Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-05-28 | Page 43 | Buenos Aires May Become Mitt Center

BUDS 1ES BECOME MITT GEHTER Latin-American Capital to Import Boxers From the United States. By RINGSIDE. NEW YORK, May 27. Imported boxing is the latest-innovation in the game "of slam. Buenos Aires, capital of the Argentine Iiepublic, has undertaken under-taken to foist the mitt sport on its populace, and in order to accomplish this it has been found necessary to recruit re-cruit ring talent from another country the' United States. Boxing is bound to thrive there, unless un-less the imported stock continue their American practices. A few rapacious managers, and a couple of hippodrome artists, and tho game in South America will die a-boming. The Buenos Aires club, which will conduct all matches, has tho moral and financial support of the government. So it is wholly up to Americans to make or break boxing below be-low the Isthmus. . The Argentine government officials who are endeavoring to mako Buenos Aires a boxing mecca have already made one step in the proper direction. They have nominated Billy Gibson, who is as honest an individual as any connected con-nected with the sport, as their American Ameri-can representative. Gibson will handle all matches and will designate the boxers box-ers who are to appear in the Buenos Aires arena. Good Boxers to Leave. A few davs ago Gibson shipped a half dor'.en mediocre performers to the southland to prepare for a series of bouts there. ' The party wdll be augmented aug-mented within a few weeks upon the arrival of Gibson himself, and possibly by such headliners as Ted Kid Lewis, Bennv Leonard, Johnnv Dundee, Jack Britton, Battling Leviusky and, mayhap, may-hap, Michael Gibbons. Argentina will, indeed, be a haven for those boxers who aro unable to work hero steadily during the summer moiiths. The natives of Buenos Aires have yet to be initiated to real American boxing. box-ing. There is no local talent worthy of a preliminary there: but they are a painstaking lot down there, and do not be surprised if within a year you hear of our favorites being taken over the hurdles bv home products. One championship buttle for Buenos Aires in t lie immediate future lias passed the Incu'cation staye. The natives hnve heard quite a eroort den! of one Freddy Walsh, and Harry Poilok's meal ticket has been offered the alluring .sum of S-tb-000 a flat guarantee, too to battle Charley White, Cue Chicane lad. over the twentv-ronnd trail, with the liKhiweisiht chnmpionsMp in abeyance. With this soes two round-trip tick-els and SK.on for trainlnc expens-s almost $3,IM0. White, if Hie bout materialii-.es. is to receive $10,-000, $10,-000, roun1-trip passage for two and $iruO expense money. Billy Gibson's Plans. Billv Gibson In person is ne;otiatincr for this mill, and in iloinfr so he shows his true colors as a sportsman of tiio first water. Gibson, be it remembered. Is mamiser of Bennv Leonard, who, in all fairness, is entitled to first whack at Welsh's title. Inasmuch as lie only recently re-cently trounced tile champion in a len-round len-round bout. Welsh has alreaily beaten White several times over the short route. But Gibson, seUinrr a.shio ids own ambitious ambi-tious and tlio.se of EVnny Leonard when in reality none would riticise hfm were he to arrant-'e a Welsh-Leonard metch prefers to gratify the washes of those who think a Welsh-White tilt would provide better entertainment. Xot that Gibson must cater to the officials (for he is a fairly wealthy man), but because lie would rather please others than salisfy himself ami tllsplease others. Of such stuff is Hilly Gibson made. And all the time Gibson is aware that he is probably tossing off the lust chanco for Leonard 'lo rb-tkrnne Welsh. If the latter is to be taken at Ms word, he will retire on .luly 7, the second anniveri-ery of his winning the championship from Willie Ritchie. If the White-Welsh match Rocs through it will lie held on July 7 and wdll be Freddy's last appearance appear-ance within the hempen stockade if, again, Welsh means what he says. So. regardless of the outcome of the Welsh- White whirl. F.enny Leonard will not get another chance, at Sir Frederick, when rtenia-nln knows in bis heart that he can whip Webih every time they square off. Hy the terms of ibe tentative agiee-ment, agiee-ment, While and Welsh to sail from Neu- Vork on June e Not until that Idc'c will it be known if the match is a certainly. Tt is planned Lo hold boxing t contests In Ituenos Aires every rby during the month of July and the first half of August. So a general exodus of maulers may be expected within the next fortnight. fort-night. Good luck to them all, so long as they fight on the level i