The evening world., 1913-04-02
Te-Muht's Bout Not important
to 0unboat Smith, but II 10 to
Fred Mckay.

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TvHDRE may be Six ana . hals sss.
less Of white hops" material In
= America after to-night AnA
thsss's bare chance that there may es
eix and . half feet more.
me large gentleman who may fur
bly, subtracted-is Fred Mckay Of
CaoadA The other party 10 the problem
= 0unboat Smith.
10 0unboat this scrap DOESN'T appsar
Of great importance. 0unboat arrived"
At The pinnacle Of publicity . few weeks
- when hs swattsd Bombardisr Wells
sall sors and ssnt him back 70 DoGiand
- ths nsxt boat Blowing " the
CanaAiaa giant wouldn't aAd Q whols
lot - 0mitA's reputation. On he other
haaA. should Mckay land the right
kin1 Of Q poke Smith would be back
whaes he came from-tn the pugilistio
bush League And Mckay would b
what Aght managers always refer TO
- the logical opponent for other
prominent heavyweight titis Asatsrs.
IKE NcCarty.
q. whlis whas ounsoes smith may
DO u this bout isn't Of great impor-
tansA The possibliitiss that may ne N
Mckay ere worth specuiasang upon.
4 . Tar ~ comparing ne two men v
ooacerned. all the advantage IN
= class seems to Nc with 0mtth. He
has fought . numb9 Of good msa and
has put them away IN Quick tme-stew-
ASt Savage, Wells and . fsW more. He
rsosnkiy fought twenty rounds with
nGeran on the Coast. which shows that
sometimes his punch Isn't - deadly a.
e looks. emith In . cool. practicod. ex.
per1aoced fighter. out for big game,
Srainad for Il. and very seriously intent
upoo getting to the top. He 10 just the
eieht aSe to make his climb.
Nal1Ay. while . tremendously big fel-
Low, With O good wicked punch Task
Andy Morris about thsO and the long.
est reach on record. IL . novice ,om.
Darod with Smith. He hes fought and
has beaten . lot Of men. but they
weren't the good men smith slowed
away. He Isn't the boxer Smith 70.
And he has made his start In the ring
rather late. after trying . number OF
Other athletic feats In = professional
way. II this was . match at bending
ouartors with ones teeth, now. Mckay
vouh have Il all TO himself. AZ that.
his strong Jaw may come In good to-
ptOAt.
- KAY tells Of some odd expert
" ences. Once. In Canada. he was
ava engaged a. . political stump
sneaker before an election. Among
other stunts. he was asked TO break up
q meeting Of tho opposing party b.
asking certain unpleasant questions OF
the principal speaker.
The meeting was held In an opera
house. Mckay found q seat In the from,
row Of the gallery. There he bounced
vD every now and then and hurled q
question at the speaker. After two 0,
three Interruptions the politician hastily
detailed half q dozen henchmen TO "gc
up IN the gallery and shut that fellow
sun" This was pie for Mckay HI
broke benches with the attackers ant
tossed them down tho stairs Then
standing at the edge OF the gallery h,
delivered y series Of questions and q
political speech Of his own. drownns
out the opposition by virtue OF havini
. stronger voice. Every few minutes
he turned to repuise an attack in tn,
reas. but when the fracas was all owe
he found himself in possession Of th
heA.
Altsr his experiences In the Nev
YorCk rings Mckay should be bette
fittod than ever for Canadian politics.
~YHLE there isn't great lot q
w talk about II yet. the most In
:" teresting bout OF the month
likely to be that between Leach Cros
- nj A..
sth. II 10 almost superfuouA to say tha
Rivers and Cross are In hard trainin
for this night. Having met once befor
each knows Just exactly what he Il u
against. Hence no doubt about tn,
training thing.
u Gross comes out on top this tin
nothing can prevent his forcing WIN
Richie into q match. Public opinic
viii supply the leverage. for at preset
Rivers is regarded as the best man
America. with the exception Of Chan
pion Ritchie. Rivers 10 slated as ne
opponent for the champion. Natural
Cross would get this plum II he cou
push Rivers away from the tree.
During the past year Cross has shov
class. Jack Britton and possibly o
or two more. have outpotnted hi
But In the big bouts he has shoy
q brand OF hghting that IN nearly go
enough for 4 champion. In the frst u
or three rounds OF their former hg
Rivers was taken of his feet with ~
prise. Coming East with . terrifyi
reputation. he naturally expected
nnd Cross backing away and TAXI
TO cover as soon as Rivers rushed. A
I>sachie. who had his own plan Of b,
tie. did Just tho reverse OF that.
walked In and slammed. toe to toe a
straight up In the second round
hooked Rivers and dropped him for
second or two There never was q n
Ment during the fight in which I
Cross wsllop could be overlooked. Al
after all. the excitement In . boxi
bvtk depends upon the unknown pos
bllitiss. There's always an unkno'
possibility when either man has . W
iSp like that which finished clever j
Mandot at New Orleans. Rivers m,
be thinking Of this. Rivers told
himself. q couple Of months ago. Il