El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-26

M Richie NIT hI'sn. @'i tn. 3 s"lrass..
= = lightweight star. viii have a
hard battle tonight at Cincinnati,
when he meets Joe Rivers. the Mex
lean. in a ten round contest While
Rivers has not been fighting very
much of late II is not BECAUSE he has
been out Of shape or lacking in offers.
but because he was after the top
nOtchers so that he could get another
crack at the championship.
Joe knows a lot about the fight
game and he is still among the lead
ers, although ne was considered out
Of the running a year and a half ago.
lie will find Mitchell a clever youth
who will De just as hard TO get TO as
some Of the stars who are parading
about the country as near champions.
Rivers VIII give Mitchell all the pat
J tie, he wants, however, for he has the
sting in his punches and is clever
( enough to worry the best of them Il
Will be a clever youth against vet
eran and the youth should have the
/ call.
Would Force Welsh.
Gene Melady, secretary Of the Amer
I lean Boxing association. Is out with
statement TO the effect that he will
some action against the lightweight
D champion, Freddy Welsh, for holding
/ off from arranging a title match. II
has been over a year and a half since
! he won the title and while he has
I had many battles over the short route
since then. he has not engaged in one
/ championship battle under ring regu-
] latiOns- There has been talk of q
/ match between Welsh and Charlie
White for six months, but ntohing
+ definite has ever come Of it.
Mr.. Melady proposes now that If Air.
{ Welsh cannot come 10 terms with
Charlie White for a match, then let
the next man in line step forward
I and be given a chance There are
Z .fann
I at the title-among. them Johnny Dun
/ dee. Johnny Griffiths. Richie Mitchell.
( Jack BrittOn. Joe yelling and few
! others. It is unfair to the challengers
/ for the title and also unfair to the
/ followers Of the game to refuse a
I championship match when all legiti-
] mate conditions are met.
which Is Better Fighter.
Who is the better fighter, Eddie Nc
I Goorty, the Wisconsin middleweight,
/ or George Knockout Brown, the Chi
| cagO Greek2 If anyone were asked to
compare the two men, they would say
off-hand that McGoorty has been
knocked out twice by Les Darcy. the
] champion. in Sydney, Australia There
was no question ABOUT McGoorty be
! ing defeated decisively.
| Now comes Greek Brown, who goes
/ the full 20 rounds with Darcy IN sgd
/ ney and while he lost the battle on
I points, still he put up a remarkably
/ good contest and was there fighting
at the final bell over $4,000 people
! witnessed the contest, according to a
| cablegram I received right after the
/ fight. This is certainly quite feather
/ in Browns cap as there were many
| who figured Darcy would stop him In
I short order.
| There is no doubt that Brown is one
I Of the toughest middleweights in the
/ country but he has always been very
/ awkward man to fight and few OF the
I high class middleweights really cared
/ to mix with him. he was oull dog
Z err 9 +
/ tered. the harder he fought back That
| seems TO have been the case IN his
/ fight with Darcy. It is very likely
that Brown will endeavor to get re-
/ turn enea cement with Darcy. but in
! the meantime he viii be matcned Win
Mick King the former Australian mid
| dleweight for 20 rouno oattle-
! darcy May Get Away
! The report that Darcy would not be
permitted to leave Australia Tor tour
! Of America. is correct, ACCORDING 70
! latest adyices from tne AnlP1oes, Dul
/ il would not be surprising II the young
! mfddleweight should get permission
| from the government OFFICIALS 70 GET
away for a few months 10 visit the
bunch Of American com Tor meeting
I some OF the best middleWeights over
here. II he should come over, ne Will
/ in all probability be under the man
| agement of Jack Kearns, who handled
BilIv Murray and also Red watson
| There has also been talk Of Kearns
taking the management OF hnockout
( Brown. but the chances are that when
! Brown returns to this country he. will
/ be handled again by Nate LEWIS %, OF
! Chicago. who formerly attended to his
affairs
sSnoVvy. Baker May Return TO War.
SNOWY Baker, the Australian pro
moter. who has been conducting al the
NJ in+ernational fights at his man.
moth Stadium in Sydney, is thinking
J seriously of quitting the boxing game
/ for a time and going. to war Al me
| present time Mr. Bakers lNo Drolh-