The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-16
AUSTRALIA HAS TURNED OUT
 MANY GREAT NIIDDLEWEIGHTs

:. Those who have seen Eddie Mo Goorty in action will readily admit that the man who can wear the sOsh- kosh boxer down and knock him out is there with the goods. Since Les Darcy, the Australian 1aaiddIeweigh hts champian. is Said to have, pulled that stunt1ats Sydney, it begins to look like the kangaroo continent is preparing a pngilistic comeback. According to the reports Darcy easily mastered Eddie, and sent him to slumberland7 with neatness and dispatch. and this. teo,l although MeGoorty had the advantage in weight.
 Pugflistic prophets have been pre- dieting for some time that Australia is about due to turn out a. champion. The great interest in boxing in that eoun- try; which the war has not .abated, was bound sooner. or later to have results. Nearlyaal1 countries have the raw ma teriaI of good boxers, but it takes en- t11usiasm for the game to bring 1t out. Australia has gone so far in it's devo-# tion to the ring sport as to introduce boxing into the public schools of Mel bourne and Sydney
 While Darcy may be q false alarm, Eddie McGoorty may have been of the f1uke variety, the Australians have all ready dubbed him rniddleweight cham pion of the world. Mike Gibbons, Young Ahearn, Jimmy Clabby, and a dozen or so other American boxers, in c1uding-ye gods and little f1shes:-Al Mccoy, may dispute this claim, but at the moment Darcy looks like the goods
 Australia has turned out many great boxers of all weights, but the middle weight division seems to have flourish ed best in that cline. To mention Australia, and naiddleweights naturally. brings up a vision of al aIfreckIed fellow fn fI1a of D oh Fitzsimmons Although Bob was not native to the, Antipodes, he got his pugiIistic start in New Zealand and Australia, and he is always Considered an Australian product.
 About the first of the Australian fighters to come to America, starting the grea invasion of about 30 years ago, was Jack Hall, a nnidd1eweigIt. Hall, who died some years ago in New Zealand was a good man. Tom Mead ows and Paddy German soon followed. Joes Godd dard. who started as a middle weight but eyeloped into a heavy, was another star performer from Australia.
 Jim Hall was another great Austra- lian niddleweight. Jim defeated Bob Fitzs:mm mons in Australia, in fight said to have been a fake, but when h e followed Fitz to America the freclxled. fellow easily vanquished him. Hall died some time ago in Wisconsin.
 Dan Creedon, a native of New Zea- land, but who came to American by way of Australia. also made his mark in the nltddlewe: gFt- class. Dan claimed the title after Fitzsi1lr1 ons retired, but he was defeated by Kid Mccoy.
 Billy McGarthy was also classy niddIeweight. He fought Jack Demp- sev for the title in San Francisco in 1890, but lost after 92 rounds. Later he fought a draw with 8Iie Nonpareil but was whipped by Fitzsihp1nons.
 George Dawson. of kidney punch fame, was welterweight, but he fought several mIdd1eweights, and was never defeated in America. Iron Bark Jim Burke, Tom1np Tracy and shadow Maber were also Australi- ans of lighter weight who tackled mid dIeweights. The Australian pugiItst crop began to play out about 20 years ago, and it is high time for a revival
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