Evening star., 1914-08-09
WAR MAY PUSH
WELSH TO THIS COUNTRY
Title Holder Due Here in Fall, May Sail Earlier Probably
Will Give Richie the First Chance.

Whatever. 1t looked as If Richie was
too slow to start his rushing and permitted
Welsh to roll up too many points before
the final squirt. AS to the decision. can
not say. but / have always heard well of
MIR Corri and would not like to criticise
him when ! did not see the contest You
can gamble however. that Mr.. Welsh will
rot want any OF my game, even now. If
he does he can have it any time and
would like nothing better than to win
back the title for the United States. l am
undecided as yet about the long distance
matches on the coast. ] may try some
of the short ones around here first End
If I feel right again l may tackle tie
marathon route. / want to make sure Of
my arm first
George Chip. the New Castle middle
weight. slipped back a bit on the coast
when he failed to stop Sailor Petroskey in
ed he would He had previously stopped
the sailor man in twelve rounds at Los
Angeles, May 26. but in their second
meeting Chip failed to score. For the
first half he had the best of the battle,
but toward the latter part Petroskey
gained strength and finished in as good
condition as Chip, according to all re-
ports. 1t was a boost for the sailor and
setback for the boy who was after the
worlds middleweight title. Chip won the
verdict all right, but there were many
on the coast who failed to see him as
a champion. He has been rather uncer-
tain in bis matches and has fallen down
just when the most was expected of him.
either Jimmy Clabby or jeff Smith, and
the chances are he would have hard
time trying to heat Mike Gibbons.
Surely Dave Smith, the Australian mid
dleweight. must be convinced by this
time that he Is no longer an aspirant for
title honors in his class. Like George
Chip. he has been very much in and out.
For four years he has been bitter rival
of Jimmy Clabby. but the American boy
evened up all scores last Saturday at
Sydney, when he knocked Dave out in the
first round Of a scheduled twenty-round
bout. Clabby has never been noted for
his aggressive work in the early part of
a battle but he. no doubt, prof1ted by the
experience of Eddie McGoorty against
Smith and followed his style-that of cut
ting loose the moment time was called.
Eddie turned the trick twice on Smith.
Australian. for he fell into the same trap
set by Clabby. Jimmy. instead of hold
ing back and feeling his man out. took
the aggressive. and within the first min
ute had succeeded in putting over a hard
right cross to the jaw. which put David
down and out. Jimmy first shot his left
to the face until he had Dawes guard
down. when over went the right and it
was all off. This would indicate that
Dave is through hope for the mid
dlewe!ght championship. 1t is likely now
that McGoorty and jeff Smith will be
matched for twenty rounds in Sydney
and Clabby will meet the winner. which
will in reality be a championship match.
According to reports received here
there has been great deal of discus
sion regarding the outcome OF the re-
cent Carpentier-Gunboat Smith match
in London. One of the most conserve
tive writer's in England upholds Ref
cree Corri. In letter just received
from the other side this writer says:
THE Smith Carpenter battle has
been the cause of breaking a few life
long friendships. Corri has been at
tackled bitterly in the press by people
who used to think him the greatest
referee in the world. l wish you could
have seen the scraps. as it has caused
more comment than any other bout
thatI can remember. George McDon-
aid says that Carpenters manager
would be barred from every ringside in
America, and I must confess that it
would be to Carpenters advantage If
he were removed to a safe distance
from the ring whenever the French boy
is boxing. His action in breaking into
the ring is the cause of most of the
trouble. Gunboat. Mcdonald, Jim
Buckley and other Americans
Claim that Descamps lost the
battle for Carpenter when he en-
tered the ring before Corri disquali-
fed Smith. but cannot see 1t that way.
Had the foul been committed after Des-
camps incursion. Corri's decision Would
have been wrong, but it did not. There
was such crowd of incidents all TAX
ing place within very short space of
time that some of the writers got their
facts mixed. The pictures show that
Descamps got into the ring directly af-
ter the fatal blow. quite half minute
or probably more before Corri disqual-
flied Smith. The situation is not COW,
cred by any rules, but I certainly think
that Corri was right In deciding upon
the foul. even though he was long
time making up his mind.
1.-The proposed Carpenter Ahearn
match is gigantic and expensive
piece of advertising for a weekly paper
called John Bull. The proprietors are
supposed to be hanging up a purse Of
$50. 900 for the scrap. but I am ready to
wager that the boxers will not divide