Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-14
R|VERSl|KELY
TO GET CALL
For Match With Richie Be-
cause He Is Very Popular
Out on the Coast.
COULD GET PACKEY
DOWN TO WEIGHT
Billy Nolan Says He Would Do
That or Forfeit $4,000.
Other Boxing Gossip.
BY T. s. ANDREWS.
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, April 12.-Jose
Rivers. the California boy. has had his
second ten-round contest with Leach
Cross. the New York dentist. but there
has not been decisive verdict either
way, although most of the papers in
the big city say Jose had the shade,
while some of them claim he had a
big margin. Others were content to
give it draw. SO. all in all, it seems
fair to say that the shade was with
the California boy. 1t leaves the two
in a good position to challenge Willie
Richie for a title bout, but on the
coast it is cinch Rivers will be the
boy to get the call. as he is a big
favorite there and he has earned his
laurels. Cross has also come along
better than his most ardent admirers
had expected. There are so many light
weights claiming recognition just now
that Tom McCarey or Jim Coffroth
might well arrange an elimination
tourney to get the best man to meet
Richie in a championship battle. In
the meantime Willie Richie may be
matched up with Freddy Welsh, the
British champion. for an international
contest. With Joe Mandot doing the
comeback" stunt at New Orleans.
with Johnny Lore and Bud Anderson
coast, besides Pal Brown. the Minne-
sofa claimant, and Ray Temple get
ting into the limelight, not forgetting
Ad Wolgast and Harlem Tommy
Murphy. there should be some cracker
jack matches in sight Any one of
the above named is ready for a match
with either Richie or Freddy Welsh.
so the British champion need not be
without matches while he is waiting
for a chance at the titlehOlder.
George Engle. manager of Frank
Klaus the Pittsburgh bearcat who
beat Billy Papke recently in France,
writes me that Frank had all the best
of the match with the Illinois thunder
bolt: in fact. that Billy never had
as far as he did. George proclaims
his man champion middleweight of the
world. but he forgets that there are
others in the race besides the Pitts
burgher: for instance: Bob Mona. Eddie
McGoorty, Jack Dillon, Lea Houck,
Jimmy Clabby. and now Gus Christie
is advancing along the skirmishing
line. Dillon Moha and McGoorty GER
tainly had right to figure in the
race, and If they make the weight what
1t should be-15S ringside-Jimmy
Clabby will class with any of them.
Mona and Dillon are to meet in Mil
waukee in the near future In a ten
round match, and with Mona in fine
shape he will set an awful pace for the
Hoosier champion. who, by the way. Is
one of the real contenders. McGoorty
also wants another crack at Mona, and
a match may be made between the
two later on: also between Moha and
Papke or Papke and McGoorty.
With the prospects bright for meet
ing between Luther McCarty. the white
champion heavyweight, and Gunboat t.
Smith. the conQueror or BomDaroief
Wells, the interest among the heaVies
defeat of Wells 1t Jagged, but the
proposed matching of the champion
and Gunboat soon caused 1t to dance
at fever heat again. Jess Willard is
out of it for a short spell. owing to an
operation but when he is right again
he will be all the more sought after
for a meeting with the winner of the
McCarty- Smith bout.
The betting on the Johnny kilbane-
Johnny Dundee match at Los Angeles. to
be decided this month. is quiet at pres
emit with plenty of Dundee money for
the short end, but there SENS no reason
why the Cleveland boy should not rule
strong favorite. 1t is usually good rule
to follow a champion until he falls. Kill
bane has proved himself an exceptionally
clever boy, and it will take a mighty
good one to beat him. Dundee is, with
out doubt, strong yoIngster, with a
good waIlop. but no more so than Joe
Rivers, whom kilbane knocked out. The
fans howled a fuke, but just the same
II was a knockout, and Kilbane should
get all credit for it. 1t proved that john
ny can hit when the occasion demands,
and he will be there when he meets Dun
dee. He should rule strong favorite.
Now that frankie Burns has been elm.
mated from the bantamweight claimants
by Eddie Campi, the list has simmered
down to Kid Williams, the Baltimore
midget giant, and Eddie Campi, the Cali
fornia champion, with Harry Dell, an
other California boy, claiming a place.
All of them want crack at Johnny Cou-
lon, the champion.
1t is nearly six months since Johnny
fought a battle. and it was not cham
pionship event. merely ten-round no
decision. 1t was October Is last when
he fought his ten-round bout with Kid
Williams, and November 20. when he
had his last match with Charley Gold
man, a New York bantam. Since then
Johnny has been idle. However, give the