Evening star., 1914-09-27

but just the same he is borne out in
his claim by the Los Angeles papers.
For instance, Jay Davidson, one of the
sporting editoSs, says:
rowest escapes from defeat that he
ever had in his sportsman career when
he won from Willie Beecher. The
referee gave shade point decision,
otherwise. and they howled from dis
approval. 1t was great fight, and l.
myself, thought draw would have
been fair all around"
Mr.. Reisler says: You will notice by
the papers that the decision was not re-
ceived by the fans in the right manner,
which proved conclusively that Beecher
was winning. I would not have said
anything about a draw, for he GER
tafnly had 1t coming to him. However,
to prove that Willie matched good, it
was only necessary to say that he was
selected instead of Rivers, to match
Johnny Dundee of New York. in a
twenty-round contest, September %.
ly that he would have been picked by
Tom McCarey. 1 am still ready to back
Beecher against any lightweight in
the world for $4,000 side
weights who want side bets, for Reis-
Ter has proven that he has the money,
and has bet it on his boy.
Now that Jimmy Clabby, the Ham
mond middleweight, is back from the
anttpodes. there is splendid chance
to settle the question of middleweight
champion. At 15S ringside there is no
fighter with better claim to the title
than Clabby, who shares the honor
with JEFF Smith of New York. There
are several other good men who de-
serve a chance at the championship
Jack Dillon. Eddie McGoorty. George
Chip, Mike Gibbons and Billy Murray
but 1T is a question whether all Of
them can make the required weight of
cago, who was considered a joke as a
boxer a few years ago, has come along
SO strong of late that he must be taken
seriously. and the Greek is surely en-
titled to place. Clabbys quick
knock out of Dave Smith,, the Aus
tralian champion, has proven that the
Indiana boy has a wallop besides his
cleverness. Dillon has offered to place
$500 to $1,000 in the writer's hands at
any time to go as forfeit that he will
make 1853 pounds at o'clock for any
of the claimants to the championship.
Mike Gibbons and Clabby preferred.
Gibbons and JEFF Smith should meet
first and let the winner clash with
enough champion at 15s ringside, but
If the bars are to be taken down and
make the weight 15S at 3 o'clock, why.
Dillon and others must be given a
chance to get in.
Reports have it that Jimmy Duffy,
the clever Buffalo lightweight. has
severed relations with his manager.
Bert Finch. Nothing has been said
about it, except that they are not to-
gether any longer. 1t was Finch that
brought Duffy out and boosted him to
the top rank as a lightweight He was
a preliminary boy when Finch took
hold of him a little over two years ago.
and he was pushed through the mill at
a pretty good speed. Many good box
ers have spoiled their careers by just
such moves. and it is hoped that Duffy
will not follow suit.
1t was supposed that Kid Williams
would have hard time finding an op-
ponent worthy of his steel, but there
appears to have been some doings down
south recently which will result in
bringing out a real contender for the
Kids crown. Kid Herman CPeter Gull
lotta), a yOungster around the French
market in New Orleans. has come to
the front within the past year, and his
twenty-round battle with clever Eddie
Campi of California shows his class
Not only did Herman go the distance
with Campi, but he defeated him de-
cisively at the banta;nweight limit of
1l6 pounds. This is not the same Kid
Herman who has been fighting in the
east, but a product of New Orleans.
The other Herman, who, by the way, is
also i hard-hitting bantam, halls from
Pekin, Ill. Dominick Tortorich, the
New Orleans promoter, writes me that
he considers Herman a star right now
and that he is almost ready for a cham
pionship battle over the twenty-round
route with Kid Williams. That will
mean a big match at the West Side
stadium in the south, as they like the
little fellows there. 1t is probable.
however. that Johnny Coulon may be
prevailed upon first to give Herman I
battle before the latter is sent against
the champion, Kid Williams
The lightweights will have busy
time of it this season without a doubt,
With the arrival OF Milburn Saylor, the
Hoosier lightweight. who claims vic
is the British lightweight. from Aus
tralia, and the comeback of Pal
Brown, the Minnesota boy. who also
visited Australia. the 13s-pounders
things to themselves will have to get
a swift move on to keep up with the
procession. Brown will probably meet
Freddy Welsh. the worlds title-hold-
and a match is also pending between
Welsh and Charlie White for Milwau-
kee later in the fall. In addition there
are bunch of first-class. boys in the
same class, among them Jimmy Duffy.
Sam Robideau, Leach Cross, Tommy
Murphy, Ad Wolgast and Jack Britton,
and they all want a crack at Willie
Ritchie for the American title 1t looks
as though Welsh will be bound to give
Milburn Saylor another bout. as there
has always been considerable dispute
regarding the match at Winnings.
when the referee gave Freddy the deci-
sion on an alleged foul, while a num-
Der of fans claimed, it was a knock
out. 1t will require big elimination
tourney to get all the lightweights
down to the semi finals and finals.
Savannah won the post-season series
with Albany for the championship of
the South Atlantic League and thus
1913 Savannah won both halves of the
aea snn This year 1T took the first ha I&