Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-04
CHAMPIONS ARE DEMANDING
SMALL FORTUNES TO FIGHT
Want Anywhere From Ten to Thirty
Thousand Dollars, Even for Ten
Round No-Decision Bout.
Other Gossip.

| or take on the winners Of the elimination
tourney to be started by Billy Gibson.
BY the time they get through and a
| final Is arranged there will be some real
| white heavyweight champion. And, by the
way, Jim Flynn should be included In the
/ list Of heavies especially in the semi
/ Chicago heavyweight, should be given
| hearing, too. Let them all fight 1t out
| among themselves. and some good tough
! fights will be the result, with some real
meantime the colored heavyweights
| might arrange sort of elimination tour
| ney among themselves, there being Sam
| I.angford Sam McVea, Joe Jeanette and
| Cleve Hawkins. II may be possible to
! bring about a match between the winners
| OF the two Journeys. providing promoters
! can be found who Will match the colored
| men with the whites, and the winner OF
the big final would be pretty near having
| look-in at the big noise. But handling
e lot OF heavyweight stars is like engag-
! ing a bunch Of opera singers-each one
/ wants to be the dictator.
| That the operation for appendicitis left
its mark on the lightweight champion
Ad Wogast-was admitted by the little
titleholder to the writer during talk
Cadillac boy was ever able to go through
| thirteen such whirlwind rounds that he did
| on July with Joe Rivers at Los Angeles
Some people told me that there would
| tion.' said Wo!gast, while others ad-
!, vised me to go slow, but. OF course. my
ambition to get going again got the bet
ter OF me. and ] decided TO take q
| chance, for after my fOur-round bout
with Richie and my six-round AFFAIR in
Philadelphia with Young Jack OBrien
| I felt fine However. In my battle Win
| Rivers I know that was not right. ana
| the wonder is that my strength held out
| so we'll. The greatest trouble was IN
! losing weight. Instead Of taking on flesh
| I began to lose, and when / entered the
ring for the Rivers fight did not weigh
| over 1o5 pounds-almost the same as
| most OF the featherweights. Previously l
had always weighed about 134 just before
| q fight, which would give me some nesn
| to work off and still retain my weight ana
! strength. Since the operation ! seem 10
F.. lose weight whenever I start training
| hard. and that cannot afford to do, as 1t
| drags me down too fine.
T1hat 10 one reason why l want to rest
| gain the weight lost out west. Then IT
will give me something to work on wnen
| train. At the present time ! weigh
about 133 stripped. but am feeling me,
pounds. so that / will set back to my
normal condition But they cannot ten
me again that operations do not anect
lone. AS to the Rivers fight. l wish TO
say that in my opinion the Mexican was
not knocked out, but that he quit wnen
| he saw he had no chance to win. l also
believe that he did not respond as he
should have done in his fight with John-
ny Kilbane / don't want to knock the
fellow, but I cannot help stating that IN
my honest opinion he could have re-
sumed fighting July 4 if he had wanted
to. 1t would have been better for him.
I am positive that / never fouled the
boy; the blow that put him down was
fair one to the body. or what some would
term the solar plexus which Bob Fitz-
simmons used to put Jim CorDett away:
will not fight again until the last OF
September. at the earliest, and possibly
not until Thanksgiving day. have agreed
to meet Packey Mcfarland in New YORK
and give him considerable weight. but
they must give me the best of the money
terms, otherwise there will be nothing
doing After I get started again / will
meet all the challengers in sight as long
as the promoters will put up the COIN.
For fighter, who has never been
knocked of his feet, as Jack Dillon
claims. he is not the bright star in the
ntddleweight division that might be ex-
pected. Dillon has had a world of fights
and against some very good men, but for
of the top row. Probably it is because
Jack has neverr had the press agent
work that some OF the others have en-
joyed. The trouble seems to be that
Jack is very similar to Jack Dougherty OF
Milwaukee. who was near welterweight
champion. Dougherty could fight like a
bunch of wildcats when the occasion de-
manded. but he had what the fighters
had n man going he would let up and
| give him & c'islce to come back. That
1 seems 10 be tic trouble with Dillon. He
| has tine ability. but does not possess that
dash and get to him that some fighters
/ do and he fails to take advantage Of
! openings that some boxers would make
good use of. Dillon got away from his
usual draw when he put Joe German to
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/ be classed with the top row middle
/ weights Jack is anxious now to clash
/ with Eddie McGoorty and Jimmy Clabby
| and he says ne will get after Frank Klaus
] tourney between Dillon. Clabby. Gibbons.
McGOorty. Klaus and Papke would be
very interesting providing Billy can make
| the 15S-pOund mark, and falling to do SO.
Buck Grouse would fill the bill, that Is,
! when he returns from Australia.
| Jimmy Mason the Pittsburgh fight man.
ager and promoter, has decided to take
his protege. Back Grouse. to far-away
Australia for a season Of boxing. having
signed up with Hugh ID. Mcintosh for a
series OF Ave to ten battles. Mason will
also take the clever little lightweight.
Red Robinson. with him Robinson
! fought Packey Mcfarland a hard ten
round battle at Syracuse. n. Y, and
| showed to good advantage. Grouse is a
boy after Jimmy Clabby's style. being
clever and good two-iiande3 fighter just
| the style the Australians like, and he
should make good over there. or, rather.
/ down below. Grouse has met the best
m.ddleweights IN this country and has as
much right to try for the title as any
/ of them. He Is strong at 13G pounds and
the chances are that he will take on a
| little weight. which is what he needs for
with couple OF pounds added he will be
a high-class middieweight and one to be
reckoned with m the scramble for the
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