El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-15

III HE WelterWeight tiHlc discussion
which has been rather dead fOl
some time, leaving Ray Bronson
with the best claim to the honor, has
opened UP, again with d new claimant
in the person of Kid Graves, a Mil
waukee fighter, who has. been making
good through the east the past SIX
months ana who is anxious for a crack
at the championship. The kid also
gives some pretty good dope on me
question. In a letter to the writer the
sid says;
i think that my claims TO the vel
terweignt title are Ear better than
any other man has yet shown nave
beaten the best men IN the business
at the weight. Even Kay Bfcnsoh >
claims cannot be compared to mine,
basing them upon records. Bronson
lost to Tommy Howell three times anu
] beat Howell easily Young EEne mas
also beaten Howell. 50 1 beat Erne 10
make my claim certain ...,
Since Mysterious Billy Smith lost the
title to Rube Ferns in 1909. Ferns,
Mathews. WalcOrL Dixie Kid ana JIM
my Gardner held the title, and IN 1917
Jimmy Clabby claimed It, and IL was
eoinG into the middle class
LETT it open, and Bronson GIal me-
Bronson. and both Erne and ] have
beaten Howell That should surely en-
title me to the championship true,
Mike Gibbons beat Howell also but
TCrDa heat Gibbons I think that my
claim to the title is clearer than any
one else. and / am prepared TO oefend
1t against the world at the weight
Graves has no doubt forgotten ABOUT
Kid Ferns and also Spike Kelly, OF
Chicago. who also have good claims
to the title However, Ferns has
grown heavier and from ali accounts ne
cannot make the weight any more ana
is out OF it. Kelly. thOuh, is still a con-
tender. and there are Lee Barrett ana
Billy Walters who think they have a
chance Il is question about Howell
beating Bronson, Tor according to the
repOrtse the boys divided hOnOrS IN
two Of the battles, the papers giving
Howell the shade in the other one But
such battles do not decide titles. BrOn-
son was the boy to claim the title af-
ter Jimmy Clabby had passed II up
and he posted $1,000 to go as a side
bet with any one VINO wanted 10 ught
him over the marathon route he could
do no more. As long as the Indian
aDolis boy has been recognized TO
certain extent as the head of the vel
tiers, it is up to the others TO get after
him and demonstrate whether he IS en-
titled to the hOnO1- he claims There
fore, let Graves, E-Owell, Kelly ct al get
after Bronson and match up at the vel
IerweiEht limit Of l4Z at o'clock and
settle the question II the general salts
tactic of the fans. AID if any Of them
can defeat the HOOSler for me worlds
title However do not oyerIook this
Kid Graves, for he is one tough propO-
sitiCn at 142 pounds and he is also
cleverer than the average boxer.
Whenever a young boxer begins TO
make good and run up a. string Of VIC
tories it seems that everyone about the
home town Of the yOunSster and the
promoters included are over anxious to
try and get some one who viii be able
to knock his block off That IS the
case Just now with Matty McCue. the
sensational young featherWeight OF
Racine. Wis. who has made a remark
able showing among the 122-l24 pound
ers the past six months scoring 10
knockouts and winning all his battles.
The little fellow has responded in grand
style every time he has been matched
and has proved that he is another o.
the Terry McGOvern. and AID WOlgast
type. but there are many OF the follow
erS busy now trying to locate some one
AIatty is to meet Jeff O'COnnel the
English featherweight who has, made
his home in Chicago for the past dozen I
years. at Racine, May / 3. but the indi- I
cations are that Matty viii simply add (
one more victory to his list. Jeff is I
clever and at one time was a husky I
youth. but the indicator points toward 4
the Racine boy to win
AcCD5 has also offered to take (
pounds at o'clock, but Charlie has re-
fused to make any such weight the /
best he would do being 126 at 3. 1t is i
possible that McCue viii be matched Z
With one of the top notchers in the f22 ;
pound class before lOnS- among the list 1
he wants to meet being Johnny Dundee,
ollie Kirk. Abe Atteu. Benny. McGovern,
Of St Louis, Jack Doyle. the eastern /
feather, who Is now in Chicago, and