El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13


and Eddie McGoorty at Hudson.
Wis. for March 2. over the ten round
route, should result in a very interest
ing battle between the two rivals for
middleweighu nonors The winner
should be matched with Jimmy Clabby
over the marathon route at New Or
leans and we would then have an Amer
lean champion at the legitimate weight.
The winner will be expected to meet
JEFF Smith, the New York middle
weight, on his return from Australia,
for Jeff has won the title in that
country from Mick King and has q
right TO demand a match for the cham
pionship here.
Gibbons and NcGoorty can have their
differences settled while Clabby is re-
operating d own south, for Jimmy
went stale" about the time he met
Mike in Milwaukee last month. The
match at Hudson is to be 1853 at 8
o'clock, which viii be letting the Osh
kOsh boy in at a much better weight
than when he met Mike in New York,
Dec. 4, 1912. At that time McGOOrty was
trained down too fine, due no doubt
10 the fact that he worried about being
able 20 make the weight. At o'clock
that afternoon l weighted Eddie at the
Madison Square Garden and he scaled
just 1856 Il pounds. He was drawn very
strength. At ringside weighing, instead
OF having taken on a couple of pounds,
ne was a quarter Of pound lighter
than at five o'clock, scaling just an
even 155. During the fight it was ev-
ideut that neither man was at his pest.
Mike did not show his real form, eX-
cept in flashes, and Eddie tired after
having gone half the distance. 1t was
a pretty even thing, with the shade,
IL any, with McGoOrty at that time.
Gibbons Has Improved.
Since then Gibbons has improved
lot and he has also taken on a little
weight, so that he viii enter the ring
now at about 155 lbs, which Will give
him his entire strength McGoorty viii
have to work pretty hard to make the
weight. but it will not worry him like
the ringside scaling and he should en-
ter the ring around the 100 pound
mark and at his best However, 1t Will
be a no-decisiOn affair and the chances
arc that they will so the ten rounds
without damage to either one. The
contest should be equal to the recent
Clabby-Gibbons match in point of &C
ton and the fans of the northwest
may rest assured that they are in for
n treat by two of the best middle
weights in the business.
Hays Went Too light.
The old saying of match well
made is @ match half won may De
very true but it does not meet the
approval of the fight fans Last week
Chick Hayes, the Indianapolis bantam
weight, was matched with Johnny
Frtie. the speedy little St Paul 112
pcunder before one of the Milwaukee
clubs. The weight was supposed to be
ZIG pounds at o'clock, but the Ertie
side demanded 116 at o'clock Hayes is
70 clever little fellow and at his legi-
innate weight-I1S pOunds-cau travel
Il pretty fast clip, but making 116 at
3 was q bit too much for him and he
was not so strong as he should have I
been for such a contest.
Ertle is a star at his weight and /
looks like a coming champion, but /
even co there was no need Of dragging J
tho other boy down to a weight that (
would weaken him. 80 one can blame (
Ertle's manager for sticking out for as /
low a weight as possible, but the pro- /
motors suffer by it, for the man max 1
ing the low weight is not fit to do /
rule, is not what might be expected }
AS Abe Atteu stated recently better /
give away five or even ten pounds /
rather than weaken yourself" And !
while talking Of weight just remember /
that Johnny Ertle is some bear-cat Of /
a fighter and will be fighting for the I
5antamweight title before long, pro- 4
viding he retains his health. He is a
pocket edition Of Tom SharSey, only
he is cleverer than Tom ever thought /
0f being.
MandOt Fights Dundee.
Joe NandOt, the southern lightweight !
champion will have his hands full
when he tackles Johnny Dundee, the
little Italian, before DOminick TortOr-
chs club at New Orleans. Feb. a. It