Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-30
BY T. S. ANDREWS.
.lal Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
MILWAUKEE Wis. November %
George Chip the Pennsylvania middle
weight who gained fame by a single
punch when he put Frank Klaus 10 the
canvas for the count few weeks age
al Pittsburgh after six rounds or ordi-
nary fighting. made his initial DOW to
a middle west crowd of boxing rams al
Racine Wis. this week and after putting
him through the acid test the opinion
prevailed that as a champion ne was
not quite classy enough.
Chin fought Tim O'Neil. the Chicago
middIeweight. ten rounds and easily
earned the verdict. but he failed 10 I'M
press the fans beyond the fact that they
considered him hardy youth, with
good punch and Willingness TO nix
at all times 1t may be that the rams en-
pected too much from the boy who jimmy
Dime thinks will be the next midule-
weight champion. but he would have TO
show better form to get in the same class
with Jimmy Clabby. Eddie McGoorty and
Jack Dillon.
may be mistaken in my Judgment,
but to my way of thinking he would
stand little show against any of the
trio named above, ana at that ne mas
%
worked hard enough against the Chicago
fighter and landed many telling blows,
but he seemed unable to put him away
for the count. 'Neill was Just foxy
enough to protect his Jaw against full
swing otherwise he might have taken
the count before the end of the tenth
round as chip sent over some pretty
stiff jolts In the second round he put
the Chicago man down for the count of
seven. and again in tine fifth had him
on Queer street.
Chip used a short upVercut and also
a swing. which did not travel the full
distance. and which Is probably termed
the delayed punch" He used straight
punch but twice in the entire fight. and
then he only jabbed lightly with his
left. trying 10 get O'Neilis guard down.
He is anxious To exchange waliops and
that is what the fans like about him.
He is well built and carries lot of power
behind his puncheS-that Is. when
they land fiush-hut as for cleverness.
well, he must improve a lot before he can
be classod with Gibbons. Clabby and Nc
Goorty.
What should prove To he one OF the
best cards in the middle west sill be held
NJ the big Auditorium building in Mil
waukee December :. when the Queens
bury \. c. stages the Packey Mcfarland
Jack Rritton contest of ten rounds. These
boys have met twice before and there
managers and fans as to who is the bet
Ter man. The average fan will tell you
that PackeS is in class by himself, but
after talking five minutes to Dan Nor
gan. manager of Britton. he will be cont
WINGED that Jack is the best that ever
happensd. The boys are to meet at
catch weights. but the difference in
poundage between them will not be near
tv so great as many may imagine. Brit
ton likes 49, himself about as we'll as
Mcfarland. and the fact that ne has
been meeting welterweishts around the
east of late would indicate that he. too.
can scale wen above the lightweight lin
1t. He viii doubtless so into the contest
at about 13S. while Packey will scale a
pound or possibly two pounds more. 1t
should be high-class contest, for there
is little about the game the boys do not
know, and as the Chicago stockyards lad
Is a past master at the scientific part OF
the sport it will force Britton TO use all
his best efforts to even outpont Packey.
The same show will bring three other
boxers into the limelight-Jack Doyle,
whom Packey Mcfarland says is tine
coming featherweight champion; Pea
nuts Schieberl. the former Rock Island
lad. who has been beating numerous