Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-17
By T. S. ANDREWS.
Special Disparch to The Star.


MILWAUKEE, Wis, March Ia
match that will have lot of bearing on
the middleweight title will be held before
the South Side Athletic Club Of Milwaukee
March II, st. Patrick's day. when Eddie
McGoorty, the Oshkosh boy, meets Bob
Moha. the chunky piece Of fighting
machinery of Milwaukee,; the bog who
thinks he can defeat Jim Flynn and all
the other light heavyweights combined.
They will meet at 100 pounds at 3 o'clock,
which is not the American midd.eweight
limit. but conforms to the European
limit, at which Billy Papke and Frank
Klaus fought in Paris the past week
1t is a case Of extreme rivalry between
the two Wisconsin boys, and the chances
are that the man having the best Of it on
points will be matched With Jack Dillon.
to see who will get the first crack at
Klaus in match that should have bear
ing on the worlds title. Klaus has put
Papke out of the running. SO that now
the real claimants are cut down to
Americans only. MeGoorty having beaten
the British and Australian champions,
while Klaus put the French champion out
of the running. lIcGoorty wants to wipe
out that New York bout Of May 49, 1912.
Moha had the better of the argument.
1t has ranked in Eddie's brain ever since.
and he would like to reverse the order
and show that he is the real contender
as far as Wisconsin is concerned. al
though he forgets that Jimmy Clabby
and Gus Christie both have claims to this
state. Gus is q sure enough Milwaukee
German. and Glabby says he has lived
here long enough to vote. but Hammond,
Ind. still claims him as a native son.
II xr-iff hn %iv,,o for az IN
talk about settling the state cha .npion-
ship after he has met Mr.. Moha, for
there is always chance Of slip In such
cases.
"Squatty Bob has trained down from
1S5 pounds to leo. but such Is fact
It seems almost incredible to take off
SO much weight. but Bob carried lot
of superAuous flesh and he is we'll rid
of it. The contest itself should be in
teresting for they are entirely different
types of boxers. McGoorty being a
straight puncher. while Moha likes to
get close and drive in those nasty short
body blows, which Johnny Thompson
also ,enjoys. For a short, heavy man;
Moha is extremely fast on his feet and
he boxes fast when working with a man
who is also speedy 1t will not be a
cinch either way, but McGoorty, with his
superior reach and straight punching
ability, should have the shade to start
kosh man. for a setback now after his
draws with Christie and Nfahoney
would mean the loss OF big matches
which he has in sight. especially in
France: in fact. it is a very important
match for both boys.
/, II takes some boxers long time to
develop a real knockout punch and
some never get one; while to others il
seems to come as natural as it is for
10 rim, o.-in
big man. but he had the knacl- Of
delivering knockout punch, once he
could land on the jaw. Joe Cans was
not known as heavy hitter, still he
knew how to hit and he could always
put his man away any time he con-
nected with the right spot Kid Mccoy
was q slender youth, with hand like
a girls, and still he had the knack OF
hitting and putting big heavyweights
away for the ten count. Jim Corbett
but Jim never tried much for the K O.,
as he preferred the Mcfarland style of
outpointing his man. The late Jack
Dempsey was small man for a middle
weight champion and still he had
terrific punch. because he knew how to
deliver the blow. 1t was the same with
John l. Sullivan. The big fellow scored
many knockoLts in short bouts and most
of them came Of knowing how to hit
at the right time. Charlie Mitchell was
weights to sleep and all because he
knew how to hit.
Dave Smith. the Australian middle
weight. a few years ago was considered
a very good man, but lacking a knock
out pu nch: in fact. i'll most of his matches
he seemed content TO win on points.
When he fought Jimmy Clabby over the
marathon course three times he landed
many blows TO the chin, but he never
put the Milwaukee boy on his back.
When Smith visited the states last year
he tasted the sweets OF dreamland, hav-
ing been put out by Eddie McGoorty in
short order 1t hurt David's pride and
he began to study the Knockout blow
more carefully himself. When he re-
turned to the antipodes he improved on
what he had experienced in the U. 8. A.,
and instead of winning points, as
was usual for him, he surprised the ma
tives by knocking out his opponent,
Frenchman, in real John l.. Sullivan
style. Then he began to improve still
more. and in his next fight with local
middleweight he knocked him cold in
half the distance. This will be encour-
aging to Dave, and we may hear more
of his championship aspirations now.
Johnny Kilbane. the lightweight cham
pion, is another lad who was never con-
sidercd hard hitter; in fact, he was al
ways satisfied to outpOint his man. How