Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
FORTUNE AWAITS MCFARLAND
IF HE FIGHTS MIKE GIBBONS
St. Paul Shadow Wants to Bet Packey
$4,000 That He Can Knock Him
Out Inside of Ten Rounds.

trolled by, corporation of business
men who have a great deal of money
invested in it. At Brisbane the com
pany has more than $4,000 invested in
the stadium; at Melbourne. more than
100000. and in Sydney. more than
$4,000. They also are interested in
smaller clubs in other parts of the
live within the laws Of the country and
also live up to all contracts. They can
not AFFORD to do otherwise, and the peo-
pie in control of the game cannot do
otherwise. Mr.. Baker who practically
controls the game. is a very high-class
man and also is engaged in other bust
ness. He is not what you would call
sport. bat he likes the boxing game
and takes a deep interest in everything
connected with it. He is a thorough
business man and extremely courteous
and splendid friend of all the Ameri-
cans over there"
wv. F. Corbett, known Familiarity as
Billy is another strong friend of the
Americans. I must say that Mr.. Cor
bett is wonderful man when you con-
slider that he is sixty-two years of age,
has q large family and never misses a
morning. winter or summer in taking
his dip in the ocean. He walks nearly
ave miles to work every day, and that
Is probably the cause of his youthful
appearance. He is a physical marvel
beat most Of the stars in a 100-yard
sprint. He seems to look upon life
from the bright side only.
Racing also is one of the greatest
sports in Australia. 1t is in the hands
Of high-class men, among them bank
ers. merchants and other business men.
ut happened to fall to my lot to serve
on one of the military committees dur
ing my stay there. and it will give
you an idea as to the loyalty of the
the carnivals more than $2.500.000 was
raised. The people are very loyal there
and among the greatest in the world
for sports of ali kinds. think that
many Americans going to Australia
to engage in various branches Of
sports"
Lou Edwards. the English feather
weight, must be a very classy boy. A
for Australia to fight the champion OF
that country. Jimmy Hill. over the
twenty-round route. The match was
for the featherweight championship of
Australia, and after very hard battle
of thirteen rounds Edwards was re-
turned the winner by the knockout
route. Prior to going to Australia Ed
wards had won the bantamweight title
in England. At the same time Edwards
was winning the featherweight title
from Hill in Australia Champion Jack
Jannese of Melbourne was fighting for
the bantamweight title against Young
of West Australia Jannese
won on a knockout In fifteen rounds
Of Australia. Herb Mccoy, the light
weight champion of Australia. and who
really is tho best welterweight over
there, went out of his class to ngnt
Fred Delaney of England at 14I pounds
and won the battle after twenty siren.
uous rounds. Mccoy only recently had'
defeated Rughey Michigan and also
Fred Kay. and won from Tommy Cren.
who recently defeated Fred Gilmore
Of Chicago. Mccoy is considered one O.
the classiest boys that Australia has
produced in some time.
Some of the boxing fans of Houston.
Tex, have been very anxious OF late 10
Ind out who the welterweight champion
If the United States is and they have
,ent in a request for an article regarding
he matter They want to know who is
considered the best among Ted Lewis.
Willie Richie. Jack Britton. Kid Graves
md Freddy Welsh. especially in a nnish
OF the quartet. it looks a. though Kid
Lewis was the best Of the lot in a short
contest. Freddy Welsh is llghtweight
lass Lewis has demonstrated his ex-
RENE cleverness on many occasions the
,ast year and 80 has Jack Britton. Graves
md Richie are more hardy boxers and
'thers or the entire bunch. however.
I'm inclined to favor Richie in a finish
light. for he has proved that he can tai:e
world of punishment and still come
Jack and win. 1t woull lie q toss-u3 De-
wsen Richie and Graves in a twenty
ound battle. but / would favor Willie in
he finish argument. The same persons
llso want to know who 10 considered
he hest man at l75 POUNDS To my mind.
acI, Dillon 10 in class by himself up
o that weight. not excepting Georges Car
entier, the French, champion. and Les
Darcy, the Australian champion. Dillon
las jroved his ability in battles galore,
While the others have not demonstrated
What they could do Mt that weight, ex-
ept in one case, and that was when Car
entier won from Gunboat Smith on q