The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-31
|L|PPE CLAIMS ID HAVE RING STARS Western Promoter Says He Has Coming Champs in
 All Glasses
By AL LIPPE

Chicago, August 30-Of course ability
 counts 3 lot in the boxing game but
 luck cuts big figure too. have boys
 in three different classes, for instance, who I am sure would be returned cham
 pions if they met the present title hold
 CTS.
 In the featheweight class I have
 Frankie Brown. the New York lad, who,
 am just as confident as can be, that
 he can stop Johnny Kilbane, especially
 if it is any distance over fifteen rounds r In the welterweight class have
 Knockout Loughlin, who is very clever
 and much harder puncher than Jack
 Britton. That's another belt I could
 grab for fighter of mine if the oppor-
 tunity presented itself
 In the mddleweight class I have Jeff Smith, the famous international star.
 He would make Mike Gibbons jump over
 the hopes in twenty round contest. These three boys I mentioned are all, wonders Brown proved that he has ability to annex the featherweight crown. He is the only feather that ever dropped Kilbane. which he did in Phil adelphia last winter.
 kilbane recently said that he would gladly give any logical contender a chance at the championship, and as Brown is the only legitimate feather weight that ever decisively whipped him. he is entitled to the first crack at the title.
 Jeff Smith has defeated every good middleweight in the world, excepting Mike O'Dowd whom he has never met. Ion July 4th in Kansas City, he added greater laurels to his wreath by defeat ing Mike Gibbons, considered to be the greatest middleweight in the ring today. The three Kansas City newspapermen were appointed to judge the contest, and they were unanimous in awarding the decision to Smith. The Kansas City newspapers. all of them, carried the same decision. Smith has knocked out Les Darcy, has the referees decisions over Jimmy Clabby. Eddie McGoorty, and every good middleweight in the United States, England, Ireland. Aus tralia and France. Jeff went to foreign shores to meet the stars. He boxed the great French champion, Georges Car pentier twenty rounds, and the majority of the thirty-three French newspa pers admitted that their idol was beaten Others called the fight draw, while none of the mgave the decision to Car pentier Smith has met and defeated every opponent that has been secured for him, and has never vet lost a bout. I now have offers for Smith to box O'Downs in St, Paul, Denver, Phladel- pkia. Boston, Kansas City, and many other cities where boxing is held. Mike o Dowd and Jeff Smith in Kansas City would draw ton of money, as Smith
 defeated Gibbons there. Denver is also
 crazy about the match. All clubs in Boston also want it.
 There is no telling how much money Jack Britton and K. o. Loughlin
 would draw in Tulsa, Okla. Loughlin is a great attraction there, as he has al
 ready showed them several times and {, they are we'll acquainted with his abil- i ity. He would be a favorite entering the ring with Brtton. l Loughlin has been defeating all the welterweight and middleweights he has fought. and he heat Britton at Atlantic 1 City last summer. He has defeated George Chip, a man who no other well terweight in the world would fight. and 1 I do not blame them.