El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-05
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r ILWAUKEE. WIS. Sept. labor
MI day promises to be anothsr banner 3s-
the opening of the boxing season ana
most Of the clubs wait for Labor day Tor
their fan coming out The Fourth OF July
is a big holiday date for the mitt men but
from the present outlook Labor day Will
outshine even the glorious Fourth over 81
boxing events Of class have been arranged
for September Z. which means that with
five bouts on every card there VIII De al
least $50 matches decided on that date IN
addition, there are dozens OF small clubs an
over the country holding bouts on Labor
Day, Of which no schedule is kept
Among the most important viii ne a 70
round slam between Joe Rivers ano VIII
lie Beccher at Los Angeles II VIII be
Beechers first appearance In the west most
OF MS battles having peen louEhl Gown
south around New Orleans and New York
state Rivers viii no doubt be the favor
lite. but he VIII know he has pumped A tar
tar before he gets through. for the Beecher
boy has had a habit in all his bouts OF be-
ing willing to take a punch TO land one and
he sure can hit when in action should
Beecher win he will return east and take
IN big bout either Win charlie White.
Leach Cross or Ad Wolgast-
Cross to Fight TiIIman.
Leach Cross and Johnny Tillman will at
tract a lot Of attention at Hudson. Wis, for
the fans around the twin cities swear by
Crosses that ever gathered in New York
There is also more than ordinary interest
between the principals. for Frank Tyrrell-
manager Of I1llman, claims ne was gwen
the short end Of the deal at Los Angeles
When he matched 10 meet AToSe DELoLe
Tom McCareys club ana ne wants 10 geL
even 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 clash with
GeorEe Knockout Brown. the Greek cham
pion Nike viii be giving away some weight
but his cIeverness should carry him through
without much difficulty At that the Greek
has improved lot the past year and may
make trouble for Michael
Williams rs. SOlsberg.
Champion Kid Williams viii tackle Young
SoIsberg. a clever and tough youngster Of
Pittsburg. before the Broadway club Of
Brooklyn, y ]. They VIII 20 10 ROUNDS anu
the champion will no doubt add another
newspaper decision to his record
Charlie White. the Chicago pride. will box
Is rounds with Danny O'Brien at Denver,
Colo. The latter is only fairly clever boy.
but not Of the class that White possesses
Charlie is taking the match to keep busy
and prepare Tor his meeting WIN Al VOL
East in Milwaukee little later
News From Europe.
There has been y little sporting news
but letter from M Dyer. the European
sporting authority. under date Of August Q
18th. gives an idea OF how things are pro Z
IN his letter Mr. Dyer writes
My Dear Andrews: Il may be many I
months before I can send you any more D
sporting news unless there should be a sud {
den change in doings over here. As you /
know. this country has been dragged into L
the great war and the thing that everybody
sensible has been dreading for years. is now
an actual fact BY the time this reaches
you probably every nation in Europe viii
sport Of an kinds. which was progressing
30 splendidly not only in England but ia Z
pretty nearly every country in Europe, has
been shot 10 pieces You American neouIe I
1ugnt TO feel thankful that your country is !
practically immune from anything Of this
sort You American people are certainly
fortunate The city here is war mad and
he government is enlisting 5000 young men