The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-12
ILLARD-RODEL BOUT
 PROMISES TO BE GOOD

Tire heavy weights, which have been passed by in Milwaukee for many years, will have a chance in the near future to show themselves and de- ter1nine whether the fans want them in preference to the smaller fighters. The South Side A. c. of Milwaukee has practically matched Jess Willard and George Rodel,s the South African Boer, to meet on November IT. Will lard is a big man, standing over six feet three inches and weighs 220 pounds. RodeI is near the 200 mark. and close to six feet. The South African is tough man in the ring, having given evidence of it in his fights with Gunboat Smith and other white hopes. The middle weights have been in big favor in Milwaukee, the fans always remembering the ter rife battles between Papke, Ketchel, Hugo Kelly and men of that class, but a change will not be anliss at this I time, and it may put little ginger into the fans. There are many who like to see big men perform once in a while and the occasion will give l Willard a chance to show what class l he really has. Tom Jones, his man ager, thinks he is a world beater and wants to take him to France to tackle Jack Johnson. If he can beat the Boer he will advance as a real white hope.
 Eddie McGoorty,- the Wisconsin mid l dIe weight, who was to have met Jack Dillon before the Queensberry club in sMilwaukee, November 8, but who re- 1 pudiated the contract his supposed manager, Tommy Walsh, had signed for him, will go to Australia for a
 series of three fights along with Ray Bronson, the welter weight champion,
 and Young Saylor, the Hoosier light hard fight for nine rounds at Winni- peg recently, losing on an alleged
 foul. McGoorty has splendid of
 fer and will have three big fights, his first being with Dave Smith on Box 1 ing day, December 25. smith is the
 man whom McGoorty defeated in one round in New York last year, but the chances are that he will not find him
 so easy next tirne.. Smith did not I have chance to even show his class, as Eddie popped him before the round l had gone a minute. One of his matches in Sydney will probably be with Pat Bradley, who has been mak- ing quite a hit over there, and the l third will no doubt be with one of the English middle weights now in that country. McGoorty should have
 no trouble cleaning up over there, for his style of fighting is just what they like and at long range there are no l middle weights who have a license | to beat him. Bronson will be able Ito enter either the light weight or
 welter weight class. as he is just at 14O pounds, which is the light weight limit over there. Ray Is after a
 match with Johnny Summers. the
 British champion, for the worlds ti- tie. Saylor will be entered in the
 light weight contests, and he will
 probably go against Herbert Mccoy,
 a clever young man; Hughey Niche
 gan, the champion, and possibly Pal
 Brown, who is now there. The party
 will leave San Francisco November
 IS. going direct to Sydney. They are
 under contract to Snowy Baker, who
 controls the big stadfums at both
 Sydney and Melbourne.
 It is likely that --Wo1gast, the ex- champion, and Charlie White, the Chi
 cago hope, will get together after all.
 The match was called off last month
 when Ad discovered that he had a fractured rib. He states that his rib is about ready for work now and he | expects to be in shape to take White
 on the first of the month. In that event the National club of Milwaukee
 will stage the contest, as originally planned. There are many of the fans hereabouts who feel confident that
 the Chicago boy can take Wo1gast's
 measure and there will be consider
 able betting on the result. Should White turn the trick he will be in line for a. big meeting with Willie Ritchie.