El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-24

NE While many OF the boxing rams
III throughout the. country Ire in
terested in the proposed match between
Mike Gibbons. the St Paul phantom
and Packey Mcfarland the prloe u
the Chicago stOckyards, there IS an
other match that would attract aDo ny
as much attention and which WouLu
be the fOrerunner to a real champion
ship battle in all probability, ana lnstt
is = contest between Gibbons ana JACK
Dillon. the Hoosier champion For the
uast TWO years there has been Ial <
OF a match between Packey and Mike,
but nothing definite has ever come OF
il and it viii be a hard matter TO con-
vince the fans that they VIII meet IN
III they are in the ring
They have been nearly matched sew
eral times, but something seems 70
turn Up at the 18th nOur TO prevent
their meeting II the weight is SCI at
I45 at 8 o'clock II will not be 1cr any
title. in fact, in a no-decision contest
IL would not be for a championship
under any conditions unless knockout
should occur and the fans might take
il uDon themselves to crown the win
ner- The WelterWeight limit is 142 at
o'clock, at least, that is the weight
set BIZ Americans for some time past
1t is too bad we have not the same
scale Of weights as the Europeans ana
the Australians, for then international
matches could be arranged without
having always to clash over weights
Packey can make 142 all right, at least
he SAYS he can, but with Nike II -
different The very best the st PauI
boy can do is 145 at 3 o'clock and he
viii have TO starve a bit to do that
With Dillon it is just the reverse.
Jack likes 100 pounds, but he has OF
Tered TO do 15S at o'clock for Nike
and to deposit a forfeit Of $1,000 to
make the poundage. At 15s pounds
Dillon and Gibbons would be a won
derfuI match, for 1t would combine al
the clever tactics Gibbons could muster
against the experience and hard hit
ting Of the HOosier. It would be a
match that would attract the fans from
ali parts of the country and would De
looked upon as much better contest
than could be figured between 1dct ar
land and Gibbons. Packey and Nike
would combine all the ring craft known
10 fistiana and as such II would be a
treat, as the Clabby-GibDons match at
the big Milwaukee auditorium last
winter proved to be. 1t was ring
classic and there are many who would
like to have il repeated even for ten
rounds. However, Mike and Dillon
would be the real goods from fight
ing standpoint and that is what would
please big majority OF the 1ans. IlI-
Ion and Eddie McGOorty IS anOIner
match that would no doubt prove TO
BE- a whirlWind affair, with both at
their best weight-160 pounds
Welsh should Defend Title.
Isn't il about time that Freddy Welsh
engaged in a real contest to defend his
title of worlds champion ughtw eighth
It is nearly II months since he won
the championship from Willie Richie
i'm London and according to past stand
ards in boxing a titleholder is sup
posed TO defend his crown at least once
in six months. Freddy has had ample
time to gather in all the easy shekels
which so with the title-at least, all
fighters seem TO imagine they are en-
titled TO that chaLce-and 1t is up to
him now to take on one OF the real
challenEers in a battle for the title
over the marathon route.
If there was an organization In this
country TO control professional boxing
the same as in France and England, a
boxer would be compelled 70 defend
his title at given times and TO fight
for a reasonable purse. Just because
Richie made Welsh give practically
the entire receipts TO him for the
chance at the title is no good reason
why Welsh should continue along that
line. We do not uphold Richie for
the part he played, for it was certain
L against all rules Of the boxing game.
but two wrongs do not make one right
and II is up to Welsh to get busy and
defend his title.
There are numerous other chal-
lengers besides Richie, and good ones,
too. so there is no excuse for not max
ing a match over the 20 round route
At that IL Will be hard to find a
lightweight who will be able to out