Evening star., 1913-12-07
BY T. S. ANDREWS.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.


bury Athletic Club in the palatiai audi
forium. Milwaukee December 8, 1t Will
be their third meeting and should prove
decisive for one of them. On the TWO
former occasions the pride of chicago
had the best of one and was even in the
other contest At Memphis, Tenn. Dan
Morgan. manager of Britton, claimed his
boy had the verdict. but never received
the credit while in New York the papers
agreed that Packey had the better OF the
hattie. There is no doubt that Britton'
vino belongs to the North Side OF chi
cago. is a clever fighter and hitter
when the occasion demands, but can ne
,,;,.o x,.ax. n few pounds to Mcfarland
and go on even terms? Packey is coi-
-;.ouod ,ho,It the cleverest boxer in the
country today, and any one who has seen
him in action knows that he can MT h'io
cponpb 10 deliver the X. o. if necessary
NJ = something like johnny bane-
being satisfied to beat his man wlI,ou. a',.u
n,lttjug over the sleep producet-
Triton il may be different a.
packey halls from the I5tockyards uis-
trict in Chicago and BT,t.on ;aii. iIoiil @ tnr
Zortb Side. They have been rlVals LOT
several wears and the claims made ns
nan Morgan have not pleased facAeS
II will mean much to Britton TO put up
great battle against man Ike NJ q
land and victory. even a new PCT
ui,, would be worth all kinds of kale:
Despite all these suppositlonS hc
Farland should beat Britton ana tna
is what he expects to do Decehnpe' .,
.fter the match Packey VIII try 10
inyeigle Willie Ritchie into a fnatch
at I35 pounds at 3 o'clock. and, faiilns.
he will arrange few more i'iill ,
bouts and then prepare 1or ms mnu
ding in the early spring foiio ~uh5 NJ,
he LII
caCo probably will arrange Tor louI
of the world with his bride goihs
around by way of Australia ana en-
gaging in one or two battles Whiie u!
the antipodes. Here's nopinS -
Packey is as successful and happy win
his bride t-to-be as he has been Ill box
ing.
Willie Richie will engage in light
weight title match at San Francesca
December 49, when he meets Harlem
Tommy Murphy over the marathon
route The weight Will favor the
champion by at least three or iot1
pounds and this will mean much TO
Murphy If the battle had been staged
a few years ago. when Tommy was at
his best, he would be given a chance.
but 1t is there seems nothing put
a Richie victory Willie has all the
advantages in height. weight, reach
and age. Tommys defeat of Ad VOL
CAST will not cut much hgure. as the
coast fans are pretty good Judges OF
lighters and it is almost a cincn that
the California boy will be an over
whelming favorite. 1t is likely thdt
Joe Rivers since his defeat of Leach
Cross. will get another chance at Ritchle.
Negotiations also are under way Tor a
twenty-round battle between the cham
pion and Pal Brown upon the return of
the latter from Australia. Brown recent
ly defeated Hughey Mehegan. the Aus
tralian champion, in hard twenty
round fight.
The no-decisiou contest between Char
lie White and Johnny Dundee at New
Orleans. in which opinions varied very
much in the papers. has brought Dun
dee to the front as q lightweight hope and
;-'so placed White among the best of the
real l3::-pounders. Both these boys have
graduated from the featheFweieht ranks.
bsIt have been just few pounds shy of
the lightweight limit. They have shown
class. however. and should improve still
more \ twenty-round battle between
them would be interesting.
jeff Smith. the New York middleweight
who put UP a great battle with Georges
Carpenter, the French champion. few
weeks ago. has decided to make bid
for glory in the antipodes. JEFF is en-
route now Tor sydney and Will land soon
after Eddie McGoorty sets foot on Aus
tralian soil jeff is the boy who gave
years ago He is considered star among
the real 15S-pounders. 1t is likely that
he will be one of McGoorty's opponents
while the latter is in Australia. While
these two Yankees are lighting it out
12.ooJ miles away. Jimmy Clabby, Jack
Dillon. George Chip and Frank Klaus
may have it out at home. Chip and
Clabby may be brought together at las
pounds rinsside, which would be real
middleweiSht battle and at proper weight
IN effort also is being made TO bring
Clabby and Dillon together At ringside
weight J do not think there is man in
the world y no has q license 10 beat
Jeems. Cl&bby made a remarkable prop
oslllo1 the other day. He offered to
make 10 pounds at 3 o'clock for Packey
Mcfarland. and to meet any man in the
world at l3s ringside for $500 side,
and the biggest purse offered. but the
hight TO oe nothing under twenty rounds.
Here is chance for some aspiring mid
dleweight.
1t seems peculiar. but nevertheless a
Tact that at times mere novice will
make champion look anything but a
title holder. Bob Moha the Milwaukee
niiddleweight is hard to box. that is for
some. because he is SO short and hard
20 get al II IS the same with George
tGreehl Brown Of Chicago When be
fought Jiiamy Clabby the latter easily
oCtFointed him. but made miserable
showing doing SO. Last week Kid Will
IlanS. the Baltimore star and claimant
Of the bantam title, fought Dick Load
man of Pittsburgh who is a novice at
The game compared with the Kid. but
despite this the novice made Williams
look anything but champion. The Kid
outfousht the boy, and had him nearly
out at times. but could not stop him.
Tile Kid boxed badly, and his judgment
of distance was bad, due, doubt, to
the continual shifting of the boy and
hugging when clinched. Williams would
never be match for Johnny CoulOn
WITH such tactics, but in justice to the
Baltimore lad it must be said that he
he is capable of II does show. how
ever. that even clever boxer will get
mixed at times.
johnny KiIbane and Abe Atteu are
10 have their little dispute all over
again February %, 1914. when they
clash IN a twenty-round bout at San
same thing over again. although i,
Will be surprising If Abe is in shape
10 20 through the twenty rounds
There was time when the little ex-
champion would have gone the dis
tance and thought IL mere play but
that time has passed by. The old
stamina is not there. and Abe will find
il out before he has gone fifteen
rounds. He Mill find that all his
cleverness viii avail him little, for Kill
bane - Just as fast as Abe now and
besides Johnny has had much exper.
fence since he won from Atten The
Cleveland boy also has youth in his
fayor.fand he has not done the Broad
way lights like little Abe 1t will ne
doubt be AN Interesting fight for !
time and fast. but at the end the