Evening star., 1915-03-14
SMITH AND LES DARCY FIGHT
IN AUSTRALIA UNSATISFACTORY
American Middleweight Given Decision
After Four Rounds, as Antipodeans
Seconds Threw Up the Sponge

Nf..I IS managing. looks very good. and
lady his mana ger is trying to force
match with White to decide the su-
isriority between the Chicago rivals.
zoe rs classy youth and viii bear
tr2tching. lie made. the. trip to Ans
tralia with Jimmy Clabby and mad
quite a hit there against some Of the
best boys. Then there is Jimmy Duffy
OF Buffalo, y. Y, whom none of the
lightweigh;s are over-sn..ious to tao
kle. JlIniny can DO H.. but will not
do any better weight, and at that
poundaBe he is dan gerous against any
of them. Billy Gibson Of the big city
has Benny Leonard, promising 49,
FOUNDER. whom he thinks viii be fight
ing for the title within year or two.
Last week he fought Johnny Dundee.
the clever Italian lightweight. and ac-
counts differed as to the outcome. The
New York World gave Leouard the de-
cision, while others favored the Italian
and still others a draw. SO it is eyi
dent that Leonard must have made a
splendid showing. Pal Brown, the
Minnesota lightweight. is to have has
chance in the big league stuff. as he
meets Joe Mandot, another contender,
at Superior, early in April. Brown is
d nlarathon-distance performer and at
that game viii give all the light
weights run for their money. Sam
my Robdeau, the Philadelphia navy
boy. must be considered. and Johnn!
Griffith has proved his right to 4 try
grue is out of it, unless he should re
gain his sight, which is sad for the
Jersey boy, who was we'll thought of
by fans and critics alike. Milburli
Saylor. the Hoosier lightweight, has 4
right to recognition.
Jack Dillon. tile Hoosier champion,
must be considered remarkable fight
CT. During the past sear or two JACK
has gone along and fought men from
11S up to 1S5 pounds and he has not
been bestcd in a single contest. lie has
not picked his opponents, but has met
any one whom the promoters hee" seen
nit to select and he las never made q
kick about few pounds in weight.
Jacl. made laS pounds fer one OF ms
matches little over q year ago just TO
show that lie could make the weight
and then he started out auci' met linn
Flynn, at 1SS: Charlie Weinert, at ID;
Tom Aicf artv, nj iSo: Battling LaNIr
sky. at 1le. and Others at amy weight
they named. Now he has been matched
with Gunboat Smith ia alifsEauhef 70
March 16. no weight being !iaiucd. hut
the chances are that Jack %ill scale
abou, 10 and Smith a:oul;,. lS',. o.
top of this Dillon aEd his; ma naGel,
Sam Murbargef. come out N''ti' an %
fer 20 make 15S at 5 o'cloci> against
any middleweight in the world am
they have offered to post $1,000 forfeit
with the writer /" Ii2.lc the weight
rhe same to he deposited the moment
the match IS made. Dillon stated am
middleweight in the world, but i.
meant by that the champion, or me
claiming the championship, such az
Jimmy Clabby, Eddie McGoorty o
Mike Gibbons. The work of Dillo!
brings us back to the days Of Tom
Sayers, when that great fighter mc1
men all the way from 15o pounds up TO
2e5, when he fought John C HeenaH
for the world title at the latter weight,
Bob Fitzsirnmons also fought men all
l,l to nd a
weighted more than about $50 himself.
II Dillon can take care OF Gunboat
Smith then he will be considered as out
of the ordinary class OF boxers.
There are Two hcxere hot on the
trail of Mike Gibbons for matches and
one who is q bit undecided whether 10
tackle Mike or Freddy Welsh for Il
title bout Jimmy Ciabby. Who claims
the American championship IN the mid
dleweight division, despite the news
paper decision against him IN his battle
with Mike Gibbons in Milwaukee re
Gently, and Eddie McdooftE. VINO n.u
hard ten-round scrap with the -:
Paul phantom at Hudson, Wis, last
week are clanoi'ing for another meet
ns, while Pacaey Mcfarland, the pride
of the Chicago stockyards, is the thifd
man Who seeks = match Mike had u
fat. shade over Clabby ia their tell
round argument, but III justice 10 Clab-
by il must be said that he certainly
act !.
in the I,i;rtcn with McGoorty il was 4
terrific battle all the way. with Glib
bons having Il shade and no more. A
rwenty-round contest is needed TO 4s-
ternrine . winner between these insU
and that is what the public wants. tt
any OF them are to be credited with tn.
title. then let them get together am
light it OUT over the marathon route. L.
is a certainty that Paciley McFarlard
will not want a marathon battle at
this stage, for he has not boxed a
regular match for more than year
pacisev and Mike would pack any place
in a tcn-round bout, for the fans would
expect something out Of the ordinarr
should this .paif' OF past masters GET
together Dominick J. Tortorich o.
New orleans has ClabbN signed up fo.-
!, meeting with Gibbous aud is Haiting
for Mike to attach his name to cor
tract but the Phantom seems 10 nrr-
fer waiting FOR while before tacklinE
the. marathon game.