El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-12


IL very busy over in England At
the present time. 1 have just received
q letter from one OF the prominent
sporting men. in which lac gives the
following gossip regarding the doings
Of the boys:
1t seemed like old times 20 watch
owen Moran in action the other night
against Billy NarchanL The latter
was not satisfied with the ending OF
the hour i'm favor OF Moran and de-
handed another match. which has
teen given 70 him by owen They are
20 meet for Is rounds at catchweights.
some time during september Moran
had another fight against jim Barry
at New Castle He went the entire
distance OF 20 rounds and / was sur
prised at the form shown Dy Moran
II looks as though he IS making
.aToddIes CORR. one OF the sons or
Eugene CORR. the referee. has entered
the navy as midshipman-
Wells to Fight Dick smith.
'Bombardier Wells, the heavy weight
champion, has agreed TO give Dick
smith another chance at the title, and
the two are 10 be matched for $500,
2 side bet and the championship bel;-
Wells has been showing very good
form CT late, due a great deal TO his
outdoor life
I witnessed q contest about week
ago between Bandsman Rice and Harry
Curzon It was a splendid contest. but
Rice was too clever for the big fellow
and won the decision after 20 rounds
Of fighting
Word was received here the other
dav that Constant Pluyette a well
known French boxer who has aP-
peared here many times. was severely
wounded in France and that ne has
been sent over to England to be
MOI Rr;ti.b Rouf.-
New Castle seems to have quite a
number Of fights lately and Nicol
Brady and Arthur Evans fought last
night, Evans winning in the fifth
round. Mat Brooks. who has been TO
New York for several fights. and also
Alec Lafferty. who was recently IN
New York. fought A 20 round battle
AT Chelmsford. I.afferty getting the de-
cisfon I understand that Lafferty
may return 10 the states and try 10
get on a match with some OF your
hes featherwelEhts- Dai Roberts. a !
very clever Welshman. defeated Lis
ATorland in 20 rounds last week
Roberts was very clever and had all !
the best OF the contest. Young Lippo, +
who has been in the game here for .
number OF years. and who was sup
posed to have retired two years ago.
made his temperance in the ring
against Bob Cotton in a Is round con-
test. 1t resulted in draw
Fight Back Of Lines.
front have been engaging in contests
over in France. some of them with the
French boys. They held a tournament
al a point back OF the lines two weeks
ago. ten contests being held Of ten
rounds each Some very good fights
resulted and il is not necessary to say
that they were well attended"
Fighters Like Australia.
Bert Connors, the Denver manager
n boxers. who with his stable OF
fighters arrived in Sydney. Australia,
recently. for a campaign IN that coun-
try. writes that he is in love with the
three boys with him-Art Magirl. I
Benny Palmer hgh--
weight. and Arlos Tanning. feather
weight.
rival owing TO having neglected TO !
get our passports SAYS Bert but II
did not amount 10 much II Is a won
derful country here and there IS no
telling when we will get back All
the boys like the climate, as II seems
to agree with them fine. and they are
not homesick bit. I have seen some
Of the fighters here and cannot say
that they strike me as being ahead
Of our boys. or course they may De
cetter than what / figure on We can
tell better when they clash
All Three Get Fights
Tanning fought a fellow named Bert
Spargo at Melbourne and had the best
Of il till he was disqualified on a FOUL
for hitting in the clinches Magirl Is
TO fight Dave Smith and Palmer IS
with Herb Mccoy. the Aus
tralian lightweight champion. The
fans here are figuring on giving
George Chip a big reception He viii
have a big crowd when he fights Les
Darcy, as the latter is a popular Idol
here What they want above all is
match between Jack Dillon and Darcy,
or falling in that, then with Mike Glib
bons They are foolish II they do noc
come over. They would make big i
money"
Gilmore Is Touring West.
Fred Gilmore, the Chicago Welter- !
weight, who is touring in an automo- 1
bile 10 the Pacific coast. with some /
friends, writes from Seattle that he 1
has been having the time OF his life.