El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-13
lie suggestion that an eIimina- i,


ton tournament between mid
l. dleweights of the second divis-
ion be arranged to determine upon
a man TO meet the best Of the
first division 16S-pounders. has evil
IDENTIFY met with favor in some quar-
tiers as ] am in receipt OF several re-
spOnSes regarding the same. One
comes from Carl 1-arfisi. Of Omaha,
who has mixed in the game somewhat.
and who believes it is the only proper
way 10 bring about real champion.
In a letter. Mr. MarfiSi says
Your suggestion about tourney
between the near champion middle
weights is timely and should be fol
lowed out by promoters, If we are to
have champion
1T has been much moOted Ques-
tion, as to who is in reality the boss
of the middleweight division since that
wonderful paragon, Stanley Ketchel,
has passed into the Srea1 beyond ana
although personally 1 am of the Opin-
ion that Wisconsin has the one best
bet in that class. in the Oshkosh
wonder. Eddie McGOorty, there is one
thing certain and that is, that my
opinion does not make him a cham
piOn. for the reason that there are
plenty OF boosters for Frank Klaus,
Papke and Dillon, who would dispute
any such claim.
Nevertheless. it is plausible. where
Eddie has beaten Dave Smith, the
Australian champion, and Jack Har-
Great Britain. that it gives this Nc
GOOrty chap a pretty strong hold on
the real class Of that division On the
other hand, a tournament would go
long way toward clearing this sQuabble
up and with such good boys at the
top as Frank Klaus Eddie McGOorty,
Jack Dillon, Jimmy Clabby, George
Chip, Gus Christie and Billy Papke,
out Of this list Of real cOntenders a
real champion could be crowned. that
the general sporting public and pro-
mOters could recognize as a cham
pion.
There is quite a bunch Of recruits
in the field that snow great promise
and 1 want TO mention a couple Of
boys who hail from this vicinity that
show promise Of Ceing stars among
the uniddleweight division. These boys
are Jack Fitzgerald, who is now a
pretty-near middleweight, and a
yOUngster from out in the state by
the name of Tommy Mccarthy Just
q thing or two to enlighten you about
this bOv-he is what might be called
2 sensation but the fact that he has
been boxing in the bushes is the only I
reason he has not established himself Z
more firmly with the writers Of box I
ing Here is q boy who, 1 must say,
has a phenomenal record Just think /
Of a boy boxing about a year and en- !
raging in Il contests winning 16 Of :
them by the Knockout route, and the /
only one to 90 the limit with him was :
that very seasoned bird, Montana Jack !
Sullivan in Grand Island, Neb- Nc
Carthy received the decision over him
in ten rounds. In the last round he /
dropped this Sullivan chap on two oc-
casions. for the count / have never
seen this boy perform. but friends of
mine who have proclaimed MIN an
other Ketchel in the rough.
With so many good midoleweights
before the public at present II seems
tnat q cOrkInS good elimination tour
nev could be arranged, and the con-
4 al no
insure a big crowd to witness them
II seems to be the only way Just now
of determining upon champion
Ever meet a fighter who admitted I
he was all in and unable TO make an
other good fight2 Well, there are few
Of them There may be one found oc-
casionaIly. but they are rarity. L
had 2 call from a well known nSnI- f
weight who has been out of the fight
game for the past ten years. but who /
thought he could come back and whip
most Of the 133-pOunders now before
the nubTic II required two hours or
earnest talk to get the idea out of his
head and when he departed 1t IS
good bet that he thought he was pc
ng given the worst Of the argument
II is the same with Battling Nelson
Won cannot convince the once Durable
Dane that he is not as good as when
re whipped Joe Cans and OIher stars
1ut 10 those who have watched the
treat battler Of late, 1t seems TOO pad
hat he does not retire from the game
With q good record and let the young
,ters do the heavy work He IS stllI
here with his gameness, but the
stamina IS fast leaving Bat and bis
'rieDds expect dire results every time
he steps into the ring
lem Driscoil, the great British feath-
.rweight champion. thought ne was as
rood as ever, after long layon and |
le was booked as . big favorite over |
oven Moran. but when they fought /
lem was fortunate to get a draw. His
.peed was not there, nor his tamina
,ither. but for all that he put up a
good battle and got
Another former British champion, /
-abez White. tried TO come back at
birmingham, Eng, and while he put
10 a good battle against a yOungster
,pDonent. he showed clearly that he
-as not there any more. White
cid the British lightweight title for
number Of years and fought Joe
fans and Jimmy Britt when they
we're in their prime. He retired then
nd was out Of the ring Tor number {