The evening world., 1913-02-13
Gunboat Smith Likely to Meet
BonlbardIer Wells Here Either
the 7th or the 18th Of March.

ovpyrixt. 1918. ~ TIE rrc~ 'iiblrlhns Go.
THE New Tors World.
~OADBAIiDlER WELLS 10 likely Il
ind something 10 do In spite o
- Luther McCarty's unvillingncss u
hssp him. Gqinboat Smith. In Cali
fornia, has received the offer TO nce
Wells here. Gunboat was to have boxec
Jack Lester on the 18th of this month
He n likely now TO have that mattel
called of and hurry back TO New Yorl
TO get the big gate receipts attacheh
That means that Gunboat Smith Wi
meet wells either tho 9TH or the nth o.
NAroh.
mi THORPE and B!g Chief Meyer
make a good team When the Bi'
Chief toinei McGraw's stan he knew
little, ~ any. more about the game thar
Thorpe knows now. Yet Meyers d"v'l'
epsd into one OF the mast famous play
- IN tho game. With Mey~s's rood
advice toesed his way now and thsr
I'm Thorpe should work his way on
of The bench class In a short time.
-ONMY RURNS writes that he u
coming back into the boxing game
1 with q big boom. Tommy alway'
was the big money kid Read this;
Dear B.:
A few lines only. am coming
back 20 defend the heavyweight
championship now that Johnson 10
Sut OF It, ! got a cnbls from Bin
oorbett Of Australia last night ask
tng mo 70 quote my price for three
contests IN the Stadium. possioly
Wells Arst. No negroes. answered
$1,000 CSC. cO, ana three return
transportation.
YMther NcCArty was offered $4,000
guarantee with the privilege OF n per
osmt. gross TO boz me here In April.
but refused tho Offer. and wants Sib.-
90 guarantee with . privilege OF %
per cent. gross. for . no-dec's'on
contest. The ofYer was made NC.
Carly by n. loves OF Calgary. VINO
u In Los Angeles spending the VIM
,sr. and was .or ten round bout,
decision or no decision. wnichevce
McCarty wanted. No you sea he
doesn't want my game. know all
about McCarty. gave him a try
out hers about two years ago. lie
would look good AGAINST Jim Flynn,
who In coming and running Into tho
punches all tho time. And Paizcr
coo. I never saw him; from what
I've hoard he's n good telegraph polo
after a few rounds. I can beat Nc
Carly ~ easily ~ ] boat Marvin
Hart in Los Angeles. II I don't box
We,A In Australia ] may In London.
I'm training every day and will he IN
mood shape tho f,rst time ] enter the
YinS. But no negroes. some or the
sport writer's who roasted me for not
elving johnson a ohanco roasted me
eftsrward for giving him d chance.
Next time I'll go Oh no opinion but
my own. Tn thirty-ons and have .
nvmbcr OF good Nights left m me yet
TOMMY BURNS.
? vEREs news in a letter from
r. friend In California!
i i AT Fresno last week "a
BILLY Elmer. You remember Elme
Hs's doinx nns out there In the fru
business and tho poopls think = gre
deal OF him. lilo Il aiso Interested
the oil business"
Yes, New Workers. remember Billy 10
rnsr, Hs was IN tho fruit business her
selling W. lemons, Think no dealt In q
4 little 600. Billy sure was slippery.
NAM LrnBGoiD has a KICK. "a
SAINT II have noticed In sever
newspapers where tia claim
made that my Junior ohs-nils waikiki
record was broken IN the last Jun.
Champion ship walk. A. Q matter
fact, won my first championship
the fall Of 1891. about twenty-five yea
aWo, whom there were no such even
~ "Junior Championships" 30 I "
ineiisibis W compete AZ q Junior VIII
thS Junior class came In vogue,
BAM LiIcBdoID
nv ATTENDED, the Cross-Rive
hsht" writes reader Of T
q Evening World, II sat abo
twenty-five feet from the ring. On oy
fourteen occasions ] saw Rivers j.
CTcss's head back with hard straig
lofts. None Of the four sporting write
thames inclossd) saw that and ono
them had Cross knocking Rivers do,
In the fret round. How DO you aocou
for ity"
Perfectly easy. old top, Close inves
cation has given mo proof that not O
OF the WRITER'S you mention got In to Z
the night, Each was caught In the Js
outside the door. and stayed there, A
oh I'D Aaaisinn IN