The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-30
Picks Bouts Which
Should Prove To Be Good

san Francisco. jan. "0.--SupposinG
that the rules and regulations for the
fostering and furtiiering of boxing
contests made it incumbent upon pro-
motors to give special attention to the
matching of pugi!ists as the public
wanted to see get together, which
would he the rcd-letter bouts OH the
lal" calendar:
This waS the question put to the
writer a few days ago, and it is not 10y
any means Il difficult one to answer.
Starting on The low register. the
Secretary of tho Promoters Protective
association would write to inform
Master Johnny Coulon that he would
nave to commit himself to a real BAN
tam championship match within Il
specified time or else submit to being
placed on the retired list.
Whether. through inclination or
stress of circumstances. Johnny is
harder TO corner than a flea in a sand
heap. and 1t is high time that he was
forced To toe the mark.
There arc quite a number Of
youngsters willing to AXE a fling at
him, among them Eastern frankie
Burns and Western Eddie Campi.
Finding an opponent will be one of
once Coulon is prodded into Il fight
'humor." And this ought to be done
at once.
y bout between fcathcrwcight
Champion johnny Kilhane and John
ny Dundee would find Il place on the
preferred list. Ii is understood. how
ever. that Uncle Tom McCarey. the
Los Angeles matchmaker. is attending
to this matter. SO there is no occa-
sion to say anything further about it.
just as soon as Willie Hitchie has
had a surfeit of the footlight glare
patrons of ring sport will clamor for
a return match between the light
weight champion and -Ad Wolgast. Ii
for any unforeseen reason this cannot
be arranged Il clash between Ritchie
and Joe Rivers would Till the aching
void equally as we'll.
1t So happens tina, the top-liners do
not munopolizc the interest in tho
lightweight class, which, as ever. is
the best peopled division in pugilis,u.
With Harlem Tommy Murphy. Joe
Mandot. Leach Cross. Knockout
Brown. Eud Anderson. Jimmy Duffy,
| and others so close to championship
rating. that there is no telling when
one Of hen will command public
backing as Il challenger for the title.
the fight handlers have splendid ma
terial to work nn. Lightweight con-
ditionS are such. in fact. that il would
hS "a III w MA
not select an attractive match.
And how about the foreigners?
Freddie WEIGH. who has bobbed
into the limelight again by out-point-
ing Australian Hughie Michigan III
England. is due to arrive i'll this
country shortly If he has not put in an
appearance already. Freddie is adj
vertisinG himself as the real. undis-
puted' lightweight champion. and is
doing so all unconscious of the fact
that he is being laughed at for his
pains.
In building up an argument to sus-
tain his position Freddie
They substituted Willie Richie
for Wolgast when 1 stood for them To
box for the worlds championship. 1
defeated Wolgast's substitute. which
was equivalent to defeating Wolgast.'
This is %ridiculously lame logic. hut
let it go. 1t is good for trade. if moth
ing else. Freddie. who has always
displayed shrcwd Intelligence in keep
ing himself before tho public. has
gained a place among the hest sell
crs" again. v if his methods Of
gaming publicity are devious. He will