Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-05
BY T. S. ANDREWS.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star
MILWAUKEE. March /. Jimmy
Dunn. Sammy Harris and Henry Blet-
ger. managers. respectively. of Johnny
Eilbane. Kid Williams and George
CLANCY. are having a three-cornered
controversy as to why Williams will
not box CLANCY in Baltimore. Origi-
naly kilbane was matched up to meet
CLANCY before the club conducted by
Harris and Bletzer in Baltimore. for
which he was 20 receive $500. All this
was known to Manager Jimmy Dunn
beforehand but for some reason he re-
fused to go through with the deal 1t
is suspected. however. that the reason
for calling the match off, a money
consideration entirely, for since II at
time more money has been offered to
kilbane to meet CLANCY. Efforts have
been made to let AL HEREFORD. the form
er promoter of that city. handle the
match, but there have been objections
from other sources than Baltimore to
shat end OF the angle Now comes
which he says: Il have been trying
to get kilbane to fight CLANCY in Bal
,timore during March or in May and
have offered him $500 for a twenty
round GO l even went to Cleveland
ard tried to close the match. but Man
ager Dunn told me that he would never
let kflbane meet CLANCY in decision
contest. However, he may be forced
to do So
AS there does not appear to be any
real argument for the title. it seems
up to the Cleveland boy to take on
CLANCY. for il is certainly time he de-
Tended his championship
Milburn Saylor. the Hoosier champion
lightweight. seems to have had con-
siderable hard luck the past year or
two After making his successful tour
OF Australia. he returned to this coun-
trs and was put out of action for a
while through injury. Later he got
going all right again and then had to
nump into = knock out at the hands of
Charlie White, which prevented him
from getting some good matches, for
which he would have received big
money After plugging along for
time. he finally matched UP with
Leach Cross and succeeded in putting
the New York boy out in five rounds
which made Saylor a Dig card again in
the lightweight class. His manager
Ray Bronson. mad just closed up for
a big match with Benny Leonard in
New York when Sayior was taken
down with pneumonia He has certain
ly had more than his share of hard
luck and IL is hoped that he will soon
refoVer and be able to get into big
money again. for he has been one of the
most pleasing performers in the light
weight division. outside of the cham
pions.
The persons who gave out the re-
ports about Jess Willard weighing
more than 300 pounds and being wbar
tnes termed hog fat must have been
dreaming. Before Jess Willard left
Chicago for New York the writer had
occasion TO visit the big fellow and to
see MIN in some light exercises: also
on me scale The fact is Jess was
trh
Tor him, and there was hardly snv
surplus flesh about his rnidseci ton-iy
TACT. no more than an athlete would he
expected TO carry before training down
100 nne. When ii is known that less
enters the ring at about 245, in condj-
tion, 1t can readily be seen tina, he
was carrying very little extra weight
~ looked very much as though the
enampioh mad been doing some light
framing right along, for his apDear
ancs was that of an athlete and mo-,
the lndiferent boxer many imagined
~ 1s Just possible that Willard Vas
Keeping himself in the best Of shane
during the time stories were being 1ir
culated that he was hog "a, !" .,c
There are many instances where small
men have defeated big men, but there
II Always more confidence with a bip
Yellow against small one The uono
derful Tom Savers. Jas nou1d. 80
John g. Hesnan. 22j, a remarkable 10,
we over half century ago-fghtiup
1oftg- Two rounds; charlie Mitchell
Anout 100. hattled with John l.. SulIi,
Ior 'hlfty-hlhe rounds: Bob Fitz-
simmons gave away NOR. than seyen,y
pounds TO James J. Jerries and nearly
uer"at'd MN, and also gave away
twrht>-h'e pounds TO James J. Cor
ahd won the championship, or
heavyweight TUE. from him a, ma
sam" 'int" being able to night as !, mid
""N'ikhi AT ljs pounds However
w" hlE man will always have IN. "a
80 .H' hampton win no doubt b.. :,
DIG 1"N"fit" over Frank Moran Nh,
theS 'is-t ~ Madison squar. t;,rdsn
-" work.. March 20. bu form J.ss
rh"nld p" three -to-one bet and !,
Hhiit 80 N" dad AT Havana ayaius,
Ja' I"hN-ur D.. should conn. u,.,,,