Evening star., 1915-08-08

| 154 and to try to get down 50 low ir
| weight would be like taking an atniete
out Of Turkish bath and expecting
him to run a championship race IN rec
cleverness cannot do those things and
pull through safely. 1t will be better
for Mike to stick to his class and let
the other fellows fight 1t out among
one, who is not afraid to try speed and
science with Mike is Freddy Gilmore
of Chicago. son of the famous old light
weight, Harry Gilmore. sr: Freddy
would not mind meeting Mike at l4a,
but to give away weight. he says. would
be foolish. If these boys are SO anx-
ious to get Mikes scalp let them ad-
vance to where he belongs and then
there will be something >doing.
Cat this writing it appears as though
Packey Mcfarland and Mike Gibbons
will be brought together in ten-round
bout at New York in an open-air arena,
September II. Packey Is to get Slf,ooo
for his share and Gibbons $4,000. All
moters, chief Of whom is w: c. Mar
shall Of New York. The weight Is to
be 147 at o'clock.)
Johnny weismantel, promoter Of the
Broadway Sport Club Of Brooklyn. n.
Y, has been trying to eliminate some
Of the eastern bantams SO as to get
a real star to meet Kid Williams for
one one and Mr.. weismantel deserves
credit for the same. still it will be a
difficult thing to hold title bout in
the east, where the limit is ten rounds
and no decision rendered, OF course,
Brooklyn should get the benefit Of the
wedding -out process, but just the same
the only place to hold the title match
over the marathon route is New Or
leans. Eddie Campi. Battling Reddy.
Eddie O'Keefe and Dutch Brandt were
given as the winners In last week
elimination contests. By matching up
these four Johnny will have some more
Interesting matches on tap. He shouio
bring Billy Bevan of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
and Johnny Ertle Of Minneapolis into
the tourney and then he would nave
the real class of the near champions,
not forgetting Eddie Coulon OF New
Orleans, Kid Herman OF Pekin, IL, ana
Young Herman of the Crescent city.
Too had that Dominick Tortorich of
New Orleans could not move his big
arena near the middle states and stage
weights who are clamoring for a
chance to take away Freddy Welsh $
crown Twenty-round battles are re-
quired to get real results and New
Orleans and Denver seem to De the
only spots where they can be conduct
ed successfully. Welsh says he is ready
for the entire bunch of challengers. but
demands his price. That is where a
national commission IS needed-to ten
the titleholder where he gets off.
There are several trying to get the
match with Freddy, for they seem to
think that in twenty rounds he will
Just collapse and say to them: Take
the old crown" Some of them are go
ing to be badly fooled. even though
Freddy welsh is nearly thirty, years
of age. Charley White. Joe Mandot,
Gilbert Gallant, Leach Cross, Jack
Brtton, Milburn Saylor. Johnny Dun
dee, Ted Lewis. Sam Robideau. Joe
yelling and Johnny Grif1ths are
among the. classy challengers. Willie
Ritchie wants to get the match. but
Willie has not agreed to make the
weight, nor give Welsh what he made
Freddy dig up to get a match with
him for the kittle. Take the best OF
the above e-named boys and they would
put up some great fights in an elimina-
ton tourney. Ritchie is really en-
titled to the American lightweight
championship, but unless he defends 1t
pretty soon he will have to forfeit the
same to Charley White or Milburn
Saylor, who seem to be about the best
Of the lightweight challengers. A few
of these lightweights are to get together
in short bouts. Sayior and Griffiths
are to clash at Akron, Ohio, August 10
in a twelve-round bout, at 135 pounds;
while Joe Rivers and Stanley Yoakum
(the iron MANI are to meet in Denver
August 16, in a fifteen-round bout, to
a decision.