El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-01
nj GOORTY ABOUT
To QUIT THE RING
Seems To Have Been Back
ing Out of His Recent
Bouts in Australia.
By T. 5. ANDREWS.

Milwaukee, Wis, July From
Information received here, It IS
evident that Eddie McGoorty. the
Wisconsin uiddleweisht and con-
tender for the championship. will not
enter the ring for some time to coma
Eddie was matched to meet Colin Bell.
the Australian heavyweight. at the
sydney Stadium, curing May and then
aeain for June, but the match hes
again been called off. which means
that Eddie is not in the best OF con-
clifton and VIII not box for some
time
1T looks to me as though Eddie Nc
Goorty has retired from the ring for all
time and I suppose he viii be going
nome before long. His pal, Red Wat
son OF California, viii no doubt ac-
company him. Watson was very
foolish boy out here and let a lot OF
money slip through his hands. He was
well liked because he was a fighter.
and the fans here like TO see the man
who will fight just IS well as they do
in America, but he did not train &c get
in condition. The result was that he
was barred from all future contests at
the Stadium in sydney
Fans Liked AIeGOOrty.
The fans here liked GIcGoorty for
the reason that he always went In and
against. The match was made with
Colin Bell in good faith and cannot
understand why Eddie did not 90
through with IT, for to my mind he
would have whipped Bell TO a GER
tainty. I guess Eddie likes the easy
life over here and from all accounts
he has done very well at the races
There was some talk OF matching Ed
in
with Jimmy Clabby. but guess Eddie
does not care to train, at least for the
present, and would not be surprised
II he retired for good"
It IS hard TO understand why Nc
Goorty did not accept the match with
Dave Smith. for the latter has proved
the easiest kind OF an opponent for
the Wisconsin boy.
Too Much Nerves.
There have been many cases where
boxers have gone into the ring IN
very scared condition. but usually
after they had been mixing Tor a
round or two, their courage came TO
them and as a result they put up good
The case OF Alex cOstica, the Ru-
manian middleweight, who went TO
Australia for five contests, IS rather a
peculiar one Costica wanted to get
match with Les Darcy the worst way
and he was finally accommodated by
snowy" Baker, the Australian pro-
moter. When the match was first
made, Costica was in fine shape, ap-
parently. and had nothing but con
fIdence in his makeup Then when he
began training MS nerves began 70 Iall
him He worried so much that before
the contests he was almost a physical
wreck, according TO the reports from
the AntipOdes- In other words, he had
a very bad case OF what the fighters
call nerves"
When he faced Darcy IN the ring he
appeared helpless and could not do a
thing to protect himself. ". F. Cor
bett. the Sydney boxing writer. In his
account OF the contest declared that
he had never seen a man who showed
the effects OF a nervous breakdown IN
going into fight as did Costica- Had
the Rumanian been able to weather the
Storm for a few rounds and recover his
self-contrOl, the chances are he might
have put up a very decent contest, but
Iletely and was never able to get into
the running.
CIune,s a Peculiar Case.
Another case is that OF Jack Clune,
America the last season and had a
number OF fights down south and
Ground Milwaukee. Clune was under
the impression that he was suffering
from a severe case OF rheumatism and
while he had several matches in sight,
in fact. arranged for him. he made up
his mind that he could not get in shape
and decided to 90 back home where il
was warmer and where he thought the
rheumatism would not affect him 50
much After returning home and be-
ing examined by the physician over
there. IL developed that the trouble
was not rheumatism. but the result OF
jeTring Of the deltoid muscles He had
been treating same for some time IN
der the direction OF a first class mas
sage artist and has practically recOy-
cred; in fact. he is in such good shape
now that he has decided to reenter the
ring and has been matched for q 20
round contest with one OF the best