El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-20
MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE IN DOUBT,
MCCOY, GIBBONS, DARCY CLAIM It
Australian Paper Says That if Gibbons Gained Title
By No Decision Victory How Has Freddie Welsh
Managed To Hold Lightweight Title After Many
Similar Defeats? Honors Are Badly Muddled

any heavyweight except the Hoosier.
Even Moran has not been over anx-
lous TO clash with the Indiana boy.
The Pittsburg Heavyweight is without
doubt a big card in New York. bur Il
the same time il seems very unfair
To- pay him S25,0O0 for his end. when
star like Dillon is TO receive only
$4,000. If they are so afraid of Dill
Ion. it seems that the Hoosier ought to
De the card and not the other man.
Scramble After Welsh.
The top-notch lightweights are in a
-rtat scramble to get on marathon
match with Freddie Welsh, worlds
title holder, since the announcement
that Fred was to retire in the near
future. When the announcement came
{ AZ Fred was TO be matched with
Charlie White in BuenOs Aires. South
America, receiving $4,000 for his end,
the other lightweights got busy in a
hurry. Jimmy Duffy, who knocked
out young Abe Attell at Denver last
week, in three rounds, Immediately
signed up 10 meet Welsh IN 20
round bout and guaranteed him Sl9,-
900 for his end. Duffy said ne did not
care whether he received a cent, as
long as he got q crack at the title.
Benny Leonard, under the MANAGE
ment Of Billy Gibson Of New York, has
also put in claim for a match with
a big offs to Welsh.
Not to be outdone. the Milwaukee
lightweight star. Richie Mitchell has
been pushed in.o the limelight by his
friends, who have made an offer TO
S1250O for n 20 round battle at New
Orleans. Mitchell, according TO a
statement from Welsh, is about as
classy as any of the lightweights III
the country and must therefore be con-
sidered along with White and Leonard,
despite the fact that most OF the
eastern writer's have been sticking
closely TO the Leonard boy. There is
no doubt that Leonard is one Of the
best lightWeights in the country, but
the fans Of Chicago think the same OF
Charlie White. and in Milwaukee they
are Of the opinion that Mitchell is as
good or better than any Of them. II
Freddie Welsh wants to face this
quartet Of lightweights, in 20 round
bouts, he viii certainly have a busy
time before him.
O'Keefe Remarkable Fighter.
One of the most remarkable fighters
on the other side of the ocean. is Pat
O'Keefe. the present middleweight
champion Of Great Britain. O'Keefe
has been fighting a number Of good
battles, but was never considered
card before, although he always proved
himself to be a tough customer, no
matter whom he was stacked up
against, and about two years ago sue
ceeded in landing the title for which
he had been contending for a number
of years
Most boxers are pretty well through
when they reach the age of 80, but
here is O'Keefe fighting better than he
ever did in his life at the age of 40.
He is certainly wonder in that re-
spect, and although ne has been in the
trenches of late, he is still fit and
ready to battle for the chamDionship.
He has been matched with Bandsman
Blake for the title. the weight to be
100 pounds at o'clock. Blake is con-
slidered one Of the best men over on
the other side and would probably
prove as hard a customer as O'Keefe
has met during his career.