Evening star., 1916-09-24
tAUD SNOWY BAKER
American Boxers Praise Aus
traIian Fight Promoter.
BOUTS AND CASH APLENTY
Buck Grouse and Eddie Moy Give
Interesting Details of Fistic
Battles in Antipodes.
BY T. S. ANDREWS.
Dispatch to The Star

by IL. .. ANO6C w ..
Special Dispatch to The Star.
MILWAUKEE, September o3.-Buck
Grouse. the Pittsburgh middleweight
who returned from Australia a few
days ago with Eddie Moy, the Philadel-
phia lightweight, is enthusiastic over
the country and already is planning
to go back there little later on.
Grouse could not speak too highly of
his treatment by Snowy Baker and Moy
was Just as strong in singing the
praises of the Australian promoter.
..phere has been some KNOCKING go
ing on said Grouse after his arrival
here, "but you may take it from me
that 1t is absolutely uncalled for l
found Mr.. Baker one of the finest men
to deal with that 1 ever met. HIS
word Is his bond over in that country.
He certainly treated Moy and myseH
in a manner that probably few boxers
have received anywhere. l noticed
that he treated all the boys the same
way. that is, those who tried to De-
have themselves and act like gentle
men.
sion that got out in this country that
COStlCd,
over there, had not been properly
treated by Mr.. Baker Costica wen.
over on the same boat with me ana
his actions were such as 10 conueihl
him from the start ne poaseu ss to
what he would do and could DO that ne
was matched with Darcy
.aThe day of the fight ! did everythlns
in my power to get Costlca IN llne los
the fight, but think that if there had
been a chance to run away that oay
he would have done So The fel!oW was
1,,st as strong as a bull. for l found
that out when I worked with MIN, ana
AZ he had had the courage ne coulo
reaiiv have put up good fight with
Darcy He was scared to death ana
when he entered the ring he was trem-
bling and fell without hardly pelns
touched. He made miserable snow
Ing and, of course, 1t hurt the other
contests to follow. Mr.. Baker paid
Costica every penny that was due nin'
for I saw the receipts myself, ana the
fellow had absolutely no KICK coming
whatever If it had been in America,
he would have been thrown out OF tne
ring and not given a penny
MY fight with Darcy when L landeo
there was a big disappointment to me.
put Darcy to his knees in the nrst
round and / knew that 1 had splen-
did chance to whip him had l gone
along carefully. but l took too Dig
chance in the second round in swinging
with him, with the result that he nit
me on the jaw with one OF his swings
IL not what 1 would call clever fei-
low, although he has a peculiar style
OF his own which makes him dangerous
at all times. and he is what you might
call an awkward clever Ieilow. ns ths
blows are not powerful-that is, tne
straight ones. but some OF his snort
5oIts have lot of steam back OF them,
due to the fact that he has been ac-
customed to swinging the hammer in
the. blacksmith shop. To my mind
Darcy will not be able to defeat me
second time. although missed the
chance over there. / knocked Dave
Smith out in nine rounds and then made
q fool Of myself by going in to try
and got it in the neck for doing so. 1t
was my own fault and 1 deserved what
got / met Mick King in two twenty
round battles and won each time:
the Australian sporting people and
especially Mr.. Baker. Eddie Moy made
a big hit over there in all his fights
and 1 think they would like to see him
return. Eddie McGoorty has been fol-
sowing the races quite bit and has
trained very little the past six months.
He told me he intended training for
fight with Colin Bell. but I do not
not. Jimmy Clabby is Just as popular
rs any Australian fighter. He has
made a wonderful impression with
them and even though he has lost
few times, they think the world OF
him. j look for George Chip to give
Darcy a hard battle. but / think the
Australian will get him before the end
Of the twenty rounds. Patsy Branni-
gan made wonderful hit on ms ar
rival there. due. no dGuhtr~so the fact
that he had been well advertised and
has good old Irish name.
Benny Palmer put UP a splendid
fight with Herb Mccoy, but was beat
en- on points Arlos Fannin. the Okla
hona boy. lost his first battle to Bert
Spargo for the featherweight title. but
won the second battle. Art Magfrl
had not fought at the time 1 left al
though he was matched to meet Dave
Smith. Magirl had been i'll with stom-
ach trouble. think he is going
against very hard game in tacking
Smith. as he will have to give away
about five pounds
Gibbons or Dillon would make a lot
of money over there. ] think they are
very foolish not to go. The crowds at
have been very good. indeed. Both Moy
and myself made good money and are
entirely satisfied with the trip. They
seem to be developing a lot more
heretofore. It is only lately that this
has been the case and ! think that
some real classy American feather
weights could make money over there;
Grouse. who has battled the best OF
the middleweights in this country, in
tends to start after Tom and Mike Glib
bons now. and also JEFF Smith and Bob
Moha in the east. Buck says he is not
through fighting by long ways He
intends to rest a week or two at his
home in Pittsburgh and then will be
ready for all comers
Even the champion boxer cannot
always afford to take too big chance
In the ring. Many of them have been
surprised at various times by going
against dubs or unknown boxers with
astrous results Kid Williams came
near humping into one of these ex-
periences at Buffalo last week, when
he met Dick Loadman. the Lockport
bantamweight They were matched for
ten-round contest and during one OF
the miS-ups little Dick put over a
haymaker that shook the champion
from his feet to his head. 1t was a
fierce contest from that time on until
the end of the tenth round. Williams
never battIed harder in his life to save
his title. Loadman has been battling
around the middle west and east for the
past three years and has met a number
Of good boys. II was not the first time
ne met Williams. however. as they
fought a ten-round contest in Mil
wanleee, November 81, 1913. On this
occasion Loadmap came near hanging
over one Of his haymakers, but the Kid
just slipped his jaw enough to avoid
the full force After that swing how :
ever. Williams punished Loadman Sc
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