El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-03
.RITGHIE WANTS To REGAIN TITLE;
GIVEIT T0AN AMERICAN, RETIRE
Former Lightweight Champion Says He Would Fight
Welsh As Round Battle Guaranteeing Him $4,000
and $4,000 Side Bet in Order to Arrange Bout;
Battling Terry Also Wants to Fight
BY t. 5. ANDREWS.

champion. and kid" Williams, pan
tamweight champion, seem unable 10
agree on weight-at least hllOahe re-
fuses to make 123 rlngslde Tor the
bantamw eight title holder, although
two clubs in Philadelphia have Dld
$4,000 for the match. 1t IS big money
for a six round contest, but the nght-
ers seem to forget that part of it.
Williams is willing to give away some
weight, but at l22 rh.Sside ne would
not be much under kilbane. 1t looks
as though Johnny is finding 1t mighty
hard to make the weight and It also
looks as though Williams finds it hard
to make the bantamwcight limit Of III
pounds ringside, which he refuses TO
make for johnny Ertle, the ST. Paul
bantam. Ertle is after the match, put
demands ringside weighing. Another
bantam coming to the front is Arthur
Simons of New Orleans, who recently
lost a decision in 20 rounds to frankie
Burns, another contender for the
CROWN SimOns is highly tOuted and he
must be a clever kid to hold his own
Burns Why not match Ertle and
Simons the winner to meet Burns and
the winner Of this to meet Williams?
1t would bring out real bantam con-
tender for Williams title.
Two Were Surprised.
Two New York boys were given q
surprise the past week-Harry stone,
the Welterweight, and Joe Shugrue,
contender for the lightweight crown.
Both met tartars. At Buffalo Harry
Stone fought ten rounds with Jimmy
Duffy. the LOckpOrt boy, and, accord
ing to accounts from the Bison City.
Jimmy had all the best of the contest.
Duffy, when he is right, is a hard man
to beat, as he demonstrated when he
fought Johnny Dundee in Milwaukee
some time ago. At Akron, O.. johnny
Griffith, according to. reports sent out
had the shade on Shugrue, which is
going some for the Ohio lad. Griffith
has a wonderful left hand and Shugrue
could not beat him to it. After the
contest both managers claimed a vic
tory, but the A. p. stuck to the Griffith
end. From the various accounts it is
evident that Griffith kept Shugrue
mighty busy, which means that Joe
will have to meet Johnny again IL he
wants to settle the question of su-
periOrity.
McCue Has Gone Back.
Matty McCue, the Racine light
weight, who looked very good less
than two years ago, and whom Tom
Jones took in hand as the PROBABLE
successor OF Ad Wolgast has gone
back considerable. AIatty fought
Sammy TrOtt, the Columbus boy, the
other night in Milwaukee and while he
won he failed to impress the fans the
way he formerly did. Trott proved him
self a game little fellow and after
being put down for the nine count in
the fourth round, came back strong
and finished in good shape McCue is
only youngster, however, and should
be able to. overcome his present short
cOmings.
Tommy Burns. ex-heavyweight cham
pion, who is promoting boxing SHOWS
at New Orleans, has offered Freddy
Welsh a guarantee of $4,000 with a
privilege Of 40 percent of the gross for
q 20 round battle with Jack Britton,
but it has been turned down. The
chances are that Welsh will be matched
with Joe Mandot before Dominick Tor
tOrichs club some time in April. as the
latter has made a SUBSTANTIAL offer for
the match and bon Welsh and his
manager, Harry Pollock, are inclined
70 accept it. Welsh intends to sail for
Cuba after his match with Willie
Richie in New York and meet some
lightweight before the club operating
in Havana. Then he viii return via
New Orleans and be ready for the
Mandot match OF any other that may
be arranged.