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Show I JIM WIST LOOKJTOUURELS MiMeweight' Showing in Bout With Murray Was a Disappointment. By T. S. ANDREWS, ilUfWAUKEE, April 11. The showing show-ing of Jimmy Clabby, tho Hammond middleweight, against Billy Murray, tie Pfccific coast 168-pouiider, before Jim Cotffroth's club at San Francisco, was r&tljar a disappointment to "his friends, jVltfiough, "vuen ovorything is considered, it is not surprising that Murray tvs able to travel the twenty rounds vritb the Indiana boy- It may be that aJl tho trouble that Clabby had in Los Angeles alfocted hi& work for this match, otherwise his friends expected that ho would win decisively over Murray, who is practically a newcomer new-comer in the ranks. Jim Coffroth statod a couple of weeks ago that he considered Murray ono of the most promising .boys of Jus weight, and he -has cortainly proven the assertion. According to the ac counts sent out from the coast, Olabby outpointed his man, but tho raforco in summing up the affair at the end of tho Inventioth round considered tho aggressiveness of Murray and gave him the bonefit of a draw. If ! the accounts as" sent out are correct, dab bv had tho best of at least seven rounds, while Murray had only three, but judging a fight at a distance and being on the spot is a very difforcnt. proposition, and the refereo no doubt had cause for giving tho vordict ho gave, Tt Is a foregone conclusion that Jimmy Jim-my will hereafter tako the best of care of himself and be better prepared for battles in the future. It also means a big boost .for Mr. Murray and he must now bo classed among tho 4con-tenders 4con-tenders for tho crown. Matched in Butte. Despite the fact that "Battling" Le-vinsky Le-vinsky lost to Bob Moba in Milwaukee a couple of weeks ago, ho is getting big matches just the same, owing in a measuro to the business ability of his manager, Daniel Morgan. Lovinsky will meet Jack Dillon at Butte, Mont., on April 14 in a 12-round contest. Xe-vinaky Xe-vinaky will have to show much better form than ho did ngainst Moha or Dillon Dil-lon will bo verv liable to give him a sleep potion. li will go to prove Morgan's Mor-gan's claim that he was sick when he mot Moha in Milwaukee. Notwithstanding that tho "Battler'7 has been matched with Dillon, his. manager man-ager Daniel has also booked him to meet "Gunboat" Smith in Now York on May 8. The Gunboat man is a touch proposition, no mutter what the I critics may say and Lovinsky will find him about the hardest nut to crack ho has yet tackled. Smith is not the cleverest clev-erest man in tho world, but he doos know how to hit and Mr. Lovinsky is not the hardest man to hit in this country. If the "Battlor" goes througu these two contests with anywhere any-where near an even break hp will be entitled to a groat deal of credit. Wells Is In-and-outer. Bombardier Wells is certainly an in-and-oujer. The British heavyweight champion has put up soma remarkable fights during his short career and also some very rank ones. After being stopped twice by Georges Carpentlcr, the Frenchman, Bombardior came back and has won three contests bv tho knockout route, his latest victim being be-ing Albert Lurio, the French heavyweight heavy-weight fighter, who claims the championship cham-pionship of that country in that division. di-vision. Wells stopped him in seven rounds and if he keeps on along those lines he will soon bo ready for another championship match for the Lonsdnle belt m London. Of course, if Bombardier Bombar-dier lives up to Tiis reputation ho will permit some practically unknown heavyweight to coino along and put him to sleep, just to mix matters up a bit. McCue vs. Mandot. Tom Jones, manager of Ad Wolgast and Mattie McCune, the Racine lightweight, light-weight, is nureiug the latter fighter iu a very careful manner. Tom has matched Mattio with Joe Mandot of Now Orleans for a 10-round contest at Bacine April 15, but he has passed up several other good offers, as he doosn't wish to rush his bpy along at too fast a gait, especially against some of the really tough lightweights. Mattie can do 130 pounds nicely, and, according to Tommy Walsh, manager of Mandot, the latter can also do that poundage pound-age if necessary. Tt will be a verv good contest for McCuo, and if ho can show the right kind of clnss against Mandot he will be read' for eomo of the boys at the top of tho lighwoight division. If Mnudot has his old-time I stamina he should be ablo to go the ten rouuds and outpoint McCuo with his clever left hand, but it is a question ques-tion whether Joe is still there with his strength. Johnny Griffith, the Akron, Ohio, llchtweight, who has been absent from tne ring for some weeks, will return to the arena April 14, when lie is billed to inert Jack Coyne of New York at Columbus, Ohio, m a 12-round bout. Johnny has been ill with smallpox for omc tune, but is all rieht acnin and ready for the fray. When taken ill le was getting along nicclv ami had DJo big matchos booked. Griffith has Mi the earmarks of a great lightweight and; if he shows as much improvement during the next year as be did last vear Jul will be a near-champion and |