El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-15
GROVER HAYS, LIGHTWEIGHT,
DESERVING OF RECOGNITION
By Tom S. Andrews

" HERE is one lightweight who de-
serves recognition and that boy
Il is Grover Hayes, who has been
"a thing all corners in the lightweight
class for the past five years, but al
ways being a half point from the top
of the ladder, Grover started his ca
rCer in Milwaukee as a bantamWelghL
and he was faster than chain lightning
with his hands at that time, but after
going to Philadelphia, where he got
Lis chops regularly, he took on weight
and soon developed into a genuine
lightweight He has had dozens of
hard battles with the best boys among
the 1873 Founders and has always made
Il creditable showing, but he seemed
unable to get into the big money. His
battle with Freddy Welsh at Winni-
peg was a cleancut affair and from
all accounts it was a good draw \
this fight was the fact that the writer
received two reports OF the contest
from correspondents at Winnipes, one
stating that Welsh won by good mar
sin on points and the other that
Hayes had a clear shade Both boys
must have friends among the scrlbes-
Willard Stuart, manager for Hayes,
writes me as follows: Grover IS going
T. be one busy boy this fall After
the Welsh bout we have several more
in view and will meet Knockout b --
in Philadelphia some time this month,
and also Young Jack O'Brien, who by
the way. looks like a conner in the
soon grow out of 1t as he mas the build
for a fine middleweight- We may get
O'Brien for Labor day and expect to
meet Leach Cross some time N Sep
tember Harry Edwards is irving to
get Willie Richie or Joe Rivers to
meet Grover in Philadelphia some time
in September or October, but both
Rivers and Richie nave decided to re
main on the coast for a while longer
and that viii put on meeting Tor
time at least 1 want to get Joe
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feat him. 1 honestly think that Hayes
has as much right as any lightweight
to challenge WOlgast for the light
weight championship, and if a match
can be made I will see that the Michi-
san wildcat gets a fairsiZed bet OF
course l cannot bet $4,000 as they
demand of some, but 1 will be willing
to take a big chance on the winner
and loser end of the match, or in
long fight make it winner take all
OF course. that goes for a title match
only, as the chance would be worth
something
Since Mike Gibbons and Jimmy Clab-
by have announced their intentions OF
becoming fullfIedged HiddleWeights,
Johnny Thompson has CONF out of his
baystack at Sycamore, Ill. long enough
to put in protest against anyone
claiming the middleWeight title John
nv saws he is the rightful holder since
defeating Billy Papke in Australia. as
FaDke was then the recognized cham
piOn after Stanley ketcheI nad Deen
killed. Thompson has been ready and
willing to meet any legitimate middle
weight over the marathon distance
since his victory over Papke. Not one
of them has fought at the legitimate
limit of 15S pounds said Johnny the
other day, but they go around claim
ing all kinds of titles and never agree
ing to make the weight Papke can't
make it and he knows he cannot. but
he will keep on claiming the title as
long as people Will listen to him. /
Frank Klaus has no right to it, Meth I
has Eddie McGOOrty, nor Jack Dill J
n. OF the entire lot I believe Nc |
Goortv is the best, and il he wants a !