Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-05
DIFFICULT TO GET SCRAPPERS
.KILBANE AND CLANCY TOGETHER
Champion Offered 81, 500 for 20-Round Go,
But His Manager Doesn't Want
Him IN Finish Scrap

near putting over a haymaker. De-
spite some kicking about prices for
the big show. it looks as though the
place will be sold out and that Tex
Richard will clean up considerable tor
his gamble
rhe commission form of handling
boxing matches seems to be gaining
favor all over the country. Not only
have numerous states passed laws
legaliZng the sport under the commits
sion plan but now a great many cities
arr favoring the same plan and the city
councils are passing laws and creating
boxing commissions to handle the
sport. Last week two more cities fell
in line-Toledo. Ohio. and Joplin, Mo.
The mayor of each city appointed COM
missions to conduct the sport and at
the same time announced that they
were heartily in favor of it and trust
ed that the commissions would do
everything in their power to keep il
on the same basis as in Wisconsin and
New York. If the commissions follow
the standard set by these two states,
they will not go far astray.
Mike Gibbons. the phantom. is to
have the first of series of three bat
ties under his $4,000 contract with the
'apitol City Athletic club of st. Paul
March II. when he meets Jeff Smith,
the Newark middleweight. who has
Travelled through Europe and Australia
meeting the best fighters of those
Inc CluD VIII nave TO draw
over $4,000 to break even, according
to what il will pay Gibbons and Smith
and it is a pretty good bet that no such
sum will be taken in at the gate st.
Patrick's day. Mike made big hit
when he stopped Young Ahearn in the
first round of their scheduled ten
round fight in January. but the chances
are that no such thing will occur when
he tackles Smith. Jeff is a frst-class
middleweight and should be able to
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odds are in favor of the phantom. Jeff
claims to have knocked out Les Darcy.
the Australian champion and claimant
of the worlds title. but such is not the
case When they fought the first time.
January %, 1915, Darcy claimed he was
fouled by Smith in the NTH round and
refused to continue. whereupon the
referee stopped the fight and the de-
cision went to Smith. Technically. il
might be tremed a knock out but the
man was not knocked out. May % Of
the same year they met again in the
Sydney stadium and this time Darcy
was awarded the decision Of a foul
in the second round. There was con
siderable discussion over the affair and
Smith did not get his money from the
club. the same being turned over to
charity. Smith now has the chance to
make good in this country, for few of
his real battles have been fought here
should he hold Mike even he would be
putting him self in the front rank and
would be in line for some big matches
and also for a battle with the phantom
over the marathon route for the Ameri-
can championship, despite the fact that
Al Mccoy still lays Claim to the crown
JEFF made a mistake in that he did not
tackle Mccoy first. 1t would have been
much easier than he will find the going
at st. Paul March II.
The New York boxing commission
has taken a step in the right direction
IN announcing that il will insist upon
the money for the Willard Moran con
test in New York. March %, being
posted ahead Of time and that none Of
IT shall be touched until after the con-
test. which means that the commission
intends TO see that everything is prop
erly conducted and that the fight is
strictly on the level BY taking this
action the commission is protecting
the boxing fans know in advance that
IT intends to see that everything is
right.
A controversy similar to the one
which was caused by the fouiing of
Johnny Ertle by Kid Williams at St.
Paul last season has sprung up in the
| match recently held in ohio between
weight title. and Eddie Moha. the Mil
waukee weiterweight These two boys
were matched at Dayton. Ohio. to go
| twelve rounds--no decision After bat :
| Ting along practically all the way.
Graves was disqualified in the eleventh
| round the charge being that he had
| fouled Moha- This was little differ
ent from the case of Williams and Err
| tie, lnasmuch as the referee has ad :
United that he gave the decision to
| Mona on a foul. At least. the papers
| have quoted him to that effect: while
! IN the ST. Paul match the referee came
| out with a statement afterward de-
J cldring that he had rendered no dect-
| sion whatever. for he could not do Sc
| II he wanted to. under the state law
| Eddie Mocha is now claiming the wei.
lterweight title from Graves and he has
| just AS much right. if not more, to Il,
| 50 as Ertle had to claim the title 81
| kid Williams. Moha is not any spring
thi"ken III the boxing game. having
been fighting around Milwaukee tn,
past four or hve years IL. is "A tough
rugged young man and viii make N
interesting Tor any Of them around tn.
pound notch. The best way {,
settle the dispute. how ever is 10 match
| Mocha and Graves for "A twenty -rounG
contest aud hav. real winner
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