Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26
BIZ T. S. ANDREWS.

Special Dispatch to The star.
MILWAUKEE, september 2s.-The re-
cent ten-round, no-decision contest oe-
tween Kid Williams of Baltimore, pan
tamweight champion of the world anu
Johnny Ertle, the husky little bantam
of st Paul, in the latter city, which
ended in an unsatisfactory manner mas
created a great deal of talk ana enmitS
between the opposing managers. VIII
ljams was DISQUALIFIED by Referee Bar
TON i'm the fifth round for an alleged
foul. a blow to the groin, but no deci-
sion was rendered.
/ Referee Barton sent the writer
statement to the effect that he gave no
decision and that under the circum-
stances he did not consider the tite
should change hands. This, coming
from a home referee. should have con-
siderable weight. However. as stated
in these columns last week, | DO not
think the title should be taken away
from a holder on such claims. !aao
there been knockout by Ertle ana ne
living up to the weight requirements.
there might have been some real claim
to the title, or had the hght peen ao-
yertised as championship aHair win
a decision and the bout given TO Ertie
on d foul, then he would have mad the
right to claim the same, as WINE
Richie did when Ad Wolgast fouied
him in the sixteenth round at san
Francisco :.
Ertle's manager, Michael McNulty, is
trying to make out a strong case TOT
his hoy, but he will have to make ~
still stronger, and the best way 70 se.
n clear claim to it is to have his BOY
meet the champion over the marathon
route in a real title match. Sam Har-
ris, manager of Williams, SENDS worn
that just to show Ertie's manager that
L
he will give him chance ut the title
under the following conditions:
That the match be at 116 pounds;
that u side bet of $1,000 be placed, or
he will wager $1,000 that Kid Williams
knocks Ertle out inside of twenty
rounds; that match be held before jan
uary /; that the contest be refereed by
n competent man (the selection to be
made from half a dozen well known
snoring men): that the winner take
everything The offer surely is fair
one. and if Mike wants a chance TO an
mex the championship he has the OPP
portunity now. There are two cities
. where the match can be held-Denver
and New .Orleans-and D. j. TortorIch
and Tommy Burns of the southern city
have authorized the writer to make
substantial bid for the match. Now II
Mr.. McNulty will get side bet, agree
to the bantamweight limit OF llS
pounds and accept reasonable terms,
with a selection of referee to be made
from Charlie White of New York. Ed
Smith of Chicago, Billy Recap OF Phil
adelphia or Charlie Eyton of Los An
geles now is the time for the match;
the place is New Orleans and the prize
is the bantamweight title. And while
the two bantanls might be fighting for
the championship, why not arrange an
other tournament in the same city Tor
the hyweight title between the candi-
dates who have sprung up since the
new class was created.
Willie Ritchie's OFF, to take on
Packey Mcfarland at 14Z pounds ring
side must be taken with grain OF
salt Willie surely must know that the
Chicago pride could not make the
weight and be strong any more than
Mike Gibbons could make LAT pounds
and retain his strength, as demon
strated in his match at New York with
Packey. At 142 pounds ringside Richie
would have a cinch over Packey, Tor
the latter would not be able to take
: punch If-WiAie-seaHy wants to enter
the Welterveightr class let him do BUSH
ness at the weller limit of lat pounds,
which the new boxing association mas
named as the proper limit. The idea OF
letting one boxer force another down
to a weight where he will be practical
ly helpless should not be tolerated by
the promoters. The public pays its
money to see real contests and not
bouts between men who are not fit for
q strenuous battle. When one boxer
has his opponent making weight that
units him for the encounter the pro-
moters should step in and stop it: or II
not the promoters, then the athletic
commission should interfere to protect
the public. Such method may be smart,
but il is not good craftsmanship.
IL Richie can afford to make a match
with Mcfarland at 142 pounds he can
afford TO take a chance and meet him
at I47 or even 145. which Packey says
he can easily make. and then the pub
IT would really be a great contest for
Ritthie is fighter and Mcfarland a
boxer. and IL the two should meet it Is
good bet the battle would be worth
witnessing. There also is a report that
packey wants to meet Gibbons again at
J54 ringside. II this is correct it would
irsure different kind of a match from
that at New York, for Gibbons would
then be at mis- best with all his strength
and the fans would have some sort of
confidence in the affair.
Miiburn Sayior. the Indianapolis light
weight. who was matched with Phil
Brock at Minneapolis recently. but had
to pass it up on account OF an injured
z hand. is going to take on the Cleveland
boy just the same. They have been
matched to meet at Akron. Ohio. Sep.
tember q; in a twelve-r9und contest
Sayior and his manager, Ray Bronson,
say they took this match just to show
the fans that Saylor is his master and
that he did not run out of the match at
make out. Saylor is most anxious to
get another bout with Charlie White of
Chicago. but he would prefer the
twenty-round route to the ten-round
no-decision affair.
What should prove an interesting con-
test Ia the one between young Ahearn
of New York and Mike Gibbons sched-
uled for New Orleans during January,
1916. The match has been signed up by
Messrs. Tortorich and Burns the dis
lance to be fifteen rounds. and to a de-
cision. Ahearn is without doubt one of
the cleverest boys in the country today,
and he has not hesitated about meeting
middleweights. nor light heavyweights.
The match will go a long way toward
bringing out a recognized middleweight
champion for America, the title at pres
emit being claimed by Jimmy Clabby.
Ahearn has been after il for months.
and the winner of the New Orleans at
fair can demand a battle with Clabby
when the latter returns from Australia
for the championship. Dan McKetFick
manager of 'Ahearrl thinks he Is the
greatest in the land today and Is will
ing to risk few thousand in side bets
any time his boy meets one Of the stars
for the title
That more women are interested in
boxing matches these days than ever
before is proved by the numbers at
tending the contests in the east At the
ACCOMMODATIONS match at New York