Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15
BOXING CLUBS ARE RUNNING
ALONG DURING HOT SEASON
Cool Weather This Summer Has Given
Them Chance to Keep Shows
Going Indoors.
BY T. S. ANDREWS.
.rresncndence of The Star.

BY T. S. ANDREWS.
Special Correspondence of The Star
MILWAUKEE. Wis, June IA. 1918.
The cool weather so far this summer
has enabled the boxing clubs to hold
regular bouts without any Inconvenience
70 the patrons and If 1t continues there
will be many more big bouts held before
tho fail season sets in Usually the
clubs close up for the summer months,
but up 10 the present time the weather
has been ideal for boxing and really
TOO cold for outdoor events of this
kind With the many contests arranged
for the Fourth of July there will no
doubt be let-up in the number OF
shows until the fall season begins.
Mike Gibbons seems to have a good rival
FOR honors in his own class in his
rother Tommy. The latter has been
omng to the front of late and doing
:plendidIy against eastern boys Of his
,wn weight He has been sent against
-one good punchers and seems to have
yeathered the storms all right. His
iefeat of Frank Logan at Philadelphia
he other night stamps him as real
God 1JLpounder. and in short time
10 Will be right up among the middle
veights Both Mike and Tommy intend
rest up for a time and will leave
or home in a few days and take mat
heir manager Eddy Reddy. intends to
,rrange for busy campaign. Mike is
song after all the middleweights OF
lass then. and Tommy will be nursed
long slowly, advancing as Brother Mike
suggests.
DESPITE the boxing accident at Calgary.
Canada in which Luther McCarty Tell
r ~, nj nG
~ Edmonton. Alta. have decided that
they will not prohibit the game in that
city The authorities take the very SEN
sihle view that such accidents are just
as liable to occur in any other line or
sport, and they see no good reason for
making goat of the boxing game. 1t
IS probable that some good bouts will be
staged at Edmonton later in the season.
However, there will be nothing doing at
Calgary until after the case against
Tommy Burns and Arthur Pelkey is set
lied. which will be the latter part of this
month or in July. 1t is generally eX-
Dected that they will be released without
blame.
frankie Conley, the Kenosha bearcat
Of couple of years ago, is making an
effort to get back into the limelight.
frankie has not had chance to shine
since he was beaten in his terrible battle
with Johnny kilbane at Los Angeles
over a year ago, when he fought the
champion and gave away a lot of weight.
frankie has been just above the bantam
weight limit and too light for Il husky
featherweight, but of late he has taken
on a little weight and now scales around
the featherweight mark of 100 pounds.
He will try to stop Kid Luclan at
New Orleans. and if he does he has
been promised match with some of
the top notchers. 1t is two years ago
that frankie fought Johnny Coulon
and Abe Attell for big purses at the
Crescent city.
The injury to AID Wolgast has pre-
vented a corking good contest. as it
was generally admitted that his clash
with Johnny Dundee would be of the
wildcat order, both being mixers and
always ready for exchanges. AID has
never been right since he was operated
on at Los Angeles, and there is little
doubt that he was not the same VOL
CAST of old when he fought Willie
Richie. He will be out of the game
for several months. and it is a pretty
good prediction that the Michigan bear
cat will never take part again in a
really big match.
Charlie Ledoux. the French bantam
weight champion. wants a crack at the
all the way across the Atlantic to get
in touch with Johnny COulon the Amer
lean title holder. LedOux Is the Euro
pean champion and has the right to
which it would be If they met. There
- talk of Johnny meeting Kid Williams
or Baltimore, who has challenged the
Chicago boy repeatedly. but with Lee
doux here 1t Is only fair that the for
eigner should be given a chance at the
championship. and then Mr.. Kid Will
Hams can tackle the winner. which will
give him chance at the worlds title
instead of only the American cham
pionship.
Patsy Brannigan. the Pittsburgh feath-
erweight. who lay dormant until he broke
the ice by outpointing Matty McCue at
Racine. is to have another go with a
Wisconsin lad June 16. Patsy will tackle
Kid Mahoney. also a Racine boy. who
mas been going great guns down east
against some of the best boys there and
who was wanted for a match with Kid
Williams at Baltimore. If Patsy can
whip Mahoney he will have the goats of
two Badger cracks and will also add to
MS bankroIl. for the fans here are worked
up over the meeting and will flock to see
them In action. If Brannigan wins he
may meet Johnny Coulon, the bantam
champ, for Fourth of July match here
Both boys have agreed to the terms and
conditions providing Patsy wins.
After week or more dickering about
weights. Willie Richie the lightweight
champion. and Joe Rivers. the California
boy OF Mexican parentage. have finally
agreed TO meet before Eddie Graney's
club at San Francisco July 4, in a TWEEN
ty-round contest.
II will be the first championship match
that Richie has had since he won the
title from Ad Wolgast on November Is,
1Sl2. just about seven months ago Tn
der ring rules of former days Ii was
customary for champion 10 fight at
least Every six months, so that Richie
has been following close to old tradl-
lions.
The weight agreed upon is 1874 pounds
at rfngside or 1873 pounds three hours
Defore the contest. which makes X very
close 10 lS rtngside as a boxer can
take on very little good weight in that
length OF time When Eddie McGoorty
fought Mike Gibbons at New York last
rail- he agreed to weigh 15s ringside and
the day of the match / weighed him at
$50 in the afternoon and he scaled Is,il.
POUNDS. while on the same scales at the
ringside he weighed just 155 fat. show
ing that be had lost in the interim in
stead OF gaining. This was no doubt due
To nervousness on his part
Ritcbie is naturally big Hshtweieb,
although he made the 1873 ringside for
Wolgast without any trouble whatever
II he has agreed to make 133 three
hours before the contest which he has
you can gamble that he will make II and
be strong. too. for his manager. Biiiv
Nolan. knows the boy better than any
one else and will not permit him to
make weight that will injure him In