The Washington herald., 1915-01-10

For the feature bout at Ardmore, on
the night of Tuesday, January 19, the
management has booked Knockout Bren-
men, of Buffalo, and Tex Selman. the
Seaman Gunner. These boys will go fif-
teen rounds and have agreed to weight.
159 pounds each at six o'clock on the
night of the fight
Little is known here of Bremen but he
has a record of winning forty out Of
ninety-four fights by the Knockout route.
He has boxed draws with Jimie Clabby
and Mike Gibbons.
Tex Selman has quite a following here.
He met and defeated Bob Dairy and
Jummy Dunn before the old ArdmOre
club last Spring.
The preliminaries have not been ar
ranged as yet, but Matchmaker Phillips
promises three red hot bouts between
we'll matched nit pushers.
Charles Marx. the local boy who was
to have appeared in the semi windup Of
a death in his family. He will be staged
at one of the later shows.
Since Tommy Lowe gained the decision
over Knockout Brown on New Years
afternoon he has received more than
one hundred challenges, many from some
Of the best light-weights in the country.
Lowe leaves this week for a trip South.
He has been booked to meet men of his
class in Savannah, Atlanta and other
Southern cities.
Young Herman Miller the clever Bal.
timore middle weight is under the man.
agement OF Dick Rainey. He will prob
ably be matched with the winner of the
Selman-Brennen bout
Poor old Battling Nelson. The old
time Durable Dane made a pitiable at
tempt the other day to beat an mex
perienced fighter, and his actions were
so ludicrous that the spectators laughed
continually during the four rounds. 1t
If well nigh time the former light
weight champion quit the ring game for
all time. His last display of his former
dash and vim was in his fight with Leach
Cross in this city on Thanksgiving aft
ernoon two years ago. Adieu, Battling
Nelson. You were a marvellous champion
in your time and did your part well.
While on the subject of former light
weight champions, we must not overlook
one Willie Ritchie, who is hankering for
action. Ritchie has a snug sum of
money cached, but despite this fact there
is one thinking ranking in his mind-he
wants to best Freddie Welsh.
1t is not so much the lightweight
title that RitChie wants; he says he is
willing to fight Welsh even after the
Briton loses the crown. Ritchie is firm
in his conviction that he is Welsh's mas
ter, and Is willing to prove it without
receiving one cent for his services.
Kid Williams anticipated plunge into |
the feather-weight division will command |
the attention OF Johnny KiIbane, WHO |
was contemplating residing in the light !
weight alley hereafter. Kilbane realizes |
that he was not such a bowling success |
as a lightweight when he engaged Joe |
Mandot in combat several weeks ago. |
Indeed, Johnny was lucky to get draw. |
KiIbane has declared hrs intention of |
fighting Kid Williams if he becomes too !
persistent Johnny still believes that he |
can make the feather-veight limit with |
out resorting to artificial means Uf reduc- |
ing. Besides he bears a personal animosity |
for the bantam-weight champion, and |
this would be one way of squaring the |
debt
Willie Hack, who has refereed near
ly all of Joe Harangs recent matches, |
which took place in Memphis, has
interesting to say about the |
Irish Channel feather-weight.
Il consider Harang the best feather
weight in the world, with the possible |
exception of Champion Johnny Kill
bane," writes Hack, "and from what
have seen of both boys 1 do not think
that Johnny has much on Joe
'Harang has everything to make a
champion. He has the punch, is as |
clever a boy as 1 have ever seen, is
game and has the advantage over the |
average feather-weight in height and |
reach, and If he can go the route,
twenty rounds. he will beat Kilbane in
side of a year.
Il have refereed for every frst-class
boy in the country, and he has the |
best makings of a champion I have
run across in two years."-New Or
leans Item.
1T can be said of Harang that he
has taken part in few fights in which
ne was not returned decisive winner
and has yet to be defeated badly, hav-
ing lost only one or two decisions by
nairline shades.-New Orleans Times
Picayune.
"Harang is the long. lanky, lean New
Orleans lad who battered Cal Delaney's
iome to a mush in their recent encoun-