Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23

ing to the dope" he should have little
trouble beating the Englishmau. The
Bombardier was beaten by Palzer, who
in turn was stopped by McCarty. But
evidently Luther does not figure that
way and from his refusal OF Gibson's
offer ii looks as if he is not quite so con-
fident of his ability to trim Wells as ne
processes.
In connection with this heavyweight
miX-up. the strange hesitaacy on the part
OF Jess Willard is hard to explain. When
McCarty baked at meeting Wells. it was
Thought that Willard would substitute
for him In fact. il Ioo:ted IKE the
chance OF a lifetime for Willard as his
success meant that Nciarty would DE
forced by public opinion 10 consent TO an
early meeting. which was supposed To be
jess chief ambition.
To secure the match. Willard would first
Le compelled 10 go through with the long
postponed match with "One-round Davis
a, Buffalo. Several month ago Jess ac-
cepted terms from Buffalo promoter
to box Davis but failed to Keep the en-
eagement. although a short time after
ward he boxed some nov.ce out i'll In
diana. tCain referring to the dope.
We find that Willard Should not anuci-
pate trouble in bout with 'One-round.
Soldier keaTns stopped Davis in a round,
and Willard sauelched Nearns in eight.
But he does not aprea" Al all anxious
to have the embargo lifted by carrying
out the contract with the Buffalo orSani-
"a ton.
Immediately following the defeat OF
PalZer il announced that McCarty
would mt It all ambitious white heavy
weights as fas; as they came along. can
it he possible tina; Luther mistakes the
Bombardier for a d.nge?
Abe Atteh is : boxing promoter: He
has taken charge OF the Forty-fOurth
Street Sporting club formerly the Ma
tional Sporting cub. and informs me he
will offer the public the very best attrac-
tons a liberal policy can provide. Incl
GcHtally. Abe threatens to furnish part OF
the show himself in the near future with
one of his celebrated come back acts.
After watching Attell try in vain to
dodge the punches aimed ii his 'beak
in recent contest with Harry ihomaS.
my advice to the former featherweight
champion is to stick To the managerial
end Of the game in the future. Abe is no
longer there boxer.
I.ishtweish; Champion Willie Ritchie
has been resting from his arduouS task
of uplifting the drama and selected New
York for his vacation 1t was hoped
Willie was coming here with blood in
his eye" but no such luck FOR the sports.
Billy Nolan has the champion sewed up
with vaudeville dates until the middle o:
June. and when those contracts have e%-
pired may take Richie to England for
short season.
During the champions visit here an ef-
fort was made to sign him for a bout
with Packey Mcfarland. bat Manager
Nolan discoura ged the promoters right of
the reel by declaring he would not per-
nit mis- meal ticket 10 consider match
of any kind before July /. If then Fur
therriure according 10 Notan. the
chances foG the clever pair ever meeting
are exceedingly slim. Richie will not en-
terrain q proposition calling for weight
concession. Nolan says the champion IS
a legitimate lightweight and will posi-
lively not fight out of his class.
reckon that kills any chances Tor
meeting. | believe Willie would be go
ing out of his class by taking on
Packey Most boxers who have met the
clever Chicagoan are of the opinion that
Mcfarland is in class by himself.