The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-26

more it is doubtful if N4cGoorty can make the weight demanded in a match for the title. Of all the men left to battle for Ketchel's crown Mike Gibbons and Jimmy C1aIbby appear to
 be- better qualified than any of the others. The announcement of a. match
 between these tive stars would be gladly received by boxing fans. and the winner would be in position to claim precedence in the middle weight division. However, the match makers have not yet been successful in bringing the boys together. and
 until they have fought out the Ques- ton of superiority the situation can
 be said to rest just about where 1t was when Ketchel passed away. --2- ..-rt
 The weIter-weigh+ division 1s in bad repUte In this country. No one app pears to know where 1t begins or where it ends. It Is 50 long since there has been 2. recognized champion
 or the class that the public has for gotten his name. There are number
 of eo-called hghtWeaghtg who proper ly belong in the We4Ser-Waighk dfvi- sion, among them Packey Mcfarland and Jack Brtton, but apparently taey weight stars. Campaigning in the Lightweight class is far more profit. able for these boys than taking chances in Q. heavier division.
 Freddy Welsh. for years light
 vadght champion of Great Britain. ogztbozed Willie Rdtchie in twenty
 tame rounds last June, and was pro- claimed champion of the world. Since that time Freddy has engaged in half a. dozen or more limited round mo- decision contests, but in his latest bat tie. that with Young Joe ShugT91e, made a. miserable showing
 01Ix since losing the title to Welsh He met Johnny Dundee in a. four round bout 1n. San Francisco two months ago, and while the referee called it a ] draw the critics insisted that Dundee was entitledSfo a shade decision. Re-
 ports from the West hint that Willie
 has taken on considerable flesh of late
 and that it is dotlbtful if he will ever again be able to fight at the light l weight limit. Of the younger members of the division Young Shugrue, Johnny Dun dee Andg Joe Mandot are the most
 promising. Mandot has apparently
 recovered his form and on his recent
 record must be figured one of the most dangerous of the runners-up for the tftle. Shugrue and Dundee have also been coming along very fast, and bid fair to- figure prominently in the
 race for the title during the coming year.
 Johnny Ki1bane still reigns the un- disputed ,channpion efz the feathers. While there are a. humber of other pears to possesses class enough to
 make it interesting for the champion Kilbane, by the way, aSpireS bo light weight honors and that he really in tends making a campaign in that divs- sion was proven by his bout with Joe f7faf l a ten round draw. KiIbane will un-
 doubtedly make quite g. record for
 himself in the 133 pound division, but
 whether he has still enough to offset
 the handicap of poundage he would
 be forced to battle under as a light weight time alone will tell. However,
 with Johnson in the heavy-weight class, and Williams in the bantams,
 KiIbane appears to have his title of champion feather clinched beyond all
 immediate danger
 Itl:
 One of the most interesting of the
 many pugi1istic happenings of the year was the defeat of Johnny Coulon I by Kid Williams. Interesting in that it uncovered a youngsteF who looks the most formidable bantam since the. ! days of .TerribIe Terry McCovern Coulon held the title for a. number of years, but succuxnbed before the on
 slaught of hhs aggressive challenger.
 His fight with Williams if 1t could
 be dignified by that title, lasted less | than three rounds and his showing l against his youthful adversary was
 most pitifuI. It was another evidence of the old truism that youth will be
 served
 Unless forced to resign the honors
 by increasing weight, Williams looks
 safely intrenched on the bantam
 throne for a long time to come.