Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-04
BY T. S. ANDREWS.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MILWAUKEE. Wis, March Mill
waukee has turned out some high-class
fighters in the past, but during the last
two seasons the boxers of class nave
not been very much in evidence. Jimmy
Clabby. who was practically Milwaukee
product. has reached about the top OF the
middleweight ladder. and Bob Moha, who
promised to make things hum for time
eased Off a bit and missed a chance, but
now comes Ritchie Mitchell, a young
featherweight, who looks as though he
will shine as brightly as any of them.
Mitchell is only younsster and a new
conner to the game. having had about
twelve contests. but he has learned lot
in that time and looks very sweet to his
friends. He had a real try-out the other
night, when he stacked up against the
veteran Patsy Brannigan OF Pittsburgh.
For ten rounds Patsy tried every trick
Of the trade to get the youngster. but
when the final bell rang there was only
one decision-Mitchell had beaten the ex-
perienced Brannigan. The youngster was
last on his feet and used good judgment
IN shifting his head out Of reach Of
swings. besides using both hands to per-
The boy surely looks like a conner.
In last weeks chat 1t was mentioned
that Jimmy Coffroth of Frisco must
have something up his sleeve In match
ing practically unknown lad named
Billy Murray against the husky Leo
Houck. middleweight, who has met the
best and defeated most of them. 1t was
correct-Jimmy did have something up
his sleeve-for Murray proved tartar
for Houck. He fought cleverly and had
u punch, and at the end Of the four.
teenth round the referee stopped the
contest, when Leo was helpless against
The ropes. and gave the newcomer the
benefit Of a knockout Tom Jones, who
is handling AID Wolgast, says that he
had Murray out west for some time and
had him fight Kid George and others at
Reno; that he Is a good middleweight
and ready for the best in the business.
Sammy Harris and his protege, Kid
Williams. have left Los Angeles In dis
gust and will stop over in Chicago few
days to see II there is chance to get
Johnny Coulon into a match with the
Baltimore boy. Harris claims that Tom
McCarey offered to guarantee Johnny
5000 and another $1,000 from Harris
the moment he stepped into the ring.
with a privilege, but that Johnny has
passed the buck. Harris would like to
get match with Coulon above all 9TH
ers, as he wants to annex the bantam
title and then go after the worlds cham
pionship, but the chances seem slim at
present for a match, although Johnny
has assured me that he will take on Will
liams as soon as he has had Il couple
of good try-outs.
After all the talk about barring Jack
England the National Sporting Club of
London has changed its attitude in the
matter and is now endeavoring to stage
big bout between LII Arthur and Sam
that comes from friend who is close
10 the powers that be. Writing Of the
affair he says: I'm defiance of warnings
issued by powerful London newspapers.
the National Sporting Club intend stag
ing a championship bout between Sam
Jangford and Jack Johnson. If it is
within the bounds Of possibility. They
have offered a purse OF $4,000 Tor the
acceptance of the colored fighters for
1wenty-round battle, an offer which is
10 remain; open until the hrst day Of |
March. II they extend the period to the
same date next year l question very |
much il Johnson will agree to risk his |
title for such small amount. In face
of his repeated demands for S3O,0OO-win, |
Jose or draw-it does not seem reasonable
80 suppose that the champion will come
down to sharing half that sum. The club
insists that the purse, IL accepted. is to
be divided 50 per cent to the winner and
30 per cent to the loser, 20 per cent and
60 per cent, or the winner can take all:
out IL VIII not De u party 10 any VIII.
lose-or-draw arrangement, even should
Langford be agreeable to such Pro-
posal
"A rejection of these terms seems pretty
certain by Johnson as will be the
stipulation that each fighter put up a
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. side bet. Joe
Woodman has already lodged forfeit
of $500 on behalf of Sam Langfcrd.
who agrees to all the clubs conditions,
including that sharing the picture rights
eOuaily hetween the c1lh and the two
fighters. In a short chat with a repre-
sentative of the club, learned that the
committee will not increase its offer,
which, by the way, is the same amount
recent boxed. Meantime, another syn
dictate is making frantic efforts to get
Johnson to box Langford for thirty
thousand-dollar purse to be divided any,
how the boxers please. 1t will be inter-
esting to see what attitude the neWspa-
pers adopt toward the two Offers
The popularity of boxing in England
among the soldiers and navy men has
led the French people to starting cham
pionship Journeys for their defensive
forces similar to those decided on in Eng
land. There Is a proposal to make box
..nscripts in future. and II such pro-
posal is adopted the Frenchmen may
soon outdistance the British in every
weight. The spread Of the game In
france Is undoubtedly Que TO tn6 sue
cess of Georges Carpenter, whose VIC
tories have been made the most of in his
native country, and his defeats easily ex-
planned away. France is not the only
country where boxing is being pushed
20 the front as Belgium and Switzerland
have contests quite frequently. and now
the Danes are taking it up. The Ger
mans have been slow to adopt the sport.
but gradually they are waking up, and
SO is Austria 1t Is rather peculiar that
the athletic young men of Germany do
not take more to boxing. considering that
there are so many German-Americans
who follow the sport; in fact, some OF
the best boxers In the states are among
me Germans. When all the European
countries take more to the manly ART
there will be tournaments on a scale that
will make the wrestling Journeys look
sick.
Snowy Baker. the Australian Doxlng
promoter. who is touring this country az
the present time, is not entirely IN search
of fighters. but wishes to acqualnt MINI
self with the conditions in this country
and to become acquainted personally
with all the prominent boxers and people
interested In the sport. Mr.. Baker mas
been here less than a month, but ne mas
covered a great deal of ground ana mas
seen quite a number of boxing arenas IN