El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-24
GIBBONS AND DILLON MIGHT MEET;
WEIGHT IS ONE BAR TO A CONTEST
White Hopes Who Have Been Deluging Willard With
Challenges Might as Well Save Themselves the Trou-
bic for They Stand Chance Of Getting an Awful
Beating Willard We're to Sign With Them.
By t. S. ANDREWS.

point the speedy Briton in 20 rounds,
for he has surely shown all OF US that
he is a marvel Of speed and science
when II comes to boxing. There has
been talk Of matching Freddy with
Joe Mandot for July 1 over the mara
thon route and no doubt it would be
good battle, but il would be still
more interesting if il would involve
the worlds title. Richie is really the
American champion, unless he cannot
make the stipulated poundage Of 1913,
In which case he should be obliged
ID forfeit his title. The fact is, Richie
lost his title in England. and at the
British weight limit Of 135 pounds at
2 o'clock. That is the weight Welsh
will no doubt want 10 fight at again
and no one can blame him. 1t only
again shows how provoking il is to
have the weights at variance in the
different countries. An international
scale Of weights would prevent all
such tangles.
Willard Receives Challenges.
The white hopes" have been un-
usually busy the past week sending
challenges TO Jess Willard, the new
heavyweight champion There are
many Of them who no doubt imagine
that Jess beat a poor old cripple when
he put Jack Johnson to sleep for ~
seconds at Havana. They had better
stop ana ponder a bit, for if they
imagine that Willard is the slow and
more ago they are in for a fine sur
prise. Jess has improved in his box
ing fully 100 percent and he knows
now to shoot out a straight left with
plenty OF steam back of it If Carl
Norris could not beat Jim Coffev then
ne had better keep. away from Willard,
Tor the latter would do damage to Mr.
Carl When man like Jim Savage,
q husky 2OO-pounder, and a pretty good
one or TOO, was a mere baoy in the hands
OF Willard, what chance viii some OF
the hopes have who do not even class
with Savage2 Jim Coffey is no doubt
line prospect and Will develop. but
just now he had better leave Jess alone.
BY winning over Johnson, WIZARDS
confidence in himself was improved
another 100 percent, SO that il viii take
a mighty good man to grab that title
away And YOU can gamble that when
Jess goes into a tue match he will be
Just as fine as when he fought John
son, for his manager, Tom Jones,
knows the value Of being in shape for
a contest no matter how good the op-
ponent may be.
MeGOOrty Wants to Return.
Eddie McGoorty, the Oshkosh, Wis,
middleweight, is anxious TO return to
australia and take a chance in the 20
ICunQ bouts Ever since he returned
from the land Of the southern cross
ne has had a feeling that ne would
like to return and he has about made
up MS mind to sail about the middle
OF Nay for kangarOoland and box for
snowy Baker Eddie had a most sue
cessful trip over there last year and
came back with quite a bunch Of gold
ducats- He twice knocked out Dave
Smith, the former middleWeight cham
plon, and defeated Jeff Smith of New
" rk in 20 rounds He also won over
Jerry Jerome and Jules Douberg, the
Frenchman- Smith is over there at
present and McGOorty expects to get
him for big match, also Les Darcy
and Mick King. the new Australian
middles, who have been making good
IN sydney. II Jack Dillon, Nike Glib
bOns and Jimmy Clabby were to go
over at the same time there would be
q chance Of settling the middleWeight
title question for all time
Cross Is Hard to Beat.
Leach Cross, the New. York dentist
is no chicken when it comes
10 the fighting game. for he is % years
OF age; but at the same time he is
today one OF the hardest nghtweights
TO beat There have been reports that
Leachlets was going back fast but he
shattered all these imaginings then he
garden, New York, recently, and made
the Chicago boy think he had bumped
into a regular tornado. Leachie mixed
so hard that White was forced TO
travel at an awful clip to keep step.
Cross has met all the best boys of the
class, including champion Fred Welsh,
Willie Ritchie, Battling Nelson. Ad
Wolgast, Jem Driscou. Owen Moran,
Abe Attel and Jack Britton. He is
still contender for the crown, he says,
despite his years.