Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06
BY T. S. ANDREWS.

F.; Special Correspondence OF The Star.
! MIT.W AJKEE., Wis, September 5.-La-
! Dor day promises 10. be another banner
! date for the boxers. II is practically ,he
opening OF the boxing season md most
! of the clubs wait for Labor day for their
, fall coming out The Fourth of July is
! a big holiday date for the nlitt men. but
from the present outlook Labor day will
| ontsh!ne even the glorious Fourth More
+; than thirty boxing events of class have
/ been arranged for September Z, which
means that with five bouts on every card
/ there will be at least $50 matches de
cidsd Monday. In addition there are
dozens OF small clubs all over the coun-
! try holding bouts Labor day, Of which no
| schedule is kept.
| Among the most important will be
tWenty-round slam between Joe Rivers
| and Willie Beecher at Los Angeles. 1t
will be Beechers first appearance in the
west. most of his battles having been
| fought down south around New Orleans
and III New York state. Rivers will no
| doubt be the favorte, but he win know
! he has bumped a tartar before he gets
! through, for the Beecher boy has had "a
! ha bit in ali his bouts of being willing to
take punch to land one and he sure
can hit when in action. Should Beecher
win he will return east and take on a
! big bout either with Charlie White,
! Leach Cross or Ad Wolgast.
| Leach Cross and Johnny Tillman will
attract lot OF attention at Hudson, Wis.,
! for the fans around the twin cities swear
| by Johnny and think he can whip all
| the Crosses that ever gathered in New
fork. There also is more than ordinary
| interest between the principals for Frank
Tyrrell. manager of Tillnlan, claims he
was given the short end Of the deal at
Los Angeles when he was matched to
meet Cross before Tom McCarey's club
and he wants to get even now by having
his boy beat the dentist and prove that
Uncle Toms dope was wrong.
| Mike Gibbons, another product of the
twin cities. will be in the limelight at
Benton Harbor, Mich. where he will
Greek champion. Mike will be giving away
| some weight, but his cleverness should
carry him through without much diff
Guilty At that the Greek has improved
for Michael
Champion Kid Williams will tackle
Young Solsberg, a clever and tough
youngster of Pittsburgh. before the
Broadway Club of Brooklyn, N. Y. They
! will go ten rounds and the champion will
I no doubt add another newspaper decision
to his record
Charlie White. the Chicago pride. will
! box fifteen rounds with Danny O'Brien
/ at Denver, Col. The latter is. only a
| fairly clever boy, but not Of the class
| that White possesses. Charlie is taking
| the match to keep busy and prepare for
| his meeting with Ad Wolgast in Milwau-
/ kee a little later.
Labor Day Bouts.
| September Gal Delaney VS.. Matt
! Brock, Cleveland. Ohio. fifteen rounds;
! frankie Fowser vs.. Harry Brewer, Jua-
rez, Mexico. twenty rounds: Chick West
| VS.. Gilbert Gallant. Middleton. Conn.
| twenty rounds: Kid Williams vs.. Young
/, Solsberg, Brooklyn, N. Y, ten rounds
Eddie, Campi VS.. Young Herman, New Or
| leans, La, twenty rounds: George Chip
| vs. Billy Murray. San Francisco twenty
| rounds: John Tillman VS.. Leach Cross,
Hudson, Wis, ten rounds; Mike Gibbons
vs.. George Brown, Benton Harbor, Mich.
ten rounds; Hay Temple VS.. Sam Robi-
| deau, Superior. Wis, ten rounds; Paddy
o'Hern VS.. Young Wallace. Lewiston.
Flynn. Kansas City, ten rounds; JacK
| Britton VS.. Phil Brock, Erie Pa, ten
rounds; Spike Kelly VS.. Bud Logan. st.
| Joseph. Mo-. fifteen rounds: Benny Cha
ty rounds: Tommy Jones vs. Johnny Cal
Ian. Youngstown. Ohio, twelve rounds:
Tex Vernon vs.. Dick Phillips. Astoria.
Greg. twenty rounds; Joe Rivers vs..
Willie Beecher. Los Angeles, twenty
rounds; Jack Redmond vs.. Winnipeg
| O'Brien. Winnipeg. twelve rounds; Leo
Benz VS.. Joe Thiel, Salt Lake City, twen-
! ty rounds; Leo Houck vs. Tommy Gavl-
gan. Youngstown. Ohio, twelve rounds:
! Freddy Andrews VS.. Art Stewart. Battle
Creek, Mich. ten rounds; Charlie White
| vs. Danny O'Brien, Denver. Col, hfteen
| rounds.
! September S-Harry Stone vs.. Phil
Bloom. Brooklyn, N. T., ten rounds.
There has been very little sporting news
coming from Europe since the war broke
| o1,t h,t letter from Mr.. Dyer, the
European sporting authority. under date
of August II, gives an idea of how
things are progressing on the other side
of the Atlantic. In his letter Mr.. Dyer
| writes:
my Dear Andrews: 1t may be many
months before I can send you any more
sporting neXs. unless there should be a