El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-02
LABOR DAY IS THE
BOXERS HARVEST
Title Holders and Many 9th
erS VIII Be in the Ring
Fighting on Monday.
81 t. :. ANDREWS.

! lWdukee. WIS. sept As Labor
! day is now considered a national holt
I day. it is only natural that boxing pro-
! moters all over the country should get
busy and stage important events on
/ that date. a boxing fan has great
! liking for holiday dates and it has us
3 ually been a harvest for those conduct
ing big matches.
Labor day this year viii have two
real championship contests on the
cards. one between Freddie Welsh and
Charlie White. over the marathon route
at Colorado Springs. Colo. and the
other between Johnny Knbane. the
featherweight champion of the world.
and George Clancy. of Baltimore. chal-
lenger, at Cedar Point. Ohio In the
latter match however. the boys viii
20 only Is rounds. as they could not
agree upon a 20 round contest when IL
was arranged All Of the above men
toned boys have been in strict train
ing for the past three weeks and the
dope in each case points TO the present
title holders as probable winners In
each case il IS a hard hitter against
a clever title holder Charlie W hite
has proven his ability time and time
again TO knock out his opponent with
a single punch. and the same can be
said of CLANCY. who meets hllbane
Therefore. II viii he case Of science
against the sleep producing punch. but
the heavy hitters viii find Il q difficult
task to connect inside Of the limit spe-
Gifted. against such clever opponents
What About Moran-NOrriS Fight:
Frank Moran. the PlttsDurg heavy
weight. and Carl Norris are billed for
a 20 round enga cement at Tulsa Okla.
Labor day, but the authorities have
Interfered and II may not take place
If held this fight Will draw big
house as the boxing fans in that
country are wild to see Norris against
a first class heavyweight
Another match on the cards IS be-
tween Jack Dillon and Jim Coffey At
Brooklyn, y. y, but the promoters are
fighting as to who is entitled to the
there
GriffithS ". Rivers.
Johnny Griffith. the Ohio star and
Joe Rivers. are booked for a Is round
battle at Akron. Ohio. and the Next
can is going 10 have a hard road 10
travel Griffiths is one of the clever
est boys in the country, and he viii
have a few pounds in weight on Rivers.
so that all told the Ohio boy should
have the best of the match.
WOIGnSt Fights belmont.
Ad Wolgast and Gene belmont are
booked for ten rounds at Memphis.
Tenn, Labor day; Bob Moha, the Mil
waUkee cave man. is TO meet Jim
rounds: Jimmy COffey and Young Jack
O'Brien are to meet a MarieVilie. Z. l.
- rounds. Joe Mandot is to battle
frankie Russell 20 rounds a New Or
leans. and Joe jeanette Will meet Jack
Reed at WATERFOWL. y. y. ten rounds.
There are many other contests of less
Importance scheduled in various parts
Of the country and it is safe to say
that. all told, the number Of bouts viii
run up into the hundreds.
bane-Chauev Agitation
While some Of the agitators have
been busy in Ohio in an effort 10 try
and stop the Kilbane-Chaney boxing
contest at Cedar Point. Ohio. Labor day,
others have been busy in an effort 10
induce the fair sex to attend the matcn
and see for themselves that il is not
make them believe 1t has been the
same case for the past - years.
People who never saw boxing match
in their lives We're the loudest TO de-
nounce the sport and try to stop every
thing OF that nature in sight. They
went the limit every time and IL was
because the promoters Of boxing had
no organization or means Of fighting
them that they were permitted TO get
away with their work each time. How
ever. this objection to boxing has been
gradually overcome and now there are
many states where the sport is legalized
and where it IS considered ahead OF !
other sports that might be mentioned. |
should Women attend.
or late years boxing has thrived nm
der the commission ruling, and while /
it was never intended as a voman's (
sport, still there is no reason why
women should not attend the matches /
II they so desire. 1t is certainly nor
nearly so brutal as numerous other |