New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-02
Williams Goes Out Of HI,
Class to Box Wallace
a Featherweight.
VICTORY FOR BIGGEp
MAN NOT SO CERTAIN
"kid' Has Shown Especial
Well in Training Bout with
Heavier Opponents.

Kid Williams, Of Baltimor. -
bantamwelght champion Of the 49,
will make his first bow in the rs,S.
the featherweights when ne ent,,, :.
ring Of the Broadway Sporting CIu1
Brooklyn, tonight 20 face Edd,. o.
lace, the shifty, hard-ht,ing yourz,..'
from the Lorimer Club. s''
a slashing battle may be expee,,s
for the match will be one OF . ~,
boxer against one whom critic, -.
declared the greatest little man ss..
the days Of Terry McGoyern. ''-@
Williams IL one Of the most ,y,,..
5ivc boys in the ring, but, AZ the a..
time he is clever, calculating bor.,
cool under FIRE, and with all the 80,
Of the ring game al his fnger,' -.
lie can hit hard with either hanS ~
While he may lack the convincing az.
20 his punches that made Terry NscoT-
ern famous, is Furnishing and reltrtl,,
IN his attack, and a quick fnishcr gs,,
he gets an opponent gong.
There are those who declar, IA,
Wallace will win decisvely. Theses,
out, and lay great stress upon n, s-,
honored adage Of the ring, that sooI
big man can whip a good little IA,
They question the ability OF WIl,-,
who may enter the ring al lls ng,s,
% give Wallace four or FIVE pound, q.
best Of IT and hope 70 come OF W.
torious. The history OF boxing /, >.
piete with instances wherein the sr,l.
err man has gone down 10 defeat.
Williams is one OF those exception,
that go 20 prove the rule. Adore ts
waist the Baltimore lad is ful.aeSe,d
lightweight. He has done his training
with lightweights and welterweigh,s
and has handled them easily. his
matches with Danny Ridge and Frank,
Nelson were fast and furious, and cor.
WINGED those who saw him OF his sbl
ity to handle bigger men.
Two whole days have passed an;
jack Curley has not forwarded sn7
communication intended 70 conyine,
the boxing fans that Jess Willard vii
whip Jack Johnson at Jusres o.
March 6.
Mike Gibbons, who is generally cor.
ceded to be the best middleweight II
the ring to-day. may face Jimmy
Clabby in a twenty-round bout 10 . 10.
cision in the near future. DominI,s
Tortorich, the promoter o. boxing IS
New Orleans, wants 70 promote re
match, and has already secured CAB
by's signature.
Jimmy Johnston is also after CD.
bons. He wants Mike 70 face Young
hhearn in a ten-round bout in this city
in March. Ahearn has agreed to d,
match. The way these pretenders %
the throne heckle the champion !,
dreadful.
The match between kid" Willian'
and Johnny Kilbane still hangs FIRE. A
last reports Kilbane was willing to d
100 pounds az o'clock. Sam Hsrr,
however. declined 70 accept the mate
unless Kilbane made l22 pounds at ~
ringside. "If Kilbsne can make ~
weight at s o'clock he can make It 70
the ringside." said Harris yesterday
Matty Baldwin, the Boston light
weight and Willie Beecher will NEE
in a ten-round bout at the BroadSi
Sporting Club on February IL.
Willie Richie will leave Los Angelo
for this city on next Sunday to oegi'
training for his match with tredai
Welsh. which will be held az Madiso
Square Garden on March IL.
Walter Brooks. the clever festnef
weight. who has boxed the best men !
his class in England. France and IN thi
country. will face Young wagner 10
ten-round contest at Browns Gynhri
SUM tonight. Brooks Is boxing az 70
speed. and expects to-win handiIT'
Danny Ridge. the East Side hsa'
weight. who is under the dlrscuea =
Tom Kennedy. charges Leach CT5
with attempting TO run out OF 4S1
with him. One of the local cln.s =
fered to promote the match, and hlos
leaned at the chance. Cross, ho"e, ..
held out for all the money ana w.
wanted 20 come in at catch welgn"
which Ridge refused 10 allow.
Frankie Burns and Artie Sinirnona
have been matched 10 box tNeo.
rounds AT the Unity a. c. OF New y,
loans. on February 70. A. the saL
cIub on that night Bobby Reynolds, Y.
Philadelphia lad. will mingle win Ma
Brock, also for twenty rouho"
Danny Morgan Is losing no time. =
has matched Battling" Lssin.s
against kid" Kenneth at New or'e 81
on February 3, and Jack BrItton w. -
box Eddie Murphy, OF Boston AZ ="
same show on February 70.
Word was received from super, n
Wis, last night that Joe NandoS a. ~
clever lightweight Of New OTleans' =
Pal Brown, of Wisconsin, will meet 1es.n !.
ten-round bout at Superior on te Re. y ,
26. The boys will box weighing !"
1873 pounds al 8 o'clock.