El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-01

The unexpected knockout of Frank
Klaus, the Pittsburg middlewe,Sht, at
the hands of George Chip, of New Cas-
tie, the other night, brings a new con-
tender into the ranks of the 15S pound
ers, for the crown, which has been in
dispute since the late Stanley ketchel
was killed. Chip has been known as
hard hitter for the past year or two,
but he has never shown much clever
ness and was not considered seriously
as a real contender for the title. How
ever, his knockout of Klaus puts him
In the front rank of aSp1rantS and now
he will have to be considered along
with Eddie McGoorty, Jack Dillon,
Jimmy Clabby and Gus Christie. of
course, Klaus viii be in the running
again, for he is fighter from the
ground up, and no doubt he viii try TO
get Chip into another match, of the
six round variety
HOuck Seeks HOnOrs Again.
Leo Houck, the Lancaster middle
weight, IS also bidding for honors
again, and seeks matches with all the
leading boys in his class. Houck
claimed a victory over Dillon last week
in short round bout, but from friends
who were present I have heard that
Houck could expect nothing better
than draw and they thought Jack had
the shade. With half a dozen middle
weights after the title the promoters
should be able to figure out some good
maches.
Carpenters Claim worthless.
The claim of the French. promoters
that Georges Carpenter has put in a
bid for the middleweight title does not
hold good, for the reason that the
French boy cannot make the weight
In his match with Jeff Smith of New
York the other night he weighed over
165 pounds Carpenter won all right,
but with an advantage in weight. He
no doubt has as good a claim to the
light heavyweight title as any one. He
VIII go out of his class, however, when
he meets Bombardier Wells in return
match.
In New York during the worlds Sc
ries games, I witnessed the battle be-
tween Gunboat Smith, the California
hope, and Carl Morris. the Oklahoma
giant, and while it came to an abrupt
end in the fifth round because of a foul
on the part of Morris, nevertheless it
demonstrated that the Oklahoma hope
has improved a lot the past six months;
in 1s-ct, the hard knocks he has re-
ce:ved have no doubt made him wise TO
many ring tricks he never dreamed
of before. A year ago Carl was consid-
cred a huge joke and Jim Flynn. whom
Gunboat defeated. gave the big man
from Oklahoma an awful beating in the
east.
Morris Heavier.
In the fight with Smith last wees
scaling 237 IA pounds to 1SS for the
navy man. They started out at a bust
ness clip and Gunboat staggered Carl
with some right hand smashes to the
jaw Carl kept hitting in the clinches
and was repeatedly warned. In the
second Morris cut loose like a Kansas
cyclone and rushed the Gunner to the
ropes Both did some heavy work at
short rage and Smith also nit in the
cHnches when he found Morris keeping
it up. It was Morris's round by a good
In the third Smith opened up
with rush and sent a series of right
and left jolts to Carts jaw which made
him vince
Came Back for More.
Despite Smiths heavy work, Morris
kept coming back and showed a much
better knowledge of the game. He hit
cleaner, but did not seem to have the
knack of using his right hand with eff
feet. The Gunner had all the best OF
the third. The fourth was a hummer
and for time GunbOat had Carl stag
gerinS. It was then that Morris hit
Smith low twice, while working for
the body in close, but they were not in
territorial to Tly way of thinking How
ever, the referee warned Norris, even
though Smith offered no complaint. In