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Show New Boxing Association Tries to Clear Muddle Makes Start by Putting. Fighters Into Proper Classes; Titles Must Be Defended Within Reasonable Time, Is Rule. By T. S. ANDREWS. Special to The Tribune. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Nov. 20-Th 20-Th e American Boxing association associa-tion has taken a step in the right direction in endeavoring to bring about a better understanding regarding the holding of titles in this country. At a meeting in Chicago of the association, action was taken in regard re-gard to the various titles, and efl'orts will be made to have the sporting writers writ-ers of the countr- work in conjunction with the association to improve the sport and regulate such titles. In regard to the lightweight championship, cham-pionship, it was deemed only fair that Willie Ritchie be given a chance to prove that he is lightweight champion j of America. When he lost to Freddie Welsh in the battle for the world 's title, he still retained the American championship, but has steadfastly refused re-fused to make a match for the title at the weight." The association decided that Ritchie must defend his title at the weight of 13o pounds within ninety days or forfeit his claim thereto. In case Ritchie does not agree to a match in that time, it was recommended that Charley White and Johnny JJundec were the best qualified to fight for the title over the twenty-round route. This is fair to Ritchie and at the saino time gives the other boys an opportunity to contest for the title. Should either White or Dundee win the championship, he will be compelled to defend xt within a certain time against all le- gitimate contenders. . i R-egarding the light heavyweight title, ti-tle, it was given to Jack .Dillon without with-out hesitation. Three Flyweights. The new weight created by the association, asso-ciation, that ot' flyweight, was put up , to Artie Armstrong and Prankie I220 I , i of Chicago and Jimmie Pappas of At- I 1 lanta, Ga. These were considered the . best bovs at 112 pounds and they are; to fight it out for the championship, j The welterweight business has been i in a muddle tor a long tima. At least,! : since Ray Bronsoii was recognized as J champion" and retired. Later it was 1 taken up by Kid Graves, who deposited 1 ' 1000 to defend the honor, but has l never been able to get a match over 1 the twenty-round route for the title, f The weight has been changed to 1 47 pounds and this will let in boys like ; Mike O'Dowd, Soldier Bart fit-Id and j al?o Graves. 1 Packer McFarland coiiIn" no doubt ' make the weight, but tbT is sonic rioubt whether McFarland will i-outinue ( ! in the game. If he decided to go after . ' the championship there is no doubt that I , he would win it without rrni' h trouble. It is also possible that Willie k if hie, Ted Lewis and Jack Britton may entr ; the welterweight ranks, in which event they would be entitled to fonK-st for thechampionship. Tiir association recommended rec-ommended that elimination tournaments be held ior these boys and the winner ''- declared champion. One reason th- a -solution did not consider Ted Lewis hk eiigiVln 'or thp lightweight title is the f:i- :.at h is. ia foreigner and order the mi really should not, he eligible for the American title. ThTi again be has not, mad1 weight for anv of his rontfvts iat'-iy. although his manager, Jirnrnie John-j John-j -ton, announced that fyev.'is run make the weight, of ri" pounds easily. If he j fan, he will t.avc an opportunity io bat tip tor the it phi virrht t;i'e rrith the others, for it is li-lv that, he ill de- cifje to make thijt cr 1: ti trv hi- home. "I Middle Elimination. 1 - fn the middloweight cl;it it. was rc.-om rc.-om mended thai Young Abeam, M il;e GibbonN, Jeff Bmith and G.-orge Cliip h" gi "'en fi n npportun it,y to ha vr-, u Hlimination ton roam en t, tiie v, inner U 1 hn d(vlard champion. It. is liWly thaj, i Jimmy labby and Eddin M'-Goorty, if thfiv retiirn to this country front A11P- ' ' alia du ri nf the winter, v. il I be in - eluded. The at'-trj"ia t ion a I-o a d opted ru li 11 g? hich v, ill It- recom mic n'l - to a.W Hn''" in the -onntry n,,r Hhould receive the support of all boring farii, that i", in :eard t-i siio-.vi that, are held and whern a f,nft ik callcH off for failure of i !) principals to gi vp .at-faction. The. a'-pociation recom roendK that nil clubs, ijuMwd of turning such rcciptt- over to ', -")nte chfi.rit.abl' i rmt.it.iit.imi, refund the 'l amount, of rnoriRV vhich t h- prin-i ialu ould rce! "p f 01 the prnpofcd c ont 'H' ' to the -ipert'i tor who hn. paTd ' o ' ' h i-fj in", in t.h n ruan ric r the public rould be t-;i v m onlv a very -mall -urn for the preliminaries ..lii'-h tln-v had t-.itno1-'-''! ertd would he t'iv'u bacl- ,, ' f'nfir rit'iiie;-, a ir r n n 1 1 n to I r:c t i-a 1 1 y fit T-er eept. for lhi t'adnre of the pritl , ; I- toll "i- op to t he) r ,.,,; r;,,.( A t besiimo time, U10 a-'Ji-itioa waroa aJl, boxers to investigat-c the clubs before which they are to appear and to 6ee that such promoters have sufficient guaran-tee guaran-tee posted to insure them getting their money after fulfilling their contracts. ; It is the intention of the association not j onlv to help protect the public and the promoters, but also the boxers, and it : is up to all parties concerned to work ! together for the success of the game. Jess's Tour Success. Tom Jones, manager of Jess "Willaru, must have had a most successful season witii the big fellow during their tour with the AViid West show. Tom returned to Chicago a few days ago and as one of the newsboys put it. he had to have an express wagon to carry his bank roll ; to the hotel. "Sir Thomas was never so flush with the long green in his life, which is all the more evident that his tour with Willard was a much bigger success than the people imagine. In a talk with Tom regarding future matches, he was very emphatic in stating that he wanted "Willard to meet the best heavyweights heavy-weights in the country, and for that reason he preferred to nave promoters in various parts arrange a tournament among the heavyweights, so as to select the very best man of the lot to go against "Jess in a title match. This does not mean that Willard will not meet other opponents in the meantime, but he wants to have him meet the best in the ; countrv when it is to be for the ciiam- ; pionship. Jones admitted that he had signed a contract with Tommy Burns and D. J. Tortorich of Xew Orleans to engage in a championship battle in that city during dur-ing Mardi Gras week, which will be the latter part of February or early in March. They can select any heavyweight heavy-weight in the world. Willard has gone to his home in California Cali-fornia to rest up for a short time and will then come east prepared to take on anv man with whom Manager Jones has ma'tched him. At the prusent time it looks as though Frank Morap has first call, although Jim Coffey m ay n pset Moran 's plans when they niret again in 1 Xew York. Then, ton, there are a couple ! of white hopes coming along who may ! develop very fa-t this season, one of I them bring Fred Fulton of Minnesota. 1 However, Willard bars no one, and it is up to the promoters to pick nut a man wlio will give hint a real battle. Fulton's Story. Fred Fulton, the Minnesota heavyweight, heavy-weight, tells hr-w Hiliy McCarney, manager man-ager of '"ar! Morris, om e "got his goat" . proper. Morris and Fulton 'Acre matched to box ten rounds in A pril of 1914 at Hudson, Wis. At that time Morris was considered on of the best white hopes in the countrv, while Fulton was a novice at the yame. In fact, it. was the first time that ho ever tackled anyone prominence. After getting into the ring, Fulton was sitting in his coner and Billy Mc-Carnev Mc-Carnev walked over to where he was to see that, the gloves were put on without any iiorse-hoea insid". While adjusting the gloves, McCarney "aid to Fred: "I a 1 v." r. v s I i ! : n to use the i a r g : t. gloves po--:- ibie, I-'red, because you k now th is fellow is a terrible hitter and I cannot get over thin!-: in ; a bout how Lut her Mcf'arthy was killed.'' Fulton ;:lancnd up at Mcfarnev and he appeared to be verv earned, in what he was saying. Fred did not rer-pond. but Mcf'nrney e me baek wii h another one, ' ' Here. I'V-d, get al! trie padding you '-an around the knueklei, be. flu-;e you know Morris has a prettv hard head, f will see that ail the padding is put in the front part of Morns' gloves, bream- I do not want, him ,n hurt. vm when ht put yon down.'' TY.y line ot' 'ton "er- t ion wan continued j,y M --(.'a Tie -,- iioiii trie gloves we v adjn-ted, and Fred admits that when thev deppr( to the renter of the ring to be gi'-eu instruct ion-j by the rof-eren, rof-eren, he was so nervous 'hat tie did not know whether he wan Viol: inn- at the , rrfrree, ?vforns r the church towor in Poche-der. It, rai. very evident that it 1 made a home strikn. for Fulton went, on with Morris and boxei -rorse than he ever did in hi- life. Then come tho mi r u p in the -i rt h rou ml. and liH on became so exejred thai, he pet thm baU le on a f on I. I f -a v- he due not know to fhi dav '.that happened, a ho vjip t h in k i rip all t lie time a hou t, v. Ia fc Mcamey told hini anl not of !h' fli'ht. It recpiired quite a number of bntllrn after thnt, to put fNiitfin wie ti the f';irf; that. McOimcy had simply been playing h i rn, I);ircy ;ind McGooriy. It i- likelv tha.t. Let; I ;i r" v nnd Fddio Mcf;iortr, the niiddle-ivcight who wn.i def cu n Yocrn t y ,- ;i f V in A I I'd HI- lia. II get to:'elier ;t j'jj i rj in vc:.vdney yonie tirii' in 1 'ccemncr. 1 iavi ju t r-rc, wmd I r-uii i v d ti v h i-1 Mr (.Ofirlv ha-' aj.'i'ced to iruik HWl i'iiiinl' ring' ide tor a return battle v ilh Mm A u't ra ha n c b am piou , and it fill not, bo Mirpru.irK' if Mi" cont-, arrange,) 'r If JTcGooity is properlv trained he should be able to make ldO pounds very nicely, providing he has not taken on a lot ot' weight since he left this countrv, for ho made loS pounds very easily for Mike Gibbous; in fact, he weighed only lHo at the time. If McGnorty is sti'uti'i at the weight there are many here who think he will defeat the Australian in their second meeting. Itarcy has been coming along at top speed following up hi defeat of McGoortv.; by whipping Billy Murray. Jimmie Flabby and Fred Dyer, the F.nglish middleweight. Harlem Tommy Back. Harlem Tommy Murphy, who was supposed to be out ot the game for good, made his reappearance in the ring against. Willie .tones of Brooklyn, in a ten-Vound contest before the Van-derbilt Van-derbilt Athletic, club in Xew York last week. Murphy is still able to do the lightweight limit verv nicely, having scaled 13-1 pounds without any trouble. Tom showed that he has not forgotten any of his cleverness, by defeating Jones without a great deal of trouble. His long absence from the ring, however, how-ever, made quito a difference in his judge of distance, but at that he was too much for the Brooklyn boy. Mur-phv Mur-phv is well fixed financially and ir is not likely that he will linger much longer long-er as a star of the roped a rena, although al-though he may 1 induced ncca.-iundly to enter the ring, for he seems to like it as well as any of the tf'p-notchrrs. He was considered a championship possibility possibil-ity a few year ago, but he is p;t-t that sfage now and must be cout ent to remain re-main in the same class as Leach Cross, Ad Wolgast andothers. |