Evening star., 1916-05-28

at the time.
| That this match will. attract a lot Of
ready bids up to the $4,000 mark have
been put in for 1t. the latest being from
| the boxing club at Minneapolis, the Of
fer being $4,000 fiat for the match.
| Mike Collins. manager Of Fulton. is
trying hard to bring about a marathon
battle between the two instead Of q
ten-round bout, as he considers that the
i Minnesota mans chances will be better
| in a twenty-round contest than in ten.
| The feeling seems to prevail that Will
championship match. as he has plenty
of this worlds goods to carry him
| through life, and he does not like the
| idea of training several weeks for
contest and deprive himself of all the
good things For that reason Fulton is
anxious, to get the chance for the big
event before some other heavyweight
steps in and robs him of the chance.
long distance match with Willard. de-
spite the fact that Jess gave him
severe beating in their ten-round argu-
ment in New York in March. While
Moran was waiting to have the promo
ters in New York raise their bid for
his proposed match with Jack Dillon.
foxy Mike Collins went to work quiet
ly and finally succeeded in getting Tom
Jones, manager of Willard. to sign up
for a match with the Rochester giant.
rious trainers, and he intends in this
way to keep in shape right along. SO
that when the time comes he will not
require extra hard work to get in con-
dition for the big match.
Some boxers have very poor judg-
ment when it comes to the political
end of the game, but their managers
should show a little more common
sense and think for their proteges.
At Akron, Ohio. the boxing game has
been on a splendid basis for some time.
but couple of would-be stars came
near putting the town on the blink.
There is a commission in Akron which
controls the boxing situation, al
though it is not under the state law.
Just the same, the commission had the
good Judgment to fix matters up be-
fore the damage was done. Eddie Null
laney and Young Bosco decided that
they would stage fight on Sunday
before one of the local clubs. The club.
promoters thought there was a chance
to grab off some easy money and went
show. Finally the commission sus-
pended the club and was upheld in Its
action by the authorities. so that the
two boxers were put out Of business
and also the club. The police chief had
the sport at heart and used his best
Judgment in acting he did. Boxers
who try to violate the laws by such
actions should be barred from the
game, for they certainly are no credit
to it.
The boxing carnival to be held in
Buenos Aires this summer appears to
be pretty good advertising scheme for
some of the business men of that me-
tropolis. Bill Gibson, who is acting
for the South American syndicate, says
the money will all be posted before the
Yankee boxers leave for the south Ac-
cording to information at hand, there
are three wealthy business men of
Buenos Aires who are putting up the
coin and taking a chance at cleaning
up some coin themselves. At the same
time they hope to benefit from the ad-
vertising which will naturally be given
that city and country as a result Of the
championship matches to be held.
When Jack Johnson and Jim Flynn bat
tied at Las Vegas for the title, the citi-
zens put up $4,000 to help defray ex-
penses. etc, and at Havana the same
hitch over certain affairs and the
money part fell through-that is, from
the business men. 1t was the same at
Goldfeld when Cans and Nelson fought.
many Americans at Buenos Aires and
other English speaking people. SO that
the attendance may even pay the purses
to be given White and Welsh for the
title clash. and also Jack Britton and
Ted Lewis. 1t also may open up q new
cally every part of the world.
George Knockout Brown, the Chicago
Greek middleweight. who recently re-
challenge to both Mike Gibbons and
Jack Dillon. Brown, who had two
twenty-round battles with Les Darcy in
Australia, is convinced that he has
good chance against either one of the
American claimants to the title, and he
is willing to back himself with s., 900
in match of twenty rounds.
ut is not my wish to meet Gibbons in
ten-round bout" said Brown in a talk
the other day. "as I realize that Glib
bons is very clever and fast boxer
do not think I could beat him in ten
rounds. and I am willing to make a
match at any time for a side bet of
get him side bet Of 1000 IL he wants
it. but the match must be twenty
rounds and for the American title I
will make l5s pounds for Gibbons any
time he will make match of twenty
rounds. think myself that he would
outpoint me in ten, rounds, but even
then am willing to take a chance on
him for ten rounds il 1 cannot get him
in twenty. but will not make a side
bet.
"As for Dillon. have fought him
before. and I do not think he is any
better now than when he battled with
me 1 am ready to make a match with
MIN at any tlme ana Will give him q
side bet of $1,000 II it Is for twenty
| rounds. The chances are that Dillon
would want to weigh around ITO
pounds II he fought me. and in order
to get the match J am willing to give
away weight to him. 7 have received
offers from New York and also St.
Paul for match with Dillon. and
hope to get him in the ring with me
before long. I proved in my battles
with Darcy that I am just as good as
any OF them over the long distance
Darcy. while he outpointed me. did not
knock me down in forty rounds. and
the newspaper clippings will show
that ] fought him in the second battle
without ever clinching or holding on
once. I am fighting entirely different
from what used to do. and I think
am as much entitled to a chance at
the championship of America as any
middleweight in the country. and
| also am willing to put up my own
| money as a side bet. which very few
OF the others will do.
III I do not get any good matches
! here / intend to return to Australia
| in fact, I want to go back. anyway, for
| il is one of the greatest sporting coun-
tries In the world and the people there