El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-23

EW YORK. n. Y. March "a
IN very important contest. the re-
/ suit of which Will have much
bearing on the ultimate possession OF
the middleweight title. takes place this
evening. when Frank Klaus and Jack
Dillon meet for 20 rounds at CoffrOth's
arena in san Francisco. In fact, they
attach so much Importance to this
match in the Golden West that the pro-
moter is billing it as a battle for the
middIeweight championship Of the
world.
Probably at no time since the IN
fortunate ending Of the peerless Ketch-
Ell has the championship muddle been
nearer settlement than at the present
time. The legitimate aspirants and
runners I'D number not more Unan IOuEs
and within the next few months 1 eN-
pect to see one of this limited coterie
establish as undisputed boss OF the
In addition to Klaus and Dillon
and one Of these will very likely be
eliminated as a contender this aIter-
noOn-there are two other gents VINO
come pretty close to filling the otll
in the matter OF championship accom-
plishments- These are Nike GIBBONS,
the speed wonder from st Baul anu
Eddie McGOOrty, the OSkosn cracker
the ten round route In New York next
Tuesday evening He boxes JACK Den
ming. who has made the best showing
of all the clever Mixes opponents IN
his Gotham battles. 1 predict a vic
tory for Gibbons and look for knock
! out before the ten rounds, nOtWlLh-
standing that several newspapers gave
Denning credit for having the best OF
il the last time.
I watched the men carefully on the
occasion Of their former meeting, anQ t
while Denning gave a good account 10 OF
himself, and probably boxed better Jnan
at any other time in his career, Glib
bons did not extend himself until near
the finish. This was due TO palpaDle
lack Of condition and not to any desire
70 permit his opponent TO stay the
limit Rather IL behOOved him TO nus
band his strength as much as possible
during the early rounds Gibbons later
on explained that the severe winter
weather OF his northern home mad IN
terfered with training operations ana
that when he arrived in New HOrk
there was not sufficient time TO pre-
pare properly. As Mike Is an unusual
" level headed young man, ne WouIo
not take unnecessary chances curing
the contest and IT was not until the
last round or two that he cut loose MS
bewilderfng array Of straight jabs.
hooks and upper cuts What he showed
then Is enough for me to pick MIN
as an easy winner over Demning next
Jim Coffroth who is trying to corral
all the middleWeight stars advises me
that Eddie McGOOrty has been matcneo
to meet the winner Of tOday's Klaus
Dillon bout. and that he hopes to OBJ
tain Gibbons consent to visit the coast
TO participate in the finals Of the
championship tourney he is promoting
AS 1 said in this column recently
shall not be surprised If McGoorty
and Gibbons are the pair who viii
eventually do battle for the title
Packey Mcfarland made short work
of Kid Burns in their return match
at Kenosha- Burns. whose sole claim
to fame rested on the black eye with
which he decorated Mcfarland when
| the boys boxed in New York some
few weeks since. was never in the
hunt and his seconds were forced, 70
| throw M the sponge in the eighth
round Friends Of mine who ran up
from Chicago to see the match say that