El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-22

for the American title; Bob McAllster'
the sensafional young middleweight
from san Francisco, and last, but not
least. sam Langford. the famous Bos-
ton black baby" are among me Stars
who viii show their skill 10 GOIhaIh-
While the boxers named can all show
considerable class, that. can harQly De
said for their opponents TO De- u lIe
lot Jack BrittOn is tackunE the MAJ q
ee+ r9rooosition for in Mike Glover,
the v-eiterweight, he will be giving
away several pounds TO man Wno
can step pretty lively over the 1Y
round distance At that one Woulo
have to draw on his imag inatlon 10
ATTEMPT TO class Glover with Brltton
from a scientific standpoint
McAIIister's Eastern Debut
pob STcAIIisfer is to make his east
arD debut with Young Mike Donovan,
son of the veteran Nike donovan ID
NOUS in the ring 25 years ago, ana at
present boxing Instructor at the New
York Athletic club. Judging by what
McAllister has Accomplished IN ms
brief career on the Pacific coast the
match with Donovan appears 70 pc a
poorly advised one Young Nike mas
not vet been seen in the ring with
boxer of reputation and his record
with second raters does not Suggest
that he will prove worthy opponent
for the fast Californian
WeIsh-Bloom Go Looks Farcical.
Freddy Welsh is booked to box ~
rounds with Phil Bloom, a youngster
who until recently was boxing preIlrnl-
nary bouts. Bloom scored lO-round
draw with Knockout Brown a rev
weeks ago (Which at the present time
is no great feat, and followed II up
with a fair showing against Tommy
Murphy for the same distance HOW
erGz with so many good boys IN TINS
neighbOrhOod looking for Matches
for instance, Young Shugrue, Jimmy
Duffy and Jack BrittOn-the promot-
ers have not exactly done themselves
proud in selecting young Bloom to try
cut the clever Englishman- On the
face Of It the match looks like farce
Bout That May Do Harm.
But the worst looking affair Of the
week is the contest Cd scheduled Tor
Monday night at one Of the Brooklyn
clubs-betWeen sam Langford and one
Bill Watkins. watkins is q negro
preliminary fighter who might posi-
bly, last one round with LangIord II
Sam was in q good humor- But as Ior
a match for LangfOrd; well, don't
ike to knock, but such bouts do the
sport a great deal Of harm.
Langford is not to be blamed Tor
taking the match 1t is not his fault
that he is compelled to box fourth
raters: Sam is willing to take on any
body in the game However, 2 rule OF
the New York boxing commission bars
him from competition with white men
IN this state and popular sentiment
Keeps him out OF work IN most other
localities So therefore Sam is Justi-
1t is his living and the price Of
chicken is mighty high
Knock for Club.
can't understand, though, why
promoter will stage such an unequal
match as the Langford-Watki az
fair is bound to be if everything is
above board WATKINS doesn't appear
to have the ghost Of a chance with
IlangfOrd. No sane club owner can
expect to make any money with
bout Of that caliber- would be viii
IL E-rrA ns-.Al-
viii not be large enough to pay Lang
fcrd's guarantee, let alone other ex-
penseS anyway the bout results. It
IS bound to be a knock for the club.
II Sam stops his man right off the
reel the fans viii be sore because the
match was such a poor one, and II
Watkins is there at the end Of the 10
rounds the same fans viii figure the
20 a fake Either way the club gets
Won't sect By with the Public.
II promoters exercised better judg-
ment in the making OF matches for
their clubs they would find the pro-
motion of boxing more profitable This
thing OF matching stars with. second
and third class boxers viii not get
by" with the public any more. The
fans have been educated and have
quite as good line on the abilities and
talents OF the boxers as the promoters
What New York needs in the boxing
line at present is at least one more
big club-tO take the place Of Madison
Square garden when that Institution
is closed to the ring men, There is a
great field here for a live boxing pro-
moter- A man Of the caliber and
knowledge OF the game Of Jim Coff-
roth, Of San Francisco, would get rich
IN New York in few years time.
Would Box Mcfarland.
Mike Gibbons wants to box Packey
MCFARLAND at one Of the New York
clubs. Mike is a good business man
and sees an opportunity for adding to
his already substantial bank account
through a 10-round go with McFar-
land.
Il win make IA pounds at O'Clock
for Packey," said Gibbons the other
day "and not an ounce better Or
7 viii make the match at lat ringside,
II Packey thinks he would be giving
me so much the best Of the weights at
- in the afternoon. I am not such
a big fellow as the critics insist At
147 I doubt If I would have much the
best Of Packey at that"
Gibbons says that if he agreed to
lower scale he would not be doing JUS
tice to himself or the public. And
believe him In fact at 147 ringside
7 doubt If Nike would be strong
enough to make much Of an impress
sion on the elusive ChicagOan- Packey
would be very little lighter and in
better shape than for any contest in
which he has engaged in years It
would be a novelty to Mcfarland to
train for fight and not be compelled
70 sweat off considerable beef
Rffchie Is Wise Little Party.
Willie Richie has fixed 135 pounds
ringside for lightweight championship
matches While he might be willing to
stretch a point for some OF the other
fellows in the division. there is no
chance for Packey to get any greater
concession. Willie is great little
fighter, and he is also a wise little
5artv. and he can't see where he
would be getting off in giving any
weight away to the cleverest boxer of
them ali.
The welterweight division appears
70 be the only hope for Packey, II he
intends to remain in the game. And
outside of Gibbons II is extremely
doubtful II he will encounter much
real opposition in that class. OF
course speaking by the book, Mike
is really p middleWeight, albeit a light
one. II Mcfarland insists upon a well
terweight limit there is no chance for
the bout But with his cleverness
and he's the cleverest boxer in the
ring today-Pacl1ey can afford to con-
cede few pounds without getting
very much the worst Of the break, even
with q shifty fellow like Gibbons.
Packey has always been q card IN
New York He viii never draw big
here in the future, however. unless
matched with some one looking to
have a chance with him. No more
soft things like Murphy. The public
knows what Mcfarland can DO and