Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-03
MANY FIGHTS LISTED
Labor Day Matches Carded All
Over Country.
TWO BOUTS FOR TITLES
Welsh and White and Kilbane and
CLANCY Will Battle for
Championships.
TWO BOUTS FOR TITLES
BY T. 8. Andrews

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MILWAUKEE,. September As La
Dor day is now considered a national
holiday, 1t is only natural that boxing
promoters all over the country should
get busy and stage important events
that day A boxing fan has great Nk-
ing for holiday dates and 1t has usually
been q harvest for those conducting big
matches. Labor day this year Will have
two real championship contests on the
cards-one between Freddy Welsh and
Charlie White. over the marathon route.
at Colorado Springs, Col, and tho other
between Johnny Kilbane. featherweight
champion of the world. and George Cha
ney of Baltimore. challenger. at Cedar
Point, Ohio In the latter match. how
ever, the boys will go only fifteen
rounds. as they could not agree upon q
twenty-round battle when 1t was ar
ranged. All of the aforementioned
boys have been In strict training Tor
the past three weeks. and the dope In
each case points to the present title
holders as probable winners. In each
case 1t is a hard hitter against clever
titleholder. Charlie White has proved
his ability time and time again to
knock out his opponent with a single
punch, but the heavy hitters will find 1t
q dificult task to connect inside OF the
limit specified against such clever OPP
ponents.
Frank Moran. the Pittsburgh heavy
weight, and Carl Morris are billed for
twenty-round contest at Tulsa, Okla,
Labor day. but the authorities have
interfered and the chances are It win
not take place. This fight would have
drawn big house, as the boxing fans
in that country were wild to see Norris
against first-class heavyweight.
Another match on the cards is be-
tween Jack Dillon and Jim Cofey at
Brooklyn. n. Y, but the promoters are
fighting as to who is entitled to the
match. and another hitch is probable
there.
Johnny Grifiths, the Ohio star, and
Joe Rivers are booked for twelve
round battle at Akron, Ohio, and the
Mexican is going to have a hard road to
travel Grimths is one of the cleverest
boys in the country and he will have
all told the Ohio boy should have the
best of the match.
Ad Wolgast and Gene belmont are
booked for ten rounds at Memphis,
Tenn. Labor day; Bob Moha, the Mil
waukee cayeman. is to meet Jim Saw
age at Bridgeport. Conn.,, ten rounds:
Jimmy Coffey and Young Jack O'Brien
are to meet at Marieville. r. l., fifteen
rounds: Joe Mandot is to battle Frankie
Russell twenty rounds at New Orleans,
and Joe Jeanette will meet Jack Reed
at WATERFOWL, n. 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 will run up
into the hundreds.
While some of the agitators have
been busy in Ohio in an effort to try
and stop the Kilbane CLANCY boxing
contest at Cedar Point Lab day others
nave been busy in an effort to induce
The fair sex to attend the match and
see for themselves that it is not q
brutal affair as some would have them
believe. 1t has been the same way for
the past twenty-five years. People who
never saw boxing match in their
lives were the loudest to denounce the
sport and try to stop everything of
that nature In sight They went the
limit every time and II was because the
promoters of boxing had no organize
ton or means of fighting them that
they were permitted to get away with
their work each time. However. this
objection TO boxing has been gradually
overcome. and now there are many
states where the sport is legalized and
where II Is considered ahead Of other
sports that might be mentioned.
OF late years boxing has thriyed
under the commission ruling. and while
IL was never intended as a womau's
sport. still there is no reason why
women should not attend the matches
II they SO desire. 1t certainly is much
iess brutal than numerous sports
which women flock to see. Matt Hinkel
Of Cleveland. who is promoting the
Kflbans-Chaney fight, has received
numerous Inquiries from women in
Cleveland and neighboring cities as to
whether they will be permitted to at
tend. and he has notified them that
they. will be welcome: in fact, he has
made arrangements for a special sec
ton for women only. In Milwaukee a
great many women attend the boxing
matches at the Auditorium and there
has never been a case yet where any
Of them objected to the sport
When boxing was at its height in
London and Paris there were hundreds
OF women attending the matohes-that
Is. the most important ones, and Il is
the same at some of the big places ia
Now York. whore important matches
are held
While boxing promoters a. a rule do
not cater to the patronage OF women.
still they should be allowed to attend
IL they SO desire. II IL q clean sport
as IL is conducted today. and It is hoped
that the authorities in tho various
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