Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23

Graves could meet first and the winner
tackle Lewis. which would leave no
room for doubt then as to who should
be recognized as champion. Lewis
proved that he has the class He is a
boxer of the Kid Mccoy type-cooI and
calculating at all times and with a
good punch when it is necessary to
use it. Graves also put up a splendid
battle, but he needs more work to keen
him on edge and to develop his speed
and Judgment of distance.
gardinS the orty-five-thousand-d dollar
purse for Jess Willard and Frank
Moran in New York for next March
the bottom seems to have fallen out of
The whole affair. When the Cream City
Athletic Club of Milwaukee made a
bid of $4,000 for fight between Will
lard and Fred Fulton, the Rochester
/, giant, the fans about the country be-
gan 10 SIT up and take notice. Many
of the followers of the game imagined
that the offer was simply put out for
advertising purposes. but the fact is
II was bona fide. The New York pro-
motors who have control of Madison
Square Garden were quick to see that
such match in Milwaukee would be a
great card. and they figured that it
would be still greater in New York,
especially If they could get Moran on
one end of it instead of Fulton. Moran
was the card. having twice knocked
out Jim Coffey The Garden people.
however. did not bid $4,000, but they
were ready with an offer Of $4,000.
Tex Rickard, who handled the Jeffries-
| Johnson match at Reno, New, in 1910,
got into the bidding: or, in other
words, he was willing to back friend
OF ms to the extent of a forty five thou
sand-dollar purse for the pair
Everything was apparently fixed nm
for the match in March, but it develop
eu iater that Tom Jones, manager of
willard, knew nothing OF the deal and
/ had agreed to no such terms Jones felt
mat he was in honor bound to give
Fred Fulton the match, after the latter
mad forfeited number of big contests
IN the east in order to go through with
ms match as originally made in New
orleans 1t was no fault of Fulton's
that Moran refused to meet him at first
IN an elimination contest and that is
one reason why Jones wanted to make
good IN the south. He was willing to
Ike Moran on after the match with
Fulton. providing. of course, that Will
lard won. In the meantime Fulton was
matched with Porky Flynn of Boston
for January rs, but Jack Dillon fought
draw with Flynn in Memphis and
there was another cry that Dillon
should take his place. 1t was dis
covered afterward that Flynn was care
full in the match with Dillon and tried
to save his hands as much possible.
as he realized he would have to be at
Later informa ton from New Orleans
states that Tom Jones will go through
with the Fulton-Flynn match January
IS. as originally intended. and that
should Fulton decisively defeat the
Boston man he will get the match with
Willard in March. There is only one
way that Fulton can convince the fans
that he is among the top not cheers now
and that is 70 stop Flynn. which will
be better performance than Dillon's.
II is up to the American Boxing As
ISOLATION and critics to come outs now
and recognize Mike Gibbons as mid
d,eweight champion of the United
States and let him defend the title
against all corners: but if Mike intends
to retire. as he has stated. there should
be some provision made for a successor.
SO as to prevent repetition of argu-
ment over the question. When Glib
bons knocked Young Ahearn cold in one
round at st. Paul this week he eliini-
mated the one man who has been ella i'm
ing the title in this country and Eu-
rope There is TO other middleweisht
in this country whom the critics can
put UP against Gibbons. 1t Isl now up
to Gibbons and Darcy to get together
for the world title match. In the bat
tie at St Paul between Gibbons and
Ahearp no decision was to be rem
dered. but the sudden knockout made
that part of the program unnecessary.
There had been considera bic bad blood
engendered between the Gibbons and
handed to Mike by Ahearn's manager.
and when the boys stepped to the CEN
ter of the ring for action it was very
evident that they were out for quick
results. Mike was all nerves and full
of pepper. while Ahearn carried the
air of a man who didn't give a rap for
any one or anything. Ahearn APP
peared a bit careless and left openings
that he would never have dared to do
in other battles, and it proved his I'M
doing in this one.
Mike rushed across the ring to meet
his man the moment the bell sounded
and took Jake off his guard. Then they
spared and tented out each other,
with both using the left jab. In the
middle of the round Mike got into a
clinch. and 1t was here that he Jared
Mr.. Ahearn severely with short left
jolts to the point of the chin. They
had lots of power behind them, and
seemed to daze Jake for the moment
After the clinch Ahearn stepped back
ward toward his own corner, and as he
did so Mike tented with his left and
drew Ahearn's left down. 1t was what
Mike was looking for. and he shot his
right crossover to the point of the jaw
like flash, and Jake hit the canvas
with a thud.