The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
ARE REBUILDING
MARYLAND Club
Ardmore Clubhouse Making
Arena Which VIII Seat
1000 Fight Fans.
OTHER BOXING NEWS
Danny Sparks Makes Good Decision
in Battle at Indian Head Last
Thursday.
OTHER BOXING NEWS

What is the trouble with the fights a,
Ardmore?
The local fight fans are longing for the
battles at the Maryland Club to again
get under way. but when Promoter
Phelps was interviewed yesterday he said
there would be nothing doing until the
new clubhouse, which is being built, Is
completed
The committee in charge Of the fights
at the Ardmore Club have been making
preparations for the rebuilding of the
clubhouse since last fall. and the local
fight fans will be more than pleased to
know that the work has been started on!
an arena which, when completed, will
seat close to 1000 persons.
September 10 Is the date set for the
next mill at the Maryland Club. and. al
though IL Is rather early to arrange for
the bouts. It is a sure bet, with the
seating capacity which the club will then
have. that two OF the best boys in the
country will be seen In the main attrac-
ton
The fights at Indian Head. Nd, last
THURSDAY night were run on in an order
~ manner, and Danny Sparks lifted both
the fighters hands at the end of the main
bout His decision met with the appro-i
val OF a large crowd which was present
During the early milling Young Thomas
kept Kid Marshall chasing him to land
his famous left jah. while the little
feather-weight was pounding the soldier
boy with body punches and straight
rights to the head, but the distance
seemed to tell on Thomas. and the Engi-
neer came strong in the last four rounds
and earned just draw decision,
George Chip, who wore the middle
weight crown until Al Mccoy came along
and knocked II on. has the best nuscled
hands OF any living fighter. according to
ring experts.
II owe 1t to Johnny CouIon. the former
bantam champion" says Chip. When
started in the fighting game my hands
were soft. and after every fight I'd have
swollen and bruised hands
One day I told Coulon about It
Johnnie said:
Get broom handle. twiri It for an
hour or so each day, and in a month
you'n see a change
We'll. I took Johnny's advice, and the
muscles on my hands began to develop
and harden, the knuckles became strong.
and never afterward had any trouble
with my hands IN my hghts."
Leach Cross and Jose Rivers will soon
become as well known a team as Sam
Langford and Joe Jeanette were sew
eral years ago. Sam and Joe fought
anywhere between fifteen to twenty times
in a few years Leach and Jose are
out to beat that record. The two have
signed to fight for the fourth time. They
VIII trade wallops next Tuesday night be-
fore Tom McCarey's Vernon Club. Tho
distance Is twenty rounds. In each OF
the three previous engagements Jose has
manased to show Just wee bit superior.
ity. Cross promises to settle all disputes
this time by administering a knockous
potion to the pseudo Mexican.
Sam Mandy. manager of Joe Goldberg.
the Rochester feather-weIght, has added
Young Limbo and Young Specks to his
stable. Specks is open to battle the best
at lS pounds. Mandy's ONCE Is at IgT
Havemeyer street. Brooklyn. n. Y.
Tommy Walsh writes from New Or
leans that Joe Mandot will be prepared
to meet any of the topnotch ught-weiKhts
In the Crescent City during the coming
season. Mondot likes the twenty-round
and as the new law permits
twenty-round battles in New Orleans, the
Southern boy should be kept busy. Man.
dot is one OF the few so-called light
weights who can make 153 pounds ring
side, and at that weight there are few
0eC1SlVelE.
Mike Gibbons. Of St Paul, seems to Be
he middle-weight champion of the Unit
d states and Australia. and Europe too.
provided that Georges Carpenter. Of
France, can make the weight no longer.
George Chips knockout victory over
BILLY Murray, Of California, about ten
lays ago. puts Chip back near the too
mi fnh a
hip held the middle-weight crown until
II Mccoy, regarded as the yeIIowest sort
4 lemon. came along and unlocked a
lunch that landed upon Chips Jaw and
ent him down and out
Those who have seen both Chin and
dcCoy in their fights before and since
hen declare that Chip Is a far better
oxer and hitter than Mccoy. and that
they meet again there will be nothing
o II but Chip. Mccoy stacked up against
durray in two bouts in New York and
he opinion OF the boxing fans was that
durray outpointed Mccoy on both occa-
ions.
And then Chip came along and knocked
ut Murray. after having him helpless
lmost from the start Of the battle.
Joe Rivers. the Mexican Iirbt-v.,1ht
! an enigma to the fight fans. Pftted
gainst dub scrapper, Joe shows up
Ike world beater. He hits with terrific
over, uses wonderful ring generalship
arries an almost invulnerable defense
nd is heady and cool at every stage OF
he fight.
But Joe against q champ or near
hamp, is an entirely different person.
lie acts like man in a daze HIS blows
lck steam. his generalship Ia a Joke,
nd his defense easily Is penetrated.
rom a chain lightning performer against
ubs Joe is changed to q ball and chain
erformer against class fighters
How do you explain It.
It's waste Of time for the American
to hurls deis at one Freddie
1elsh- Freddie isn't fighter any more
he's an "aktor." Why should he spend
IS time running away from the punches
the American hght-weights when he
IN make six times as much money an
caring in vaudeville-and not even get
Is nose punched
Oh. yes. Freddie will take on one of
Ir American sluggers. But II won't b
the near future. Freddie Is too vfse
risk losing his title and vaudeville ion
the same time.
Welsh Is matched to meet Ritchie ON
merican soil in November. but the
lances are 100 to I that he'll duck out
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