The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-15
MIDDLEWEIGHTS TO
CONTEST FOR THE TITLE
(By 7. S. Andrews.)


Milwaukee. Wis, Sept. 15-The
leading middle weights of the country
have evidently made up their minds
to get together and settle the ques-
ton of supremacy the coming fall and
winter. During the 1928 season it
was a hard matter to get the real
classy middle weights together, but
now they are anxious to mix. One Of
the cIassiest matches in that division
has been closed for Milwaukee, Sept.
22 bringing together Eddie McGoOrty,
the Wisconsin champion, and Frank
Klaus, the Pittsburgh bearcat, who
aspires along with McGoorty, Jack
Dillon and Jimmy CIabby to the
championship McGoorty and Klaus
were matched here in 1910, but at the
eleventh hour the Oshkosh boy was
taken i'll and the bout had to be called
off. Both have gone along since then,
meeting the best in the land, and they
are now ready for the real test. Klaus
claimed extra attention by his defeat
of the great French boxer, Georges
Carpenter, but as it was on foul in
the nineteenth round the Frenchman
had a good alibi, and made q. counter
claim.
The trouble at the time, however,
was the fact that Carpenter had
made a weight too low and suffered
the consequences Both Klaus and
the winner will have a fine chance to
get on with the Indianapolis boy, who
has as good a claim as any one to the
title just now. McGoorty has learned
the lesson about condition and he will
not take any more chances, no matter
how soft the bout may appeal to him.
He will not try to make a weight be-
low his normal mark, either, for he
discovered when he met Mike Glib
bons that while he made the weight
at ringside, he Slapped the strength he
should have had in reserve for such
a contest. His matches with Gus
Christie and others have also opened
his eyes and he will probably be IN
proper shape for his future matches;
in fact he will have to if he expects
to be a contestant for the worlds mid
die weight title. The men are very
evenly matched, with Klaus the IN
fighter and McGoorty the cleverer at
long range. They are both seeking
higher honors in the ring and there
fore can not afford to take chance
of anv kind, that is, a chance of being
out of shape.
There should be plenty of good
matches in sight between the middle
weights. for there are other good men
besides the big trio of McGoorty, Ill
Ion and Klaus. Jimmy Clabby has
not gone to Australia, as he expected
to- and will make matters interesting
for any of them, while BOD McAll1Ster,
the new California 15S-pounder, ap
pears to be a real classy fighter and
may surprise some of the followers.
George Chip, the New Castle protage
of Jimmy Dime, is another who looks
good, but who has never had the
pushing that some of the other boys
have had.
Chip has met most of the stars and
has always given a good account of
himself Buck Grouse, the Pittsburgh
er, whom Jimmy Mason thinks is
world beaten, has returned from Pan
anna, where he had a little trouble,
and says he is going after the whole
bunch and clean up before next spring
Buck certainly looked like a classy boy
two years ago. but last season seemed
to lose his steam. Gus Christie, the