Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-25

Young Nlpper. England. ;. Weiterweisht
sid stag: England. %. Welterweight
It will be seen by the above list that
der contract to the Stadium at sydney,
and 1T must be that they draw well or
the management could not afford to pay
af OF them shnu,a gaa,rantee which it is
proper showing he will be matched with
owen Moran and Matt Wells.
The fans of the middle west have
got to take OF their hats to Charlie
White. the Chicago boy, whom Nate
Lewis has nursed along for the past
few years In the hope that some day he
would be champion-not a light
weight champion. It was supposed.
from the boys build. that he would re-
main featherweight for several years.
but the almost constant physical exer-
else which he has had has resulted In
building him up to that point where
he no longer can make the feather
weight limit and he is now nearly a
full fiedged lightweight. scaling nicely
at 100 pounds. Since White gave Pal
Moore such a beating at Kenosha last
winter he has been going right down
the line. scoring knockouts and dem
Onstrating that he has a stin kick In
either hand. He met a setback at the
hands Of Jack Britton. but from all &C.
COuuIo no 6dtO away Weight " tAO
clever Jack and put up fine battle
over the marathon route. At Racine.
Wis, the other night he met Mickey
Sheridan (another Chicago lightweight
who has been doing well abo ut, the he
one round and fifty-two seconds. For
three minutes OF the arst round Mickey
made a showing because the White boy
was feeling him out. Mickey rushed
and slugged. but it did not make
Charlie open up. He had the Kid Nc
Coy expression on his face and waited
his chance. The chance came at the
beginning OF the second round. Sherf-
dan rushed and was m. met by by T straight "a
pact Of the man rushing In and meet
Ing the stir jolt put him down. clean as
q whistle. Mickey was fiat on his back.
but succeeded in getting to his feet
down. He Immediately went down
again on one knee. which was viola.
ton Of the rules, and at the count OF
nine arose, but he was apparently SO
dazed that the referee stopped II ano
gave the decision to White. which
under the circumstances. was proper
Mickey had no chance and the referee
action prevented any possible serious
ending 1t might be well to mention; TOO,
that at the same show two very clever
bantams appeared in the semi-hnal bout
-Artie Armstrong Of Chicago and Young
Sinnett Of Rock Island. III. Armstrong
is a duplicate Of Eddie Santry, having
that clever boxers style and expression.
while Sinnett is Just the reverse, being
more of the Solly Smith style or nghter,
when that great little battler was meet
ing such stars as Johnny Grimm ana
George Dixon years ago. Young sinnett
tie more cleverness and experience ne
| will be In line for Johnny Coulon ana ma
Williams.
Milwaukee had a visitor this week in
| the person Of Patsy McCartin. fire chief
OF Colorado Springs. Col, who at one
| time was one Of the best heavyweights
hereabouts and who used to tight with
| the bare 'uns. There are many fans In
| Wisconsin who will remember Patsy NC
| Cartin for his terrific fights with Gypsy
| Ward, Frank Written and other heavies
| Of the late Sos and early sos. Patsy also
| conducted boxing Journeys at his OLD
place on East Water street. One night
he had two colored men fight-John Dyer.
a clever middleweight. and q Fellow
named Doc Watson. Patsy had bottle
Of alcohol and ammonia mixed. which he
rubbed Dyer With Dyer kept sept j jaD6ins
and rubbed his face all over. Dyers
shoulders In an effort to keep In close
Dyer beat him good. The next day
friends Of Watson were ,oshing him mns about nut
replied: "Ah done de best ali could.
man, but how could anybody win VIII
cloroform soaked all over tina ring. All
was simply cloroformed and beat" Patsy
is now head Of the fire department In
Colorado Springs and the father OF
happy family OF eight children.
The postponing Of the McGoorty- Klaus
match for one week by the South Side
A. c. OF Milwaukee brings the boxing
commission into favor once more. When
McGoorty notified the club that he had a
cut eye and asking for a postponement:
the boxing commission was advised OF
the same The secretary Immediately
ordered McGoorty to come to Milwaukee
and be examined by the commissions
dent that a weeks delay was advisable
SO the commission granted the extension
in time, but failure to keep the date as
arranged would result In being barred
from Wisconsin for a period Of six
months Therefore. the match booked
for September %. McGoorty received
the cut in his fight with Battling Levin
sky Of New York. known as Barney Will
uams Of Philadelphia There are two
middleweights anxious to meet the win
ner of the McGoorty-Klaus match-Jack
| Cmp. Christie. by the way, Ia coming
| along nicely. having added a win to his
, credit over Dick Gilbert, the Cincinnati
middleweight, who recently beat poor old
Mike Schreck. Gilbert is a pretty husky
boy at that and Christie must have
hope there will be no more delays In the
meeting between the Oshkosh boy and
Klaus, for II will be the means OF help
ing clear up the middleweight tangie.
What is the real reason for Willie
| Richie calling Off his match with Fred
| dy Welsh. the British champion. at Van
couver, B. c., which had been set for