The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-05-08

in the final ten yards the Westcrner
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him if he ever gets into the ring with
me.
Dewitt Van CouTt--Even now Ten,
not see Richie as championship ,aliber.
for the simple reason that il might ets
him an engagement.
The same thing goes for Welsh, who
figures as a contender and has good
and suffie ent xtusts for b lstering en-
stock of Murphy as much as possible.
Dewitt Van curt, having starte out
on the theory that Richie was an
accidental champion, stubbornly re 'es
to allow his mind to be changed by
current events.
It's all in the game, however, for IL
is hardly to be expected that even a
champion in his class will have the
world won over to his support
AT the same time, ] IN going to haz
ard the guess that unless there are new
men to the front, Richie is il no dan
ger of being ousted from the kingly
eat for some time 10 come
With all honor TO Tommy Murphy,
whose stout heart kept him going when
many another scrapper IN oulslI. have
fallen ty the wayside, be IL said that
he punishment he received will likely
tell on him in the futur>. Tommy, first
of all, ism { youngster. He Is hover
ing around thirty years Of age and has
sFent thirteen years in the service.
Ring history has proved that a DO ~
punching is the most dangerous In { 81
ing effects, and If Murphy should come
West for the Welsh bot, as now intend.
ed, II is well within reason that he will
be far from the same Murphy. Grant
ing that Welsh is not in the same class
wi Richie when il comes to poundage
behind a blow, there is also the pos
sibility that Murphy will have lost a
considerable portion of his speed.
Kearns Makes Unique Claim.
Frequently it happens that an enthu.
slastic fight manager will claim for his
charge some title or other, hut to Jack
kearns must be handed the pal for
.uniqueness. Kearns has pre-empted the
middleweight crown for Fighting Billy
Murray and right on top of a defeat
registered against the Californian by
Jimmy Clabby--a decision by the way
that was called a draw, although every
newspaper man on the job declared it
a poor verdict. #Eg
Kearns bases his claim on two
grounds--one that Clabby left for Ans.
tralia without giving Murray another
chance and the other that Murray is
willing to meet anyone in the game.
Both are credible reasons, although
hardly compelling. In the first place,
Clabby was not and is not the middle,
weight champion, the title being in as
much dispute as ever. SecOrd, the fact
that Clabby had other plans would not
RESULT in giving Murray the right Of
way. ....r,' ..a5
Middleweight honors are Just as in.
yolyed tday as was ever the ease fol
Loving the death of Ketchcl and Muir.
ray viii hardly profit by his attempt
TO hold fast TO something which eer-
talnly does not belong to him as yet.
+ On the subject OF middleweights, If
the Eastern papers are criterion. AL
Mccoy, the Brooklyn mi ldl weight who
knot ked out George Chip in a rouud. Is
not taken seriously. Most Of I've writer's
who saw the bout are inclined 10 the
opinion that the knockout was as nearly
an accident as that sort Of thing can
be, Mccoy is described as equipped
with an unusually awkward style, going
into action with his right foot and
right hand forward He Is a son hpnw
so that he naturally has more strength
IN his left hand punches than in his
right. f... ~. "s. r.. m ,
The blow with which he outed chi,
was a left hand uppcrcut and the on,
and only punch that Mccoy landed in
the minute and half the bout lasted
McCoy is twenty years of age and
started in the game as lightwe git
since 1910, he has participated in sixty
fairs. :, - : -
Mccoy so it is said, has promise 10
give Chip another chance. Certainl
i he can stop Chip second time. Nc
10Y 8 standing in the fstie couimuhit
viii be considerably improved.