coming
along nicely, and may give some of the
contenderS surprise. McGOorty mas
demonstrated his class beyond all ques-
ton. His knockOuts of Dave Smith OF
Australia and Jack Harrison, champion of
England, in one round each, place him
at the top of the ladder. and II he can
make the weight, why he is about due for
title. Clabby. Gibbons. Brown and
Mantell are all legitimate middleWe.ghts.
and SO is klaus, and a series of elimina-
ton bouts between the lot is in order.
Then we will have a real cfiampion-one
VINO can defend the title against all COM
ers and challenge for the worlds cham
pionship. 1t is about time.
The quick defeat of Jack Harrison Of
England by Eddie McGoorty in New York
the other night was a big surprise to
some, but not to those who knew of Har-
rison's record. He was game and
strong young fellow. but lacking in the
scientific poin,s Of the game. He won
the title in England by default, as Jim
Sullivan the former title holder, was not
in a position to defend 1t. 1t was pre-
dicted that he would not make much OF
showing against clever fellow Ike
McGoor,y, but few expected him to take
the count as quickly as Dave Smith did.
These two knocKouts in almost record
time place McGoorty on par with
Klaus or any of the first-class middle
weights. Smith. the Australian. has said
nothing, but he feels his defeat at Nc
Goorty hands keenly and is now try -ng
to work his way back to another match.
Dave fought in Philadelphia the same
night that the Oshkosh boy beat Harr1-
son, and had all the best of George
Ashe, tough middleWeight OF the Qua
ker city.
Smith showed much better form and
put up really clever fight, SO that an
other win over good man or two will
be enough to give him a chance in New
York against a top-nOtcher again. And
while Smith and McGoorty were making
names for themselves, Mike Gibbons, the
st. Paul sensation, was in action in the
same ring as Eddie, against 15O-pounder
named Tommy Maloney. Mike, so it
was claimed. hurt his arm and could not
use it to the best advantage, with the
result that Tommy went the ten rounds
1t seems strange that none of the east
ern promoters has made a special effort