El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20

Board Attempts to Unravel Tange in Pugilism Assign
ing Fighters to Divisions to Which Their Weights
Entitle Them, Making Jack Dillon Titleholder
in Light Heavyweight Ranks; Adopts Rules.
By t. :. ANDREWS.

/ son with the big fellow during their
tour with the Wild West show Tom
returned TO Chicago q few DAYS ago
ana, as one of the news boys put il.
he had to have an express wagon TO
carry his bank rou TO the hotel. Sir
Thomas vas never so flush with the
Ions ereel in his life. which is all the
more evident that his tour with VIII
lard was much bigger success than
most people imagine
Wants willard TO Meet Best.
In a talk with Tom regarding future
matches ne was very emphatic in stat
nag that ne wanted Willard to meet
the best heavyWeights in the country
and for that reason he preferred to
have promoters in various parts ar
range a tournament among the heavy
weights so as 10 select the very best
man Of the LOT 10 go against Jess in a
title match This does not mean that
Willard viii not meet other opponents
in the meantime, but he wants to have
him meet the best in the country when
ii is to be for the championship.
Whom VIII He Fight.
Jones admitted that he had signed a
contract with Tommy Burns and u. J.
TortOrich Of New Orleans 70 engage in
a championship battle in that city dur
ing Mardi Gras week. which will be
the latter part Of February or early IN
March They can select any heavy
weight in the world Willard has gone
a short time and will then come east
prepared TO take on any man whom
manager Jones has matched him with
At the present time II looks as though
Frank Moran has first call although
Jim Coffey may upset MOrans plans
when they meet again in New York.
Then. too, there are couple OF white
hopes coming along who may develop
very fast this season. one Of them being
Fred Fulton Of Minnesota However,
Willard bars no one and it is up to the
promoters TO pick out a man who Will
give him real battle
BurtfleId's Defeat Is Surprise.
The defeat Of Soldier Bartfield bv
- --Ll ODoWd az Hudson, Wis. the past
week was surely a great surprise to
the followers Of the game in the east
nut not so much to those Of the west
VINO nave seen O'DoWd in action Ac-
cording TO all the reports, O'Dowd had
cleared a shade at the end of 10 rounds
and had referees decision been given
ne would have been the recipient Of me
same Bartfield was boosted very high
~ on account OF his great showing
with Nike Gibbons in Brooklyn some
time ago, but il is very evident that
the soldier was either badly off form
or Mike O'Dowd must be a great deal
Detter man than any Of the critics
nave discovered There is no doubt
that the St Paul lad has been coming
along steadily the past year and his
great showing with BartfieId only con-
Fl.iCes ms ATlenoS lnaI ne IS fast de
Neloping into middleweight. At the
present time O'DoWd can do the VveIter-
weight limit of 147 pounds very nicely.
and there is already talk Of matching
him up with the best in the country al
that weight II is very likely that he :
viii graduate into the middleweiebf 3
ranks within another year and il he
continues TO improve. he will be a
worthy opponent for the top notchers.
10Th INFANTRY DEFEATS
NINTH CAVALRY AT FOOTBALL,
Douglas, Ariz. Nov. 2O.-The goth in
fantry defeated the Ninth cavalry foot
ball team by a score Of TO 0. The cav
alrymen said fum5les and bunglfuc
plays lost them the game.