The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-26
Ed M'GOORTY IS
BOXING BIG men
Former MiddIeWeight Whips
Three Heavies In Short Order
At Sydney, Australia

Followers of the fight game will be
interested to learn that, Eddie Nc
GoOrty is coming back into his own
over in Australia and the fans are
again warming up to the American
fighter, Following his defeat at the
hands Of Les Darcy in fifteen rounds,
Eddie decided that he could not max e
the middleweight limit any more and
began fighting the light heavyweights.
First he took on Joe Bond and won
over the Tacoma miller by the knock
out route in one round. Next he took
on Billy Murray, the California boxer,
and Murray took the count in four
rounds. MeGoorty's third victim was
Harry Reeves, the English heavyweight,
who went TO the floor with a knockout
punch in the sixth round. McGOOrty
is craving for another bout with Les
Darcy and asked that the champion
fight him at catch weights. If Les
Darcy is a legitimate middleweight, he
will make serious mistake in trying
to meet McGoorty at catch weights, or,
rather, as a light heavyweight.
Seeking a Fighter
Billy Gibson and several other pro-
moters around New York are trying to
find a man to meet Jesse Willard for
the heavyweight title. Following Will
lard = offer to meet the best of the
heavies around the country, bouts be
tween the big millers have been under
way. Recently GunbOat Smith put Al
Reich out of the running and then
Frank Moral put Jim Coffey out of the
running. Under the rules of the game,
Moran and Smith should come together.
Smith, for that matter, whipped Moran
in a twenty round bout in San Fran
cisco and he also whipped Willard in
a twenty-rOund bout in the same town.
Another miller who is getting some
notice is Fred Fulton, the Minnesota
giant, who has been getting a great
deal of notoriety from the fact that he
claims to have knocked Jess Willard
of his feet recently in an exhibition
bout. Fulton is rated q hard hitter and
the way he knocked out Tim Logan in
two rounds at Philadelphia and whipped
Arthur Pelkey proved this. Fulton is
nearer the size of Willard than either
Smith or Moran. Fulton stands six
feet, three inches in his socks, weighs
300 pounds and is said to have the long
est reach Of any heavyweight in the
game today.
All After Champion
Now that Freddie Welsh, the word =
champion lightweight, is back in New
York, every lightweight of the least
importance is crying for a match with
the titlcholder. 1t seems to be the
opinion of the lightweights that the
first man to get Freddie into the ring
in long battle will beat him.
Johnny Dundee even went so far as
to offer to fight him for nothing over
the marathon route at New Orleans or
Denver. Charley White did not 90 so
far as Dundee, but he offered to make
up the difference out of his end of the
purse so that Welsh would get at least
$l4 900 for his end. Joe MandOt is
very confident that he can beat Welsh
in twenty rounds and figures that the
title would be a great asset in gather
ing coin around the country. Ted
Lewis, the English lightweight, who
has been defeating the best boys in
the East of late. is also on the same
hunt and has offered to meet Welsh for
almost nothing III order to get the same
chance.
Willie Ritrhie also wants to measure
blows with his conqueror, and, like the
| rest of them, is offering all kinds of
| Inducements to Freddie to step into
the ring with him.