The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-14

other to follow at Milwaukee or some oGher city where the financial pickings are good, a tremendous national i'm terest would be worked up for a twenty round bout in New Orleans later on,
 When 1t comes to q show down, with a referee in the ring to name, the win ner, will favor Gibbons chances. II consider him the best man in the mid dle-Nwedght division. bar none. have watched Mike in g. number Of bouts and while there Is no question that he has made good in nearly every start he has always given me the i'm preasion that he had a great deal in reserve. In many ways he reminds me Of Tommy Ryan when that great boxer was at the zenith of his fame ClGbby may be ranked by some g.. bit higher than Gibbons because he has met moro men of reputation, than his rival. but he will have to be wonderfully improved boxer over what he showed us in this city a couple of years ago to defeat the Gibbons we know around these dfggtngs.
 If here is any delay in matching them it win not be any fault of Gib- bons. who has annos1nced that he will be glad to take CIabby on at any time. Gibbons would have been Chips opponent in the San Francisco bout last week i3 George had shown any desire to take him on. But the latter voted to box CIaibby instead, the pair. So 1t appears that it is Jim mys move in the matchmaking line. From all accounts C71ip fs through making 1s6 pounds for matches. He might do better in the heavy-weixht ciass than he can hope for among the m1ddies at that, While of the flat footed species of tighter, his dangerous punch might mean more success for him. among the slow-footed fellows who adorn the heavy weight division these days. On the dope he should have a comparatively easy time clean Ing up most of the@ so-caued white Reports from M1lwaukee rexardfng the result of tho Welsh-Whits con hict according to the likes and dis likes Of the writer's Of course. I do not mean that every expert pres- ent allowed pretudice to sway his judgment but there is no denying that there is evidence that consider 1 able wire pulling was tndulged in by ] the friends and packers of both prin- cipals, and this was particularly re- nected in accounts printed in the New York papefs.
 Reading the story Of the light round by round, should say that Welsh scored more points than his opponent who did not show at his best until the ninth round, when he cut loose and had the champion worried by the I herceness of his attack White might have earned the decision beyond dis p1lte had ha got busy earlier in the proceedings. The reason for the delay no doubt was due to the tremendous weight ha.ndfcap-etgl1t pounds-he was up against.
 Charley's sensational rally towards 1 the finish likely inf1u encedN these nou1ders of opinion who awarded him l the victory. and this was not the first l occasion where a boxer,s good work l in tho earlier part of a fight had been 1 overlooked by the sensationa1fsm of l his opponent's strong finish. That l has been a. very common mistake of experts, and often referees, for years and likely will be for many years to come. Many 8 time have seen a I boxer pile up point after point in a
 majorfty of rounds, only to have his l good work totally ignored when it 1 came to awarding a decision through ! an eleventh hour rally by his oppon- 1 ent.
 However, thsse errors of j11d zn ent l are not made by competent referees l l-rnent who have qualified by years of
 work In the r9nD-and the many con-
 flicting stories sent out from Nfilwau-
  | official decisions.
 The good account White gave of
 himself proves that his great battle
 against W1T1ie Ritchia was no luke His fight with Welsh in> the face of l such a tremendous weight handicap
 has placed the Chicago boxer in the very first row of titu1ar aspirants 
 I Jess Willard has evidently decided not to fight Sam Langford or any other heavyweight, and to devote the future to preparation for the match
 with Jack Johnson. which Jack, Cur ley has gone abroad to close with the
 champion.
 I Of course, Messrs. Curley, Jones, I Willard, ct al, know their own busi-
 ness best, but if they will take a tip
 from me Jess will do considerable fighting between this and the time sci for the proposed match with the ne-
 gro. Willard has height, weight,
 strength and the punch. He lacks
 cleverness and most@of all the neces-
 sary experience and ring -generaIshiu
 to cope with the veteran Johnson
 Proper training and plenty real fight
 ing might make Jess a great heayy-
 weight, but if he confines his work for the match with Johnson to the gymnasium exclusively he will moi make much headway. Experience
 makes champions. No one ever has come. along ana ceHped a title without
 going through gAl1ing ring expert ence. There is ne reason to regard Willard an exception to the rule Plenty of secend-raters could be found for Jess to practice on, and al the same time he would be gatherins much valuable experience. By keep. } ing him idle it seems to me that his packers haven't much confidence ir } the big fellow in spite of their avow- a1s to the contrary. Jack is rated z 7 possible candidate for the title, not se l much on what he has actually ac