The Washington herald., 1915-09-20
KID WILLIAMS Still
HOLDS BANTAM CROWN
Baltimore Boxer Does Not Lose Title
to Ertle on Foul-Referee Did
Not Give Decision.

Boxing fans are wondering il Kid
Williams lost his bantam-weight cham
pionship of the world to Johnny t,rtle,
the little St. Paul sensation. when Will
Jams fouled him in a battle in St Paul
in the fifth round of scheduled ten
round no-decision fight.
If this contest was listed as for the
ba nta M weight championship of the
world with all requirements being made
then Williams lost his crown. but as ii
was no-decision ten-round contest
without any agreements being made as
to whether it was for the title. it is
unfair to the Baltimorean to say he lost
his title.
The match wasn't arranged for the
championship The boxers failed to
weigh in at 116 pounds rinGside, the
championship weight, although both may
have been at the required poundage, and
no other championship rules governed
the contest.
The best way for Williams to cover up
this accident would be to give Ertle- a
chance at the bantam-weight crown
over the fifteen-round route in Baltimore
or for twenty sessions in New Orleans.
Reports sent out after the fight that
Referee George Barton had awarded the
fight to Ertle on foul are denied py
the official. who states that he positively
did not give the decision to Erue on a
foul because of the fact that under MIN
nesota State laws n referee is not per-
mitted to give decision. Referee Bar
ton stated that he disqualified Champion
Williams because he had really struck
Ertle in the groin.
Sammy Harris. manager OF Williams.
is un in arms against the reports and
states he is willing TO give Ertle another
chance against Williams If the st. Pau
lad will fight the bantam-wefGht dictator
twenty rounds on winner take all ha-
sis Harris further states that he VIII
bet Ertle 5000 that Williams will knock
him out.
ErtIe is the present sensation in the
division. He is greatly
bv his size, although he isn't
much smaller than the present champion
Kid Williams
The ST. Paul lad is feet II IL inches
tall, or Just l-2 inches shorter than
Williams but is a few pounds hghter
when fighting at his best weight. Ihe
can Just about get In under
tho bantam-wciGht limit. 1lS pounds.
while E.rtle has been doing nearly all his
best fighting at 1l2 or III pounds.
Williams may have slightly the better
of Johnny in reach. but the slight diner
tuCe shouldn't matter. as it isn't enough
To give Inc DSnl!lS bdlle d Si'al manu-
cap.
E.rtIe is only 10 years OF age and has
been lighting about two years. In that
time he has met about thirty opponents.
Slipping over a Knockout in about halt
thcsc. He has lost but one decision.
The new chaleng, for Williams cham
pnuShip is a native of austria, coming
to this country five years ago. He fought
hrst as an amateur. knocking out nearly
every one Of his opponents. He had
such great success against the simon
purcs that he decided to make money out
of his lighting ability and entered the
pro ranks in 1913 with a Knockout and
since then his rise has been phenomenal.
He is a combination of boXer-fghter,
but depends more on his tearinG-in ability
than hy his boxing. Johnny is reported
to be a very clever exponent of the manly
art, but owing to the fact that hs is so
short while most of his opponents are
tall Ertle depends on his tearing in and
not letting the other fellow st.
on account Of his success with Will
Jams. the St Paul flash will soon come
East and minglc with the star bantamS.
Efforts are now heing made to arrange
a fight between Ertle and Williams for
the title. and the faireSt thing the little
fighting Oriol1 can do is to give Ertle the
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