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and tackle the best men over there Ne
gOtauOns are about closed between
kearns and Snowy Baker, the Austria
lian promoter, whereby the party will
sail in June or the latter part OF this
month for sydney. kearns is getting
a guarantee for Murray and Watson
and IL is likely that RAY Temple, the
former Milwaukee lightweight and
Joe Bonds, the Tacoma heavyweight
viii be taken along Murray mas proved
his ability by fighting Clabby, Nc
Goorty, Chip. Gibbons and the best OF
the middieWeig hts. and 10 viii take all
they possess 20 beat him over the mar
athon route.
Watson has shown plenty OF class.
especially in his fight with Freddy
Welsh at Hudson and he should do
well down under" Bonds is the heavy
weight whom Jim COrbett has tOuted so
highly ana he really looks good In a
workout here the other day Bonds
showed that he has plenty Of class, and
from few real tryOuts he has also
demonstrated that he can take the
gaff- Temple is a very clever lad and
would have been among the top
notchers today had he taken better
care Of himself and trained properly
for matches Another boy who is go
ing 10 Australia is Young GradWell.
the New York Welterweight, who has
been meeting the best the east can boast
OF; so that with the boys already there
and the bunch following, America viii
be well represented abroad
COffey Against Willard.
Jim Coffey. the New York heavy
weight, seems to be the fighter who is
being groomed for a Try at the title
with Jess Willard when the big fel-
low throws down the gauntlet 10 the
entire field. Frank Moran. the Pitts
burg heavy who fought Jack Johnson
20 rounds in Paris last year, may also
figure as a contender. but from the
looks OF things now il points toward
corey The latter is being guided by
Billy Gibson, the New York promoter,
and his defeat of Carl Morris so de-
cisively stamps him as a heavyweight
worthy a lot Of consideration Coffey
scaled 200 flat against 22S for Morris
but the compact build OF the Irishman
was like a statue against the noun
famous Norris The ability OF Morris
to take punishment was remarkable
and il showed, too. thai C9ffey is the
pOssessor Of a hard Eich in either
hand The man who can beat Coffey
will be the next man to get a crack
al Willard for the worlds champion
shiR-
Miburn SaylOr. the Indianapolis
to prove his claim OF victory over
Freddy Welsh at Winnipeg in October,
1915, when the bout was given 10
Welsh on an alleged foul in the ninth
round; while manager Ray Bronson
and SaylOr claimed il was a clean
knockout and even secured statement
from the referee to the effect that he
was not positive about it. AT any rate
1t went on record as a win Tor Welsh
and il viii be up TO the HOOsier boy
to prove now whether he is the master
or not il the dist1lce were 20 rounds
instead Of ten there might be more Oc-
casiOn for JOY on the part OF Nil
burns friends, but at the halfway
mark Saylor will have to travel at
fast clip TO beat the champion. Say
Tor, however. carries the wallop nee
essary to put an opponent to sleep and
il he can turn such a trick when they
clash in indianapolis, May IS, the night
before the big automobile classic on
the Speedway. he will be grabbing off
a fortune much easier than did Jess
Willard.
With Eddie McGoorty. the Wisconsin
middleWeight, on his way to Australia
for another tour Of that country under
the direction Of Snowy Baker, there
will be one less contender for the
championship of the 15S pound class
of America McGOorty, along with
Mike Gibbons. Jack Dillon and George
Chip, is considered by critics and fans
alike 70 have a splendid chance OF
beating Jimmy Clabby. who, until he
loses over the marathon route in a
championship battle, is looked upon as
the American title holder. although
many consider Mike Gibbons his superb
or right now MCGoorty will have
three big matches booked on his ar
rival in Sydney-with Jeff Smith OF
New York, Mick King and Les Darcy,
the latter two Of Australia McGOOrty
defeated Smith when he was in AUS
tralia a year ago. but the papers
claimed a draw should have been rem
dered. Both King and Darcy are inn
proving and Eddie may have a harder 1
time with the two newcomers than he |
imagines-
Il il not necessary 10 open, an ac- /
count in order TO get one Of those Pocket !
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