El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-25

that day at Reno. OF course there
may be a hitch to the proceedings as
Jack has not yet succeeded IN olsen
tangling himself from the Chicago net
work. but he SAYS he hopes in time
TO make the journey to Paris, the only
place where such a battle can be fought
just now.
Did YOU ever notice how top notcherS
in the boxing or fighting line VIII
put up a cOrking good bout at some
dub town and accept any old purse
offered, while in a big club IN a reg ular
city they Will go through the same
number Of rounds and act like two nov
ices2
dicker with two boxers Of the first
rank for match before club IN a
city Of nearly half million people,
but one of the boxers who was almost
q champion would not consider any
thing under a guarantee Of $1,000 with
a privilege Of 35 percent and expenses
The match fell through, but later the
same man accepted $500 to box before
a small club in a two by four town,
and it was one slashing fight all the
way. Had the same kind of fight
been put Up by these men In the large
club thew could have fought over again
and packed the place, but again their
demands were a barrier to the match
Take Ad WOlgast. for instance. Al
has accepted many bouts about the
country before small clubs where II was
impossible for him to get any such
money as he demands of the big clubs,
and he has bumped into pretty nara
game at times, but never let out a
squeak. OF course Ad could not DO
otherwise than put up a fight, no mat
ter before what club, as he always
bOres in, but it shows how the stars
do business. Battling Nelson always
asks big guarantees from the big clubs.
but he has gone into the hardest kind
Of bouts before these small CLUBS ana
got little for his trouble At Racine
Tur.A El- TwN4G
with g fellow named SOrensOn and
there was hardly enough in. the house
to pay Bat a fair amount for MS LABOR,
and he worked on percentage, too, but
give the old boy credit for going
through with his agreement, with no
thing in sight Joe MandOt fought MS
hand off before a tiny club down SouIh
for marbles, but when 1t came to the
coin or nothing doing.
I once saw Benny 4anSer, the old
Chicago crack. put up wonderful bat
tie in a small club for only a few dol
lars and then fight a pink tea
scrap with Charlie Neary for the big
gest money ever paid at that time for
a six-round match, the two getting
5000 between them IN Milwaukee
Jack OBrien had one of his hardest
battles against a slugSer in a dub town
in Pennsylvania for a song, but he
never put the same ginger into his
bouts when in his home city-Philadel-
phia- It is the same with hundreds OF
boxers all over the country They
will travel to some jerk-water town
and fight like Turks for a few dol
lars and put up a poor fight before
big crowd and for big money Prob
ably the surroundings have something
to do with It.
While promoters about the country
are arranging tournaments for heavy
weights, bantams. lightweights and
welterWeights, why not start one for
no a n
weight divisiOn2 There are a number OF
good middleweightss who are just
little shy Of being considered cham
piOnSh1p possibilities, but who WOuld
make matters very interesting for the
stars and they would make an interest
ing tourney of their own. While Ed
die McGOOrty, Billy Papke, frank
Klaus, Jimmie Clabby and Mike Glib
bOns, figure among the stars Of that
division, there are such men as JACK
Dillon, who might be classed with the
above list, and also Buck Grouse, of
Pittsburg, while the lesser lights bring
out such men as Tommy Gayigan. Of
Cleveland. Gus Christie, of Milwaukee,
George Chip, of Pittsburg, Kid Wag-
ner, Of Wilkesbarre, Pa. Jack McCar-
ron the $4,000 star of Jack O'Brien's
stable, Frank Manteu Tom Mccarthy,
of Omaha, and George Brown, of Chi
cago.
Cavigan, Christie, Wagner and Nc
Carthy are just coming to the front
and they will be heard from in the
next year. Just now some Of them
appear out of the running. but il must
be borne in mind that all the champions
came from the novice class and there
may be one of them now who will some
day be worlds champion. but who at
this time may be counted as a joke
No one ever considered Johnnie Klbane
of championship caliber when he
started out, nor did anyone pick Jim
Jeffries as a candidate for the heavy
weight title when he first appeared
as sparring partner for Jim Corbett.
It is the raw recruit who makes the
champion and there are some mighty
good recruits among that middle
weight bunch. A tourney for the real
15S Founders would be interesting and
might bring out. some real surprises
for the future