El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-09
BOXERS USUALLY PAD RECORDS;
EVEN BOOKS OFTEN INCORRECT
National Boxing Organization Expects Eventually to
Keep Complete Accurate Records Of Boxers just as
Is Done With Ball Players; Mitchell Azevedo Battle
--cmises to Be Hard Fought Contest From Star
RY i. s. ANDREWS.

rroyed much since then. He Is only 20
years of age and still improving Mltch-
Ell mas shown his class against both
Johnny Dundee and Johnny klloane-
Last fall he beat Ad WolSast over the
DO round route and while Dundee mad
the point decision, the youngster was
giving better than ne was receiving m
the tenth round
McGoorty Is Light Heavy Now.
Eddie AIcGOorty, the American mid
dleweight who has been in Australia
for some time and who suffered Sc
we're setback when he was stopped Dy
Les Darcy in Is rounds, Is coming PACK
into his own Eddie decided that ne
could not make the middleweight limit
for match and began fighting IN the
light heavyweight class, with the re-
suit that he has scored three knock
outs within the last six weeks, stopping
Joe Bonds in one round Billy Murray
in four and Harry Reeves, the Engllsh
heavyweight. In six McGOorty has been
anxious to get on another maJch with
Darcy. but If he does. il viii not De al
the midleweight limit. for no one knows
better than the Oshkosh boy thIt na
cannot make that weight c7d be sronS
Welsh Has Many Offers
There are numerous nghIWelSn-s
very anxious to get crack at treodle
WeIsh's title lust now. It seems TO oe
the general opinion among the hght-
weights that the first good man to get
Fred in a long battle viii win the TILE
and for that reason they are willing 70
take most any chance la der 10 ScU
The first crack at the Britisner.
Johnny Dundee even went so far as
to offer TO fight him for nothing ever
the marathon route at New orleans u
Denver. Charley White did not 70 so
far as Dundee. but he offered 10 make
I'D the difference 0Lt II ais eat OF me
purse so that Welsh would get at least
4O0O for his end. Joe Mandot mas
made practically the same proposition
{ to the New Orleans promoters IN oroer
10 get a crack at Welsh
The report sent out from san Fran
: cisco recently that Jeff Smith the Ne"
York middleweight had won ms case
! against Snowy Baker in Australia Is
! not correct The fact is the case was
decided in favor Of Mr.. Baker, but
Smith was given the opportunity 20
0 make an appeal II he saw fit i ie
/ chances are that Smith viii not maxi
much Of a fight now, as the case mas
! been decided and it is very seldom tnat
one Of this kind is changed on an ap-
: The case has been pending for some
time in sydney and attracted BIea'
deal Of attention in the newspapeI :;
Most OF them devoted great deal OF
& space 20 it. The whole matter was
. gone over very thoroughly ana Wnen
. IL was presented TO the jury there We
nothing left unsaid- It was a Clean cut
? ,-fcrory- for Mr. Baker and the money
. charity. so that the boxing CLUB re-
I ceived nothing Of what had been nela
Z for smith. in his fight with Darcy IL
{ is understood that Smith and his man
I ager. Al Lippe. have sailed for the
( United states, leaving the case IN the
3 hands of their counsel in sydney
Fulton Ia Coming strong
Fred Fulton. the Minnesota giant VINO
3 has been getting a great deal OF no
. torfetv from the fact that he claims
TO have knocked down Jess Willard III
E an exhibition bout last spring, scored
. another Knockout at Eau Claire. WIS
. the mast week when he put Tim Log an
: Of Philadelphia to sleep in two ROUNDS
Fulton proved that he is a hard hitter
for il took several minutes before Log
an was revived after the knockout oIoW
rad been delivered Just previous &c
. this Fulton defeated Arthur Pelkey De
risiveIv in 10 rounds and il was only
the bell that saved Pelkey from
knockout on two occasions The MN
Z oesota boy. who is almost as Dig a.
Willard. possesses left hand that Is
even faster than Williards and NJ
seems to be developing a good rlsh
hand punch There is no DOUBT Du
that the Minnesota boy viii be caliet
on to battle with Willard for the cnam
( pionship II he keeps on going al IN
speed he has been the past six months
He certainly has the build and woul
] make an ideal opponent for the cham
! MON. Fulton stands over six feet three
and weighs 22O pounds in condition, De
| sides having the longest reach Of an
Of the heavyweights-