El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-28
O'DOWD CLAIMS 158-POUND TITLE
Defeats Kid Mccoy sng Ready Defend
Title; Willard May Defend Honors Soon
By

xILWAUKEE, Wis, Nov. Is
MI with the defeat OF Al Mccoy,
II alleged champion middle
weight. by Nike O'Dowd OF ST. Paul
in six rounds at the Broadway Sport
ing club in Brooklyn, came the claim
of worlds champion BY O'Dowd and
his hackers. II is only natural that
they should make the claim, in viefV
Of the fact that for over two years
Mccoy laid claim to the title and
numerous sporting writer's in the
east recognized the same.
There has been quite a mlXun re-
Eardiug the middleweisht champion
! ship ever since Stanley ketclel was
shot and killed by Walter Dipley at
] Conway, No, in 1910. At that time
/ Ketchel held the title, having won il
/ back from Billy Papke at Colma-
/ Cal. July =. 1909 Papke had beaten
I Ketchel at Los Angeles in 1905. but
/ two months later lost II again 70 the
wonderful Ketchel in Il rounds
Following Netchel's death
Papke claimed the title again
and was recognized by sporting
authorities as the champion. II
was in 1910 and 1911 that Pnpke
toured Australia under Hugh Nc
Intosh, and while there fought
CYCLONE johnny Thompson ut sgd
ney. Feb. II. 1911. for the adyer-
tised title.
Papke was a little overweight, but
Thompson was at the correct pound
age and defeated Papke in 20 rounds
The Cyclonic Johnny had . right To
the title, but when he returned 20 the
States again he OutErew the class
and could not defend his title PapEe
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Many Claim Title
After that numerous middleWelghtS
laid claim 10 the title. among them
George Chip. Frank Klaus. Jimmy
Clsbbv. Eddie NcGoorty. jeff Smith,
Nike Gibbons and others Later
papke went to Paris and in 1918. Nay
s. he fought Frank Klaus Of Pitts
burg. losing the decision on a foul IN
the 18th round Previously, in 1912.
Klaus had won from Georges Car7en-
tier. the French middleweight. in 10
rounds on a foul.
Il was given out by sporting au-
thorities there that neither fight had
been at the middlewei2nt limit Il
matters little whether they were At
weight or not, for Their one had a
-i-htul claim 10 the championship
Il was in allegiance at the time
klaus returned to his PlttsburE
home later md in December WIS
twice beaten by George Chip OF
View Castle, Pa. It was then that
Chin cInimcd the title. ard when
he was knocked cold in ono rO-nd
n. Brooklyn, April :. 1914, by Ne
Coy the latter naturally grabbed
the title.
He has been called cheese" cham
pion and all that. but nevertheless
Mccoy was a hard man 10 beat be-
cause % his peculiar style in the
ring. and az that he always carried a
DANGEROUS WALTON which most middle
weights respected. But that did not
make him champion. Many boys At
Us pounds defeated Mccoy in ten
rounds. but they were only newspaper
decisions. until Mike ODowd sue
ceeded in putting over a k.O. the
same night the FraWley law became
a blank Jack Dillon was also a con-
tender throughout the pe~iOd Of I'M
certainty about the title. but 70
seemed impossible Tor any Of the big
clubs 10 get the conter5ers together
i'm a tourney TO settle the question Ct
championship.
Jimmy C1abby AZ one time had as
good a claim as anyone. but he wes
beaten b. Mike Gibbons and consld-
cred our Of IT, especially after being
twice defeated by the late Les Darcy
in Australia
Darcy. by tle way had beaten
every maH he roet, Including Clahbr-
King Dave Smith, Knockout Brown.
George Chip and Billy MURRAY. and
was considered by the authorities rs
the real worlds champion in the
middleweight class. Ills untimely
end mixed matters IN again. During
the past year Mike Gibbons vas con-
sidered the best OF the lot, but Mike
would not enter into series Of
matches TO decide the title, although
re had signed with Dnminick Tor
t0rich OF New Orleans 10 meet some
good man in a title contest Then
came Harry Greb. the Pittshurg sen
sation. who won i 70 90 fights the
mast six rouths and Of late Mix
O'powd also came 10 the fr7-
0'Dov-d and t-Teh hGve shown q 90
position 70 take on all coucre in the
iddlevvcicht division and for chat
reason have q better claim than Nike
Gibbons. It looks like a toSs-uD be