Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-08
CARPENTERS VICTORY OVER
WELLS PROVES BIG SURPRISE
Superior Weight Of the Englishman, 1t Was
Generally Expected, Would Give
Him the Advantage.

June IL, in New York. and another pend
ing at Boston. Mike is sure clever
ringster but he is not a hard hitter and
that is what keeps him shy of the real
classy middlewe Fights. There are a lot Of
fans who would like to see Mike and
Jimmy Clabby go the marathon route.
but the St Paul lad keeps out of such a
match. Here is a contest that some pro-
moter could stage and get plenty of ac-
ton with and it would settle a dispute
that has been on for the past two years
or more. Clabby has been ready with a
forfeit and side bet if one is possible.
any time Michael will say the word.
champion, and Johnny Dundee, the aspi-
rant to Kiibane's crown, will have
matches out west June 10. The cham
pion will meet Jimmy Fox. a clever west
ern featherweight. at Oakland, Cal, while
Dundee will tackle the former light
twentE-round bout at Los Angeles. Dun
dee likes the weight best at about 126
and he will not be giving away much to
Add. for the latter will not scale much
beyond 100 pounds. The Wolgast-Dun-
dee bout should prove good one for
the little Scotchman likes the mixing as
we'll as the Michigan bearcat. and they
are about of the same SIZE so that the
smuggling will be plenty without doubt
kilbane should win easily on points and
il is likely that the Cleveland boy will
then look after matches with some of the
heavier lads. possibly Charlie White of
Chicago at lbs to 13O pounds
While the champions and former cham
pions are clashing away. the near-cham-
piOnS-Leach Cross and Bud Anderson
Will get busy at Los Angeles later on
They are supposed to meet July 4. but
there may be angles which will change
things before that time. Willie Richie
and Joe Rivers are supposed to hitch m
ic jcLo ~,
over the weight now and the whole af-
fair may be changed-Bud Anderson
meeting Richie and Cross tackling
Rivers.
Matty McCue. the Racine sensation.
deeds rest and it is likely his manager.
Johnny McCue. will keep the boy out OF
the ring for few weeks However
there are numerous promoters trying
their best to get the boy back into the
arena for June and July dates, and the
coin may lure him on. When the young
ster fought Patsy Brannigan in Milwau-
kee. week or more ago, he looked like
an athlete who had gone stale and need
ed rest. He has sore right hand and
a bad ear, and both of these no doubt
Handicapped him in his bout with the
Pittsburgh boy, who had Il fair shade on
points Many good boy has been spoil
ed by working overtime in the RIM and
it is hoped. that Manager Johnny will
not make the same mistake that many
others have done. III the hoy Was not
making weight II would not be so bad,
but the continual wear in getting down
to weight tells on boxer. the same as
with an athlete training for sprjnts etc.
When ii comes to advertiser. there is
no boxer in the country, GRIN the world.
for that matter. who can touch battling
Nelson, the ex-champion ,yhtw eight
The Battler has been III the game active
ly for the past ten years and il is a
safe bet that during that time he has
never missed an opportunity to put
over a good or poor story If there was
the slightest chance.
Although the Rattler has been out OF
the championship class for two years or
more, he is better advertised in the daily
supposed to be near the top of the lad
der If the wonderful Dane cannot get
fight to boost him along he takes up
physical culture work and writes stories
telling old and young how to live 100
years. la Lillian Russell He will
even offer to edit the entire paper II the
managing editor will stand for it-any-
| thing to let the people know that Oscar
Battling Nelson is on deck ready for
business.
Recently l had a letter from Bert
Finch. manager of Jimmy Duffy. the
New York state lightweight. in which he
said that he had boy that could beat
all the 133-pounders In the world out
| side Of about two, but that he could not
get any recognition for his boy l wrote
J Bert and simply told him to follow Bat
| ting Nelson's system, and since then he
has. with pretty good results, for Mr.
Duffy has been going some guns and
against good boys.
The youngster halls from Lockpert, N
Y, and during his short career in the
/! fighting game he has had over fifty bat
ties mostly around Buffalo. He gained
his greatest prominence when he fought
Packey Mcfarland ten rounds and not
only made a good showing but never
hesitated to mix with the pride of Chi
cago. 1t was taken by many on the out
side. however as one of those fights in
which Packey was satisfied to outpoint
his man and get the verdict, also the
| money. but from the showing made by
Duffy since that time it is plain now
| that he stayed the ten rounds because he
had more than the ordinary stamina
J end boxing ability.