Evening star., 1915-05-30
BY T. S. ANDREWS.
Special Correspondence of The star


MILWAUKEE,, May 29.-BoxinS has
been conducted in Australia for many
years, and there has not been any scan
dal to mar the honesty of the sport,
which / ma measure accounts for the
wonderful success it has enjoyed there.
When Hugh d. Mcintosh conducted the
game he kept it clean and paved the
way for a solid foundation. r. L.
(Snowy) Baker then bought out Mr.
Mcintosh when the latter obtained con-
troll of the Rickard vaudeville circuit
and he has continued along the lines
established by Mr.. Mcintosh. Now
comes the first sign of scandal he
Gently Jeff Smith, the New 1ork mid
dleweight, and Les Darcy, an Austria
lian middleweieht. battled at Sydney
stadium, and in the fifth round. Tor
some unknown reason, Darcy claimed
foul and refused to continue The YER
dict went to Smith. but there were
some who could not understand why
the boy. Darcy. should refuse TO con
tinue when he had not been hurt. or
at least, did not appear SO. Ihen came
an investigation by the directors OF
the Stadiums Company. Limited, with
the result that smith was aisquaIitso .to
and his sharS of the gate given to the
Red Cross fund. In cablegram to
the writer regarding the affair Snowy
Baker says:
"Stadiums, limited, directors held IN
ouiry today into Jeff Smith-Darcey con-
test and after long and thorough inves.
tigation disqualified Smith from all
further contests in Australia, ana
handed his percentage OF s1'foV u .he
Red Cross fund.
This would indicate that Smith and
his manager, AL Lippe, had been mixed
up In some manner. 1t is to be re-
GREETED that any American boxer or
manager should become involved In
such chrges. and it is hoped, for the
good of the game. that it is not as bad
as reported, and that they may be able
to vindicate themselves. However. II IL
is correct, then they deserve no sym
pathy The boxing game has many
hard rows to hoe and cannot afrord
to tolerate doings that will hurt the
sport.
Danny McKetrick. the New York
manager Of Soldier Bartfield and Young
Ahearn, has issued a statement claim
ing the welterweight title for the SOL
dier boy. Danny probably forgets that
in claiming the title. for after Ray
Bronson announced his retirement
about a year ago Graves came out
with a claim for it, and posted $1,000
to back his claim against any 145-
FOUNDER in the United States. Packey
Mcfarland never held the welter title.
nor did Mike Gibbons, as neither one
ever claimed it nor fought for it.. Had
either one been able to make the
weight-142 at 3 or 145 ringside-there
is no doubt but that they would have
cleaned up all others, but Packey
claimed his standing as a lightweight
and Gibbons as middleweight. Graves
and Mike Glover both put in a claim.
seems to have had the better claim.
Let Bartfield and Graves battle a ma
rathon for the title.
During chat with Tom Jones. man
ager Of Jess Willard. a few days ago
in Chicago, the former stated that no
offer has ever been made to him for
$25.000 bit for his end-win. lose or
draw-for ten-round bout in the open
air in New York city some time this
summer. All this talk about Villa rd
passing up such an offer Is bunk" said
Sir Tom, for we would grab it quick
placed. The fact is we have not re
ceived a real bona-f1de offer since the
winning of the championship from
Johnson: that is, what we would call
class man. believe that Willard is
entitled to a chance to pick up some
Of the SO called easy money after beat
ing Johnson. but at the same time he
is not trying. to ignore any legitimate
money is shown we will be there to
meet any white heavyweight in the
| world. 1 noticed the other day where
certain heavyweight had been chal-
lenging Jess to q title match and max
ing a howl about what he could do
Well, this same fighter met Jess In an
exhibition bout and in the third round
| he begged for the big fellow to let up
| and not hit so hard. I will mention
| no names, but 1t was not Jim Corey.
| 1t only shows that some of them are
always looking for cheap advertising
at the expense of the other fellows.
Willard does not intend to pass up
! championship matches for the stage or
wild west shows. When the genuine
offers are made you will find US ready"
The calling Off of the Welsh-saylor
and Dillon-C Chip matches at Indianapolis.
which had been scheduled for the after
noon and night before the big automobile
| race, was the result OF war between man
ayers and promoters-nothing new these
days The Saylor-Welsh match had been
made first and set for May %. Jack Dill
lon had figured in matches Of this kind
| in Indianapolis before. and knew that
they would draw a big house. 30 he wanted
to be in again. Then came the rival
promoters and announced the Dillon-Chip
match for tho Same date. only in the after
noon. There were kicks and counter
kicks, with the result that Mayor Bell
finally put his foot down and cancelled
the whole shooting match. Two good
matches have been spoiled, and no one
! will get a cent, but some one will have