Evening star., 1914-08-23
CALIFORNIA LIKELY TO ADOPT
COMMISSION PLAN OF BOXING
Success of State Laws In New York and
Wisconsin May Save Fight Game
on the Coast
! fond OF a clever man like Gibbons.

ipltu Ol u CleNeT man like hlpppllS
Johnny Coulon. the former bsntsnl-
weight champion. says the report that
! he had retired for good WAS preniatu-Ni
that he Is not going to give UP the ring
for some time. as he expects to make
real come back and get another try at
the title from Kid Williams, the pres
ent holder. In a letter to the write
Johnny says he will spend the balance
OF the summer in the wilds of Csnatia.
doing plenty of roughing about the
country, so as to harden himself for u
fall campaign. lie feels that he is
much better fighter than any of the
bantams now before the public. except
| ing the champion. and he intends TO
Dit his skill against any OF them, so as
to insure himself another championship
/ battle II have always taken the best
of care Of myself" says johnny. hut
my illness more than year ago. which
made it necessary for me TO lay or
over eight months. had much to do
with my defeat. Still. ! was in good
! shape at the time I fought Williams in
Los Angeles and had no complaint to
make whatever l outboXed the kid in
the first round. but in the second one
OF his wild swings caught me on ton
of the head. ana that is what defeated
me, for / never recovered from the
shock. Williams is a great little fighter.
| however. and deserves all the credit In
the world. l want to have at least
three or four good bouts before ] begin
going after the champion for another
match. and il l feel that / am right
and strong then. why. I will seek 4
match for the championship"
! While the boxing centers where mara
thon contests are held seem to have
| the call for big affairs of the ring. ~
can be stated now that Milwaukee viii
also shine in the teu-round game The
! Cream city has always been one of the
! best boxing centers in the states. and
last year. under the new Wisconsin
boXing commission. it WAS better than
ever before. Since Ritchie and White
ana Ritclie and Wol2ast demonstrated
that record houses are possible in Mil
waukee the boxers have been LOOKING
with longing eyes toward the city or
beer. Already several good matches are
being discussed. and tile indica tions are
that despite the war aoroad there ~
he many stars signed UP for Milwaukee
clubs before the end of the I914-l9IT
/ season passes by. One OF the h.e
matches Of the season. providing il q. .
be Drou sht about. viii be betw cen Oh ~
lay White. the Chicago lad. and I'rerdr
I Welsh. the worlds champion light
i V eight. This match would attract
much attention. without = doubt - tisA
one list winter between Eitchie :lid
Woleast. Welsh has never :-rpe.re1 t..
Milwaukee since his memorable ba tile
with Packey MacFarlaild. and there
are many who would like to see him
measure blows with White.
/ Gilbert Gallant. the Boston ii&ht-
weight. whom Alex NacLean has bee:i
/ trying TO push TO the front for tlie past
Year or two. seems To he coming int,
his own. Gilbert made trip Ia th@
! coast last year and had q couple OF
very interesting battles while there.
Since his return east he has battled
With n number OF good boNs. his great
est rival being Eddie Murphy. also ~
Boston. Writing from New York tie
other day. Manager MacLean said: IT
am glad 10 report to you that Gilbert
j
! If he keeps on he will be among the top
notchers before long. / have him
matched Labor day To go twenty rounds
with Chick West at Middletown. Conn.
| I have number OF other matches n
sight. SO the chances are that Gallant
viii be kent busy right into the winter.
II everything goes along all right in
tend to make another trip to the coast
and may then continue and go on to
| Australia. 1 would not mind matching
him up with Charley White in Milwau-
| kee. or even Ad Wolgast for I think
| he is lust the kind OF boy that would
keep AIR. Wolgast very busy"
| Leach Cross. the New York dentist
fighter. does not seem to have lost any
of his cunning. for he certainly Put up
at Los Angeles last week. winning the
same on points. According to all &C
counts it was one of the hardest bat
ties that Cross ever figured in. even
I
with Dick Hyland at San Francisco Ave
years ago. This was the third time
that Cross had met Rivers. the two for
mer battles in New York having been
! of the "no-decision' variety. Rivers
was a big favorite in the betting. and
| there must have been q surprised bunch
| of Rivers adherents when Cross got
the decision. 1t is likely that Leach
will come east the latter part OF Sep
/ tember and endeavor to get on a match
with either Charley White or Ad VOL
CAST. He has been in the ring for a
number of years, but he appears to I'M
prove with age.
1t is very evident that Sam Langford.
the colored heavyweight. was treated
pretty well in Australia after all. for.
according to advices from the antipo-
des. the colored boxer and his manager.
Joe Woodnan. are anxious to make an
other trip to the country down under"
The sydney Referee announces that
Langford has cabled them there advis-
ing that he wants to make another
Australian trip. especially to meet
Tommy Burns However. Tommy is
back in British Columbia or. at least.
he should be: but there are other
heavyweights in Australia whom Sam
uel can get in touch with. Now that his
match with Johnson in Europe is off, il
is more than ever likely that he will
want to make the Australian trip.