Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-03

fellow was up and doing if he ever in
tends to cut figure in heavyweight af-
fairs. A match with the winner of the
-Gunboat' Smith-Flynn bout would APP
peal to New Workers. who regard Palzer
with favor, but / doubt IL either the
'Gunboat" or the Pueblo man would give
Palzer a chance. l know that Flynn
ducked match with big AL once upon
would hardly care to risk his laurels
against ORourke's husky. And as for
Smith, he would probably pull that "go
get rep" stuff on the big fellow. And
ought to be doing right now; that is, if
he has fully recovered from the recent
sick spell, as report has it.
A year ago Al looked the very best
prospect of all the hopes The defeat
by McCarty set him back. but / believe
he would have made up the lost ground
before this II illpess had not put him
hors de combat for many months Before
going after Smith or Flynn, however 1t
might be as well for him to take on one
or two lesser lights. There is some talk
Of Palzer and Frank Moran coming to-
gether at the St Nicholas Athletic Club,
this city. the latter part of this month,
and while the date has not yet been set,
it is likely the match will be arranged
The proposed bout would give O'Rourke
a good line on his charges condition.
Moran is a pretty tough nut. as they go
finding it task to get on bout at
all. Frank and Al have already INDUCED
in one fracas without a satisfactory
ending. and If PalZer is no longer there"
tn, red-topped fighter from Smoketown
ought to come home on the bit.
Willie Richie still has the folks guess
ing on the question of whom his next op-
ponent will be. All that Willie has said
on the subject SO far is that he will box
in September If enough coin is offered,
and that he is not particular in the mat
ter of opponents. In other words, the
promoters may select the next victim.
OF course, that's all the bunk. Willie
will do his own picking whenever he gets
| ready to make match. There is a story
in circulation that Richie may after all
decide to box Packey Mcfarland before
meeting any of the other numerous chal-
lengers. / received letter from a west
ern sporting man the other day in which
was informed that Willie and Packey
will box ten rounds at Madison Square
Garden early in October While / know
| that several local promoters have made
enticing propositions to the champion
was under the impression that the offers
had been turned down. While appreciat-
ing the interest of my correspondent in
putting me hep he phrases it,
really believe somebody has been string
ing him. If Willie and Packey have
agreed to meet at the Garden it's news
to Matchmaker Billy Gibson.
Leach Cross. that valiant warrior from
the East Side. finally won over the vet
eran Matty Baldwin. Twice before Cross
| had tried the Bostonian and in each In
stance was given nice beating. The
| last year or so Baldwin has been going
| back-he is veteran of thirteen years
| in the ring-and Leach finally got him
,, when he wasn't good. At that the margin
by which he won was nothing startling.
according to report 1t was simply a
case of Baldwin not being there with the
stamina thing as Of yore Matty at his
best would lick Cross over any distance.
Baldwin can be put down as one Of
the hard luck boxers of the age. Had
he been given a chance at the light
! weight title during the reigns of Nelson
and Wolgast he might have won the
highest honors. As in the case of Packey
Mcfarland, the high mucky-mucks have
always refused to do business with the
sturdy Bostonian
] suppose the Cross boosters will now
| file Leach's claims for the first bout with
the champion. Well, I'd like to see Cross
get that fight. We'd find out just how
good he is. Personally / don't think he
IL in the same class with Rttchie.