Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-04
HEAVYWEIGHT BOXERS NOT
ATTRACTIVE TO PROMOTERS
Less Opposition to the Lighter Class Of
Fighters and They Are Much
Easier to Handle.

draw with him. so that if the American
weiterweight champion gains in weight
he * liable to becCme a strong contenuef
for the middleweight championship. JIM
my has been giVinS away weight In most
OF his matches and winning handiiy. \
few days ago he fought Jack Howard.
WHO is heavier tran S.nl-h. aud stopped
MIN in seven rounds; this happened AZ
MelbourEu, Australia, and only goes TO
show tat the Milwaukee boy il Gaining
in punching ability rs well 81 weight
Howard is big. strong fellow ans rain
ed with Billy Papiie when the i.t.r was
in Australia last season.
Ray Bronson the Indianapolis weller
weight. who aspires to the championship
ia that class. is very busy 10Y these
days. Ray not only BOXES a. corners
in his class. but he hes taken the nlsiIl-
agement of Chick Hayes. u baataa-
weight and is r;:nuAns press o.reau
to exploit the DIGS az himself and
Hayes. His one ;,eti seetps TO be 10 get
on q match with .I:l' y N.:s Gibbons or
Paeky MacFariand 80 :ae ~ctcrwe1ght
limit and let the w:,.tcr c.a:m the ute
OF that class. He IS also trisy trying
to arrange match between Hayes. mis-
bantam champion. ans. Sid Smith the
English bantam. who a.live6 mere fnis
week. The contest VIII Ease pi,ice at H.
dianapolis some t,:::e n Seni1l:,i-y. Ben
Crosse of Indianapolis ms boxing promo
ter. has made i cd .ne ma:ch. ana
it is possible thd; he ,wo viii COME to-
gether.
The English boxing PROMOTER aud man
ager. William L. AEies. who has B!iiE
Marchant. the 1a4-pound champion. and
sid Smith, the l!2-poui.J hampton. has
finally landed IN this country af'..r sew
eral dsa ppo:ftmenis ~ the way o. Start
ing. A.nes planned ~ come over here
.ast august, but after getting as far as
in order that Smith mish; defend his
title against sammy Keller. Then again
in November he got ready 10 start; anu
was once more delayed b. tn: Nafionai
Sporting Club insisting upon matching
Marchant for big contest at The opening
of the new arena. SIR. Aines - after the
best boys OF this country. anc = wiring
To take his chances against .Attc,l for the
fcatherweight title and Jo,.hEy Cou-on
FOR The bantam championship. Jimmy
Coffroth of San Francisco mas mace II aiI
for the Snlith-Cou.or match. w.i.ct VIII
be an international championship AFFAIR.
Athletic Club of New ORGANS will also
get busy on it. The :wo Ens:is:r boys
come highly recomm coed. anu II inc
fail TO show the highest ciass possible
there will be many disappointed critics
Frank Picato. the Ameri, aarZed Italian
lightweight who wen. 70 Australia at
the close of last season. writes 20 me
from sydney that he is doing fe-irly well
and holding his own. except against
Hughey Mehegan. II nave iad eight
fights since coming here. Whaling four
of them. losing two and one craw
fought Arthur Douglas when hist land-
ed and won after twenty rounds OF pretty
hard mining I knocked ouc both Jim
Armstrong and Jack Lewis, ana aiso an
other fellow AT brisbane. fought
Hughey Michigan aid couno am, 10 De
pretty tough proposition IN sne light
weight class. aud ] Wi! say honestly
that i WAS heavier than nc was at the
time He beat inc in tweaty ROUNDS on
points and in November k.iochsd me- out
i'm eighteen rounds. the hast bout ! iost
on points i'm twenty rounds. THIS Mehe-
gan. in my opinion, would g11e' the best
American ligbtwe,gh;s a IA d cattle. ana
think Wo!gast would have q bare time
beating him. expect 50 have anvsher
bout or two and Will then seturn to the
states.
Abe Attell. since the announcement
that he was barred in New York. has
come out with the statement that he
would like 10 so 20 England and meet
Jim Driscoii for the fea,herweight title
and $1,000 side. Atteil knows very
well that Driscoll will not make less than
100 pounds, and that IL he wants to meet
him at that weight he can get SID. bets
over in England for ten Thousand or
twenty thousand: but why go TO Eng
land. Abe. when there Is anotn.r Eng
fish boy i'm this country having JUS. come
over for the express purpose .! ..ieetinE
YOU for the featherwefght tnle? This
boy is Billy Marchant, and he IL Will
ing to make 124 pounds. also 10 bet soIne-
thing on the side. and all he ASKS IL that
the distance be no, less than twenty
rounds Here is chance .of Atte.l to
get busy in case lie defeats tod.iny XII
bane, ct Los Angeles, F~S:-uary - and
he can save himself 81. the bother OF
travelling across the Atlantic.
1t appears that at last Packy MacFar-
land has decided to leave the lightweight
class and advance one notch into the
welterweights. Packy 10 just little too
heavy to make the lightweight limit. and
a little too light to be a welterweight.
However. he viii have l,ttle trouble de-
feating practically all the welterweights
in this country, for II he wants to build
up instead of down he will find himself
stronger and in better condition around
40 pounds than at 133. This would DO
only two pounds under the welterweight
limit-that is. where the weighing-in is
done at ringside. It is up to Pscky to
come out and publicly announce whether
he is to be recognized as a lightweight
or a welterweight. IL it is TO be the
class, then by all means
catch up with Mike Gibbons at tho rec
ognized limit and there Will not - a
club in the country that win not be
ready to bid for II.