El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-05

weight in the word today. but IS
sidelracked because OF his color
Hold on. there" yells Billy Miske-
Don't forget that am the champion
I have fought draws with every pug
who claims the title" Get out OF
the way" roars fat one, pushing 70
the front Of the fisIic stage -Dldn
/ beat the basedrum stuff all over
Jack Dempsey in Frisco2 And haven
/ the right to claim the crown, after
battling Dempsey to a standstiu over
the Marathon route Of four rounds!
shut up. you guys; my name is Nee
han" And so goes on the heavy Weignt
hurlyburly.
It is very doubtful IS there is real
champion in the whole bunch. As far
as we can see, there isn't a robusto in
the bunch who would get through the
qualifying rounds with the likes OF
Corbett, FitZsimmons, Jeffries or
johnson. and IL is not at all improb-
able that middles Of the Mccoy,
O'BrIen or Eetchell stamp could dis
pose Of any Of them.
II. the. bantam class there is serious
doubt as to whether Pete Herman Is
champion or not He has developed
into an expert sidestepper Of worthy
contenders and the few whom he has
met have given him a genteel beating
in his last few battles No more Ger
tainty in the bantams as to who IS
champion than among the heavies.
1Iiddles about the same. Nike
O'Dowd claims the belt, yet there is an
idea In United States that stretches
from New York TO San Diego, from
the Great Lakes 20 the Mississippi
jetties, that ODoWd IS a poor second
when It comes to Mike Gibbons
Neither Of them has a clear title
Benny Leonard, Ted Lewis and
Johnny Kilbane are champions
There Is a lot Of championship talk
about FL Paso and the Mexican border
which IS about as uncertain as ma
tional squabbles- Some Of these So
called champions almost believe they
are ready to retire when they take a
local title. As a matter Of fact, any
Of the present holders would be easy
picking for second and third raters
about Chicago or Phiiadeiphia-
Right now It seems that there IS
nobody equal to the occasion as far as
furnishing Tommy Murphy bout IS
concerned. Parson Wedge is willing
and some fighter, but Tommy has too
much OF the spiZerinctum OF youth
for the Parson, according to the be-
lief Of Bliss experts. Kid Reyes de-
feated Baby Cabell. but most boxing
critics believe that he is not in Muir
phys class as a boxer and fighter,
although he is a heavier man Muir
phv is in a class all by himself He
has about the best grounds OF any
boxer boout these diggings to be talk
ing like a champion Yet you couldn't
get the word champion" out OF Muir
ply with a hoist and tackle. Maybe It
Is because Murph knows what a
champion really is Too bad there IS
nobody here to entertain Tommy.
Talk about having a few boys to
raise. think Of A L. Holm. athletic
director Of the Y. N. c. A. All he had
in the Pewee class recently was 81
boys from 10 TO II years old But
director Holm likes the boys. That's
why they like him and why the Pewee
class is making fine progress at the
gym
Jack W. Rutherford. EI Pasoan, who
was seriously wounded in France
Aug. IS, IS considerably improved, ac-
cording to a message received by his
brother Lewis Bud" Rutherford, for
mer sport editor OF The Herald, now
also In the army, quartermaster de-
partment Jack says he viii soon
be in shape to ian out some more
Germans. II he gases the Heinies as