El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-26

~HCAGO, Ill. Dec. e6.-1liddie
west boxing rams are singing the
- praises these days OF q new well
terweight scrapper who appeared IN
heralded a few weeks ago and earned
a large sized niche in the hall OF fame
by demonstrating that he is a real
two listed fighter. He Is Joe EagaE.
a Boston youth, who has appeared in
several scraps at Milwaukee
Esgan dropped into Milwaukee very
quietly and asked for 8 chance 20
show what he could do He was put
on IN a preliminary bout and dom
onstrated at once the power Of his
punch by clouting his opponent on
the chip for a clean knockout
Makes Good With Fans
Promoters then gave EEon three
more bouts hand running and Joe
snappy wallops lulled two more bat
tiers into the sleep that lasted until
the referee had finished counting ten.
In the third fight Eagan was up
against Eddie MOha, a tough welter-
weight and only the final gong saved
Eddie from a knockout
These performances by the Bean
town battler have convinced fight
followers throughout the middle
west that EaEuu Is youth who
has a bright puEiIistle future. In
his next scrap he VIII be up
against n real test, for he will
tnclzIe Bryan DOwney. the Column
bus (OhiO) boxer. who is under
the tutelaEe OF the well known
Tom Jones
the last Few months and may be the
welterWeight champion before EaEan
meets him. II Eagan can stop him
as he has his other opponents he viii
be just about at the top OF the welter-
weight heap.
Eagan is a typical scrapper in ap-
pearance- He IS tow headed youth
and carrier the fighters trademark ]
"A caulifloWer ear. His nose also
gives evidence OF having stopped
numerous lusty punches
II Fast Mixer.
In his ring style Eagan is OF the I
perpetual motion type he starts ar D
ter his man from the first bell and .
keeps after him as long as the fight /
lasts. The word s'stalP apparently IS /
not in his vocabulary. Fans who have .
seen him declare he Is more or less 4
q counterpart Of Terrible Terry Nc +
Govern in the way he keeps ever
lastingly boring into an opponent
Eagan pays little attention to the 4
punches OF his adversary. He is al !
ways willing 10 trade blow for the ]
chance Of landing one He IS not very 4
aAAEN AAh @ at luis AeAAAAnNn LAA GAANa VI n
short punches
His blows seldom travel more
than a foot. but when they land
they Jar an opponent from his
topknot to his insOles- Eagan f. n
not boxer in any sense OF the n
word, but he q a real batfler,
with n knockout WallOp in either
mitt. II
Some men will go TO great lengths II
o. r.1 70 Tom
viii so just q little further II
than any OF them
Ever since Tom was tossed into the n
discard by Jess willard. the erstwhiie II
barber Of Kewanee has been thirsting Il
fOr q chance 20 get even. Toms II
prayers have all been that somewhere. II
sometime. chance would place him in F.
control OF heavyweight who could 4.
relieve Jess OF his title.
Lots Of ContenGers.
There are mum Der OF scrGpperS n
who think they can whip Willard and n
a lot Of managers who claim they /.
have scrappers in tow who can wall \
lOp the champion These have re- \
ceived their need OF publicity. even II n
they never have succeeded in getting n
Jess to enter the ring with them.
Tom might have brought forth al n
most any heavy weight from nowhere n
and got away with IL, but no one ever \
suspected that he would take charge n
OF the boxer he has and put him for /.
Is ard as prospective heavyweight II
Champion n
II Il were not that Jones IL not n
in the habit OF dnIlylug with n
scrnppers who are In n state OF
innocuOua dcsuetude, his latest n
heavyweight, might find himself
the butt Of much banter and n n
multitude OF Jokes III
IoueSs Ia 'o-. uH -odou is none N
other than Walter 1Lonaghan- And II
Tom decla-.s H rll seriousness his n
belief that \,--t1r, old boy. is the \
man TO dethroue the heavyweight n
monarch. II
Walter. &c viii be remembered. has \
been engag cd iu the thankIess pas II
time Of sparriuE partner FOR heavy \
weight champion for years. lie was
.u Jack Johuson's camp when Jack ]
was training for his battle with Will 4
lard. and the big dlnso declared VAL
ter was a better man than any other
White heavyrv eight Johnson offered L
'o her his dough that MONAGHAN could