Evening star., 1915-09-12
TO BE ESTABLISHED
FOR BOXERS AT l12 POUNDS
New Glass Will Be Popular With Beginners,
Same as in England-Young Zulu
Kid After Title Already.


title in June. 1896, being beaten in
seventeen rounds.
Willie Richie, former lightweight
champion. is scheduled to meet Joe
Shugrue in New York October 4, In q
ten-round bout. Shugrue came near
losing his sight last fall, following an
injury to his eye, and for several
months he was in bad way. He IL
reported all right again, and his many
friends trust there will be no Ill ef-
help him. Previous to that Shugrus
had visited Australia and made .
splendid showing against lightweiEhts
in that country. Ritchie has been
training in the mountains around San
Francisco for the past month and
should be in the best of shape. There
is one match which the fans are anx-
ious to see-one between Ritchie and
Charlie White. These boys put UP q
wonderful fight when Ritchie wan
champion and White won the verdict
of the press in the ten-round go. White
has always been anxious since then to
have another battle and prove. as he
says, that he is the rightful one to
meet Freddy Welsh for the champion
ship. In the meantime there are other
lightweights coming along who make
it interesting for both of the above
named challengers. Johnny Grihiths.
to be considered very much: also Jack
Britton. If Jimmy Duffy, the Buffalo
lightweight, comes back all right after
his auto accident he will have to be
through pretty much the entire bunch
with nearly an even break. Duny an
nounces that he will be back in Oc-
tober. so there will be more trouble
for some of the stars.
The victory of Les Darcy. the Aus
tralian middleweieht champion, over
Eddie McGoorty of Wisconsin, by 4
knockout in the fifteenth round, created
a great deal of discussion after the bat
tie, some of the sporting men in Sgd
ney alleging that the American did not
fight up to his standard. These remarks
were made mostly by men who had
wagered on the result Of the night.
Snowy Baker. who promoted the big
affair, was asked afterward for his ver
sion and said it was an insult to the
intelligence of right thinking men who
had witnessed the contest to imagine
such a thing. Regarding the matter
Mr. Baker said
"If the American appeared to light
badly it was due to the Australians su-
periority. In any case. what happened
before the contest and while the men
were in their dressing rooms might
convince the skeptics that all was fair
and above board.
"In company with Capt. Rice Of Amer
each man and informed him that II the
slightest suspicion arose to lead the
referee to suspect that they were not
doing their best, the bout would be de-
clared mo contest neither would get
a cent and other complications would
follow. AS it came to my ears that bet
ting on the result had taken place ut
the different racecourses during the
last week or SO, all bets would. In suoh
an event. be declared off.
kt,.< NJ tAIs
think anything like that is going to
happen this is the time to act. Get into
the ring before we start and declare
"All bets off, or words to that effect
'T did not do so,' added Mr.. Baker.
land in view of what happened am glad
did not, as / am positive McGoorty was
beaten fairly and squarely by better
man"
The fact remains. however, that Nc
Goorty tried to make weight that no
doubt took some of the energy from
him. He scaled under 100 at ringstde.
according to the championship terms OF
agreement, and when the strain came
Eddie did not have the same recupera-
tive powers as though he had gone into
the ring with all his reserve strength
The same thing happened at New York
and again in Hudson, Wis, when NO
made a ringside weight for Mike GID
bons. Take McGoorty at $50 at O'Clock
and he is strong as a bull and able TO
fight al light heavyweight. but when he
must make weight at ringside he wor.
ries too much and as n result IL not NJ
his best. He met a high-c class man In
Darcy, and from all accounts was
beaten fairly and honestly.
Labor day boxing is becoming almost
as popular as other national holidays,
such as Christmas and New Year. Many
contests were held in various parts OF
the country. one of the best being be-
tween Jack Britton and Johnny Grif-
fiths, at Canton, Ohio, where the two
clever lightweights fought twelve
round draw, according to popular de-
cision. From all accounts 1t was a
great battle, and there was little to
choose between them at the finish.
Griffiths has been coming along at a
rapid gait. and he will be fighting for
tie lightweight championship before
long if he continues to improve the
contests. He is edsing right along
with Charlie White and Jack Britton.
and it is not so long ago that he gave
Willie Ritchie a battle in the east.
Champion Johnny Kilbane had easy
picking at Cedar Point, Ohio. where he
easily outpointed a youngster named
Alvie Miller. The latter was not will
ing TO mix matters, keeping In his
she'll and as result the bout was not
up 10 expectations. No fighter can
remains covered up. There should be
some ruling against this continual
stall game
Poor Battling Nelson took another
chance in the ring at Juarez. Mexico.
against a tough young fellow named
Bobby Waugh, a native of Texas. They
battled twenty rounds, and the Durable
Dane was there at the finish. but he
took a lot of punishment before the
final round was reached and lost the
point decision. Five years ago the
Battler would have walked through
dozen such lads without trouble, but
the vim is not there any more, al
though Nelson showed remarkable
stamina. 1t is too bad that the Battler
will insist upon fighting, when in his
heart he must know that his time IL
gone as champion.