Evening star., 1914-07-11
GIVES UP BOXING
GAME FOR THAT OF MANAGER
Ray Has Clever String of Fighters in Australia, in
Saylor and N1orey. and Is Making
Money.

anything that has happened for many a
moon You can bet that Savior will be
after Whites scalp when We get back to
the states. They should make a great
hattle, and l stand ready to back him
against White for any amount and the
same goes for Champion Willie Ritchie.
When it comes to local rivalry between
boxers, New York has nothing on Min
nesota. Leach Cross and Tommy Muir
ply were great rivals in New York for
several years, but there has never been
the bitterness between the factions that
there is at present between the friends OF
Johnny Tillman. the Minneapolis light
, lightweight Brown is the recognized
lightweight champion of Minnesota. and
Tillrnan has been hot on his trail to take
the crown away from him. They have
met twice in ten-round battles. and 1t
seems to be a stand-of between them.
with the honors favoring Tilman as to
science and Brown carrying off the glory
as to real fighting ability. The friends OF
Brown at Hibbing and Chisholm. Mimi,
on the iron range, have come out with an
offer to bet 5000 on Pal and let the
boys fight twenty rounds in private: or
they will bet $500 on a hfteen-round
test between them. That is getting back
to the good old days, and il remains to
he seen whether the rival lightweights
Will be able to get together In the north
west and settle their differences In
private contest: or before a select few.
OF course long battles in the middle
west are not tolerated nowadays. as the
law provides for only ten. but as CAN
fornia promoters are not out bidding for
contests between outsiders. ii Is up TO the
friends of the two men to get them to-
gether.
Many of the British sporting writer's
have decided that JEFF Smith. the New
York middeweight. is entitled to the
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claim on the fact that Smith won a point
decision over Jimmy Clabby at Sydney.
Australia, very recently. One of the
writers. in speaking of the matter. says:
entitled to a strong claim to the title,
the only flaw being decision given
against him IN his clash with Eddie Nc
Goorty. Australian advices uphold
Smiths contention that he was robbed
on that occasion. and seeing that Clabby
has a victory over McGoorty to his
credit Smiths position is made the more
strong When he was in Europe Smith
made a great impression by his ready de-
feat Of Frank Mantell and the great
showing he made against Carpenter In
Paris 1t is probable that Smith and
McGoorty will be matched again. In
which event. the Americans state. the
worlds title will be definitely settled. II
the winner of that bout were pitted
against Young Ahearn the honor would
be settled beyond all question. as Ahearn
is easily the best mlodleWelght IN Aue-
tralia, though he does not officially hold
the title And besides. he IL subject
of Great Britain. although he has been
living in New York of recent years" The
above is all right in way. but the fact
remains that later reports from Australia
state that Clabby was robbed Of the de-
cision in his fight with Jen Smith. al
though the referee credited II to Smith.
Clabby was also credited with a victory
over Smith three years ago. when they
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won over Eddie McGoorty.
There is no doubt that JEFF Smith 10 q
very clever boy and real contender for
the title: In fact. he must be considered
along with Clabby and McGoorty and also
Jack Dillon. OF the quartet, however,
Clabby seems to have first choice with
the middleweight limit of 15S pounds
ringside, while there seems to be a
question as to whether McGoorty and
Dillon can do the weight. Let these boys
settle the question among themselves and
the winner meet Young Ahearn, as our
British friend suggests. and then We will
have real worlds champion and sue
cessor of the late Stanley Ketchel. II
is about time the matter was cleared up.