El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-31
THREE IMPORTANT BOUTS ARE ON
BOXING CARD FOR NEXT MONDAY
Two Champions Will Risk Titles on Labor Day; Welsh Is
Favorite Over White Chaney's Best Chance Against
Kilbane Is By Knockout; Moran Must Prove Abil-
ity With Morris-Local Bouts Look Good.
By BECK.

yet for some strange reason he hasn't
| come in for a like amount of panning
This fellow CLANCY is conceded to be
/ a tough customer He is Fighter
| rather than a boxer and if he can land
| his wallops there is chance that there
will be a new featherweight champion
! A good many fans had an idea that
! Kilbane would be unable to make the
| featherweight limit for Clancy, but
reports from Cleveland are to the eff
| feet that he will make the weight
without particular trouble If Kill
! bane does make the weight easily, he
can outpoint Clancy. If he has been
weakened by scaling down to 122
pounds, good night, title,
Morris and Moran.
And then there is the heavyweight
| battle at Tulsa. Okla, between Frank
Moran and Carl Morris. The city au-
th0rities of Tulsa have said that there
| must be no bout. The acting governor
admits that he sees no objection to it
and the bout Is now planned for the
Tulsa fair grounds, outside the city
limits
This bout will determine whether or
not Moran is false alarm in the
great showing against Jess Willard
in New York a few months ago. Then
he got cheSty, signed up with Jack
Dillon and didn't train, with the result
that he got an artistic trimming from
the clever Hoosier. That defeat ran
killed. with the supporters of Moran.
Moran Is Working Hard.
If Moran wants to be credited with
having a chance against Willard, he'll
not only have to beat Morris, but he'll
have to win by a comfortable margin.
It is evident that Moran Knows this,
for he has spent the last three weeks
near Tulsa and is reported to be work
ing hard and will enter the ring in
first class condition
Morris Is Big and Game.
Morris is no snap He's big and he's
g.
clever as Moran. but he can hit fully
IS hard and can take as much punish
ment.
Doping out that Tulsa fight is no
snap, SO well simply pass the buck.
The Local Bouts.
But while we are talking Of Labor
day bouts, we shouldn't forget the ''at
home" card The soldier boxers are
staging card of 80 rounds at Camp
Cotton next Monday night A fine new
arena has been constructed. with seat
ing capacity for over 1900 persons
The bouts look good. They may not
be championship affairs, but who cares,
so long as the matches are even and
the exhibitions are clever2 Joe Potts
who claims the middleweight title of
Hawaii and the Philippines, meets
Battling Terrence, the pride OF the
23d infantry, in the main event, which
is carded for Is rounds Potts has the
science Of the two men, while florence
carries kick in each hand It is doubt
IuI II the bout VIII 60 the limit, but
while it does last the milling should
be fast and furious and it's a case of
heads or tails in picking the winner.
Case Versus MuskOpf.
Most Of the local fight fans know
Kid Muskopf. the scrapping light
weight of the Seventh infantry,
through the bouts at Camp Cotton last
spring He meets Johnny Case IF the
Ninth Massa chusetts, in the six-round
semi-final, and If Case lives up to his
press notices, this bout should see some
real boxing
Jack Harris. Of the Pennsylvania |
brigade, meets private Roche, of the |
Eighth cavalry, in one of the prelim-
lnarIes- Harris has been a boxing in |
structOr and professional boxer in |
His record indicates that !
he has the goods. Roche isn't as well |
known, but his army friends speak |
mighty well of his ability with the I
gloves.
Sergt. Kilfeather, of the 31st Michi- !
gan, who is to meet Sears, of the /
tlfth Massachusetts, in one of the pre- |
lmlnaries, comes here with a reputa-
ton Of being one of the best feather
weights Michigan has ever produced.
be mas been boxing professionally for /
some time and his work at the Wind |
sor- Ont, club stamps him as a real /
conner Sears is an unknown to most |
of the local fistic fans. FeureIla and |
Livingstone meet in the other prelim- I
mary, but little is known about either. /