The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-02


 New York. May 2-SpeO1ai to The F'armer-Funny what difference a few weeks will sometimes make in the plans and demands of a boxer. Take the case of Al Mccoy, the latest claimant of the middleweight title. Until he landed flush on George Chips jaw, Knocking Klaus conquer E-or cold in less than s, rounds McCoy Twas satisfied to box any: old dub for anything promoters would pay him. But since that time Al's estimation of the value of his services has taken a sharp upward jump.
 Possibly the suddenness of the whole affair has turned Jack Dough ertyss head. The veteran trainer is McCoy's manager, and it is now his boast that he is 8 union manager and that he wants the union scale for his f1ghter-whatever that scale may be. Jack was up to see a theatrtcal friend of mine recently about getting some dates for his boy-it seems the new stchamplon', didn't turn out to be the sensation banked on in his first venture and unless a new deal can be arranged it will be a case of having to fight for the money instead of getting 1t via, the softer method of stage exhibitions
 I undarptand Jim Coffroth asked Dougherty for his terms to bring Mo Coy to the coast to box Billy Murray twenty rounds, and that Jacks de- nand staggered the California. pro noter. Also Pittsburg matchmaker made Dougherty a liberal offer for six round return go Between Mccoy and Chip, with the same result. How ever, 1t Is thought that Jack will come to his senses before long. He will find promoters are not exactly crazy, and that there is no great demand to. seq Mccoy just now at any rate Al Will have to show more than he NxI The would agree to the Murray match no doubt Coffroth would give him fair guarantee with the privilege of taking a. percentage of the receipts.
 and he ought to get 9 tidy sum out of it, even in defeat, for Murray Is a big card out that way where they regard him as the coming cham pion and the best man of his weight since Stanley Kefchel.
 There is no changing the public mind about the McCoy-Chip battle.
 Nearly every one who saw it feels that
 Al was pretty lucky to get that punch over. and it is srre thing Chip would rule fayorite in a return bout Of course the betting would not aE- feet the result of the match and Al professes confidence and says Al is. not afraid oft Chip If he is sincere he ought to give George another chance Chip knocked out Frank
 
 proving himself 9 good sport Mccoy
 would find that consentfng to a re
 turn bout with Chip would prove an exceedingly popular move
 while Rftchze may box Freddie Welsh in New York city early in June
 The lightweight champion intends to play some theatrical dates before coming to this city, but if xsatiEfac-
 tory arrangement can be made with
 local promoters he would not be averSe to cance11ing few weeks in Billy Gibson, 1natch1naker for the new Stadium A C., ifs hot on the trail of both boys and if they are willing to listen to reason Gibson will soon be
 in position to offer Gotiaanaftes fis- GIbson Is banking on WezcF.s ac- ceptance if R1trhie agrees to the bouf After everything Fref7die's manager has said about Willie and his fear of meeting the English cham p3onsft h hardly thought that Welch szGH baIk at the proposstion-
 H would make a great match and local fans would willingly contribute the prices it would be necessary to ask for a meeting between these two stars of the lightweight division American sports appreciate that Wazch is about the only serious ob- stac1e an Rftcfiess path, and the soon CT the question of American or Eng hsh lightweight superiority is settled the beffer they will be pleased Ma turaafy they want Rf4cf1ie to win, but if We1ch should come out on top the fans would take thelr hats off to the cIever little Brfton. Of course there is mo deciezon'' ruling in the way of a decfHaNe verdict, but ten rounds fly good line on the result of bout over a longer course
 Ratchie wrote me recently stating that he would likely box in New r ork know he doesn't believe in playing favorffes and is willing to box anyone l promoter who pays his price selects. for him there is splendid chance
 of the match being made
 Look the following epistle over carefully, friend reader, and tell me what you think of the rabid fndivid- | ua1 who mailed it to me last week. The "gent'' claims Sacramento. Cal, l as his home, which explains his ad- mifstion for Billy Murray.
 Dear Sfr.-As a native Californian
 you ought to boost California fighters more than you do. You are na- i ftvs son, and ought to boost for other native sons. read your article in
 the Enquirer every week and I am surprised that you have so little to say about Ca1ifornians Billy Mur--
 ray, the best middIe-wefgt1t fighter since Stanley KetcheI is a native and 1 yet you haven't had a word in his fa- 1 yor since he won the cham pfonship of the worlo by beating Jimmy Clabby,
 which he did although the referee
 called 1t draw C1abby was the rec
 ognfzed champion and Murray made
 him pack up and go to Australia right
 after the match which proved that Clabby would go to the other end of
 the world to dodgesa return fight
 suppose you are like others from Call ifornia who have left home and lived
 in the East-you have no use for the place where you made your reputa- tion.''
 Now. what do you think of that? True. have had little to say about MT. Murray. Not having ever had