Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-06
MIKE GIBBONS IS ANXIOUS
TO BOX GLABBY FOR TITLE
St. Paul Phantom Willing to Tackle Eddie
McGoorty if He Cant Meet the
Middleweight Champion. 49,.

but when he turned around and handed
Smith a beating on points (and clever
ness was part Of Jeff's stock in trade)
there was nothing left but to admit
He is now in line for a match with
Jimmy Clabby. who is acknowledged
the champion in America, for the world
title. If such a contest could be ar
world champion for the first time since
Stanley Ketchel passed away. It may
mean another trip to Kangarooland for
Jeems.
Boxing news is very scarce from
across the big pond these days and the
following letter from my correspond
ent. Mr.. Dyer. will no doubt prove in
teresting. He says: The National
Sporting Club has started it's weekly
shows. despite the war. but nothing in
the way of big matches has been
staged as yet Your Milwaukee vel
terweight champion, Anton the Greek,
who succeeded in getting out of Greece
other night at the National Club. when
a met Eddie Elton, a boy weighing
SIS pounds. Anton weighed about 145.
It was terrific struggle all through
Anton was not in as good shape as
Elton. but he put up a remarkably
good battle-so good that he was again
matched by the club for ten-round
poul WIFI d good WelIerWe1SnC WnOm
the matchmaker has not named as yet.
l understand. however. that it win be
Corporal Hall He also is matched to
box twenty rounds with Nat Williams,
the welterweight. who recently re-
turned from Australia. After these
bouts he intends to return to America.
He is a fine young fellow and has
made many friends here. Reports
were received here about the White
and Welsh match, but they differ and
n0 fn i,fQ hot no
verdict was. White must be good to
hold Welsh that way. We all felt
very sorry to hear about poor. Charlie
Ledoux, the European champion ban7
a great fighter and had attended going
to America this winter to meet Kid
Williams for the title. Georges Car
pentier was not injured as far as I
corps, but has not seen any real active
service in the field. Adrien Hogan, the
French welterweight. was badly
wounded at Verdun and Eugene Stu
Der. who had just returned from Aus
tralia, was killed at the same place.
There is no sport of any kind in Paris
and very little here, except boxing
and foot ball.
Boxing fans the world over were
nounced In Australia three years ago
that Cyclone Johnny Thompson had
jumped from lightweight to mid
dleweight within few weeks time.
but Bob Moha, the Beer city middle
weight, can go Johnny one better as
to the weight business. Vincent Moha,
brother of Bob. and who acts as his
manager, is authority for the state
ment that Bob reduced from 245 pounds
to TO within month or two. Be
fore Bob was matched with Mike Glib
bons at Hudson" said Vincent. The
was way above weight: in fact, during
the summer he scaled 245 pounds with
his clothes on. That did not bother
Bob. and when he started training in
the fall I was surprised at the rapid
manner in which he reduced. Why, in
a short time he was down to ITO
pounds. having taken Off seventy-f1ve
pounds In weight. and made 100 at 3
for Mike Gibbons. That was taking off
eighty-five pounds all told-some work,
believe me-" In the case of Johnny
Thompson 1t might be we'll to mention
that at the time of his jump in weight
he was matched to fight Hughey Me-
told that he would go stale if he tried
to keep down so fine. so Johnny de-
cided to forfeit his $500 and go in at
catch weights. He did not weigh him
SER ana supposed he would go to
OF the show the official asked Johnny
to step on the scales. It was not nee
essary. as he had forfeited to Hughey,
put ne thought nothing of it and got
aboard He was nearly. paralyzed to
see the pointer move to 1862 bounds.
He had gained twenty-five pounds In
two days. From that time on Johnny
was middleweight.
While there has been much printed
in the papers about a match between
Packey Mcfarland and either Freddy
Welsh or Mike Gibbons, nothing has
resulted from all the talk. and II
seems impossible to get them together
owing to the weight barrier in each
case.
Why not match Mr.. Packey and Char.
lie White for the championship Of Chi
cago and be done with 1t? Packey has
o'clock for Welsh, but there has been
nothing doing. Now, if Packey will
make that for the champion, why not
make the same weight for White. who
also claims to be a champion at 133
ringside? Nate Lewis has not stated that
he would match up White against NC
to pass 1t up. but recently Charlie
White made 1t plain to me that he
would not back out of a match with
Mcfarland in case an offer was made.
provided Packey would do that