El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-20
WELL KNOWN BOXERS FALL IN WAR
Carpenter War May
Squared Circle Again. Dillon Slipping Fast Promising Rngster


qualified pilot. He holds the rank Of
sergeant Since the war he has not
put on boxing glove except Tor q
. half dozen exhibitions in aid OF wal
charities. He is determined not %
enter into a contest before the wal
is through There is no truth at az
in the rumOrs circu ted at various
times about his goiu 70 America ]
had an interview with him as 20 the
statement that Jess Willard had ex-
pressed a desire TO meet him in the
ring and Carpenter stated that he
would consider no proposal regarding
any sort Of boxing contest until the
war was over. he laughingly added, II
Mr.. Willard really wants to fight, tell
him 70 challenge the kaiser. He has
not put on an ounce Of flesh for the
last four years and could easily do 10
pounds II necessary, so you see that
would be very far from the weight
which Willard scales, around $50 OF
$50 pounds. To be candid with you.
have my doubts whether Carpenter
viii care much about entering the
roped arena after the war"
Malone Climbs.
The middleWest has a new boxing
star 20 talk about-Jock Malone, the
st. Paul flash-WhO has been making
q name for himself the past Few
months. For a time Joe Eagan ana
Bryan Downey held the boards, but
they have been side tracked since Ma
lone began 10 shine and there IS moth
ing the fans would rather see just
now than a match between Jock and
Ted Lewis for the welterWeight
championship. However, AIalone's
handlers think he needs a little more
experience before sending him against
a clever and hard hitting Welter
champion like Lewis. but the boy
himself has all the confidence IN the
world that he can take the title from
h. o. ~ Hs-nms e. H.
can beat the entire bunch Of weller
stars. There are many fans who pre-
fer a battle between Jock and Joe
Eagan, the Boston welterweight, who
has made hit about Wisconsin. but
there is little chance unless the east
ern boy agrees 10 make the weller
eight limit OF rs pounds Malone
can do i45 easily and 142, if necessary
Jocks defeat OF Milburn Saylor. Joe
O'Brien. Ray Long and Eddie Moha
IN succession stamps him as an extra
good lad. II was unfortunate that his
knockout Of Moha laid the latter IN
conscious for three hours. due in
measure to the fact that he had his
mouth open at the time Jock landed
on his jaw and no doubt his weak
ened condition at that time. Moha had
previously fought ten hard rounds
near putting Ted Lewis out at Dayton,
Ohio, and was therefore considered
a hard proposition for Malone. Moha
had also given Eagan hard ten
round battle.
Jock IS matched now TO meet Johnny
Tillman, who has been doing So well
in the east, and also Jack Britton. the
former champion, at St. Paul. and
may follow with a battle against
Johnny Griffiths at Akron, Ohio. II
VIII be plenty OF clubs after a champ
ionship match then between the Flash
and Ted Lewis Malone's fOutwOrk
reminds one Of Jim Corbett when he
first came out and was considered the
fastest piece OF fighting machinery
in the country, that is, for a big fell
low. His ducking is also near per-
feet and calls to mind Nike Gibbons.
All in all Jock Malone lOks like the
best prospect in the welterWeight line
in the country Il IS not all mechan-
ical with Jock. for his father was
some scrapper in his younger days
Old Man Brannigan.
Patsy Brannigan, the Pittsburg
featherweights is a remarka bic boxer
In more ways than one Although 80
years Of age. an age when most box
ers are through with the ring. Patsy
seems TO be going along as well as
ever and fighting regularly. He has
been battling around against all kinds
OF lighters, bantams, feathers and
lightwelghts, since 1903 and during
that time he has engaged in over 16u
battles, meeting them in all parts Of
the States and Australia Patsy Is
married. has a family and is con-
sidered quite home man. He is Of
quiet disposition, but an Indian once
he IS aroused and there have been
times when the little red headed Nick
has made crowd of tOuEhs take 10
the timbers. He has fought the best
boys in the world, among them sew
eral champions, including Johnny Kill
bane. Abe Attell, Kid Williams and
Jimmy Walsh. He is stlu in the
game, despite his IA years Of active