Evening star., 1916-04-30
BY T. s. ANDREWS.

peciaIly for the middle west, Will be
held at the Milwaukee Auditorium
Nav Q, when Charlie White. the per-
sistent challenger for Freddy Welsh S
crown. and Richie Mitchell. the pride
of Milwaukee, get together in ten
round mixup. These two boys have
been talking fight for the past year
but they never have been able to se'
together There has always been some
angle that prevented meeting pe-
tween them First it was the weight
and then the purse money ana esIi, unH,
agreed on terms and the only hitch
now is in regard to the weight. Mitch
ell of course, has taken on Httie
weight the past year ana no" H II
strongest at about 131 pounds. He
wants the match at 1913, while White
will not agree to anything but l3o, al
though he says he will not go INTO the
ring any heavier than Mitchell III
wallop against the cool and scient1hc
boxer There will be that uncertainty
about the fight that will create inter
est among the fans from start TO nnlsn.
Mitchell knows that White has the
knockout wailop and. of course. Will
have to be prepared at all times 10
avoid it. White. on the other hand
knows that he has little chance OF out
hope of a win is to put over one OF his
famous haymakers. The fans OF ooth
Chicago and Milwaukee are more inter-
ested in this match than any that has
taken place since the time Ad "oisast
and Willie Ritchie met, and the chanc-
es are that it will be almost repeater
of that famous contest.
Jimmy Britt, the clever California
lightweight and at one time claimant
of the title, is at present in London.
Jimmy writes that he is doing vaude-
willie at the various halls in the Dig
city and has been making big hit.
During his spare time Jimmy has been
instructing the convalescent soldiers in
the art of boxing and lecturing on
physical culture to the wounded in the
hospitals. There was a report some
months ago that Jimmy had Joined one
of the Australian regiments and was
mixed up in the fighting at the OAR
danelles. but that report was not cor
rect. The California boy. II seems,
made the trip from Australia to Eng
land about the same time that the Aus
tralian contingent was being sent TO
Egypt and Turkey and that is how the
report became circulated.
There are indications that the Ameri-
can Boxing Association, which was or
ganized at Cleveland about year ago.
will go to pieces unless the boxing
promoters of the country. also the
managers and boxers themselves. decide
that it is a good thing and give 1t the
proper support. The writer was in
strumental in bringing about the or
ganization. which was badly needed IN
this country, and it looked as if the
association had been put upon work
ing basis Unfortunately. the president
of the association. NJ j. Hlnkel OF
Cleveland. was taken i'll several months
ago and was unable to attend 70 MS
duties Matters which should have been
attended to were permitted to drag
along and result the association re-
ceived severe setback. PRESIDENT
Hinkel is very much Disguised with the
half-hearted support accorded the as
sociation by the people who should be
only too willing to help it along, and
he said that unless they change their
minds. he will favor dropping the thing
entirely. 1t is probable that President
HinkeI will call a meeting of those in
terested for some time during the COM
ing summer or early fall and he Will
put it up to them squarely as TO
whether the association is to be con-
tinued or placed in the dump neap. II
is to be regretted that such action
should be even contemplated, for with
boxing on a better basis than ever be
fore in its history and with CLUBS IN
all parts of the country, the associa-
tion is more necessary than ever Base
ball was built up to it's present stand
ing through just such an organization
and that is what boxing needs today.
After seeing Jess Willard defeat Frank
Moran in ten rounds at Madison Square
Garden. New York. recently, Kid Mccoy.
the former star is credited with having
declared that Jess is the greatest ngnt-
err than ever lived and would have
beaten all former heavyweights. There
is AN "if'' in the case. II Jess were the
finished boxer that Mccoy. Jim Corbett.
Peter Jackson or Jack Johnson was. he.
with his wonderful size and strength;
would doubtless be able TO whip all
heayyweights, but he is far from being
a finished boxer. And at that / consider
wizard a fairly good boxer and GER
tainly wonderfully strong nghter AS
n defensive fighter, Jack Johnson was
a remarkable man. but even with all
his cleverness do not think Jack could
have whipped Jim Jeffries when the
latter was in his prime Jenries was
good boxer, too. for when he fouSnt
Jim Corbett in California he really out
boxed the famous "Pompadour." Then.
too don't overlook the fact that John
1. Sullivan could box, as well as hit,
and there are others. but we VIII pass
them by at this time
Even in this period of up-to-date
boxing there are some who try 70 put
over some of the old tricks or the
game. i am in receipt OF request
from a sporting man at a place near
Everett Wash, to settle dispute over
a wager wherein one man was backing
a certain middleweight to knock out
another The fighters were to go four
rounds, but IL seems that when one OF
them knocked the other down in the
fourth session the lights were sudden :
Iy turned out. There was considerable
money wagered on the affair and the
referee proceeded to count out the man
who had been knocked down after the
house was in darkness. The one who
was knocked down was rising at the
count of two or three just when the
{e N nj tTi n
and II the parties pulling such deal
were really guilty. they would deserve
to lose. but the referee really had no
right to count a man out when he could
not see whether he was lying nat on
his back or doing a Jig in the dark.
Another thing, the timers could not see
their watches and the round may have
been up before the referee could have
counted the ten seconds necessary 70
declare the man out. The referee could
have rendered a decision as to which
man won, IL IL was to go only -four
rounds but he could not count him
out, according TO ring rules. II the con-
test did not end. according TO agree
ment. then the referee had the power
TO order it continued.
According to all reports. Jimmy
Wilde the British fyweight champion
must be a remarkably clever boy A
J. Daniels. sporting editor of the Lon
don Sporting Life. writes me that he
considers Wilde one of the boxing mar.
wells OF the century. The boy weigh.
only about 100 pounds but despite thi:
he has been meeting boxers weighing
liz 11h mounds ir