The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-15
FIGHTERS SHARED
 POPULARITY WITH
 BASEBALL ON FOURTH.
T. s. Andrews.)

Baseball was not the only sport that
 was enjoyed by thousands lof Ameri- P cans on the great National holiday,
 the Fourth of July. Boxing shared in
 popularity to a greater extent this year
 on the Fourth than ever before. Near
 ly every center where boxing is con-
 ducted, with a possible exception of
 Milwaukee and New York, boxing
 bouts were in evidence. Probably the
 greatest contest on that day was the
 one between Jimmy C1abby, the Mill waukee IniddleWeight, and Eddie Mo-
 Goorty, the Oshkosh boy. before a
 crowd Of 15.0O0 people at Snowy
 Bakers Stadium in London. This
 contest was won by C7aibby on an ac- -cidental foul in the 8th round. A
 Baker stated that, two of the club doc- tors endorsed the action of the referee
 in awarding the fight to C1abby on a
 fouls but stated that it was an accident
 and that McGoorty should not be held
 guilty of a deliberate foul Up to that time C1abbv had the best of the con- test and was putting up wonderful fight. It might be. termed a VI Mid championship affair, as ClabEby is with
 out doubt the best man in the world today at f58 pounds ringside. He was under this weight when he fought Me- Goorty and as he has twice defeated the Wisconsin boy, he has a clear Fs claim to the championship over a. year ago and from the records of all the nidd1eweigats today he seems to have the clearest claim to the title of any of them. Jack Dillon of Indianapolis would be considered on a, par with Clabby, providing he could make the weight, but Jack has been unable to make S8 pounds ringside. The claims of George Chip, Billy Murray and Al Mahoney cannot be considered ser iously, with C1abby having such a. lead over them, and the only way to settle The matter now is to proclaim Clab9oy champion and let him defend 1t tenders. This will include Jeff Smith of New York. who Is at present in Australia, and the chances are that they will meet very shortly
 Next to the C1a;bby AGcGoerty battle | was the defeat of Billy Murray by l George Chip in 5 rounds at San Fran cisco. Murray was putting up a very | creditaible contest until the 11th round:I when Chip .'began to show himself and in the fifteenth landed a Knockout This puts Chip in the running once more and shoves Murray into the background.
 At Kansas City, Jack Dillon had no trouble in outpointing Petrosl<ey in a | 1O-round contest, but neither of them weighed in at the nniddleweight limit. ] One of the surprises of the day was the poor showing made by Matty Mo Cue Of Racine, (whom Tom Jones considered another Ad Wolgast) against Joe Rivers at Los Angeles, in two rounds McCue never had a chance to show himself. He seemed to be worried to begin with and the rules out there seemed to bother him, He was not knocked out, but was put to the floor twice in two rounds and Tom Jones threw in the sponge Prob ably it Twas lack of training or ner- that put McCue to the bad 80 early in the game. However, he should be given another chance as he surely can do better than he did against Rivers.
 Joe Mandot, the southern champion, made another comeback in his con- test with Johnny Dundee, fighting a 10 round draw at New Orleans. Man dot has been showing extra good form for the past six months and it looks as though he would be in for a good season this coming fall. Carl Morris. the big white hope, had an easy time disposinee of Kubiak in six rounds at Fort Smith Ark. Jack Brittons a | lightweight contender, and also John nv Griffith, another hope, had 8 lively 12-round session at Canton O. There were many minor bouts round the country and everything seemed to 20 off smoothly. Boxing is naturally s winter sport, but it seems that tFe1 American people are anxious to have even. this strenuous pastime on the great national holiday during the hot lest part of the year.