Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-23

Mister Promoter looked really
chance" ! said, pointing to Murra.
The promoter talked to Murray a
Z Murray to fight fellow i'll Oaklan
back into my place, one of his eyes
and some of the boys came in about
MURRAY, asked, WHO won the hgh
the match for him. He knocked GU
You could have bowled me down
with a feather. Toby Miller was one
of the toughest and best middle
weights we had out in California at
that time. Jim Coffroth came in and
wanted to sign up Murray, but / had
become his manager without word
about it being mentioned. Murray
just hooked on" with me.
Made Much of Murray.
He's the next middleweight of the
world" / told Coffroth, and Jim
signed him to meet Jimmy Clabby.
Clabby had just beaten Sailor Pet
rosky and was great card. He was
five-to-one shot over Murray the
day they fought, and Murray went
20 rounds to a draw. / thought Muir
ray won. Jim Griffin, referee, didn't
think so. Anyway we took all the
credit of the victory over the Great
Clabby.
Then ! did some circus stuff. Muir
ray got "a royal ballyhooing. sold
my cafe and brought him East, and
he fought at the st. Nicholas Rink.
Not SO good. He tackled another
man two weeks later in the same
ring. | took him back to Frisco
where he fought George Chip. He
WAS a cocky fellow, this Murray, and
was going along great winking at
the girls in the front row and having
the time Of his life. Then he forgot
to duck one in winking at the danes,
didn't see it at all. Chip knocked
him cold.
He got UP after several counts and
lasted until the sixteenth, when /
tossed in the towel. Murray went
almost totally blind after that fight,
and I sent him to my ranch. When
his eyes got better I took him and
Red Watson East. Red stopped Joe
Azevedo in Denver, and Billy fought
Eddie McGoorfy one of the greatest
battles Milwaukee ever looked upon.
We went up to Hudson, Wis, to
fight Tom Gibbons. Tom was just
coming along then and Billy gave him
a pasting. Watson beat Joe Mandot
and Ray Temple. Freddie WEIGH had
just won the lightweight title, and I
sent a telegram to Harry Pollok ask
ing him to bring Freddie out to Hud-
son, Wis, to fight sucker" Red
was the sucker.
The snow was up to our belts that
night. Red gave WEIGH a merry
flogging. They had to lift Freddie
out of his berth on the train next
morning. He didn't fight for four
months after that experience with
the sucker"
Fooled Billy Gibson.
I rung in a sucker on Billy Glib
son once. Chick Sirnler had run out
on a fight with Benny Leonard, then
champion, and Billy phoned me at
my hotel and asked me If I had any
one I could ring in to take Sinners
place. l had a fellow named Jimmy
Regain from the coast. Some of the
New York fans may remember how
he bowled Benny around for a few
rounds. He had Leonard hanging on
and as white as q ghost.
We We're talking about the fight
several days later, Billy and 1, when
Freddie Welch walked in. He list
ened to Bill squawking about my
soft one" Say" said Freddie, "he
didn't promise you a sucker for
answered Gibson. well lay off of
Kearns and his suckers" He
brought me out to snowbound Hud-
son, Wis, one night to fight, and
gave me billy goat instead of
sucker"
I gatherer my flock around me and
decided on a trip to Australia. Billy
Kramer, Joe Bonds, Jimmy C1abby,
Billy Murray and Eddie McGourty
went with me. Les Darcy was the rage
over there at that time, and to prove
that he was not a phony he licked
my entire stable, one after another.
Well, was in a nice spot. l talked to
Darcy and told him he was wasting his |
time in the land of the kangaroo
Darcy was the greatest attraction |
that they ever had in the land of the |
kangaroo. He had come along at a |
time when the Australians had about |
given UP the idea of ever again pro-
ducing q Fitzsimmons, a Hall, a Critic |
or jackson. OF course, the fellows |
/ mention were not all natives of |
Australia, but that is where they |
began.
JeffrieS is always rated a Californian |
as well as Ketchel. for though of |
other States, they began their big |
time fighting there and made most of |
their fame in California rings.
Brought Darcy to U. s.
All the time that remained in Aus |
tralia I was on the lookout for a |
ncdNNW6lSul. SOIllGIlDN VI OlIlCI idO
got the notion that there was more |
money to be had with a big fellow, |
and / made it my business to look |
over every fellow they had pegged |
SO much had been done by other Aus |
tralian heavies that it wasn't beyond |
reason to suppose that I could pick up |
another Jim Hall at least. He'd do as |
q heavyweight until one came along. |
Nothing doing. Darcy still held them |
in a mighty grip and there was no |
use looking further. l went into the |
backwoods and looked the herders and |
the timber men over, but not a single !
fellow stood out. In fact, it was the |
little men who were making the most |
noise. Darcy had set them on fire with |
his success and my attention went |
back to him. Could l coax him to come |
to the United States, even though he |
had promised? / made up by mind to |
get him. He would be wildfire in the |
States. We had several talks on the |
matter and he finally agreed to come
to the United States under my man.
Hgement and signed a contract.
He never lived up to it. poor fellow,
for he died shortly after arriving in
this country