Evening star., 1913-06-22

| Frank Klaus might cop in long bout.
out he would 49,. put many gloves On tne
| st. Paul boxer in a short contest Crio-
| hons has been wasting his time lately
boxing welters and second-class middle
weights. He is good enough to take On
Klaus. Dillon and the best OF them.
match between Mike and fllts-
burgh Frank would draw big, but m
afraid there is little chance OF It's TAX
ing place before next winter at the
earliest, if at all. Gibbons says he in
tends to lay off during the hot weather.
and / understand Klaus contemplates
trip after the heavyweight champion
ship of Europe. Georges Carpenter
by virtue of an easy win from bom-
bardier Wells. is now the holder OF
that title. Klaus has every reason to
believe he can repeat his recent VIC
tory over Georges, and there would DE
big money in il for him. If he gets the
match with Carpenter he will lose no
time sailing for the other side.
With Klaus absent abroad and Glib
bonS resting. the best middleWeight
appears to be Jack Dillon of Indian
apolis Eddie McGoorty was my choice
until recently. OF late he has not been
boxing in anything like championship
form. and has evidently hit the old
toboEgan good and hard. His work in
dicateS he is through.
Dillon is to meet Jimmy CIabby the
4th of July Clabby outboxed McGoor-
~ at Butte last week. coming from be-
hind and running away with the fight
after having all the worst of it in the
first round or two. The battle with
Dillon should determine his standing
a championship candidate Jack seems
to lack the class to get TO the top. but
has been a stumbling block to many
aspirants. In the only bout New York
ers have seen him Dillon's exhibition was
a misera BILE one. Since that, however,
he has met number of the best men.
among them Klaus. and at times given
a splendid account Of himself. lhe
recent match with Klaus at lhdfanapoils
resulted in popular" verdict for Dill
Ion. although Frank and his manager
protested the decision.
The most promising of the younger ma
terial in the middleweight division is
Tom Gibbons. Mixes brother. While
Tom fought green in his engagements
around here his work indicated future
greatness. Another season of experience.
and coaching under his clever brother.
and Tom ought TO develop into worthy
opponent for the best in the 13S-pound
division and possibly into a successor to
the late Stanley ketchell as undlSputed
champion of that class.
Packey Mcfarland is after the light
weight championship. This. friend read
er. is not exactly a SCOOP" as the same
Young man has been trailing the title for
a long time. Nelson and Wolgast con-
sistently and consecutively refused to
give the Chicagoan'S challenges
tumble, but Willie Ritchie has Volun-
tariiy raised the weight limit, and
Packey hopes his years of patient wait
ing are TO he rewarded with a match
for the premier honorS of the division.
AS sporting proposition McFar-
land -Ritchie match would be a cOrker.
And. financially. it couldn't be beate
either. But / am afraid Billy Nolan,
Ritchie's manager, will duck away from
the match some way. Nolan has a good
line on Mcfarland. and. naturally, does
not care to send his boy to what looks
like certain defeat. Ritchie. young and
confident. might be willing to box Nc
of money. and Willie looks good for a
long reign as champion if he lodges
Packey My belief is that Ritchie would
be ripe for his former instructor. Nc
Farland had world of confidence in
his ability to beat the champion. Only
recently he told me. and Packey was
never given to boasting. that he believes
it only d question of climbing through
the ropes with Ritchie to win the title.
Il know how Willie compares with me-"
said he "and when we meet there will
surely be new champion
If Ritchie beStS Rivers. and the dope
says he will, he will not find it an easy
matter to get out OF a match with Nc
Farland gracefully. although l suppose
Nolan will be equal to the occasion.
While not naturally a pessimist, 1 am
so far as the chances of Ritchie and
Mcfarland battling for the champion
ship enter the story-anyway. while
Billy Nolan is in charge of the cham
pion's matchmaking.