El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-11

ing he had easy picking, was fat and
Overweight The result was the same
as in many similar matches before this
One-McGOOrty found Christie hard
proposition, no matter how he took
him, at boxing or mixing. and he was
glad when the final bell rang It was
another case where a top nOtcher
fought his hardest battle for a meager
purse and before q fair sized crowd
Gee, but what a fight that would have
been for Madison Square Garden. New
York. 1t was a good draw and it has
also taught McGOOrty a lesson He
viii not be so careless in the future
1t also brought out another good mid
dleWeight and from now on Gus
Christie is liable to make all OF the 158-
Founders take off their hats to him.
Like Jimmy Clabby, ne is real mid
dleweight. scaling 15S ringside easily.
Pal Brown, the Minneapolis light
weight, has demonstrated once more
that he has the class and is entitled to
a match with the top nOtcnerS OF the
133-pOund brigade. In his fight with
Steve Ketchel, the Chicago lightweight
before the Badger Athletic club, Of
Milwaukee. he gave a splendid exhibit
ton Of ring work and earned a clean
cut decision over the highly tOuted
Chicago boy. Ketchel has been praised
very highly by the Chicago press as
being ripe for championship honors,
and 1t must be admitted that ne is one
tough proposition for any lightweight
to beat. being Of the Battling Nelson
Order-alWays ready to take a punch
to land One-and always boring in and
pretty well covered up however 1t
was where class triumphed and Brown
had all the class. The Minnesota. boy
was in grand condition, having worked
for two weeks on the iron range up in
Minnesota. and he could have gone 40
rounds as well as TO-
Brown comes from an athletic FAM
lily and is a well behaved boy He is
Of slender frame, but seems TO be all
SlueW and muscle. very much the same
as Kid Mccoy when he first blOssOmed
out as a star Welterweight- Pal is g
good name for the boy, for he IS a fine
yOungster and great Pal to those
who know him He has the same.
short snaDpy blows. which seem to
cut, the same as made Kid Mccoy IA
nous, and seldom tries to hit from any
great distance When he wants to
jab he has a left hand that is as good
beautiful right cross when he does USE
1t. Brown was also careful not to
take too many chances with his hands
on KetcneIs head when the latter COW
cred up, which showed his good sense
Pal has the ideal build for q successful
lightweight and he also uses his reach
and height to good advantage at times
OF the two 1t was supposed ketchel
would prove the bulldog at infighting.
but he found that Brown was right
there and his short body blows left
a sting. The way Pal handled ketchel
surely entitled him to a clash with
Joe Rivers, Joe MandOt, Tommy Muir
ply or Ad WOlgast-
There is another youhgster here
abOuts coming to the front, but in a
lighter cIass-the featherWeigh t-and
he should be mixing with the high
brOWs before long Matty McCue, the
Racine 122-pOunder, although he likes
12A better, has a splendid record the
past year having scored over 20
straight victories and most BY the
knockout route He carries a harU
wallOp in either hand and fights very
much the same style as Ad WOlgast;
in fact, he very much resembles the
Michigan bearcat. Matty fought q
semi to the BrOWn-KetcheI fight and
put Johnny. KlOfta, a very clever
youth, away in three rounds The Ra-
cine boy IS not only clever but he
has the punch Of a lightweight Just
watch his smoke.