The Washington herald., 1915-08-01
Manager La Fontaine Is Ar
ranging Bout Between Kid
Greek and Kid Egan.
OTHER FISTIC GOSSIP

title holder. may be matched to battle
Kid Egan. also OF this city and former
Southern champion. in a hfteen-round
bout before the Maryland Athletic and
Social Club on Tuesday. August IS
The talk of this battle has been in the
wind for a long time. Both boys are
anxious to get a crack at one another
and Manager La Fontaine stands willing
to stage the fight. The followers of
each battler have asked that this fsht
| be put on, as close to 500 in real money
will be wagered on the outcome. The
followers of the Greek are willing to
stake any amount that the kid can beat
Egan In a fifteen-round set-to. while the
! followers of Egan are grabbing every
cent in sight.
Both boys have been required to post
800 forfeit before August 2 to bind the
match. The battle will be at catch
weight and should prove to be an in
teresting attraction. because Of the RI
valry between the principals
Along with this f1fteen-round battle
Manager La Fontaine intends holding two
ten-round battles between boys now be-
fore the public eye. Mike Urain, the
local welter-weight. will be matched to
fight Young Herman Miller, the sensa-
tional Baltimore battler, who fought
Knockout Brennan a six-round draw in
one Of these ten-round affairs. while the
other battlers have not yet been named.
Should these fights fail to materialize.
Manager La Fontaine will no doubt book
Knockout Johnny Baker. Of Wilmington.
with Johnny Howard. Al MacMurray's
smuggling New York middle-weight This
battle is being arranged for late in Au-
gust. but should the Egan-Greek affair
fall through the date will no doubt be
moved up to August Is.
Despite the fact that the respective
weights of Kid Williams and Jimmy
Taylor were announced '11S pounds at
noon" for their fifteen-round cham
pionship battle in Baltimore last week,
Jack Hanlon, OF Philadelphia, says
articles of agreement governing the
match read Ills pounds at noon," and
that the principals weighed in at the
latter avoirdupois.
Williams will never defend his title
at Is He is too big for the
weight" says Jack
Three bantams loom up as probable
conquerors of the Baltimore bearcst,
or, rather, one-time bearcat. as the
unanimous opinion Of critics who saw
Williams in his last fight was that
teryear. They are Johnny Erie, Of ST.
Paul; Billy Bevans. of Wilkesbarre.
and Louisiana. of Philadelphia
The Philadelphia contender. how
ever. may have outgrown bantam
ranks Since returning from New Or
leans. where Louisiana fought Kid
Herman. he has increased in pound
age.
The proposed meeting at Cleveland
next month of boxing promoters and
referees to formulate conditions which
shall control and benefit boxing all
over the world Is a step In the right
direction and II the cohferees can get
together on the question they will ac-
compliSh a worthy undertaking. In
past years the boxing game has been
run in haphazard manner in many
cities, and the promoters have given
the boxers all the best OF the argu-
ment. because they have been at odds
among themselves. With the sport
under the supervision of a controlling
body and fighters aware that their
actions will be closely watched and in
fractions of rules severely punished,
there will be a decided Improvement
in the game and the public will get
the direct benefit. Boxing commissions
In several States have proved their
value. and in Philadelphia the fact
that the police have direct jurisdic-
ton over the clubs and fighters has
standard. Possibly it is as we'll con-
Quoted in this city as in any place
in the world. but with the additional
protection of a national or interna-
tional supervising body the POSSIBLE
ty of lake fights or broken engage
nents will be reduced to minimum.
Ill - IL
Tor Freddie Welsh to get a knockout
beating? The chances are about 10 to
| that whoever succeeds Welsh on the
lightweight throne will do the very
same thing that Welsh has been doing
.dodying decision bouts.
There isn't any rule on pugilism that
'orces a champion to defend his title
At given periods under penalty OF
osing his title by default. And what
crying shame it is that such a rule
S not in force.
Oh yes, IL las been proposed and
alked of for years. But that IL all
he farther the movement has gone. In
he spring of 1914. il looked as IL an
International commission. having su-
,ervision over all the fighters in the
world. might become a reality. Then
he war came along and shattered
he day dreams.
The big fault with appointing
commission in America to govern all
he fighters Is that no one in the
game has any authority now
o appoint such a commission and even
{ a commission were appointed. the
ghters might refuse to live up to
S dictations.
The only way out seems to be
through dear old Congress. Now II
ONE Congressman would take the
natter up and his fellow Congress-
nen would help him push the thing
through the pugilistic atmosphere
rould be clarified for all time.