Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

was fighting around Chicago and later
in New York. He has snappy left
he lands. Mitchell was sent against
Dick Loadman of Pittsburgh. the boy
VINO recently gave Kid Williams ten
round argument and during the eight
rounds the boys mixed Dick did not
! land half d dozen clean blows on the beer
city youth.
1t is a peculiar incident that four
of the top-notch ightweights are
billed for battle the same night-Tom-
my Murphy and Willie Richie for the
lightweight championship at San
Francisco: Ad Wolgast. the ex-cham-
pion and Jose Rivers for ten rounds
| in milwaukee,. Too bad that Charlie
White and Leach Cross cannot mix the
same hight, for then the entire bunch
of stars would be- in action Richie and
Murphy TO have met in Decem-
Der. but an operation on the champion
| nasal organ made a poStponement
necessary. There are some who figure
| Murphy to have good chance of beat
moment. Tommy is not sprung
! chicken any more. being twenty-nine
years of age. and has been In the fight
! game for over ten years. Rltchle Is IN
| his prime and has the advantage In
weight and size besides. | look for a
| good battle. but cannot figure it any
other way than victory for the pres
ent holder of the title AS for VOL
!
They are old rivals and Ad holds a
| win over his husky opponent. but Riv-
ers has always claimed that 1t was
| chance victory and should never have
been allowed. They meet In Milwaukee
before the National Athletic Club and
| from the interest shown the place Will
be packed. 1t is about an even money
bet and you take your choice with
| Wolgast probably having the srea't g;
\ number OF admirers A great battle is
! looked for when they clash and from
the looks of the Spanish boy ME-. VOL
| CAST is going to have his hands full.
| ou: British cousins cannot boast OF
| many high-class fighters just now, and
| therefore it is all the more surprising
| that a championship bout between two OIL
| their stars should be held in foreign
/ country or at least far-away colonial
| possession. Johnny Summers was the
recognized welterweight champion OF
| Great Britain and Tom Mccormick was
| considered the best of the chaliengerS TO-
| the title They had been dickering in
| England about the match. but finally
| Johnny went to Australia under contract
! to Snowy Baker for a series Of matches,
| and later Mccormick followed him to the
| land of the kangaroo. They were match-
| ed for the title at the famous stadium in
| Sydney, and Mccormick won after TWEEN
| ty rounds of hard fighting. Johnny Is
getting into the veteran class and NC
| Cormick. who is conceded to be clever
1 fighter, had the advantage of youth and
| strength on his side. Had Ray Bronson
defeated the Danish champion, Waldo
mar Holberg. there would have been
| chance for a real international title
| match. and there may be before Bronson
| returns home as he is after return bout
! with the Dane and expects to reverse the
decision against him. However, they VIII
| find another Yankee hard after them for
! the welterweight crown, and that person
| is Kid Graves, the Philadelphia boy. and
formerly of Brooklyn and Cleveland:
Graves has been putting up some great
| battles and has issued a challenge to
either Mcfarland or Mike Gibbons at 14o
| ringside or 1872 at 3 o'clock, for the cham
pionship, the distance to b ten or twenty
| rounds.
! Jack Johnson wants the modest sum OF
| $4,000 for his end to visit Mexico and
| fight Gunboat Smith for the champion
| ship. Once upon time Tommy Burns
gave Johnson chance to grab Off the
| title while he tTonmy) grabbed off the
| $4,000 of a So, OCo purse which Hugh D.
| Mcintosh put up for the match. some
/ thing almost unheard of those days. The
| figures which Burns worked on became
! so deeply imbedded in Jacks brain that
| he has never been able to think OF any
| other since that time. Every time
| promoter suggests a match to Jack he
f, Immediately accepts on one condition
that the price of his bit be put down at
| 100000. He might take part of 1t in
stage money. the same as at Las Vegas.
| but the original amount must be with the
| word thirty leading. There is a pos
| sbility that after Jack gets through in
| France he may be able to think of some
| other figures besides $4,000.
Georges Carpenter. the French cham
| pion, must have changed his mind
| about sailing for Australia after his
| defeat of Bombardier Wells, for he has
| contracted for a couple more fights in
| France. which will delay his departure
some time. 1t was understood from
| advices received here from abroad that
| Carpenter had accepted terms from
| Snowy Baker to visit Australia at once
and take part in two fights, for which
| he was to be guaranteed over $4,000
| and eXpenses-some coin for a fighter
who is not champion outside of his
| own sphere in Europe. However. he
| is a great card over in France and
| England. but he has refused several
| good offers to come to the states and
meet some real middleweights or light
! heavyweights. Should he fail to go to
| the antipodes it will rob Eddie Nc
Goorty of a chance to cop off bunch
| of coin, for the Oshkosh boy would
have drawn down close to $4,000 for
| his end in the proposed match with
1 the Frenchman. In addition to meet
/! ing Pat Okeefe, the French champion
| Is to meet the latest British hope
| Bandsman Blake, March 3, and some
OF the sporting men there think the
| Bandsman will do much better than
did Bombardier Wells. He surely can
not do any worse.
Waldemar Hoberg the Danish cham
p1on lightweight, rather welterweight
| tas he has gone into the 145-pound Glass;
| has been cutting quite a dash in Aus
! traiia. the past few months. The Dane
has defeated some of the really good
lightweights and welters. among them
| Frank Picato of California and Ray
Bronson of Indianapolis. He has also
| had number of good fights in England
and seems to be getting better, like Bat
| Nelson, as he goes along. HoIberg Is
thinking of coming to America on his
way home, and if he does he will find
plenty of welters to stack up against as
there are some hgh-class boys in that
division now.
Battling Levinsky. after resting for at
least two days after his contest with
Bob McAlister, met Porky Flynn of Bos-
ton and from all accounts handed the
Boston man beating. 1t is evident
that Perky has gone back or else Levin
sky must be getting good. He is meet
ing all the hopes. big and small, and not