Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02
SHOULD KNOCKOUT BLOW
IN BOXING BE ABOLISHED?
Often Contended That the Sport Would
Be Improved Without It-Some
Fighters Now Refrain From
Delivering the Punch.

the lightweight champion. At Fond du
Lac, Wis. last week Gus Christie, the
middleWeight of Milwaukee. had Jack
Twin Sullivan, veteran of many hard
fought battles, at his mercy and could
have put him out had he desired. but he
preferred to have the credit of a victory.
even if he had his man at his mercy. and
which, by the way, Is a wise course for
all fighters to follow.
The action of Battling Hoffman, pre-
liniinary boxer of Milwaukee,. in having
a piece of iron bar placed In his glove just
before fight at a club in st. Louis If
true. should result In his being severely
reprimanded by the boxing authorities in
all states. According to reports from the
Mound city the lads seconds placed the
bar in his glove, but surely he must have
known it was there when he donned the
mitt. With weapon of that kind he
might kin an opponent and it is lucky
thing that the seconds OF his opponent
discovered the trick before the boys
started fighting. Such tricks are most
cowardly, and no game boxer would ever
tolerate anything of the kind, no matter
who his opponent might be.
The recent controversy between Freddy
Welsh. the British lightweight champion.
and Milburn Saylor of Indianapolis. as to
whether Welsh was really fouled by Say
lor, will be settled in all probability in the
roped arena as they will be matched
again at Winnipeg for twelve-round
contest November 10 unless present deal
ings should fall through. Ray Bronson
manager of Saylor, has been persistent in
his claim that Welsh was not fouled. but
stopped by the Indianapolis boy. and he
showed his confidence In his boy by ac-
cepting proposition from the same club
for return match on the date named
above 1t will mean much to Saylor. for
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place him in line for some big matches.
This Duffy boy of Buffalo, n. Y. is sure
enough coming along at fast clip. and
if he can keep the pace 1t will not be long
before he is butting into match with
Champion Willie Rftchie. Jimmy Duffy
has played no favorites. He has tackled
anything in the lightweight division that
has been suggested to him, and in most
cases he has been returned the victor
that is, by newspaper decisions-and now
he is hot after a match with Richie for
the title His defeat Of Eddie Murphy at
st. Louis demonstrated that he has class.
and there are few of the 133-pounders
running after him for matches. He tao
kles a hard one in Young Shugrue the
he seeks most OF all is the California
champion. and failing there he would
like to talk turkey with Freddy WelshS
just to have a crack at one of the titles
III the lightweight division.
One Of the big ring surprises of the
week was the defeat. at least by news
paper decision. of Matty McCue, the
Racine. Wis, featherweight (who was
supposed to be in line for Johnny Kill
bane,s headgear), by the sparring partner
Of the champion. Cal Delaney of Cleye-
land Ohio. Probably Jimmy Dunn,
manager of kilbane. sent Cal along just
to try out the Wisconsin bearcat II
that is the case. then ne succeeded for
Delaney certainly put the kihosn on Mat
ty for n time His cievernes: was alto
gether too much for McCue, and he made
him miss time and time again. the same
as Patsy Brannigan when they met in
Milwaukee last winter. McCue. who
carries Knockout punch in either hand
never had a chance to unload one of
them on the Cleveland boy. 1t was a
bitter disappointment to the Racine lad.
who is a fine little fellow. but he will
have to start over again the same as
many others before him. Matty has
neglected lot of his boxing ability sim
ply to develop his sleep producer. In
long fight he would no doubt get a clever
man. but in short bouts. which prevail
nowadays. he will have to develop box
ing to go with it. The victory for De-
laney win put him into the limelight and
lit may be that before long he will be
after his former boss crown. Kid Nc
Coy was a pupil of Tommy Ryan's at
one time, but they separated and Mccoy
defeated his former master when they
fought in the east. VIII Delaney repeat
McCoy's feat?