New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-03
HARRIS WANTS
ANOTHER BOUT
FOR WILLIAMS
Asserts He Can Whip Ertle
or Any Other Bantam
in the Country.

III lnc Country.
Sammy Harris. manager Of Kid Will
Jams. the bantam weight champion Of
the world, is up in arms. To begin
wi,n. ne laughs 20 scorn the statements
Of those who declare that his ch-m-
pon fouled Johnny Ertle. the Western
bantamweight. and almost goes into
Mysteries when Ertle il called the
champion. And Sammy has still an
other grievance lie insists that Will
Jams is still able 70 make llG pounds
rincside, and fight for any number Of
rounds. and is willing 70 back all his
statements with "a substantial wager.
Harris. who IS now in this city, was
quite willing to discuss the bout be
tween Williams and Ertle, and in
branding the whole affair swindle
produced much corroborative evidence
in tho nature Of newspaper clippings
One paper, The Twin City Reporter
of Minneapolis. branded the fight as
one OF the rankest steals ever perpe-
trated i'm the history of boxing, and
declared that boxing il the Middle
West had received black eye. Il
went on TO say that Williams had all
the better of the bout up 70 the time
the works were uncovered.
"All this chatter about Ertle being
better boy than the Kid makes me
laugh" said Harris. 'I1l tell you
what III do with him. If Ertle will
visit New York, Philadelphia, New Or
leans. or any other city than st. Paul
! will make a match at 1l6 pounds
ringside. and will forfeit $500 if Will
Jams does not defeat him TO the salts
faction Of all concerned. II the match
is of ten rounds or over, ] will bet
$500 that Williams wins by a knock
out.
The whole sum and substance Of the
matter is that we were framed from
start TO finish, and Williams was robbed
of a clean knockout.
"Now, as far as the other bantam
weights are concerned, Williams viii
fight them all, and will post forfeit
to weigh in al l16 pounds ringside. We
made the match with Ertle at llS
pounds, but, as matter of fact, the
Kid weighed only 116i2 pounds. SO it
is up 10 these youngsters to show the
Kid some money, and they can have
their chance at the bantamWelCht
championship of the world"
Harris had just vacated the premises
when Scotty Monteith dashed in. drag
g;ng Johnny Dundee by the hand.
"We're about to entrain for Dial Hawk
mss camp" said Scotty in his best
Glasgow. johnny is going TO train
there for his match with Willie Richie.
which takes place at Madison Square
Garden on October 7. You know. we
beat Richie once. and we're going 10
beat him again. Richie is made TO
order for US, and We will left-hand him
TO death Johnny is the greatest fghter
in the world" painted Scotty.
Willie Astey, a bantamweight, who
halls from the West Side, is making
his way toward the top in famous style.
He has won all his recent matches,
beating men in the second flight with
the ease and skill that mark the mas
ter. lie is about ready to throw down
the gauntlet to some of the higher
grade men. Astey is not alone clever
and fast. but he carries a degree Of
aggressiveness into the ring with him
that makes hit with the fans.
Charley Weinert and Bill McKinnon
will come to grips at New Haven either
on October 13 or October 20. McKin-
non is highly thought of by many en-
thusasts, and he may defeat the New
ark warrior handily.
Johnny Dundee and Willie Richie
are ready for their match at Madison
Square Garden next Thursday night.
Richie Will enter the ring at 1875
pounds. while Dundee plans TO weigh
not less than 1872 pounds. Dundee
fought four-round draw against the
American champion in San Francisco
last winter, when the latter had an
advantage of fourteen pounds. He
thinks that with the weights almost
even he will win.
Richie is one fighter who is sports
manike in his tendencies. He has re-
fused 10 fight Joe Shugrue because Of
the latters trouble with his eyes.
Rather than risk infcting permanent
injury on an opponent, Richie de-
clared he would quit the ring.