Evening star., 1914-10-25

ably would have been just as we'll had
he stopped the contest for a minute and
warned the men SO that the fans at the
ringside would know just what to ex-
pect. The chances are that the boxers
would have gotten the necessary move
on all right. If the boxers really
were stalling, then / would have no
hesitancy in saying that they should
be barred from the ring, but it is hard
to believe that man with Dillons ex
perience would entertain such a
thought, knowing that his bread and
butter depended upon his honesty in
the ring. 1t also is doubtful if such a
wisehead like Tommy Walsh. manager
of Knockout Brown. would lend him
self to such proceeding, knowing that
he must give the best his men have at
all times or run the risk of being
driven from the game.
The one thing that looked bad was
the request of Manager Sam Murbarg-
er for Dillons money before he entered
the ring, his excuse being that he
wanted to get later train for the
east. However. that is something that
can be overlooked (for there are many
boxers who do the same thing-get
their money before the fight starts
especially in cases where they have lit
tie faith in the promoters. 1t is the
about such conditions. The truth is,
however. that many times bouts which
appear bad are merely the result of
matching men who are not we'll mated
for a good contest. Brown and Dillon
have met so many times that they
know each others style to perfection.
and the result is that poor match Is
Witnessed. Another thing-Brown Is
an awkward fellow to box, and at times
a very clever man will be made to ap-
pear anything but a star. 1t was the
same when Brown and Jimmy Clabby
fought in Milwaukee. Brown was aft
er his man all the time, but the bout to
look at was rank and no doubt many
thought it was nothing but stalllng
match. Brown is too ambitious to try
,nd fake a match. He thinks more of
his nrowess as a boxer than he would
of being King of Greece; while Dillon
has too much at stake to FISK being
barred by clubs throughout the coun-
try.
Real Battle Coming.
Tonv Ross, the Italian heavyweight
of New Castle, Pa, and Dan Daley.
another heavyweight of that place. are
to have a real battle the evening of
october 26 at New Castle. Recently
these two giants had a rough and
tumble fight in the sporting editors
office of the New Castle Herald, which
created a lot of excitement and talk
at the time. Whether the scrap was
on the square or not is not known,
but at any rate it did result in the two
fighters being matched for a ten-round
contest. according to Marquis of
Oueesberry rules From the way they
went at it in the sporting editors
room, ten rounds should suffice to
bring about a winner October 26.
There will be lots of interest in the
scrap around New Castle and mining
towns near by and considerable money
will change hands on the result.
There were many boxing fans sur
prised that Eddie Moy, the former
sparring partner of Freddy Welsh,
should be able to go twenty rounds
with Milburn Saylor. the Hoosier cham
pion. at San Francisco last week The
bout was called draw. sbut from
what Manager Ray Bronson says the
clever Moy did nothing but sprint
away from SayIor's hard swings all
through the fight. However, there was
another reason why the Hoosier lad
the fight Saylor's wife was taken to
the hospital to be operated on, and
while he was boxing Moy in the ring
his wife lay on a cot in a semi-con-
scious state. There is no doubt but
that Saylors mind was not on the
fight altogether, but on what was hap
pening at the hospital. He could not
do himself justice. Probably it would
have been better had he asked for a
postponement, but Manager Bronson
says he did not feel that it would be
eleventh hour and Saylor was most
anxious to keep his agreement. 10 de-
cided to go-ahead.