Evening star., 1915-12-11

keep from falling to the canvas and il
was only because he backed agains,
the ropes, which seemed to hold him
for the moment and gave him little
strength, that he was able to keep his
feet, and the bell sounded just in time
to save him from going down. The
one-minute recess seemed to bring him
back in good shape and he went out in
the fifth round and was able to fight
Denny all over the ring. In fact he
improved SO much from that time on
that he finally was awarded the deci-
sion at the end of the fifteenth round
Len is still wondering why he did not
go down when he got the wallop back
of the ear. for he said it hurt him all
the next day.
There were several come backs among
the boxers this week. Matty McCue,
whom Tom Jones took to Los Angeles
to beat Joe Rivers nearly two years
ago, and who has been idle for some
time, made his re-entry into the ring
at Racine against Teddy Hayes Of Mil
waukee. who recently gave Harry
Stone a hard battle for ten rounds, and
Cue showed he had the punch that
made him famous when he first started
out. Hayes was knocked cold. Matty
was Immediately matched up for a bat
tie with Vim Ketchel at Kenosha, Wis,
December 9. and may meet Rocky Kan
sas at Buffalo little later.
Jim Coffey made his comeback
against Gunboat Smith and the navy
man hit the carpet for the ten count in
the fourth. Gunboat never had a look
in and now Coffey will aspire once
more to a contest with Jess Willard
and Frank Moran.
While Coffey and McCue were doing
their parts, Johnny Griffiths. the Ohio
did his little stunt against Matt Wells,
who recently fought Charlie White and
was credited with technical win.
Matt was not fast enough for the
losing end of the decision. according
to the scribes. Griffiths made such a
good showing that he was Immediately
matched to meet Freddy Welsh at Ak
ron, Ohio December 81.
Just now there seems to be more
than usual interest in the welterWelght
class-the class that has been neg
lected for a good many years. Kid
Graves, who is really entitled to first
consideration because he claimed the
title when Ray Bronson retired and
and a guarantee to defend the same
against all corners, is out with defy
to all boys In his class. including Will
lie Ritchie, Packey Mcfarland, Mike
O'Dowd and others. Now comes Jack
Torres, the Mexican welterweight, who
the past few years. Torres has been
fighting through the western country
for the past eighteen months. and has
a number of very good battles. He
met a number of tough boys at st.
Joseph, Mo-, among them Johnny Sal
yatore. Bud Logan and men Of that
class. Recently he went out to Idaho
and fought two hard battles with Frank
Barrieu. the Canadian champion. who
G. In these battles Torres
showed to great advantage and there
hack him against any Of the welter-
weights for a side wager. AS Kid
Graves of Cleveland has had his money
nm for some time for just such
contest, 1t seems that the Denver peo-
nie might get busy and match these
boys up for real championship bat
tie over the twenty-round route in
Denver. Willie Ritchie has announced
that he will become welterweight
champion and defend the title, but Will
lie viii have to show first that he Is
welterweight champion. and the best
way to do this is to battle with some
Of the boys above mentioned and set
tie the question.