Evening star., 1916-08-06
eJCEGIEBEL, CATCHER

Pa. and Representative w. J. Cary Of
Milwaukee at Washington that the val
I liable papers were put through. Jimmy
was wise TO the job as he did not want
| to be bothered at the other end about
! getting passports, he got busy with
the boxers 1t was then that his
troubles Started-iu fact, Jimmy was
responsible for some of the delays him
self Before Jimmy became man
ager of boxers he was some" fighter
I himself, and that is how he came to
take the name of Dime. His real name
is Fox and he halls from the old sod
in ireland, but when he made out his
papers he forgot about his former name
4 and came near Spilling the beans, but
| il came out all right. The rest of the
| bunch got into miX-ups by putting
down their nationality as Irish. Italian.
| German, etc. when in reality all were
American born. 1t took some time to
get matters Strengthened out and then
the papers were rushed to Washington
| by special delivery letter with requests
| to have them rushed back by special
! delivery to catch the boat at San Fran
cisco. The boat was to leave at noon
and the mail did not reach Frisco till
about the same time. but the boat was
delayed a bit and it was > O'Clock be-
| fore ii sailed. with the result that the
papers were landed just in the nick of
|
Cary had seen the Secretary of State
| had hurried matters along, and also
| took the precaution to wire the steam
ship company and the Frisco officials
that the party was o. n, so the party
| got away on time.
| Matt Hinkel, the Cleveland sporting
man and referee. also head of the
American Boxing Association, is max
| ing one desperate effort to get Johnny
| kilbane into championship match
| Matt has offered a purse of $4,000 for
| ffteen-round contest to decision
! between kilbane and George Clancy
| the Baltimore featherweight and con-
| tender for the championship. The date
| OF the match is set for Labor day
J that is, providing il can be arranged.
kilbane, in this instance, has been
very fair and has offered CLANCY the
chance over the ffteen-round route
asking $4,000 for his share. This
| would leave $1,000 for CLANCY. which
/ is pretty nice chunk of money for
| challenger. Henry Bietzer manager
| of thaney. has been raising the cry
! that he would not accept less than
I $4,000. with privilege of 80 per cent,
owing to the fact that Kilbane failed
| to go through with the match at Balti-
| more last year. OF course it would
! matter very little to kilbane whether
4 Mr.. Bletzer objected. or in fact the en-
| tire eastern bunch. ne holds the
| ttle. and as long as he is willing to
/ to accept the terms offered-that is
| as long as they are within reason
| Chaney's demand of $1,000 guarantee
| with 80 per cent privilege, is abso-
| lutely unwarranted In the first place
| he should not ask for one penny guar
| antee, in view Of the fact that Pro-
| noter Hinkel is hanging up purse of
! $4,000, Of which IS 900 is 10 go to
! thaney. Some OF these ight managers
| and fighters appear to have an idea
| that the promoter is entitled to abso-
I lutely nothing except the work of put
/ ting on the match and paying all Of
| the bills. When kIlbane refused to
meet clancy year ago ! said en-
| phat!cally that he should be compelled
TO take part in championship match
4 or forfeit his title. but in this case
| kilbaue is in the right and unless
! CLANCY agrees to the match and terms
/ offered by Mr. Hinkel he is liable to he
/ left out in the cold as far as the
J featherweight title is concerned
/ There are other featherweights coming
/ to the front who are deserving OF
/ chance at the title. and no doubt they
viii get II IL the Baltimore boy fails to
/ grasp the opportunity now
The latest reports are to the effect
\ that MIR. Bletzer, manager of CLANCY
/ has changed hts mind and will agree
/ TO the terms offered by Mr.. Hinkel
! which probably means the match will
/ go through for Labor day
! Fighting Billy Mske, who has been
I coming along so rapidly of late among
the middleweights and light heavy
( weights, is Il st Paul boy. They GER
tainly have turned out a number of
1 classy fighters in the Twin Cities the
/ past few years and II looks If Miske
/ viii be among the best of them. He
! IL merely a boy in age, having just
/ turned twenty. but he has made "A rep
utation secoud to none in the past six
{ months. He has battled with some of
! the best boys in the division and has
/ shown fnpsthprahle ali In,
! some Of his earlier bouts he did not
/ look so good. His match against Jack
/ Dillon recently shows that he can go
! the distance with any kind of an op-
I pOnent. II was a hard battle all the
/ way and he did not have any weight
! on Dillon, as both scaled at 100 pounds
/ Miske has been in the game for about
/ three years. His manager. Pearl Smith
| of st Paul. discovered him in the Y
/ ". g. A and IT was not long afterwaSd
I that he demonstrated his ability as
/ ngh'er The young fellow worked
/ in blacksmith shop swinging a
I siedge hammer and every one knows
/ that Bob Fitzsmmons and Les Darcy
are graduates Of this style OF work.
| II il is any criterion to go by, Miske
should make good. Bliy's first fight of
I any importance was against Billy
| Papke and he made the ex-champion
do some tall hustiins to make show
! ing. Miske is nearly six feet tall and
has seventy-ive- ve-inch reach. He is
| well developed about the shoulders and
| hits hard and straight
His battles with such men as George
| Brown. Gus Christie. Al Mccoy. Terry
kellar. Jack Lester. Jack McCarron
Jack Dillon and others would Indicate
/ that he is among the top-notchers and
| anxious to climb still higher. Billy is
| very anxious to make a trip TO Aus
| tralia so as 10 get on match with
| Darcy and Eddie MeGoorty and his
| manager is thinking very seriously OF
going OYER there the coming fall.