The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-08
YANKEE FIGHTERS
 IN AUSTRALIA
Ray Bronson Tells of Recent Fistic Events in Which
 Americans Figured.
CIabby Regarded as the Foremost Middleweight of the World z Confidence in Saylor.

Ray Bronson, the, former Indianapo- lis we1terweight. who has been in Aus tralia, with MITburn Saylor the past six months, has taken a great liking to that country, for he writes that he will not return home in June as he had intended, but will remain over until September. Ray has given up the game hfmself and is paying par ticular attention to Say1or, who, he thinks, will in time be worlds light weight champion. He has also taken the management of Ali. Morey. a. very clever Australian welterweight, and he intends to go after the championship begin with, he has issued a. challenge to the best we1terweights in Australia and also toethe British champion, Tom Mccormick, who recently defeated at that time. Writing Of events in Australia, Bronson says:
 &'The game is so good over here that simply could not get away. We were up in the mountains for a time and thoroughly enjoyed them. I am going to send saylor back there to brace up, as he has had too strenu- ous a time since arriving here. When you stop to think that he has had nine battles and all of them hard ones, in a very short time, you can realize the training he has been through. When he gets back am go- ing to match him against the best, boys in the world and one of the big matches here before we leave will be with Young Shugrue of New York who has been making a great show ing. This battle should draw at least $25,- 900 to $30, 900. Tn the meantime, in tend to train Mercy for a couple of big matches with welterweights He is a very promising young boxer or I would not take him in hand
 T witnessed the, contest between Joe Welling of Chicago and Hughie Mehegan the other night and must say that the decision was an unjust one. The referee gave it to Niche gan, but Mr. Corbett, one of the best posted men on boxing in the world. came out in his paper and said him. self that 1t was a bad decision and that the worst Wel1ing could have ex- pected was a draw.
 Jimmy Clabby was a big 6avorite over Jeff Smith in their twenty round battle, and the decision against C1ab- by was not upheld by the fans by a long ways. If they ever meet again. the wise money will go down on Clab- by. for they think he is the best mfd- dleweight in the world today.
 Herbert Mccoy and Kid Lewis of Louisiana, fought twenty round bat tie last night, Lewis getting the decis- ion. Mccoy seemed to be off his stride and put up a very poor fight compared to what he did against Say Tor. If he had acted that way with Saylor. he would have ybeen stopped inside of five rounds.
 "Regarding the match with Fred Kay and Saylor, I want to state that the worst he should have had was a draw SayIor was not knocked down as some people imagined, but slipped: while Kay, his opponent, was foored six times. Kay is a very clever fel- low and has a tantalizing left hand. but when it came to real fighting, Say Tor had him beat. We will get Kay later on and then we will see who is the best man. At that I must give this. young fellow full credit for he is certainly fast on his feet and has a lightning left hand, besides being very clever in blocking.