Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
LATEST NEWS AND GOSSIP
FROM THE SQUARE ARENA
McGoorty Must Stay in Australia to Hold Heavy
weight Title-Good Scraps Carded
for Milwaukee.

Bill PerklnS OF hnlneianoer. WIS., An
ten-round bout. was the victim OF too
much training. The writer stated that
Billy had taken of ten pounds in less
than a week, reducing from 1853 to loe
pounds. Then. to make matters worse,
Bily's nose was broken and he felt all
broken up because his handlers skipped
out when he lost. Billy's plight Is no worse
than that of many others who have tried
to train down to a certain weight In Q
short space Of time. Many fighters will
into a Turkish bath and thus weaken
themselves, Just to make weight and
save a forfeit. Many a fighter has lost
a good match by that same method and
do it should get wise to training methods
before trying to handle fighter. The
promoters should put stop to ft-that II.
where they know Of such methods being
employed-for it will Invariably spoil
what might prove q hrst-class contest.
And while Billy was having his troubles
another youth from that section-Kid
Purrier Of Fond du Lac-was bragging
about the way he trained on mushrooms
for his fight and succeeded in holding
Kid White Of Oshkosh to a draw. II
Purrier had lost, the chances are that
he would have blamed it on the mus.
rooms.
At last Johnny Coulon, the American
bantamweight champion. has announced
the Baltimore pocket edition of Tom
Sharkey. in championship match. Tom
McCarey of Los Angeles has made bid
for the match and he will likely get It,
where twenty-round battle can be held
outside of San Francisco. and McCarey's
arena will draw much more with the
bantams than the one at Frisco. Mil
waukee would draw as much money az
any place for the bout but the Cream
City promoters will gladly stand asid
and let Uncle Tom have the contest as
long as 1t Is to be over the marathon
course and for the title. Johnny thinks
that February is too soon for the match
and prefers later date, probably in
April. However, there seems to be good
reasons for believing that the match will
be made and that Is something to glory
In for real bouts for titles nowadays
are scarce.
Pal Brown. the Minnesota lightweight.
who made such a sensational fight
against Hughey Michigan, the Austria
liam champion. a month or six weeks ago.
put up another sensational fight against
Herb Mccoy of Melbourne, losing the
decision by shade after twenty rounds
of fierce battling. Mccoy was strong at
135 pounds and was in tip-top condition
being able to travel the distance at top
speed. Brown, too, was In good shape
but not SO strong as when he fought
Mehegan. Mccoy used his cIeyerness
against the Yankee to good effect and
kept out OF harms way at times by good
footwork He was satisfied to win on
points. Brown made a desperate effort
to land knockout in the fourteenth
round, but he tired himself and could
not keep it up in the following sessions
lie was there at the bell in the twentieth
round. fighting as strongly when he
to show that he was fresh
to continue il wanted. Pal had no COM
plant to make about his loss Of the
verdict, but stated that he considered
Mccoy a superior lightweight to Mehes-
an. Through it all Brown proved him.
self real fighter. and although Hughey
Michigan scored a shade decision over
him In their second meeting he feels
confident that he can whip both Hughey
and Mccoy when he NETS them again.
Pal had trained with Owen Moran for his
match (who left him In the lurch) and
also with Johnny Summers. who baked
on meeting him. SO the chances are that
he was not at his best when he faced
after Willie Richie for the American
and cables that he viii be
ready to meet the Yankee over the
..arathon route as soon as he gets back
from the antipodes
The report that Georges Carpenter.
the French champion, Is going to Austria
liza for one match. means that the van
quisher Of Bombardier Wells will draw
down close to $4,000 for his end and
in a match against middieweght in
all probability. Only ten days ago Car
pentier was offered $4,000 to make the
trip for one match and he declined. Later
he received another offer from Snowy
Baker and It is good bet that it must
have been near the irty-thousa nd dollar
marn, which. with an extra expense OF
II 500 to 5000 for boat passage. will
bring the total cost Of the match up to
over $4,000. as McGoorty If he should
be the mani will not accept unless he
gets a good slice for his end. And II 1T
happens to be McGoorty, don't be sur
prissd IL the Badger boy hands the
Frenchman a whipping.
Clarence (kid) Ferns, the Kansas City
scrapper. is hot after another match with
Mike Gibbons despite the fact that
Michael handed him a knockout potion
at New Orleans in Jig time The
Kid says he lost by fuke in the south.
put that he can turn the tables on Mike
( given the chance. 1t is not likely that
Nike win give him the chance fpg,
Rhile at least,