Evening star., 1915-10-03
MIKE GIBBONS AGAIN AFTER
MCFARLAND AT 154 POUNDS
St. Paul Phantom Willing to Make Side Bet
of $4,000 to $4,000 With Chicago Boy
at That Weight for 20 Rounds.

I he is a real classy heavyweight and
1t 10 only a question Of time when
Willard will have to fight him for the
title"
Harry Stone. the New York welter-
weight, as he has been called, Is out
with a unique challenge. Harry says
any man in the world at 126 pounds
as featherweight. 133 or 1876 as a
lightweight, or any welterweight from
14s up to $50 pounds; He wants to
never been credited with being hard
hitter. but he is one of the shiftiest
| men In the ring today. He has never
| been knocked out and has met the
best - men en- in mt. the world from feathers
to make another trip to Australia the
coming winter, IL arrangements can be
made. as he likes the country and says
he csla do better there than here. II he
goes he will take his wife and chill
dren along. intending to remain at
least six to eight months. At present
he is making Oshkosh, Wis, his home
being under the management Of Sam
Howard.
Joe Azevedo. the California light
weight, who came west a year ago as
a rough and ready 1913 pounder, has
showing plenty of real mixing. some
thing the fans like. He has improved
greatly since he first met Charlie
White at Racine, Wis, and is now able
slug. He met mixer last week. when
he stacked up against the real frankie
Callahan in Brooklyn and fought ter
rife ten-round bout. The papers, diff
fered on the verdict; but~a majority
bogus Callahan who boxed Abe Attell
some time ago at Gloversville, N. r,
but the. lightweight of Brooklyn.
Azevedo is only twenty years old. and
such as he has done the past year.
there is reason to believe that he will
become one Of the best lightwefghts
in the east.
ing the praises of Jim Cbffey, the
Dublin giant, they forget Fred Fulton.
the Minneapolis giant. Fulton is a real
having knocked Jess WIZARD io down MIN in
an exhibition at Rochester, Mimi,
something none Of the other heavies
has been able to do Fulton is of
about the same size as Willard and
whipped several good men of late and
gave Arthur Pelkey a good beating in
ten rounds q couple of weeks ago.
Now he Is matched with Tim Logan of
horses. for ten-round spat at Eau
Claire. Wis. and later he Is to meet
either Colin Bell or Jim Savage Of
New York in a ten-round tilt at st.
Paul. or one Of the northern clubs.
a real match with Willard. either at
ten or twenty rounds.
Johnny Dundee; the New York light
weight. is booking so many matches
ahead that he must be trying to orSdo
Battling Levinsky and Dan Morgan.
Dundee struck tartar in Joe Mandot
in Brooklyn last week and has another
hard nut to crack at Buffalo in Rocky
tough one in Milwaukee. October 4. in
Joe yelling. Mandot made the little
Italian step his fastest to keep out Of
harms way after the fifth round. Dun
dee will be meeting boy taller than
himself in yelling and with a much
longer reach. The Chicago boy is clever,
too. and If Dundee beats him it will be
due to his superior knowledge Of the
game. In addition to these matches,
Scotty Monteith. manager of the Italian.
has number Of bookings in the east and
south. OF course, the ten-round game is
pie for clever fellow like Dundee. but
what the public would like is to see him
take part in few of the marathon bouts
at New Orleans or Denver. The same
goes for the rest Of the nghtweights
who think Of nothing but short bouts
and easy money.
Willie Ritchie. ex-champion of the
lightweight class. will not meet Joe Shu-
grue in New York October 4, as had
been arranged. but will take on Johnny
Dundee instead. October z. Shugrue was
unfit to engage in a match of that kind,
being unable to see plainly as yet 1t
will he remembered that Shugrue lost
his sight about a year ago. due to an
injury to the optic nerve, but his recovery
has been slow and he is still in a bad way.
Ritchie will have a chance to disprove
the statement Of Scotty Monteith, man.
ager Of Dundee. that Johnny had all the
best Of Willie in their four-round bout
at San Francisco two years ago. While
Dundee will not be apt to worry Ritchie
with hard wallops. the same as Charley
White did. he is more likely to tantalfze
him with sharp. left jabs to the face,
for Johnny is a past master Of that style
Of going. Willie should have all the best
Of the weight, for the match is to be at
135 pounds at o'clock and the chances
are 1t will give or take a pound. which
will mean that Ritchie will enter the
| ring close to 139 younds. He will have
' lot Of weight on Dundee, for the latter
seldom weighs more than 130 to 132
at ringside.