Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-07
JACK DLLON-GUNBOAT SMITH
BOUT EXPECTED TO BE GOOD
Hoosier Fighter Has Been Having Busy
Time Meeting All Corners in East.
Opponent Worthy of His Mettle

fortune to tumble down. 1t was the
same with Chip, Jimmy Clabby being
the one to shatter his championship
some of the old-time enthusiasm in
Pittsburgh and had the fans on their
feet most of the time. The game needs
few such matches in the Smoky city
to bring back the real enthusiasm.
Grouse in this match showed his old
time cleverness and George Engel, who
managed him, declared after the match
that he considered him ready to take
Frank Klaus place. However. Buck
will have to travel some to fill Klaus
shoes, for when Frank was good he
was very good.
Freddy Welsh. the world lightweight
the Chicago 133-pounder, will have to
learn more about footwork in the ring
before he can hope to annex the title.
After his match with White before the
Cream City A. G. In Milwaukee last
week. Welsh said to me: white has
very strong punch and is liable to
put a man out at any time if he can
put it over to the point of the jaw, but
to my mind he will never be able to ac-
complish much against a clever man
while he stands so fat-footed before an
opponent. He gives a clever man too
much chance to beat him to the punch
and he also is liable to be caught off
his balance and put down. If he had
better foot action in the ring he would
be in position to take advantage of his
opponents misses, etc, but it is hard
matter to do SO while having both feet
solid on the canvas. I like Charlie and
think he is a great little fighter, but
he can advance much by paying strict
attention to the finer points of boxing
inside the ring.
Many of the fans criticise me for
not standing up and exchanging
punches with my opponents. Why
should l do SO against boys like White
put me out any time if they landed a
full blow on the jaw. 1 worked too
hard to get my cleverness to waste 1t
now by doing the same thing the other
fellow does Not for Freddy: 1t is the
same thing with training. You know
the boy who keeps himself down in
weight all the time is liable to go into
consumption. That is one reason why
l refuse to make the weight for limit
ed-round matches. 1t would tear me
to pieces in no time if / were to fight
as often as I have been doing and make
the weight every time. ! would have
no reserve force l will make weight
any time for title match but it must
be worth while. 1 hope to retire with
in a year or two. unless some one
should happen to put over sleep pro-
Queer and take my title away. There
is one man I would rather meet than
any other and that is Packey McFar-
land. Packey has often stated that his
one ambition is to win the title back
for the Americans, claiming also that
he has beaten me before, although the
records do not show it. except in the
ten-round bout in Milwaukee when he
was awarded the decision, but it was
shown after the bout that 1 had been
fouled. l fought him a twenty and
admits now that he cannot make
even the English lightweight limit
135 at o'clock-so why discuss that
part of it? But just the same. 1 would
tIrn + I, 11a- ~l.o,
his speed, and if he will agree to make
anything within reason in the weight
line he need not bother about going
after a match with Mike Gibbons. Let
that he is able to make the welter-
weight mark, and l will agree to meet
him in a ten or twenty round battle.
That should be fair to him. 1 made
1:;5 at 3 for White. and you can gamble
| that if it is necessary I can make bet
ter than that.
Welsh may not please the boxing
fans the same as such mixers as
Richie. Wolgast and boys of that
style. but he surely does give the fans
about the cleverest exhibition of real
boxing since the days of the wonder
full Young Critic
Fred Gilmore. son of the famous
lightweight Harry Gilmore-of bare
knuckle days-is out with a challenge
to all welterweights and at the same
time claims the welterweight title.
Fred is a clever boxer and puncher,
but he has been out of the ring prac-
tically the past two years. and before
he can lay claim to any title he will
have to show his wares in the ring
and convince such boys as Kid Graves.
Mike Glover. Harry Stone and Ray
Bronson that he classes above them
Fred is willing to meet any of the
above named welterweights. and it is
up to some Of the clubs to get them
together. If Fred can wade through
such lads as Graves and Glover. not
forgetting Jack Britton. he will surely
have a claim to the weltsrweight
championship.
1t is seldom that slashing battle is
witnessed between middleweights when
two really clever men meet in the ring,
but the contest between Eddie McGoorty,
the Oshkosh boy, and Mike Gibbons, the
St Paul phantom. at Hudson, Wis, this
week, was an exception to the rule.
! These clever battlers put up one of the
most sensational bouts seen in these
parts since the days of Billy Papke and
Stanley ketchel. 1t was not SO scientific
as the one between Gibbons and Jimmy
Clabby. but It was harder in every way
and full of action from start to finish.