The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-03
CAN'T TAKE JACK J0HNS0NS
 TITLE AWAY, SAYS C0RBETT
Protest Heard Because Ritchie Wants To Raise Li9htweight Limit
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 inc would bet the money at. the pre- vailing ringsfde odds, and not at even money.
 Anyone who thinks Ritchie can't make 13S has another guess coming. Nowsstae Wisconsin boxing moguls are talking of .suspending Ad Vol gast. If they keep on the members Of the boxing commission will have to furnish Wisconsin's dstic entertain ment themselves. There will not be boxer worthy of the name who will care to take a chance in the state for fear of suspension for. something or other.
 George Chip may eventually be nidd1e-Weight champion, but don't know by whose or what authority he 1 is now referred to as champion. There are several other good men in the di- vision: heewil1 have to beat before the public will be ready to accept him as Stanley KetcheI,s successor.
 Chip himself. according to report, evidently feels the same about it. He does not think he has accom- plished anything remarkable in putting Frank Klaus away twice Nor do I for that matter. never could enthuse very much over the Klaus type of fighter. That kind do not appeal to me as first l class men. Franks greatest feat was stopping Georges Carpenter, and l it is a question if there is a middle weight of any account in this country who couldn't turn the same trick. The result of the second match be- tween Chip and Klaus, as I say, did Enot surprise me in the least. said 1 in this column two weeks ago in com menting on the fighters. 'Chip is l likely to beat a fellow like Klaus, who l has little science, any time they meet. Both depend on hard hitting and Chip probably carries the heavier guns
 would like to see that Los An geIes nidd1e-weight tournament of Tom McCarey's go through. But I nderstand that the match between Jack Dillon and Jimmy CIabby which l had been arranged for January 1 5 has already been called off, and that Mo Carey has grown tired of the job of trying to bring the leaders in the di- vision together in the ringa 3s5s, Ghips though, intends to take on all corners in the middIe-wefght class, so it is announced. He will in all probability be seen in New York l shortly Several local clubs are competing for his services and it is a sure thing that he will grab one of the offers. It has not yet been de- cided who his opponent is to be, but 1 if Billy Gibson grabs the bout for the Garden it may be Mike Gibbons. But Chip would have to do 15S ringside to get match with the St. Paul man and I doubt if he can make that weight.
 Gibbons would show us just how good Chip is Nobody could be found who can test a mans ability better than the .'shadow.',s Personal ly believe he would make Chip look rather foolish in a ten round bout I i may be wrong, but I fancy Mike too l fast for any of the rugged middles. Jimmy Clabby, or Bob McAllister. <7 like him they are clever boxers The skillful fellows are the ones Gibbons does not go out of his way to meet, | you may have observed. As a rule l he prefers bouts with the hard hit hting,5 slow moving kind against whom I his great speed and science give him a wonderful advantage
 JAS. J. CORBETT