El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-01
TILwAUKEE. Wis. Jan. 1.

M are numerous promoters Of box
- ing around the country who
seem to think it is a popular stunt TO
stage contests between one Of the stars
Of the arena and some preliminary
and the prelim- boxer is satisfied with
the small end of the bargain for the
fighter. Usually the manager of the
star is anxious to pick his own Op-
pOnent and thereby take no chances
coin he gets and the lacing thrown in.
The star can cut loose. if he de-
siTes. without fear Of being made to
look had and the coin comes easy. The
star manager Is usually willing TO
work for shorter money when he knows
lie is facing a dub and taking no
chances The promoter seems to be at
the mercy OF the stars and their man
ayers and the public pays the freight
There is no reason why the cham
piOns and socalled stars should not be
compelled to meet their own speed and
to give the public the best they have
i'm them when they make matches.
score Matches By Points.
In a recent article in the Sydney
sun, W. F. Corbett. the well known
sporting writer, states that he has had
many requests from fans to have the
stadium management inaugurate q sys-
TEN OF scoring boxing matches by
points. The idea was TO have each jab,
uDpercut. straight punch. miss, swing.
10 be kept by an official scorer, as in
a baseball game.
Mr. Corbett, in his reply. said the
suggestion was a good one, but that il
would be more difficult matter 10 get
some one TO score correctly Mr. Cor
bett is right It would be mighty
hard matter to get some one to keep
tab on all the points When two box
ers get TO mixing and exchanging wal
lops as some do now and then. the
" a H-nT NrN .
would have to guess AZ many Of the
punches. Then. again, a dozen light jabs
might not have half the effect OF one
good solid punch; still the points would
be scored just the same for the jabs
Eugene CORR. the English referee, has
always kept tab on all the matches at
which he officiated, by the tabulated
methOd-at least he would enter a rec
ord OF the doings of each boxer at the
end Of each round and at the end OF the
mill would decide accordingly.
KfIbane and Clancy Bout.
After dickering for months. the Bal
timore promoters have finally sue
ceeded in arranging a match between
Johnny kilbane. and the teatherweight
champion Of the world and George
CLANCY, the hard-hitting Baltimore
featherWeight, 10 take place March II,
before the club controlled by sam Har-
ris- The distance is to be Is rounds
instead Of 20. which was first sug-
This will be the first time Kilbane has
defended his title in a championship
match since April %, 1913. when he
fought Johnny Dundee a 20 round draw
at Los Angeles Kilbane won the title
from Abe Atteu on Feb %. 1912. in a
20 round contest getting the decision
on points
CLANCY has been after a match with
Kilbane for a long time and In order
10 put the match through. the pro-
moters agreed to pay Kilbane $500
with d privilege Of 80 percent Of the
house. Clancy viii get very little for
his end. Clancy is a very strong lad
and has chance Of putting over one
OF his sleep producers Johnny is one
Of the cleverest festherweights who
ever wore the crown and VIII be hard
10 catch in a 15-rOund mill He car
also hit when he wants to take
chance. but IT seldom happens that
Johnny VIII open up and take chance
1T mi~ing and putting over wallop
hiHscl..
WoIsaEt Needs Conditioning.
Al Wolgast. the former lightweight
ehamn on. should begin TO realize that
81 fighter must be in condition to go
through 10 rounds Of boxing. no mat
fer whether against a dub or a star
I'D has endeavored recently. down east
To take on some tough Eghtweighrs
without bothering very much about his
condition and as a result he bumped
criticism from his newspaper friends.
His defeat by Frank Whitney at At
lanta Ca in five rounds was sent all
over the country as a knockout, but
from all accounts WOlgasts manager
tossed the towel in when he saw that
He tried to keep an engagement in New