El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-31

in Australia. When he finally cOmpre-
hended what was facing him, after Nc
Keeby had delivered his sentence in
full, Clabby gave up in despair and
begged to be allowed to go to foreign
lands and live normally again. Before
CIabby leaves the city Of Los Angeles,
he must have the permission OF prose-
cutor McKeeby-
Mordecai Brown, manager Of the St
Louis Federals, is Of the opinion that a
pitcher should do his share of hitting, IN
addition TO mound duty. In his day Brown
was one Of the most dangerous pinch hit
ters in the game, and many games were
won by his timely hits, as well as by
pitching prowess. The pitchers are -cCnse-
Quently taking every opportunity TO train
their optic on hitting the ball
Another match will probably result from
the draw decision which was handed down
in the Herrick-York bout Friday night at
Roswell. Although Herrtck has won twice
by popular decision, a third bout is neces-
sary to return a decisive winner. Fight
fans Of EI Paso who attended the Herrick-
Gordon 80 round bout in Juarez on Labor
day, 1913, remember that York fought a
four round curtain raiser with a husky rail-
Herrick won by the X O. route 1t was
not believed then that York, who showed a
decided lack Of speed and stamina, could
ever obtain a draw with the clever Her
rick.
Charlie White, the Chicago light
weight, discovered that he did not
break his hand in the AzeVedO bout,
as he at first believed. In the pres
ence of q number of newspaper men,
White took off the bandage and dis
played n badly swollen nit The re-
CENTS of the bout were $500. AZevedO
while White was given $1,000, for ms
evenings work As n result of the in
jury to his hand White has called off
a number of bouts
According to a coast boxing critic,
the Wisest fighters are the boys who
leave their managers behind and visit
the newspaper offices alone. I'll
just talk and say anything that comes
into my head, and I'll trust to your
honor and judgment not to put any
thing IN the paper that hurts me
This is the comfortable way, Wolgast
puts it, and il is believed that his
confidence has never been abused.
Although they have declined to dis
cuss details, il is believed that both
promoters COffrOth and McCarey, OF
the San Francisco and Vernon fight
arenas respectively, will bid for a
lightweight championship bout be
tween Freddie Welsh and Willie
much as he brought Welsh TO the
coast, he hoped to send him against
the American champion on July 4
Ritchie, Leach Cross and Freddie
Welsh are all probable opponents of
Ad Wolgast, exhghtweight champion
in san Francisco within the next few
months. Sunny Jim" COffroth, pro-
moter of the San Francisco club, ac-
Cording to reports has closed a deal
whereby the Michigan wild cat will
receive a stipulated guarantee of
$4,000 for a series Of four matches
against selected opponents before the
Bay City athletic club. WOlgast Will
receive the full guarantee whether he
Records and traditions were elimin-
ated in Paris at the recent bout be-
tween Joe Jeanette and Georges
Carpenter The fight went the stipu-
lated number of rounds, Jeanette
winning by a margin on points. The
French champion was Cheered by a
crowd of approximately 5000 people,
who paid $4,000 to see it.
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Puris probably has enough of Amer
lean negro fighters since Joe Jean
nette defeated Georges Carpenter.
Speculations among American fans
differ as to what the probable result
would have been had it been Sam
Langford against Carpenter instead
of Jeanette. Langford owns a kick
as hard as a government mule, and is
undoubtedly a better ring general
than the veteran negro. 1t is doubt
full that Carpenter would have lasted
the limit with Langford as his OppO-
nent