Evening star., 1914-08-01
ANDREWS BOXING GOSSIP
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
Recent Scrap Between Carpenter and Smith Shows U
Faulty Rules-Big Boost for Lightweight
Willie Adams.

can do this. then Jimmy Dougherty
ray make up his mind that he Will
l&ve pretty soft future before him.
ie VIII be given the acid test during
ne coming fall season and If he can
-:avei the pace in the east he will find
plenty of real try-outs in the west
OF late years there has been great
aeal OF controversy going on, both in
Europe and America, as 10 whether the
women should attend boxing matches
The women seem to have answered the
question themselves by turning out in
great numbers at the Gunboat Smith
and Georges Carpenter match In Lon
don, and also the one between Freddie
Welsh and Willie Richie There were
more than 1000 women at each of these
nshts, which is certainly going some,
for even city like London. and
the chances are that when more bie.
nights are held there the number will
be increased, for reports from the other
s!de state that the women were among
the most enthusiastic of all the specta-
tors.
II Is nothing new to find hundreds
OF women attending these boxing
matches in Paris, but it was something
OF novelty in London However, these
are not the only cities where women
attend boxing contests, for in AIilwau-
Mee last winter many women attended
the matches at the auditorium and they
seemed thoroushiy to enjoy it. Most
&
were very outspoken and said that they
!, could see: no reason why the fair sex
could not attend them just as wen as
"atchlng foot ball match
iong as boxing matches are prop
cFiy conducted and held in respectahIe
quarters there is no reason WHY woman
! cannot attend them. OF course. il ha g
! alWays been supposition that boxing
- - d mans sport, but nowadays the
women seem to be taking nm ali L;nds
OF sports and they have included bnyin.1
In the list. So that settles it.
Joe Jeanette, one of the trio of ere.t
coiofed lighters, has about reached tha
Gnu ol ms rope as heavyweight cham
pionship possibility. Joe has been !. won-
derful fighter and has never a,1ihhIad
over terms when arranging matches with
lhe sEeatest stars of the game, but in his
recent nights with Georges Carpentier
and others he has not shown the same
oash ana vim as formerly
me other night in New York Joe
saehied lhe big negro--Battling Jim John
! soil-Who weighs more than 300 nounds
ana the accounts differ as to whether .Ioe
was knocked out or fouIed in tba frst
round Joe claimed that he had been hit
low and fouled. while some of the John
son adherents alleged the blow was fair
!! However, Referee Billy job decided that
! the battle should be continued after 1et-
eing jeanette rest three minutes which
would indicate that foul had been com
nltted The men fought a hard contest
throughout the ten rounds and at tbe
end some said draw and tbers tb.t To-
had won. NC '"e
1t only proved that Jeanette is ,o;n,,
backward fast or Jim johnson is cominp
alons rapidly Jeanette has been great
iaFofite IN New York for several wears
even lhoush ne is colored. and the fans
WI WI oe sorry to hear of his downward
ono off,
think more of home life than tbe co.,
| slshts. He is happily married and has
nne family and is respected, and that
IS lot OF satisfaction for Joe
Leach Cross, the New York dentist who
mas been spending the summer al os
, Angeles, will meet Johnny Tillman. the
Minneapolis lightweight july % before
Tom Mccarey's club at Vernon. Cross
was originally matched with .Ioa Riyers
for this date, but for some reason tho
Mexican dropped out. and. as the Mime
, apoils boy was on the ground. he was
ven the chance to show his wares
1lliman has been coming along very nice
~ OF late and showing good form in his
contests around the middle west. He is a
very cool lad in the ring, with a long
left hand, and, unless Mr.. Cross should
happen to put over a X. o. early in fhe
contest it will not be surprising to hea r
OF johnny outpointing Leachy at the
emu ol tne twenty rounds. Cross may
imagine that he is picking a soft one
but he is liable to bump into very
big surprise party.
Charley White. the Chicago lightweight
demonstrated in his battle with Stanley
foakum. in Denver. that he can travel
the marathon route, without the least
bother and finish like race horse. There
was some doubt about Charley being able
to go the distance and many Of the
boys around the country have intimated
| that if he tried to travel twenty rounds
with Willie Ritchie the latter would
have all the best 'of il, claiming that
Whites stamina would not be sufficient
to carry him through long, bruisine con-
test.
Not only did he go the distance with
Yoakum. but when the nineteenth round
came he had sufficient reserve force to
score clean knockout Charley will
have a chance to repeat his performance
when he meets Joe Azevedo in San Fran
cisco the first week in August. These
two boys met in a ten-round contest In
Racine last spring and White had no
trouble winning the verdict, although it
was a mo decision" affair There is no
| reason why he should not score a clean
victory over the Portuguese boy in twen-
ty rounds. Then II will he back to the
east for Charley in an effort to get on