The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-22
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'fF8y James y. COrbett. Former he@N!-
 weight Champion of the WOrld-)
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 New York, Nov. 22-Quite a few reIIea,r4tfes are to be exhibited in local rings the coming week. Freddy Welsn' lightweight champion Of Englano' iBr1tton, candidate for the American title, Bob McAIIister, the sensational young mfddle-weight from San Fran cisco, and last but not least Sam Langford, the famous Boston tar baby,'' are among the stars who will show their skill to Gothamites.
 While the boxers named can all boast considerable class that can hardly be said for their opponents 10 be. Of the lot Jack Britton is tack ling the hardest proposition, for III Mike Glover, the welterwefght, he Will be giving away several pounds 70 man who can step pretty lively over the ten round distance At that one would have to draw on his imagina- ton to attempt to class Glover with Brftton from a scientific standpoint.
 Bob McAIIister is to make his East iern debut with Young Mike Donovan, son of the veteran Mike Donovan, fa- nous in the ring twenty-five years ago, and at present boxing instructor at the New York Athletic Club. Judg- ling by what McA1lister has accom- plfshed in his brief career on the Pa- -@-A appears to be a poorly advised one. Young Mike has not yet been seen in the ring with boxer of reputation and his record with second raters does mot suggest that he will prove wor- tiny opponent for the fast Californian.
 Freddy Welsh is booked to box ten rounds with Phil Bloom, youn gster who until recently was boxing pre1in- mary bouts. Bloom scored 8 ten round draw with Knock Out'' Brown a few weeks ago, (which at the pres | ent time is no great feat), and fol- flowed it up with a fair showing l against Tommy Murphy for the same distance However, with so many good boys in this neighborhood look ling for natches-for instance, oung Shugrue, Jimmy Duffy and Jack Brit ton-the promoters have not exactly done themselves proud in selecting young Bloom to try out the clever gentleman On the face of it the match looks like a farce.
 But the worst looking affair of the Monday night at one of the Brooklyn bclubs - between Sam Langford and one Bill Watkins. Watkins is Q. ne- gro preliminary fighter who might possibly last one round with. Langford if Sam was in good humor. But as for a match for Langfora; well, I don't like to knock, but such bouts do the sport a great deal of harm.
 Langford is not to be blamed for taking the match. It is not his fault that he is compelled to box fourth rat CTS; Sam is willing to take on any body in the game. However, a rule of the New York boxing commission bars him from competition with white men in this state and popular sentf- ment keeps him out of work in most other localities. So therefore Sam is justified in taking on whatever is 4e 1,|- ,6 4f10 of chicken is mighty high.
 a4sI I can't understand, though, why a promoter will stage such an unequal match as the Longford-Watkins affair is bound to be if everything is above board. Watkins doesn't appear to have the ghost of a chance with Lang ford. No sane club owner can ex- pect to make any money with a bout of that caIfbre. would be willing to take a gamble that the receipts win not be large enough to pay Lang ford's guarantee let alone other ex- penses. Anyway the bout results it is bound to be knock for the club. If Sam stops his man right off the reel the fans will be sore because the match was such a poor one, and If Watkins is there at the end of the ten rounds the same fans will figure the 20 a fake. Either way the club gets the worst of it.
 If promoters exercised better judg- ment in the making of matches for their clubs they would find the promo ton of boxing more profitable. This thing of matching stars with second and third class boxers will not ssget by with the public any more. The fans have been educated and have quite as good a line on the abilities and talents of the boxers as the pro- motors themselves.
 What New York needs in the boxing line at present is at least one more big cIub-to take the place rof Madison Square Garden when that institution is closed to the ring men. There is a great field here for a living boxing promoter. A man of the ca1ibre and knowledge of the game of Jib Golf roth, of San Francisco, would get rich in New York in few years time.
 Mike Gibbons wants to box Packey Mcfarland at one of the New York clubs. Mike is good business man and sees an opportunity for adding to his already substantial bank ac- count through ten round go with, Mcfarland.
 'T will make 144 pounds at o'clock for Packey," said Gibbons the other day, land not an ounce better. Or [ will make the match at 147 ring side. if Packey thinks he would be giving me so much the best of the weights at IA in the afternoon. I am not sucn a pig fellow as the critics insist At 147 I doubt if I would have much the best of Packey at that-r
 Gibbons says that if he agreed to a lower scale he would not be doing justice to himself or the public. And I believe him In fact, at 147 ring time doubt if Mike would be strong enough to make much of an impress sion on the elusive Chicagoan. Pack ey would be very little lighter and fin better shape than for any contest in which he has engaged in years. It would be a novelty to Mcfarland to train for a fight and not be compeII- s.s,r,s.f. l,I.a