El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-29
MITCHELL WON 7
BATTLE WHITE
Mitchell Has Blood Poison
ing in Foot; Cancellation
of Bout Unavoidable.
By t. s. ANDREWS.

Milwaukee, Wis, April zg.-Hltchie
Mitchell Friday night called off his ten
round bout with Charley White, sched-
uled for May Z. here.
Mitchell has blood poisoning in his
left foot. and the cancellation was un-
avoi1abIe. The fight will be held later.
These two lads have been talking
fight for the past year but they have
never been able to get together.
There has always been some angle
tFat prevented a meeting between
them First it was the weight, and
then the purse money, and then the
weight again. They have finally
agreed on terms and the only hitch
now is i'm regard to weight. Mitchell.
Of course, has taken on little weight
the past year and is now strongest at
about 131 pounds.
He wants the match at 1873, while
White will not agree to anything but
1876, although he says ne will not go
into the ring any heavier than Nit
cheII. It " i'll be case OF the man
with the WallOp against the cool and
scientific toxeT. There will be that
uncertainty about the fight that will
create interest among the fans from
start to finish.
Mitchell knows that White has the
Knockout wallop and OF course will
have to be prepared at all times to
avoid it. Awhile, on the other hand
knows that he has little chance OF out
nointfne- Mitchell and that his only
hone of a win is to put over one Of his
famous haymakers. The fans both OF
Chicago and Milwaukee are more in
terested in this match than any that
has taken place since the time Ad Vol
CAST and Willie Ritchie met, and the
chances are that it will be almost
repeater Of that famous contest.
Britt Teaches British to Box.
Jimmy Britt, the clever California
Frr1,A Al ~ at n Z
of the title, is at present In London
Jimmy writes that he is doing Vaude-
VILE at the various halls in the big
CITY and has been making a big hit
During his spare time Jimmy has been
instructing the convalescent soldiers
in the art OF boxing and lecturing on
physical culture to the wounded in tho
hospitals.
that Jimmy had Joined one OF the
Australian regiments and was mixed
in the fighting at the Dardenelles.
but that report was not correct; me
Californian boy, 10 seems, made the
trip from Australia to England about
the same time that the Australian
contingent was being sent to Egypr
and Turkey, and that is how the re-
port became circulated.
Boxing Association May BE.
There are indications that tbs
American Boxing association, Which
was organized at Cleveland. Ohio,
unless the boxing promoters Of the
country, also the managers and box
ers themselves decide that il is n good
thing and give IL the proper. support
The writer was instrumental in bring
ing about the organization, which IS
certainly badly needed in this cOun-
try. and It looked as II the associa-
ton had been put upon working
basis Unfortunately, the president OF
the association, NJ J. Hinkel OF Cleve-
land, was taken I'll several months ago.
and was unable to attend to his duties
Matters which should have been at
tended to were permitted to drag
along, and as result the association
received a severe setback.
KinI<el Is Disguised
President Hinkel is very much dis
gusted with the half-hearted support
given the association by the people
Continued on next paEe.)