El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-20
FIGHTERS NOW
TALK Of UNION
Demands of the Boxers May
Wreck Pugilistic Game
in Australia.
BY 7. 5. ANDREWS.

EILWAUKEE, WIS, March 90
M The following information re-
L = gard the boxing situation in
Australia has just been received from
Al Lippe, who is in that country at
present with JEFF Smith, the American
middleweight
at the present moment it looks as
though boxing in Australia viii come
to an end and be a sport OF the past
with the advent Of the month Of April
next. The boys are forming a union
for the express purpose OF demanding
more money and the Stadium authori-
ties say that rather than cOncede their
demands they will suspend operations
by closing down. sugar" Flanagan
and Dave Smith started the movement,
and in my humble opinion they are
going to kill the goose that lays the
snowy" Baker has done everything
possible TO keep the boxing game going
and IL seems to me that this is the
results He would close at once only
that he desires to carry out his con-
tract with Jeff smith Frank Loughrey
and Jimmy Coffey- 7 have travelled all
over the world where boxing is conduc-
ted and never before have met a
promoter so large hearted and generous
as Mr.. Baker. who does more for the
boxers than he originally agreed or in
tended 70 do. Union or no union, ] am
in favor Of Nj. Bakers proposed action,
as there are boys here getting $1,000
and $1,000 for fights that could not get
a hundred in America, and they are the
ones who are so eager for the establish
meut Of the union
some Recent Fights.
Jeff Smith knocked out Les Darcy
last week and two weeks ago he de-
feated Mick King Frank LOughrey
knocked out Pat Bradley in his first
fight in Australia and subsequently
fought a draw with Mick King; the IN
disputed champion mtddleWelght IN
Australia. Jimmy Coffey defeated
Quadrex in Brisbane last week Lough-
rey is now a welter, but in his two
fights here he was obliged to meet
middleweights as there was no one IN
the Welter division fit or good enough
TO meet him In defeating Pat Bradley
by the Knockout route Frank LOugh-
rey created the greatest sensation that
has ever been created at the Rushcut-
ties Bay Stadium. and sure enough
some sensations have been created
there since the fight game started and
became popular
Why Clabby.
'I much regret to say what all I can
read or learn from the American papers
is that Jimmy Clabby is champion mid
be dubbed a champion jeff Smith de
feated both Jimmy Clabby and Eddie
McGoorty here and George Chip on
the other side; Jim OBrien, the irish
champion. not TO mention mis- easy VIC
tories over GEORGE Bernard, the French
champion, and Mick King, the Austria
liam champion In fighting 20 rounds
with George Carpenter. jeff Smith did
what heavyweight "Gunboat smith
and other so-called champions failed
TO do, when he turned the scale at only
$50 pounds. as against Carpenters 1l5.
In the latter memorable fight many
good Judges at the ringside were OF
the opinion that jeff was very unfOr-
tunate in having the decision given
against him
I'm view OF these hard. cold facts,
il is absolutely iEcOnceivable to me
why the newspapers abroad persistent
~ declare Jimmy Clabby the middle
weight champion Of the world There is
today no man in the world who has 2
better claim to the title than Jeff
Smith. He has now been boxing just
four years. is % years OF age. has new
er failed 10 do anything asked OF him
and any man in the universe weighing