Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-13
BACKSLIDING OF CALIFORNIA WAS
HEAVY BLOW I0IHE Fight GAME

kFS met Win several ueieatS Inal
put him out OF the running for the
middle weight championship. Fur.
thermore. il is doubtful IL McGoorty
can make the weight demanded In q
match for the title
or all the men left to battle for
Ketchsfs crown Mike Gibbons and
Jimmy Clabby appear to be better
qualified than any OF the others. The
announcement of a match between
these two stars would be gladly re-
eeiyed by the boxing fans. and the
winner would be in position to claim
precedence with the middle weight di.
vision. However, the matchmaker
have not yet been successful In bring
ing the boys together, and until they
have fought out the question OF su-
periority the situation can be said to
rest just about where II was when
Ketchel passed away.
The weller weight division Is In bad
repute in this country. No one ap-
pears to know where 1t begins or
where it ends. II Is SO long since
there has been a recognized champion
Of the class that the public has for.
gotten his name. There are num-
Der OF socalled lightweights who pro-
perly belong in the weller weight d.
vision, among them Packey McFar-
land and Jack Britton, but apparently
they have no ambition to shine as
welter weight stars. Campaigning IN
the lightweight class Is far more prof
table for these boys than taking
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Report Richie 10 Getting Heavy.
Willie Richie has boxed only once
since losing the title to Welsh. He
met Johnnie Dundee In q four-round
bout in San Francisco two months ago,
and while the referee called Il draw
the critics insisted that Dundee was
entitled to shade decision. Reports
from the West hint that Willie has
taken on considerable flesh OF late
and that It Is doubtful II he will ever
again be able to fight at the light
weight limit.
Of the younger members Of the divi.
sion Young Shugrue, Johnnie Dundee
and Joe Mandot are the most promis.
ing. Mandot has apparently recovered
his form and on his recent record
must be figured one of the most dan
gerous of the runners-Ip for the title.
Shugrue and Dundee have also been
coming along very fast ana bid fair
to figure prominently In the race for
the title during the coming year.
kllbane stIlI Tops the Feathers.
Johnnie Kilbane still refgns the un-
disputed champion Of the feathers.
While there are number OF other
fair boys In this division, none APP
pears to possess class enough to make
1t interesting for the champion. Kill
bane, by the way, aspires to light
weight honors, and that he really In
tends making campaign in that d.
vision was proved By his bout with
Joe Mandot, with whom he recently
boxed 10-round draw Kilbane win
undoubtedly make quite q record for
himself in the 133.pound division. but
whether he has skill enough to Offset
the handicap of p0undage he would be
forced to battle under as lightweight
time alone will tell. However, with
Johnson in the heavyweight class and
Williams in the bantams. Kilbane APP
pears to have his title Of champion.
feather-weight clinched beyond all Inn
mediate danger.
One Of the most interesting Of many
pugilistic happenings Of the year was
the defeat of Johnnie Conlon by Kid
Williams. Interesting in that it un-
covered a youngster who looks the
most formidable bantam since the
days of Terrible Terry" McGovern.
Coulon held the title FOR number Of
years. but succumbed before the on
slaught OF his aggressive challenger.
His fight with Williams. II 1t could be
dignified by that title, lasted less than
three rounds, and his showing against
his youthful adversary was most pitt
ftl. It was another evidence Of the
old truism that youth win be served
Unless forced to resign the honors
by increasing weight, Williams looks
safely intrenched on the bantam
throne for long time to come.