Evening star., 1915-10-24
By T. s. ANDREWS.

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Special Dispatch to The star.
MILWAUKEE,, October 23.-one oi
the first things to be taken up by tne
newly organized boxing association
should be in relation to what the pro-
moters expect of boxers when they are
paid big prices for performing In the
roped arena. It Is very evident that
the promoters want the boxers to give
the best they have in them, but they do
not always succeed in getting the stars
to deliver The public pays the tax and
knows what to expect in return, but
seldom do the fans get what they pay
for. It is within the power OF the as
ISOLATION to take the matter in hand
and devise some means of bringing
these delinquent boxers to time. Some
fighters and managers have been known
to get together and tell how they put
1t over on a bunch of rube fans, etc,
but there always is a comeback and
1t usually is the promoter who suffers
for its The fans do not easily forget
these little things and there comes a
time when they shoot 1t home" to the
boxers and promoters. Foot ball players
go out on the gridiron and fight like
Turks just because they like it and
want to battle for the glory there Is
in 1t, but the boxer-never. He wants
to see how easily he can avoid giving
the public a run for the money. Auto
mobile drivers who race for purses will
take all kinds of chances with their
lives just to please the public. but the
boxer-not much. Even the base ball
player will go the limit and play the
10 cho n
sliding into bases. going against the
fences on the run after fly balls. or
being hit on the head with pitched
balls. etc. but the boxer-well hardly.
This does not apply to all boxers. as
there are many Of them who really
give the public a run for their coin.
There never was any howl against the
work of such boys as Battling Nelson,
Ad Woigast. the late Stanley Ketchel.
Charlie White. Knockout Brown, Billy
Papke (when he was right) and many
others. but there are many of them who
are almost as bad as most wrestlers-
they would prefer to get SIS for an
affair where they could hand the public
times the amount for being on the
square with the people who support
the game and themselves. Recently
the boxing commissions in a few parts
Of the matter and are beginning to
bring the "stallers" to time. The
American Boxing Association should
cooperate with the state commission
In the matter and that is what Matt
Hinkel. president of the association,
proposes to do It is understood that
. meeting of the association will be
held shortly in Chicago. when action
Will be taken in cases Of the stallers.
Danny McKetrick, the New York nro-
moter and manager of Young Ahern
and Soldier Bartfield. is having hard
time landing title match for his star
-Ahern: He has been signed up at
New Orleans for a battle with Mike
Gibbons. but McKetrick claims that
Mike Is trying to avoid the meeting.
Gibbons has different story to tell
just now. After his match with Packey
Mcfarland in New York, Mike claimed
he had hurt himself by making such
low weight for the contest and he de-
cioed TO take rest He has been
resting up for five weeks or more
night for while: in fact, Mike is anx-
fous to take a lay-off for a few months
and in the meantime try and boost his
brother Tommy along in the middle
well qualified to beat any 1853 to 100
FOUNDER in the country. If Mike sticks
to his decision, then the fans will have
to wait until after the first Of the year
cSAoiS theS see tne ST Paui phantom
in action again He has been offered
all kinds of matches. but has turned
all of them down so far. Duluth want
ed him for a meeting with Soldier
Bartfield and for a time it looked as
though the match was on. but Mike
did not feel that he was right and pre-
ferred to wait a while. As for New
Orleans, Mike says he will be ready
for Ahearn and all the rest Of them
when he gets back into shape Bart
field has stated that he will wager
$4,000 of his own money on the result
OF battle over the marathon course
with Gibbons, SO there is a chance that
this pair will get together in a real
contest before the winter Is over
Scotty Monteith. manager of that
hustling little Italian lightweight
Johnny Dundee-is SO sure that Johnny
they meet in New York October e6
that he wants to bet his wad on the
result and let Willie name the odds
TT is the softest thing we ever had
other day. '.Ritchie has been a long
time making up his mind to meet Dun
dee" continued Monteith. "but now he
will have no chance to back out of It,
Johnny and myself took the 60 per cent
of the house for the match and we are
giving Ritchie $4,000 for his end. We
may lose and we may win. but 1t mat
tefS not TO uS-What we want Is a
,hance to show the fans that Willie is
aot in Johnnys class. Richie has
been asking for weights ranging from
136 to 140. so we decided to give hin,
no chance for escape by agreeing to
catchweights. which should give Richie
at least 10 to ~ pounds advantage.
After this match we will take a few
weeks theatrical work and then be
ready for Charlie White. Joe Mandot.
or any of the lightweight stars" Dun
dee Is surely giving away considerable
to a boy like Ritchie and he may be
chewing of more than he can take
care of However. Johnny has the
speed and that may pull him out all
right.
Joe Azevedo, the young Portuguese of
California, Is greatly improved
fighter over what he was nearly two
Years ago when he fought Charley
v hr,s ten rounds at Racine.
Milwaukee lightweight, in a ten-round,
no-decision contest in the commodious
auditorium at Milwaukee the other
night. and while he was shaded by the
Cream city boy on points, he put up a
remarka bly, good battle. The Califor-
nian carried the fight to Mitchell practi-
caliy all the time, as that is his forte
ing so. he played right into the hands
of Mitchell. who countered in a master
full style. Mitchell's blocking also was
of the highest order. and he demon
strated his ability to trot along with
the best lightweights in the business
A little moro experience in the ring
should help Mitchell a great deal. and
there Is no reason why he should not
he battling with Charley White and