Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-01
BY T. S. ANDREWS.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis. September %
What would the American fighters do
il they were subject TO the call of the
military service for a term of two years
and Obliged to leave the great white way
in New York Stalc street in Chicago, the
splendid cafes of San Francisco, the big.
broad walks of Canal street in New Or
leans or even the gay lights of Grand
avenue in Milwaukee,? That is a ques-
ton that is agitating the minds of the
French boxers at present. for nearly all
the best fighters in gay Paree are due for
the military within a short time. How
ever. the Frenchmen are loyal and they
will be found with the colors when called
upon. Among the best boxers to be call
ed in the near future are Paul Til, the
| crack feathcrweight: Charles Legrand,
the bantanv eight; Leon Bernstein, the
welterweisht and Georges Carpenter. the
star light heavyweight of Europe. Henri
Pet the lightweight, was called two
| wears ago and only recently completed
his term of service. so that he Will be
| back in the game this fall. There is 60
! ing to be sorrow among the Parisians
when Carpenter goes. for he is great
! fayorite among ali classes: in fact, he is
an idol among the Paris people. and II Is
certain ne Will have every advantage
! while he is carrying out his military du-
\ ties 1t is understood that arrangements
have been made whereby Carpenter Will
/ be kept in training with capable boxers
during his entire term Of military serv-
| ice so that he will be fully able to step
/ into matches with the best in the world
| when he gets through. lie VIII HkeIy
/ take on some weight. too. as he Is only
| twenty years of age now. and naturally
he should gain in avordupos in two years
| time.
| The F'renchmen have learned the box
| ing game only within the past elsh'
| wears but they have advanced rapidly
They have also developed a number Of
cutthroat managers and promoters IL
that time. Only recently bunch Oh
| French boxers had a sorry time at Mar
| seile Two shows were given at tht
place named Saturday and Sunday. anc
F! one of the victims was Frank Madole
| the Pittsburgh lightweight. Frank boxed
! two bouts. beating boy named Nleman
and losing to Nittet clever Paris boy
! The time for setting came, but the two
promoters had disappeared and the box
ers were left stranded. To make matters
worse, the crowd did not like the way
things were conducted at the Sunday
show and as the promoters had taker
French leave. unknown to the boxers
| the crowd amused itself by wreckinS the
place Now the boxers are looking fol
| the promoters.
/ When Eddie McGoorty. the Oshkosh
middleweight. and Frank Klaus. the
| Pittsburgh bearcat hook up at the Soutf
Side A. c.. Milwaukee,. September %, they
will not scale at the recognized middle
weight limit-1oS pounds ringside-but a
ITO pounds at 3 o'clock. The fact is, al
matches in Wisconsin will be without
ringside weights. as the boxing commits
| sion has stipulated that boxers weigh II
a reasonable time before entering tho
ring Both McGoorty and Klaus like the
| 1fD-pound scaling better than 1os al
though they have made the latter weigh
in the past, and without a great deal Of
difficulty At 16O pounds, however. boil
will be at their best, and as a result {
much better fight may be looked for. 1
was the low weight that made McGoorty
put up such poor fight against Mike
! Gibbons In New York last fall. although
he thought at the time that he could d.
it easily and be strong. 1t was the low
weight that Slapped his strength AM
made it impossible for him to make ;
good finish, the kind he had planned
Against Klaus the Wisconsin boy will
have to be at his best. for the Pitts
burgher is strong as bull in the clinches