El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-25

MI is some time since Australia
4 \ has had a heavyweight of any /
class, but the fans there are of the /
opinion that a real white hope has !
been discovered in Ben Doyle, a new |
conner. Doyle is Of the rough and ioady /
style of heavyweight, but seems to /
take to the game like a duck to water |
and his mentors have hopes of teach /
ing him cleverness in addition to his |
strength. He has had n numb r OF |
battles and has shown remarkable !
hitting power for a new one and gives |
promise of developing into another Joe |
Goddard. He is called Tornado Doyle. (
=
rs it possible to have standard |
by which referee can Judge "A boxing
match, or are there any specified rules
regarding the deciding OF bouts?' The
above question was put to me the other
day by a friend in a communication
, There are few referees who follow
I along the same lines
I think the standard set by Eugene
/ CORR, the referee of all the big con-
] tests in London, is about as near cor
I rect as can be had for strictly boxing
/ bouts. Mr.. Corri's idea is that a boxer
4 should be given credit fon the num-
( Der Of points he scores in delivering
a straight blow and landing clean on
] his opponent. He also takes into con-
/ sideration the strength behind the
blow, but as a rule he goes a great
deel on the number OF points scored
( b. the boxer, hitting the other or even
tapping him, which is a very similar
/ method followed by the late George
! Siicr OF Chicago. Mr.. CORR does not
I believe in the kidney blow and I re-
member when he refereed the Lang
I ford and McNey contest in Paris three
years ago, he stopped the bout in the
seventh round and said Here Lang
| ford, stop using the kidney blow with
/ the butt of your hand as it does not
I count a point and you viii get no
credit for It."
think 1t viii be n very difficult
matter TO try and score a boxing match
on the 90 point idea, as some claim
can be done, for where it is at all close
you can hardly find two people who
judge the same way. I do believe the
fighter should be given a certain
amount Of credit for aggressiveness and
that they should also be penaliZed for
holding in the clinches The question
was also asked whether it would be
possible for a fighter knocked out to
! win the contest on points. ] cannot
see how such a thing could be possible,
| unless it happened that the fighter was
/ knocked out just before the close OF
| the contest and where the referee did
not have ten seconds left to count him
! out. 1t would be necessary to revert
I to the number of rounds contested
/ and decide as TO which man had the
decision on points up to that time.
Two stars of the lightweight divi-
sion-Jimmy Duffy of Buffalo and
30 Johnny Dundee OF New York-appearcd
for the first time before a Milwaukee
crowd last week in ten round bout
and made a splendid Impression, but
before a rather small assemblage. Com
ing a few days before the ClabbysGib-
bons match hurt the attendance. How
ever, the fans saw two very clever
liEhtWeights and while Duffy had the
shade over the speedy Italian 1t was
not to any great extent. Duffy proved
| himself real fighter for during the
first three rounds Dundee fought SC
[ fast that many HghtWclghtS WOulC
I have been disheartened, but not Sc
| with Duffy. The young Irishman simply
! / bOde his time and gradually fathomeC
2 | the style of Dundee and then began
/ to off set the lead gained by Johnny
Duffy had steam behind his blows
, while his blocking was exceptionally
| good. No wonder the Buffalo boy hai
I put up such good contests against mel
, like Welsh, Britton, White, Mcfarland
and RObideau. Dundee, however, is al
q fast as chain lightning. His work n
I the early rounds was marvellous. ill
j would leap fully five feet through tn
I air like a kangaroo and plant HI
| straight left to the face. He seemed
to be on a spring and his judgment O.
e ! distance was excellent. Against a maj
= Of his own weight Dundee would SHOW
even better and there is no reason VIII.
! he should not De DaLllnS the pest 81
. / the land for q try at the real HShI
= weight title-133 pounds ringside.
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p Billy Gibson. the New York promo
ters, seems to have got the star
on all other promoters as lar a
. Havana, Cuba, is concerned. Billy ha
> secured the privilege for staging box
ing matches in Havana and still claim
- that Jack Johnson and Sam Move,
viii battle there in March or near tina
time He is also negotiating for
title match between Freddie Welsh an
Joe Shugrue, also I'm March. Havana ]
a great winter resort, but whethe
there viii be enough people there VIII
| follow the boxing game to make II pal
remains TO be seen Gibson is a splen
did fellow and viii make friend
, among the residents of the Cuba
metropolis, but they Will have to b
educated to the sport before they ca