Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-02
BOXING NEWS AND GOSSIP
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
Expert Tommy Andrews Writes Interestingly OF Scrappers
in Australia, France, England and
This Country.

bunch Of middleweights, but he is GER
tainly as tough and hard 10 peat as any
Of the 15S-pounders.
Kid Williams, the bantamweight
champion of the world, has been taking
City, N. j.. which is wise on his part,
as it will better prepare him for busy
campaign this fall. Writing from the
seaside resort. Sammy Harris. manager
lines to let you know that Kid Williams
and myself are taking things easy. at the
resort and getting in shape for the fall
season. We are surfing daily and the
Kid is as brown as an Indian. He will
be In better shape than ever before. and
you can gamble that 1t will take some
husky youth to win the championship
away. He does not care for the bright
fighting in the ring. We will bar none
of the aspiring bantams and will not ask
ridiculous side bets. We are after real
matches Il is almost settled that the
champion. are to meet this fall on the
coast in worlds title match. The
French boy. as you know, Is strong
fellow and full Of fight, and one Of the
be good one to watch. The Kid beat
him in sixteen rounds before and he
can do 1t again"
Georges Carpenter, the French cham
pion and holder Of the white heavyweight
title. Is an adept at picking soft ones, or
at least his manager. Deschamps, Is.
The French boy Is a great fighter with
out doubt, but there have been several
matches IN his record which could be
called nothing but soft ones His latest
victory over Kid Jackson, whoever he
may be. was another Of the queer kind.
round. the colored man having been dis
qualified. OF course. there are none Of
the stars who are not looking for soft
marks. but they would be better to keep
away from them. The public gets tired
Of such methods and becomes suspicious
Of all matches. Carpenter will no doubt
be matched with Bombardier Wells, the
British heavyweight. and II he beats
him again he should be in honor bound
to meet Gunboat Smith again and en-
deavor to wipe out the alleged shortcom-
ings, when Smith lost on a foul in their
last meeting.
The controversy continues among the
various claimants for middleweight and
weiterweight honors. but 1t is narrow
ing down to a select few. Jimmy Clabby.
the Hammond. Ind, middleweight. Is rec
oganized by most writer's at the real 49,
and Jen Smith must be considered.
George Chip was never champion and
should be obliged to work his way up to
match for the title. which he has prac-
tically done. II Clabby Is the recognized
one, then he must be beaten before he
loses that claim. Mike Gibbons has been
claiming things, but Mike Is not cham
pion by a long ways, although we must
admit that the St Paul youth is great
boxed in that division. There is one man
who, all writer's agree, deserves recog-
milton. and that man Is Jack Dillon, but
the trouble has always been that the In
dianapolis boy has never made the
| 15S pound limit ringside. and no
| one believes that he can make it. How
| ever, Jack has come forward with a
| statement to the writer that he will make
| l5S pounds at 3 o'clock for a battle with
| .dike Gibbons. which is bringing MIN
very close to the limit. Mike has stated
| that he will meet the Hoosier at that
| weight, SO there is a chance that the
| husky Dillon and the clever Mike will be
| brought together this fall-if not over the
marathon route. then in a ten-round
| contest
AS for the welters. there are few Of
higher class than Kid Graves. ~
former Milwaukee boy and Mike
! Glover of Boston. These two boxers
are high class at 142 pounds at 8
o'clock or 145 ringside.s and both have
claimed the title. Graves claims
shade for the championship. Spike
| Kelly of Chicago. and also Billy Wal
ters (Chicago), have been claiming
| recognition in this class and they are
deserving. Let Spike and Billy fight
| It out and the winner meet the win
ner of a battle between Graves and
Glover, and we will come pretty near
having welterweight champion:
Matt wells Of England Is the real
champion Of England and Australia,
although technically, Johnny Summers
/ still holds the belt.