El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-05

lengers and as such he should be given
a chance at the title II Is now close
on to a year since Welsh won the cham
pionship and while he has had many
matches Of limited round bouts. he has
not engaged in a real title match
williams Is Getting Ready.
There Is talk of Johnny Coulon, the
exchampiOn Bantam, trying to make
comeback next fall and challenge
kid" Williams for a return match Icr
the championship. This may SOUND
well but il is a pretty good bet Lhat
Johnnie will do nothing OF the KIND
Williams is getting too heavy to defend
his title at 1I6 pounds. ringside. and IL
NAV be true. too. for the Kid" asked
11S ringside when offered match WIN
Ertle some time ago. If he cannot
longer make the weight then he should
be advanced into the featherweight
class. In that event COulon would claim
prior right 10 the championship, hut
there are several other boys who would
dispute his claim, especially Ertle, Ed
die Coulon. Johnny SOlsberg, Billy
Bevau. Louisiana and others.
jeff Smiths FOuIing.
There seems to have been some points
to the controversy between JEFF Smith,
the New York middleweight. and the
boxing authorities, which have not been
made plain and will not be fully under
stood until full details come from
Snowy Baker. promoter Of the Staoiums
in Sydney. Melbourne and Brisbane.
Some time ago Smith fought Les Darcy.
the Australian middleWeighJ- and won
on a peculiar decision in the fifth round
Darcy claimed that he had been fOuled
and refused to continue when the ref
cree did not allow the foul The contest
was considered an important one and
the unfavorable result caused some
talk
They were matched again for May %
and on this occasion Darcy was pro-
claimed the Winer on a foul in the sec
ond round. The cablegram stated that
Darcy had been badly fouled. The day
before a cable had been received by the
writer to the effect that Smith had been
barred by the directors Of the Stadiums
company. limited, for a violation Of the
boxing law.
As the first cable came direct, and
the result Of the Smith-Darcy fight
came by way Of Montreal, there may
have been a delay in the latter. 1t is
impossible 10 say at this time whether
the barring Of Smith was due TO any
violation in connection with the match
when Darcy claimed TO have been
fouled in the fifth round; or whether
it was for fouling Darcy in their meet
At any rate 1t will cause considerable
as Smith had been consid-
cred By Australians as the real world
champion middleWeight and il Darcy
was the winner the last time. he VIII
naturally be looked upon as worlds
champion.
Another Mizup.
Following the mixup between Jimmy
Clabby. George Chip and the st. Mich
Olas Boxing club in New York, comes
the Racine (Wis.) club, whose promoter
got into a fine mixup with the boxers
and managers regarding the percent
ages. eetc TO be paid out. The prin-
cipals had written agreements, but ar
forwards the promoter claimed he hal
other verbal agreements with the man
ayers whereby certain expenses should
be taken care OF. The whole affair was
referred to the state boxing commission
for settlement. which should not be
necessary, providing the promoters and
managers are fair TO one another. There
is no reason why the boxers should not
have the same protection as the clubs
and state. Under the amendments pro-
posed in the Wisconsin law, the boxers
viii be protected in every way and PROF.
moters who are not on the square will
be put out Of business
United We stand. Let's unite IN buy
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