Evening star., 1913-06-22
WISCONSIN HAS SOME CLEVER
BOXERS WITHIN ITS BORDERSE
Badger State Can Boast Of Several Of the
Most Capable Fighters in the
Country-Other Gossip.

men in action. They have seen Williams
whip their pride. Eddie Campi. and they
figure that he will be too hard a nut for
Johnny to crack
Tommy will remain east for a few
weeks. and then return west and begin
to prepare MandOt for series of bouts
this coming fall. He is also after Young
Saylor. the Hoosier lightweight. 10 enter
the elimination series of bouts out west
New Orleans is 10 open up the twenty
round game again, the West Side Club,
with Dominick Tortorich at the head.
having matched Charlie White and Jack
Britton for the marathon distance on the
big holiday. 1t will be the first marathon
boxing bout III the Crescent city for
eight months. White will be giving away
about eight pounds in weight, as he can
do 12S nicely. However, he is too heavy
for a featherweght, and must take his
chances among the lightweights, which
Is 133 pounds. 1t will be d case OF two
clever boys meeting and the one with the
extra poundage should have the edge all
the way Jack should be able to win the
verdict: if not. lie will have to take a
back seat among the lightweights-that t
is, as championship possibility.
Another good match at New Orleans
on the Fourth of july will be a ten-round
tilt between Kid Ferns. the Kansas Wild
cat, and young Denny of the south, who
recently Outshaded Eddie Clabby. This is
the boy whom Ray Bronson boosted after
having a ten-round argument with him.
The winner might meet Bronson for the
Welterweight title.
The middleweight controversy Is mar
rowing down to a point where it will
soon be possible to determine a real
champion in the 15S-pound division. The
defeat of Eddie McGOorty. the Oshkosh
middleweight. by Jimmy Clabby of Mil
waukee-Hammond Ind. in twelve
round contest at Butte. Mont. eliminates
the Oshkosh boy from the competition
for the present, and puts Clabby on d
par with Jack Dillon and Frank Klaus,
two Of the legitimate contenders for the
crown. Clabby is much the Iightest of
the three stars, being able to do $50
pounds withou- trouble. while both Dill
any time to do 15S ringside Mike Glib
bons is also clamoring now to get into the
middleweight division. and Mike will have
to give away weight the same as Clabby
However. the defeat of Gibbons by Nc
Goorty last fall does not give the ST
Paul boy as much right at this time to
enter a claim as Jimmy Clabby. Mike
should now try and wipe out his defeat
at the hands of Eddie McGoorty. Clabbv
who has always been considered clever
also demonstrated at Butte that he can
stand the gaff and take it without finch
ing. the first round McGoorty put
him down for counts of seven and nine,
but he weathered the storm and then
CAME DdCh anu HdHUeu E1Qule d trimming.
earning a clean-cut victory.
ClabbyS greatest work was done at
close quarters. although at times he used
his straight left jab with great effect
1t seems strange that McGoorty, after
having his man down and almost out,
should fail to follow up the advantage.
Eddie has done the same thing before
twice. when he had Hugo Kelly almost
out in the opening round and again
when he met Knockout Brown of Chi
cagO He seems to lose heart when ne
fails to win hurriedly 1t will mean
much hard work for Eddie to get back
where he was before losing to Clabby
McGoorty has the cleverneSs, the stamina
and the punching ability, but there is
something lacking. 1t might do Eddie a
world of good to hike to the mountains
for a stay of six months, just to rough it
and get back into proper form. Clabby
is matched at Indianapolis for July
with any middleweight the club selects.
and it is presumed that the promoters
are trying hard to land Dillon for the
Milwaukee boy. If Jack is secured it
will mean a great contest, and then the
winner. If there should be one. will have
a chance to get after Frank Klaus for a
real championship match This is about
the nearest We have been to having rec
ognized middleweight champion since the
death of Stanley ketchel.
The matching of Johnny Coulon Of
Chicago, bantamweight champion. with
Kid Williams of Baltimore, who has been
a persistent challenger since he fought
Johnny ten rounds in New York eight
months ago. by Tom McCarey's club of
Los Angeles will not be for the worlds
title as many. writer's announce Coulon
does not hold the worlds title. but the
championship of America Charles Le-
doux, the French boy, is the champion
of Europe.
The last time an international battle at
the weight was fought was in 1904, when
Joe Bowker beat frankie Mel in London
and was accepted as the worlds cham
pion afterWard. From that date down
to October. 1909. Bowker successfully de-
Tended his title against all comers The
only defeats he encountered during that