Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-16
BY T. S. ANDREWS.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.,, June 15.-Jimmy
Clabby, the Milwaukee boy, who formerly
held the welterweight championship and
relinquished II to advance into the mid
dleweight ranks, has taken a great fancy
TO the racing game. and 1t will not be
surprising to hear of Jeems having a rae
ing stable before he gets through. Then
again Jimmy may so broke on the ponies
before he has chance to get q stable
OF his own and he may not be able to
follow in the footsteps Of Pittsburgh
PHIL and other plungers Clabby has
been boxing In Australia the past six
months and he has done remarkably we'll,
earning big money and winning practical
" all his battles. He has been attending
the races at the famous Randwick course
in Sydney. and reports just received here
state that one big stake race netted
Jimmy nearly f4O0. which would be
$1,000. while another race brought him
nearly $1,7OO He is reported to have
won big sums Of money on the
races. but whether Jeems is hanging on
TO the coin is another question. No Won
der the fair-haired Jimmy has lik-
ing for faraway Australia, for he has
written home that he likes the country
SO well he is thinking of remaining there
until next season. although last reports
by cable announced that he would come
to the states for the summer to see his
folks and return again In the fall. If
Jimmy gets back before July he has
big offer to meet Mike Gibbons at Buff
falo, n. Y, Independence day, but II is
not expected that he will get back in
time. A match between Clabby and Glib
bons at $50 pounds would be worth trav-
a1f Eau ~ hot
clever and fast of foot, with Jimmy hav-
ing the hardest kick In his ndtt.
Bob Mocha, the chunky middleweight OF
Milwaukee. who is about as hard a nut to
crack as there IS among the 15S or 10
Founders in this or any other country,
lost a bunch of coin the past week be-
cause he went on a fishing expedition
and failed TO leave word with his man
ager where he could be found. Bob
hiked away to a shack somewhere around
Pewaukee lake. twenty miles from Mil
waukee, and for three days wires to that
burg, also special messengers. failed to
locate the chunky one. And every hour
that Bob was missing it cost him money.
He had one offer from London TO leave
al once for meeting with Georges Car
pentier, which meant big money, and
another to leave for Australia on June
II, but failure to locate him cost the trip
10 the antipodes. IL would have meant
some big matches in Australia and a good
guarantee. Next time Robert goes away
on a fishing trip he will no doubt leave
his address.
The Johnson-F Flynn championship battle
set for Las Vegas. y. Mex, July 4, has
drawn the attention of the United States
senators and representatives; in fact SC
much so that they have practically pu,
through a bill prohibiting the sending oil
fight films In interstate commerce. That
IS certainly going pretty far 10 try &c
prevent a boxing match. No doubt the
whole affair IS the result of the agitation
IN 1910 when such a howl went up about
showing pictures OF the fight wherein
the colored man was victor over the white
man. No doubt, too, the same impress
sion prevailed when the Johnson-Wells
light was stopped in England However
the legislature OF New Mexico had nc
feeling N the matter. one way or the
other for II passed a law legalizine
boxing bouts. and. not to be outdone. heI
sister state. Arizona, also passed a law
lesaliz.ng boxing 10 the extent of twenty
round bouts. While there are many molly
coddes who want 10 prohibit all kinds OF
sport boxing included, still there are
hundreds OF thousands OF men and boys
who like the sport, the same as they like
5ase ball and who demand to have 1t
This move of the senators and representa-
tives seems ridiculous, although it may