Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-13
RICHARD MAY CLEAR. $4,000
ON WILLARD-MORAN BATTLE
Purses and Expenses Will Run Over 100000
and He Will Have to Pack Garden
to Clear That Amount.

stated that he was not in the best
of shape and would much have pre-
ferred to cancel the bout with Miske
at Superior. However. ne went through
the clubs physician.
1t does not seem fair to Miske to
try to take away all the credit for his
good showing by stating that Dillon
could have done. Dillon is not that
kind of a fighter. 1t matters little who
he is meeting-he always goes in to
do the very best he can. and no doubt
he did the same thing at Superior.
Miske has grown into full-f1edged
light heavyweight and is not easy pick
ing for any of them. The fans seemed
very well satisfied with the fight at
Superior and made no complaint what
ever. the kick coming after Dillon had
scored his knockout of big Cowler at
New York. 1t seems that Dillon al
ways makes better showing against
big men than he does against boxers
of his own weight and size. Jack has
said many times that he would much
prefer to meet bigger men than men
of his own weight, as the little ones
seem to be a hoodoo to him.
1t might be well to add at this time
that every effort is being made to
bring about a match between Dillon
and Mike Gibbons, the st. Paul phan-
ton, for the middleweight champion
ship of America. AL Mccoy of Brooklyn
has laid claim to the title. but there
are few who recognize it. and match
between Dillon and Gibbons would
really be considered the proper solution
of the middleweight question in this
country. Dillon has said that If the
purse is big enough he will make 1853
evidently shy about going into a
twenty-round contest and there seems
little chance Of bringing it about at
the present time, although he is not
t~tr, In a NNl
Several clubs are after the match, but
it looks IS though the st. Paul club has
Gibbons tied up to q contract for the
season of 1916, and If a match Is made
it will have to take place in the saint.
ly city.
Boxing news from across the big
pond has been rather scarce of late
and little has been chronicled of the
doings in the roped arena over there.
don correspondent. gives some infor-
nation as to how things are proceed
in<. on that side. In his letter he says:
Owing to the close censorship, not
to the states. even regarding boxing
matches, etc. During the past year
we have had more boxing in England
than at any time previous, including
the big boom just before the war
There is not one town where the game
has not flourished.. The soldiers are In
the main responsible for the great in
crease in the number of shows. AL
though prize money is not very great,
the sport is doing the boys good
Tournaments are being held in all
parts, many of which have been or
canized for charitable work.
"The London National Sporting Club
is running regular shows every Mon
day, and Dick Bergh, the former, light
weight champion. is staging shows
twice and sometimes four times a week.
a. NJ tn,1 49, Il IxhI
vel, is matched with Young Symonds,
who scored sensational victory over
fancy Lee for the, fyweight title a
few months ago Wilde had previously
beaten Symonds In q tWenty-round con-
nearly fourteen pounds in weight,
think he will beat him again. Dick
Bergh has matched Bombardisr Wells