Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-22
ALL THE BOXING NEWS OF
THE DAY, BY TOM ANDREWS
Joe Fox Cuts a Swath Bantamweight- Milwaukee
Fans Still Discussing the Richie
Wolgast Battle.
Wolgast Battle.

Eddie McGoorty, the Wisconsin middle
weight, has not had such easy sailing
AGAINST the two American middleweights
rat Bradley and jeff Smfth-in Aus
tfalia as he had imagined. Both of these
hghters went the limit of twenty rounds
with him and according to the cable dis
patches JeH Smith gave him severe
pattie there being little to spare at the
maj bell II the report is correct it
would stamp the New York boy. who
gave Jimmy Clabby such a hard fight a
few years ago. as being Of the first Grade
OF middleweights. Smith, before sailing
from London for Australia, had a hard
nattie with Georges Carpenter, the
french champion, and also with Bernard.
anothsr French middleweight. However.
ne VIII have to be very near a cham
plon to beat McGoorty, for there are feu,
IN the same class with the Badger boy
Mnen ne Is right and wants to show his
true torn. McGoorty has an offer to
meet carpenter in Dublin. and also In
ra4, anu the chances are that he will
,t1. 70 mis- home via the Suez canal.
Wnlle Eddie is busy trying to clean nm
ms rivals abroad. Jimmy Clabbv is trve
ing 20 take care of the newcomers on the
aasinc coast. especially Billy Murray.
anu aeorge Chip and Jack Dillon are
ready ios. all corners in the middle west
Mike Gibbons advises me that he VIII
not back away from a match for the
title with either Clabby, Chin or No
SPORTY, but he overlooked Jack Dillon
nio 70 and Chip would be some scrap
as It would bring the scientific boxer into
action against the fighter, which USUALLY
results in splendid contest
New orleans is liable to have new
boxing arena in the heart of the CITY. d
j. Tortorlch, who has been promoting box
ing SHOWS there for years. Is thinking seri-
v,1<
boxing only, where the fans can enioy
the shows and at the same time be able
to get the high-class artists. The game
mas had big revival in the Crescent city.
ana MI. Tortorich is sure they will sup
port big place. similar to the Milwaukee
Auditorium. If the deal goes through
some Of the big attractions will be staged
down south.
Joe Azevedo, the California lightweight,
who gained prominence in his fight with
Ad Wolgast when the latter was on the
coast, is to meet Charlie White at Racine,
Wis, tomorrow in a ten-round session,
Joseph Is credited with being some hitter.
but he will find Charlie very hard to get
to at long range. for the Chicago lad is
there with the cleverness all right. and
he also can hit a bit himself, as several
of the, eastern Gghtweights can attest 1t
looks like Charlie at a distance, and then
ne win be in line for another clash with
match with Willie Richie.
Battling LevinSky, the boxing sensation
of the east. will have his first tryout in
the west tomorrow, when he bumps into
Robert Moha before the South Side Ath-
let1c Club of Milwaukee in a ten-round
contest. Levinsky has had a tremendous
amount of advertising all over the coun-
try, and judging from the way he has
handled some OF the heavyweights in New
York and Brooklyn he should be in a po-
Sltlon to give a good account of himself
when he meets the Milwaukee middle
weight. Mr.. Levinsky will have to show
considerable class if he expects to get
away with Moha the. same as he has done
with lot of white hopes. for this boy
Moha can take all kinds of punishment
and also hand it out to the queens taste
He is very short in stature, but a bear
when it comes to mixing with the mitts,
as Mr.. Levinsky may lind out before the
Battling one is liable to stand off and use
his long left hand to jab Mr.. Moha's head
If he can do this without mixing matters
he is very liable to pile up good lead on
points when the ten rounds are over. 1t
will be a boxer against a fighter, and in
a short-round bout the boxer should have
the edge. Moha has been training faith
fully for the contest. and says he will
stop the victorious career of the Phila-
delphia Hebrew. who was formerly known
man.
Jimmy Walsh, the Boston bantam
wei"ht. and at one time claimant of the
championship, has retired after an active
ring career Of nearly fourteen years.
Very little has been said about this young
mans retirement. but just the same he
has been one Of the greatest bantams
ever produced in the east, barring of
course. the wonderful George Dixon. For
years Walsh has been near the top of
the bantamweight class and it is seldom
that he has had anything worse than a
draw. At times he has gone out of his
class to meet featherweights and during
his long career there are only about ten
decisions against him out Of $50 battles,
which is certainly quite a record. consid
ering that he met all corners. Jimmy not
only battled against the mediocre fighter.
but against such stars as Monte Attell,
Johnny Kilbane, Al. belmont, Tommy
OToole and a host of others. Jimmy
was a clean little fighter and deserves
credit for the splendid showing he made
in practically all of his battles, and it is
hoped that he will be Just as successful
in his business career, which he is now
entering upon. as he was in the ring.
Strong efforts are being made to bring
about an international Joking organiza-
ton similar to the Olympic Association,
and 1t will not be surprising if something
tangible results within the next year
The New York commission favors the
idea and now the Wisconsin commission
is anxious to see something of the kind
realized. Writing from London regard
ing the matter. we'll posted authority
there says: Nothing further has been
heard about a reciprocity arrangement
between the National Sporting Club of
London and the French Boxing Fedora
ton. but have good grounds for stating
that an announcement will be made Short
ly. II the British governing club and the
big Paris unions can get into agreement