El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-15

both keWpie Ertle and Pete Herman
and after it is settled between them
Lynch as he VIII certainly be a chal-
lenger for the crown.
Boxing for Toledo.
Boxing has been tolerated IN To-
ledo, Ohio, from time 70 time. but
now that city is 10 be put on the map
in real style Mayor Cornell Schreib-
er is very fond OF sports. especially
boxing, and he has reached the con-
cluS1On that there is nothing wrong
IN the boxing game if properly con-
Quoted, therefore Mayor Schneider
has appointed a commission composed
OF seven members TO handle the sport
in that city and he has given them
instructions TO see that the game IS
conducted along legitimate lines. He
has even gone to the extent OF per-
hitting 15-rOund contests for the
feature bouts, which viii be some
thing enjoyed by few cities where
boxing is permitted in the country.
The Olympic A C, with Ray Bron-
son at its head. has been formed and
viii give shows at the Coliseum in
Toledo, the first Of which will be
held February 18th when Ted Lewis,
the welterWeight champion, and jim
my Duffy, the well known Welter-
weight OF Buffalo. n. Y, will meet
In the feature contest There are few
than Ray Bronson. He formerly lived
at indianapolis and in 1911 visited
Australia as the WelterWeight cham
pion, afterwards touring around the
world, but retired from the game as
an active participant shortly after
his return home. Ray took up the
management OF boxers and finally
settled at Toledo where OF late he
has been conducting a club. There
is no reason why he should not pull
off some high class contests in view
of the fact that he can stage them
Of 3 rounds duration
There are seven members Of the
commission and the chairman OF the
body is the safety director. which viii
no doubt help matters in the handling
Of big affairs at the Coliseum The
commission has notified the club that
all contests must be absolutely on
the square and that in case Of any
falldOwn in this respect. the commits
sion viii insist upon the club return
ing the money to the spectators. They
are following very closely the rules
as laid down by the Wisconsin com
mission. Manager Bronson is nego-
tating for several big matches at
present among them a contest be-
tween Johnny Ertle, claimant OF the
bantamweight title and either Pal
Moore or Pete Herman. also between
Richie Mitchell and some high class
llEN lMtAEuL- II IS 70 ne EEEEELNtN
that decisions are not given at To-
ledo as It would then be possible TO
hold real Championship contests over
the Is round route.
MeIady Wants to Box.
Gene Melady, the Omaha sporting
man and manager of Earl CaddOck.
champion wrestler, is anxious to
break into the boxing game. Gene
had always been an enthusiastic fol-
1nrrrar- If frae md he ha
forward with a proposition to stage
Fred FultOn-Billy Miske 20 round
battle at Denver in order TO settle
the dispute between the two. It
would be to a decision and Of course
the winner would have clear sailing
for a big match However. to my
way of thinking. Fulton won the
contest at St. Paul without a doubt
and there should be no necessity Of
another battle between the two men
as far as deciding which one is the
better, but from a financial stand
point, there is no doubt that this
match would draw a big gate, espe-
cially over the 20 round route.
Mike Collins. manager Of Fulton.
has already accepted Mr. Melady's
proposition and il is Up to Miske now
to grab off another nice piece of
money, but which VIII probably be
harder 10 earn than the other.
Miske's manager. Pearl Smith. must
have taken the match at St Paul very
seriously. for he lost no time in hav-
ing new stationery printed in which
he styled Billy Miske as worlds
heavyweight champion" Mr.. Smith
in explaining the printing on his new
letter head. stated that ne considered
Fulton champion of the heavy
weights and that If Fulton was
champion, then Miske would be
champion because he beat Fulton at
st. Paul. It may be getting adver-
Using for Aiis1e and Smith. but the
fact is there was no decision given
at st. Paul and another thing. the
papers gave the fight to
Fulton and not to Miske. while other
papers and critics at the riugside also
favored Fulton. It cuts little figure.
however. and will only make good
press work for a return match OF
20 rounds at Denver and II IS a good
bet At this time that Billy. GOOD
g frnHE~ that ha