Evening star., 1926-11-10

" atom OF Great Britain, re-
a ' fuses to fight our American
CHAMPION Fidel La Barba, unless he
is billed as the worlds champion
Behind this demand is the right te
demand the major portion of the
purse due the title holder.
La Barba is no more insistent than
Clark in this matter, and there the
controversy lies.
AS a matter Of fact, Fidel has more
right to assert his claims than the
Scot. La Barba clearly beat Fra nike
Genaro, who was the American cham
pion at the time, due to his win over
Pancho Villa. But La Barba has done
nothing to strengthen his claims to a
worlds title. Fighting no-decision
bouts at catch weights has not done
him much good in the eyes of the fans
or critics.
Now Clark does not even possess
the European title. He is the English
champion, and as such thinks he is
the successor to Jimmy Wilde.
Big Money i'm Match.
There is no doubt that the boys
will get together. There is big money
in the matCh-more, in fact. than
either ever has received for fight to
of the boys will not permit such an
opportunity to slip. but come together
and agree on an equal division of the
purse.
There is lively interest in the fly
weights. Some very good boys have
heen cropping up all over the country.
There is a general complaint that they
cannot do any business with La
Barha because he demands too much
money and insists on his opponents
coming in over the fyweight pound
age.
According TO the weights given out
in Fidel's recent fights. there seems
to be some truth in this complaint.
Just whom the Coast boy will fight
If the Clark bout falls through is
matter of conjecture. There is a
story going the rounds that La Barba
wants to hang up the gloves and seek
higher educa ton.
Morgan Should Beat Duane.
Tod Morgan. Junior lightweight
champion. made two great fights in
the EaSt-the one in which he knocked
out former champion Kid Sullivan and
The other in which he clearly whipped
joe Click. The affair with Babe Her
man up Boston way was not so good.
Tod had an off night.
with his title at stake November 19,
when he tackles the hard-thumping
Carl Duane over the long route.
Two years ago Carl had a serious
accident He pulled through and sur
prised every one by taking up where
he left off in the fight game. Now,
Carl has shown two good efforts since
he resumed boxing. but it is safe to
say he would prove much harder
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the accident.
Duane is an Italian from the Har-
lem section. He was great rival of
the late frankie Jerome. 1t was due
to the positive opinions of their fol-
lowers that Duane rose as battler.
Carl had to make good the asser-
tions Of his admirers, who swore he
could lick the stuffing out of Jerome.
Duane worked like a Trojan and made
good. Up TO the time of the accident
he loomed as the best featherWeight
In the country. His punch made him
stand out head and shoulders over
the light-tapping boys who sought
titular honorS.
Morgan undoubtedly will beat
Duane Tod has shown himself to be
blessed with all the attributes of a
champion.
Tunney to Remain Bachelor.
According to Gene Tunney's own
statement he will eschew marriage
until he loses the championship or re-
tires. According to Genes way of
thinking, a champion has no right to
be married. He does not cite any in-
stances to prove his contention,
merely saying that it is his own
opinion.
Many will differ with Gene. There
are instances where the love of some
woman has made a fighter show up
better than ever. and there are others
who hit the toboggan just as soon as
love played a part in their lives.
There was "A WelterWeiEht in New
England who was on the way to the
title until he fell in love. Nate SeiEal
was his name. And how that boy
could fight
Seigal boxed out of Boston. and was
a big card. After winning the New
England title from Young kloby. Nate
battered his way to wins over Paul