Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-20
BOXING PROMOTERS FORCED
TO MAKE EXTRAVAGANT BIDS
1t Would Seem Jack Cur1ey Has Been En-
ployed by Managers to Boost
Prices in General

up the money himself. and that is what
a great many others will not do.
Jack Britton, the former Chicago
lightweight, but who has developed
INTO welterweight under the manage
ncnt OF Dan Morgan of New York. is
very much Deeved to think that Ted
Lewis should claim the welterwaight
cnampionship. Jack thinks that the
title In this country belongs to an
american and not to a foreigner, and
Tor that reason Lewis has absolutely
no right to claim the championship
The fact is that Kid Graves was really
the boy with the best claim to the
Welterweight title, and If any of these
challengers want to get a clear claim
TO IT shey should arrange a marathon
battle with Graves, and settle the ques-
ton. Britton has proved himself to
be a high-class fighter in the weiter-
weight class. and there is no doubt
that match between Jack and Graves
would be most interesting. Willie
hitchie and any one of them will be
weight class and a battle between
Ritchies and any one of them will be
Lewis will become a resident Of this
country for all time, as he already has
taken out his first citizenship papers,
according to his manager, Jimmy john
ston: IN tbat event ne will be entitled
to battle for the championship of
America.
Jack Read. the Australian lightweight,
who was in this country for nearly a
year, but who returned recently to his
native land, writes from down UNDER
regarding boxing affairs in the following
strain:
1t was certainly grand to get back
here in time for Christmas and also TO
get In touch of the warm weather we
usually have here. I like the states
var tod
try always appeals to person more or
less. However. l saw enough of the
states to have liking to return to
them. and it will not be surprising II i
get back there before a great while and
settle down.
II met Freddie Gilmore and Knockhut
Brown here on their arrival and also
Jimmy Clabby. Everybody has taken .
liking 20 the boys on this side, and they
should do very well indeed. i saw lin
m! Clanny box Mick King, and he put up
splendid contest. He won practica Nv
every round, but did not succeed in
knocking out his man.
darcy has been going along in won
derful style, and from what I have seen
OF him | do not think there is rn;5dIa
weight who can beat him at 1so nnunas
,, He looks to be the best fighter turned
out in Australia since the DAYS of. Bob
F1tzs1mmons, and it he takes on a nttJe
more weight I think he would be able tn
peat most of the ,heavyweights both here
and in America.
My nose. which was injured in Amer
lea, has bothered me in training over
here considerably. and have not been
aoie TO DO very much as yet. However.
hope to be in shape within q. short
time. and will then endeavor to get hac
into the game for keeps
The crowds at the stadium have bean
very good indeed. and whenever Darcu
fights 1t IS a certainty that the place
Ikvtl
all my American friends" ~
The habit of some star boxers NJ ,fol,
Ing out opponents has even hit Johnny
Ertle, the bantamwefght CHALLENGER fny
the title. according to Ben Murphy Of
a clever. little bantam of that cjty
Murphy claims that Ertle's MANAGE
Mike McNulty, has been destenninr
Murray for some time, although he ha .
been taking on boys in New York and
Brooklyn right along whom Murray ha .
decisively defeated. In order to get q
match Murphy makes this uninne of,.r
to McNulty: Murphy will agree to
match Murray with Ertle before anv
club in the country where a twenty.
round bout can be staged to a decision
the weight to be 116 pounds rinpside
and to be on a "winner-take-all' basis
Murphy will further agree to nav their
own expenses to whatever CITY the
match may go, the only stipulation be-
ing that the winner take all the purse
money. New Orleans has been after
just such match and no doubt the
promoters there would grab at the
chance to get it, Murray has fought
and beaten such boys as frankie Burns.
Eddie Campi. Eddie OKeefe, Eddie
wallace and Louisiana and has twice
fought Kid Williams. claiming a news
sought is with Ertle. There is an
other bantamweight after Johnny in
the person of Roy Moore of Minneapo-
lis. The latter has offered to paw
Johnny Ertle a bonus~of 5000 out OF
his end Of the purse IL Ertle Will ac-
cept $500 to box him only, ten rounds