Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26
ing 1ss. Nolan is perfectly safe in defying

| ing 133. Nolan is perfectly safe in defying
the Chicagoan
a local club made Richie an offer to
/ box the winner of the coming Mcfarland
| Britton match, but Nolan refused to sign
the papers. 1t is said by those who know
Willie intimately that he does not fear
| the outcome of a meeting with either or
those clever boys, but is bound IN black
| and white to be guided by the shrewd
Nolan in making matches for the future.
OF course. that is mighty poor excuse
| for champion to offer, but ii will have
to suffice. If Richie retains the. title
until Nolan makes bad match for him
he will be champion for many year.
I sec that Jack Johnson has definitely
agreed to meet Palzer for the heavy
weight championship. and that the date
for the match has been fixed. All that
remains to be done to clinch the bout is
to secure the negros acquittal when his
trial comes up. That may be an easy
matter, and again il may not Anyway,
there is little use specializing on the out
come of the match until it is sure thing
that Johnson can carry out his end of the
agreement.
The question that has been raised as to
whether Johnson has not already for
feited the title because American pro-
motors have agreed to blacklist him in
the future is positively ridiculous. 1t is
not so simple matter. this taking the
title away from champion. 1t would
, be fine for the game If Johnson were
eliminated entirely. but the only place to
properly do the job is the ring. While
Palzer is hardly the man we would
choose TO undertake the eliminating proc
cSs, still he is the best material that Of
fers. Luther McCarty could have first
call. but lodges the issue Anyway, let
us hope PalZer is lucky enough to win. If
the fight ever takes place.
If Jimmy Duffy the Lockport, n. Y,
boy, is not careful, first thing he knows
he will be classed with the Logical cam
didates'' for the lightweight champion
ship. This Duffy youngster apparently
has no respect at all for the hard-earned
regulations of other star ringsters. to
judge from the way in which he hands
the gaH to all corners. Jimmy was hardly
known outside his home town year ago
The first time we ever heard of him
in New York was when Danny Morgan
took X. o. Brown to Buffalo last summer
Ito pick up little easy change" as the
garrulous Daniel put it. To MOrgan's
amazement. the Duffy kid went around
*. o." like cooper around a barrel.
and at the finish of the bout the New
York Dutchman was thoroughly
licked fighter.
ed with young Jack OBrien and out
pointed that remarkably clever and
speedy yOungster. Even his big brother.
Philadelphia Jack, admitted that Duffy
had earned the decision, and when one
OBrien allows" that another O'Brien
has been beaten there is no need to in
VeSt1gate further. 1t IS a pr1ma fac1e
case. as Kid Broad would say.
Duffy pulled his best stunt last Tues
day in putting Leach Cross over the
sticks. Leachie. all swelled by the nice
notices the local papers gave him for
sticking ten rounds with Joe Rivers,
started in to show the upstate folks what
a real fighter looked like in action, but
soon changed his mind. Duffy beat him
all the way, and after the first round
had Cross covering up and rushing and
swinging blindly Whenever Leach
Strengthened up Duffy would sting him
with the left. In fact. the Lockport boy
won in nearly every round and handed
Cross thrashing he will not forget in
many day.
A letter reached, my Office few days
ago from an intimate friend of Bonn
barber Wells in London. in which it was
stated that the English heavyweight
champion will positively sail for the
States within the next four or five weeks.
NY informant writes that Bombardier has
accepted terms offered for a limited round
bout with Luther mccarthy, to be staged
at Madison Square Garden some time in
March.
This would be encouraging news, If
true. / am afraid, though my CORE
spondent has been misinformed. McCarty
is hardly likely to consider proposition
for a match with the fast Briton over
the short distances. Twenty rounds. pos
sibly. but no less. or / am mistaken in
judgment of Manager Billy Mccartney.