Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-13
JOHNSON LIKELY TO RETURN
TO RING IN A FEW MONTHS
Says He Will Meet Every Claimant for
Heavyweight Title This Time Out.
Other Boxing Gossip.

from ringside weighing, making 1t at 3
O'Clock instead. If McGoorty weighed in
would be greatly increased. but making
rinSs.de weight is different proposition.
His manager. Marty Forkins, says Eddy
can make the weight and be strong, but
doubt 1T very much. for McGoorty has
had trouble in the past making 15S at :,
o'clock. OF course, by steady training he
may get down to the stipulated pounda &c
and retain his strength; il not, then he
viii find Gibbons a hard man to beat.
for Gibbons Is just clever enough to
carry the fight along for a number of
rounds and outpoint the Wisconsin boy
in the latter part of the contest. Glib
bons would be giving away about eight
pounds in weight, as his best poundage
is around the 80 mark.
Jack Dillon, the INDIANAPOLIS middle
weight. who was a thorn in the side of
several of the 15S-pounders during the
past two years and who is back in the
| game, after summers rest, has taken
unto himself new manager. Jack has
secured Sam Murbarger. who trained
Eddie McGoorty for practically all his
battles up to the time he met Hugo Kelly
at kenosha, Wis Murbarger has taken
hold OF Dillon and thinks he will be able
to pull him along with the best Of the
middleweights. and also get a crack at
the championship. Talking with Muir
barger the other day he said: Il man.
aged McGoorty from the time Patsy Cal
ithsiA was tdkeI! III until the hugo Kelly
bout, and took him east when be was SO
successful there. l know Eddy like a
book and must say he is a great boxer.
! have taken Dillon as 1 think he is one
of the real good middleweightS in the
country, but has never been properly
handled. He beat McGoorty at Indian
apolis last winter. and since that time
has scored knockouts against Joe Cor
man, Bill Donovan and Hugo Kelly. For
Il time Jack was not in good health and
h tod oct but he to .r<,Ir
on his feet now, and l know will give
the best middleweiyhts in the country
the hardest kind of a battle. / have had
several offers for him in the east and
expect to close with some of the big men
down there. We may also take Il trip
abroad before the season ends, and don't
be surprised if We find our way to Aus
tralia." Dillon is particularly anxious to
make another match with McGOCrty and
would prefer the long distance to the
ten-rOund bout.
Jimmy Clabby, who many fight critics
| call the kid Mccoy of the ring got into
action this week for the first time since
his return from Australia, last spring,
meeting Knockout Brennan at Buffalo. N.
Y, and winning the popular verdict
Freeman is considered one of the promiS-
ing boys in that part of the country and
has given good account OF himself
against most of the best middleweights
therefore, Clabby's first showing since
coming home must be considered a sue
cess. Jimmy had all his cleverness with
| him, using his long left with splendid
effect, and also driving in his right 70 the
body when in close quarters. Clabby
showed that he has the punch and will
be a hard man to beat by any of the mid
dleweights, despite the fact that he can
do $50 pounds as easily as Mike Gibbons.
Clabby'S one ambition is to get on a
match with Gibbons and the winner to
meet either McGoorty or Frank Klaus,
for the American title. An effort Is be-
ing made to match Clabby with Jack
Dillon at Indianapolis and it may be ar
ranged for the latter part of November.
1t is rather unusual for a woman to be
mixed up in any way in a boxing match.
but Nine. Isabelle Til. wife of Paul Til,
the French lightweight. has been making
a name for herself in Australia. Mrs.
Til, who is a clever little Frenchwoman,
attends all the fights in which her hub
by" is engaged. and is always at the ring
side to watch Pauis every movement.
During the recent battle between Til and
Young Mccoy at Sydney the little
Fl.enchman received straight left on
the nose, and the claret began to flow.
The little Frenchwoman could not stand
management and protested that Mccoy
was not fighting fair, but hitting in the
clinches, which she said would not be
tolerated in France. However, the rules
were not transgressed. according to the
referee, and everything went along
smoothly after Paul had his face 'doused
with the sponge. "It was the first time
l ever saw blood on Pauls face" said
Mrs. Til. land of course, l thought mat
tiers were worse than they really were
She had forgotten all about the incident
the day following. and helped to enter
tain many ladies at the stadium with a
pink tea, which is all the rage there now
adays. these matinees being given once
q week for the fair sex.