Evening star., 1916-01-13

ther fact that he Knocked McGoorty
out In dve rounds. which Is the sec
ond time he has accomplished this
have changed his mind in regard to
America. for Snowy Baker, who con-
ducts all the stadiums over there, has
cabled me In regard to q big match IN
Sydney during Easter.
Mr.. Baker ts anxious to get either
Young Ahearn. Mike Gibbons or some
other star middleweight. SO, judging
from this, the boxing fans Of this
country will not have an opportunity
until later in the season.
His second knockout Of McGoorty
puts damper on tho reports sent from
Australia that the Wisconsin middle
weight vas not up to form ., when shs no
were some stories out that McGoorty
had gone along and let Darcy have
the better of the contest in order to
get him for another big one. but the
his second knockout over McGoorty
and in shorter order than the first one
would Indicate that the stories were
utterly without foundation. Darcy
must be all that the Australians have
combined-for It certainly required a
high-class middleweight to stop Nc
Goorty In eight and five rounds, re-
spectively, as Darcy did.
It is too bad that tho Australian
will not be seen during the winter
season here, for there are many fans
all over the country anxious to get
a peep at him. It also Is very prob
able that he will not be permitted to
to war conditions; in fact. Jack Kearns.
who was to manage him. claims that is
the real reason.
Freddy Welsh. the lightweight cham
pion. has been matched again to meet
Johnny Dundee. challenger, at New
York January ia. These boys have
met before. with the usual no-decision
result. What the fans would like to
have is a real championship match.
Is up to Freddy and his manager. Har-
~ Pollock, to arrange one. Just be-
cause some club fails to como across
with the sum OF money demanded by
Welsh for a title bout Is no reason why
1t should not be arranged He should
be compelled to defend his title against
q legitimate challenger for the best
purse offered. It Is certain that clubs
at Denver and New Orleans have Of
fered fairly good-sized purses for a
White and Welsh. or between Welsh
and Dundee. but the usual cry has
gone forth-not enough coin In sight.
The fans like to read OF champion
de1enQ1nG mis- title In g. real uatcn once
in a while, and 1t is about time that
Freddy got busy. He Is great fighter
and no ones denies his ability. but they
want to see him in action over the
marathon route and not the no-decision
gallop OF ten rounds.
Harry Wills, the New Orleans color
ed heavyweight. who was given the de-
cision against Sam Langford in a TWEEN
ty-round bout at New Orleans the
other night, Is one OF the most prom
ising heavies seen in some time. He
claimed the heavyweight colored title
after beating Langford, but to do that
he will have to defeat Sam McVea.
who is without doubt one of the great,
est heavyweights living. but barred
by the color line. If Wills wants to an
mex the colored title he win have to
meet and defeat McVea over the mara
thon course, and then he will have a
clear title to the championship. Wills
can also get side bet of any amount
for a battle with McVea, as the man
ager OF Sam George Lawrence OF
Australia) has offered to wager $4,000
with any one who wants to back either
Langford or Wills against McVea.