Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-10
BY T. s. ANDREWS.
;pondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
MILWAUKEE, October o. Boxers
and their managers will never get over
the habit of trying to pad" records
when publishing the same. There are
very few fighters who have given out
list of their contests who could hon.
estly declare that the list was correct.
They seem to take it for granted that
sport writer's have not the time to
compare and make the necessary cor
rections and that the public never fol-
lows the doings of the men of the ring
This results in many arguments ana
the record books are referred to in
order to decide such matters. Even the
record books are not always correct. for
the reason that the compilers or the
same have no means of knowing ex-
actly how the early fghts-preliminary
bouts-resulted. In time the national
boxing organization, if it is kept up.
will endeavor to keep records of all
boxers, the same as is done in base
ball, and then there will be little
chance for the managers and fighters to
put over the padded lists. In talk
with Prof Jerry Mccarthy of Edmon-
ton. Alta. recently. the latter stated
that Stanley ketchers record had
never been given out correctly; not
that he did not have a splendid record.
but that it was gotten up in hurry
and no attention given to correct dates.
etc: At that time Jerry Mccarthy was
living in Montana and was a fighter
and manager himself
'ketchel was a wonderful fighter,
said Jerry, land 1 always felt that his
correct record should be published. NO
one knew him better than myself, for
we worked and trained together dur
ing his early career around the mining
other places IN
Montana. Stanley never fought Nose
La Fontise as reported, but defeateo
Sid La Fontise in twenty-four rounds
and only once. although all reports
said he beat him twice. He was credit
ed with beating Kid Thomas. but never
met him; but he won and lost TO kid
Lee. There were several minor ngnts
he had around camp in which he scored
knockouts, but they were never re-
ported: in fact. they were what would
term hurried matches just to please
crowd around some OF the big places
and could hardly be called real matches:
For boy who did not have the real
training necessary for such AFFAIRS
Kctchel was the most wonderful nghter
j ever met, and he was meeting boxers
much heavier than himself all the
time.
Fritz Holland. the California light
two years. thinks that the new cham
zion of the antipodes. Les Darcy. is
the best man in the world at his
weight. Holland is clever fighter
himself and was defeated by Darcy.
SO he had chance to get a line ON
his work. After Darcy had defeated
Eddie McGoorty IN fifteen rounds at
the Baker stadium Iii Sydney Holland.
who witnessed the fight. said:
Without a doubt Darcy Is the great
est fighter of his weight In the world:
He beat a man who can whip most Of
the heavyweights. The report that
MeGoorty had gone stale. etc. is all
bunk. Eddie was in fine shape. but
little drawn. and could not have taken
of another ounce, but. just the same,
he was in good condition. He met
boy who could hit just as hard as he
could and who had more stamina than
You can bet all you have that Nc
Goorty did the best he could against
Darcy. A man with McGoorty's repu-
tation could not suffer the sting of a
knockout against his record for any
money IL he could avoid it. 1 look for
Darcy to beat Jimmy Clabby when they
meet. and IL he ever faces Mike Glib
bons he will beat him. too. in a twenty
round match"
Ritchie Mitchell. the Milwaukee flash.
who has been coming to the front so
rapidly of late. will tackle. a husky
Cream City A. C. Of Milwaukee. octo-
Der IS. They are to travel ten rounds
and the weight will be 1S2 at o'clock.
which should suit both boys nicely.
Azevedo has put up some good battles
the past year against the best light
weights in the country. He has win
over AID Wolgast in ten rounds at Oak
land. Cal. and he also has scored over
frankie Callahan. according to the
New York papers. Charlie White won
Wis. nearly two years ago. but Joe
was d novice then and he has improved
much since. He is only twenty years
old and still improving. Mitchell has
Dundee and Johnny Kilbane. Last fall
he beat Ad Wolgast over the ten-round
route. and. while Dundee had the point
decision the youngster was giving
better than he was receiving in the
tenth round. He won over Johnny Kill
bane on ciean-cut boxing. Azevedo
likes to mix matters. and that is what
suits Mitchell, for he likes a boxer who
WIFI force the fighting.
Eddie McGoorty. the American mid
oieweisht who has been in Australia
for some time and who suffered a Sc
we're setback when he was stopped BY
Les Darcy in fifteen rounds, is coming
back to his own Eddie decided that
he co.,lG not make the middleYeight
limit for a match and began fighting in
the light heavyweight class, with the
result that he has scored three knock
outs within the last six weeks, stop
ping Joe Bonds in one round, Billy
Murray in four and Harry Reeves. the
English heavyweight. in six McGoorty
has been anxious to get on another
match with Darcy, but il he does IL
VIII not be 1T the middleweight limit.
for no one knows better than the Oyh-
kosh boy himself that he cannot make
that. weight and be strong. Therefore,
IL the match il made. ii will be "A case
OF Darcy giving away weight. and If
he Goes he is liable to bump into =
sIrprise party. There are none of the
midd!ewcishts who can afford to give
away Il lot OF poundage TO man like
McGoorty and hope to beat him II
Darcy is u legitimate middle weight he
Will make Il serious mistake in trying