Show l BOXING BOUTS THIS WEEK MONDAY DECEMBER 3 Billy 3 Billy vs Willie Meehan 6 rounds at Philadelphia TUESDAY DECEMBER 6 Harry 6 Harry Greb vs Jeff Smith mith 10 rounds at Johnstown Pa Jack Britton vs Johnny Tillman Tiliman 12 rounds at Boston Mass WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 5 Eddie 5 Eddie Wallace vs Frankie Fleming 10 rounds at Montreal Canada Benny Leonard vs Gene Delmont 10 rounds at St. St Paul Minn THURSDAY DECEMBER 6 Pal 6 Pal Moore vs Gene Gannon 10 rounds at Milwaukee FRIDAY DECEMBER 7 Johnny 7 Johnny Ertle Ertie vs Kid Wolfe 10 rounds at Cleve Creve- land rand O. O MILWAUKEE Wis Dec 1 When When sporting historians record the notable events In pugilism for the year now fast drawing to a close the annals will not be complete unless an entertaining chap ter on the Famous Boners In Matchmaking Match Hatch making malting Is included Two notable instances of bone headed judgment In fri the arrangement of ring contests stand out prominently and both Involve men who have played a prominent prominent nent role in affairs for 10 lo these many years Harry Pollok pronounced by many followers followers followers fol fol- fol- fol lowers of the the- circle as the shrewdest manager that ever whipsawed a promoter was the victim in one case while Billy Dilly Gibson present pilot for the worlds world's champion Benny Leonard was the fall guy In the other Pollok's boner resulted as follows Freddie Welsh lost the worlds world's cham cham- Welsh h received only for his bit This sum is trivial when compared with the mone money other champions received when they surrendered their crowns Willie Ritchie for instance drew down downa a trifle over oer when Welsh whipped him at London It is estimated that Welsh lost approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately in cold cash by the unfortunate match with Benny Leonard In th the case of Billy Dilly Gibson the financial finan finan- I cia cial I loss resulting was not so great as it was in the Pollok boner Gibson was the goat through his failure failure failure fail fail- ure to take a chance on a Fred Fulton- Fulton Jim Coffey Coffe battle batUe Gibson had opportunity to secure a guarantee of for Coffey Coffe and turned it down Now Coffey has been knocked out by Dentley Madden to fame unknown and Jim is through as a headline attraction And Coffey received only a pittance from the match with Madden l About was his share of the house Contrast this with what he would have made had he fought Fulton this fall lIe He was sure of getting and he might have made a couple of thousand more The thought gives Gibson Jon a headache bea VERY SAD TALE It is a sad tale in both instances mates but it only goes to show that the wisest frequently get bumped the the- hard nard est eat The he affair involving Billy Gibson was of recent occurrence It will be recalled that in addition to piloting Leonard along pug pugilism's pathway Gibson also aiso Is mentor for Jim Coffey the Irish giant who at one time looked good enough tobe tobe to tobe be regarded as of heavyweight championship championship championship champion champion- ship caliber In spite of the setbacks Coffey re received received received re- re at the hands of 1 Frank Moran I Gibson Gibbon alwa always s 's had considerable faith inthe inthe in inthe the pugilistic possibilities of the massive Harp Gibson really leally thought the time would come when Coffey would earn carn the right to meet Jess Willard in a championship championship cham cham- match To that end Gibson was carefully Coffey along He was mighty careful In the selection of opponents and this tills was shown on numerous numerous numerous nu nu- nu- nu occasions when efforts were made to 10 match Coffey with Fred Fied Fulton Promoters Promoters Promoters Pro Pro- at New York City and Milwaukee stood ready to give a substantial sum for this engagement but when the propositions were put up to Gibson he Ino y Gibsons Gibson's reasons were disclosed in the I following statement he made in the presence presence pres pres- ence enoe of several witnesses MONEY MONE MORE MONEY MONE Whatever money I might get by signIng signing signing sign sign- ing with Fulton would not be enough to warrant the risk we would take I can canI I nurse Coffe Coffey along make a lot of money with him by boxing these other heavies and perhaps some day there will be a de demand demand le- le lemand mand for a Coffey Willard-Coffey Coffe bout The wily Gibson had his schemes carefully carefully carefully care care- fully laid but unfortunately for Gibson the best laid plans gang aft aglee His ills labors and his ambitions were rudely jolted just a few nights ago when Bartley Bartley Bart Bart- ley Madden hung a couple of crushers Dart I on the chin of Coffey and that worthy toppled over in a heap for the count of ten To add to the ignominy of this de defeat defeat defeat de- de I feat it might be stated that Madden weighed only pounds while Coffey was thirty pounds heavier So far as a drawing card is concerned I Coffey Coffe hereafter will be no better than the average e second or third rater In fact it seems likely that his days as a 1 are re numbered AU All of which is mighty annoying to the crushed feelings of Mr Gibson He HeIs Heis Heis I is beginning to realize that he pulled a a. asad asad sad boner when he turned down several offers of fat guarantees with big percentage per per- privileges for a match between Coffey and Fulton He might have nave drawn anywhere from to for such I a contest but the golden opportunity now is gone forever In the case of Pollok l his s error of judg judgment ment mont cost him In round numbers and incidentally It meant a loss of ot close to for 1 Freddie Welsh who was a amore amore amore more or less innocent victim in the transaction It happened thusly When Welsh was th the reigning champion champion champion cham cham- pion of the worlds world's greatest lightweights there was a a. spirited demand for his services services services ser ser- vices by promoters who were seeking to bring about a twenty-round twenty match to a decision between Welsh and either Benny Denny Leonard or Charley White Bona Ilona fide of offers offers offers of- of fers of guarantees ranging from to were under consideration by Welsh and Pollok but they dallied along and refused to definitely accept terms The ten-round ten no-decision no game found higher favor with them than did the proposition for a title contest so as a natural result it was comparatively easy to secure Welsh for a match in New York City with Leonard It was the foxy Pollok Pollok Pol Pol- lok bk who suggested this In previous contests contests con con- tests between Welsh and Leonard the Englishman had been fortunate enough to go through ten rounds without any serious mishap so Pollok naturally figured figured figured fig fig- Welsh should always be bo able to hold his own against Leonard in a short route affair That Is why Pollok preferred pre pIe to make male a ten-round ten match with Leonard on a a. percentage basis rather than accept a generous guarantee for a title bout and run the risk of Freddie losing the decision PULLS BONER As events developed afterward Pollok pulled a bad boner in doing so Welsh it will be recalled was toppled from his throne The net gate receipts were around of which Welsh drew down 40 per cent or This was the smallest smallest small small- est eat sum within recent years that a deposed deposed deposed de de- de- de posed champion ever received in a batI battie battle bat bat- tle tie wherein a championship changed I hands I The error in judgment on Pollok's part partis is apparent He could just as easily have had a guarantee for Welsh providing pro providing pro pro- viding riding the latter had signed for a ty-round ty contest Then too the re receipts receipts receipts re- re would have been large enough to have totaled several thousand dollars over the guarantee Of course in justice to Pollok it must be admitted that he could not foretell the outcome but that does not change the fact that it was boneheaded matchmaking Since that time suave Harry had plenty of opportunity opportunity opportunity to ponder on his fatal mistake The pugilistic calendar for the current week will be featured by four notable battles One will Involve Champion Leonard lIe He is slated to box Gene Delmont at St. St Paul Mba Minn Wednesday night A generous generous generous gen gen- erous share of ot the receipts will be given to the Red Cross war fund However Itis it itis itis is reported that Leonard is to receive 2000 for his labors Showing that while Leonard is patriotic he also is strictly I business Leonard is for a series of matches at various listic centers After the St. St Paul engagement he will return to the East where he is booked to meet Irish Pats Patsy dine Cline in a six round setto at Philadelphia on December 12 dIne Cline earned a considerable measure of fame tame last Monday night when he stopped Eddie Eddie Eddie Ed Ed- die McAndrews in two rounds This is quite a a. feat as McAndrews had weathered weathered weathered ered the punches of ot some of ot the games game's b best St lightweights When Leonard has hasI finished with Cline he will resume train train- 4 inn inn- Tn fn fA o Cn with Brown nt at New w Haven Conn onn on De December nb r- r 17 f Johnny Ertle strong contender for the bantamweight crown is slated to take on Jack Kid Wolfe Volie at Cleveland next Friday night A portion of the receipts of this bout will be given to a soldiers' soldiers fund Ertle Ertie is eagerly awaiting the opportunity opportunity op op- op- op to meet Champion Herman lIerman and there is a strong probability that this match will wll be arranged within a few days Harry Greb and Jeff Smith a pair of 1 contenders for the middleweight crown will i renew their e old ring i feud d at Johnstown Johnstown Johns Johns- town n ej Pa Pa- Paon on Tuesday u a night g J Jack Britton Brit Brit- ton toil and Johnny Tillman Tiliman are other tic headliners who will be seen ir In In- Inac ac ac- ac- ac tion They are slated to box at Boston Tuesday night t I ANCIENT HISTORY It is ancient history now but but Happy I Felsch's rewards s from the 1917 worlds world's series in which he played center field for the White Sox and cracked out the first home borne run rUIl of the series in addition to the tile share includes two 50 Liberty Liberty Liberty Lib Lib- erty bonds ten shares of the American Aircraft stock valued at a gold watch diamond stickpin suit of clothes pair of shoes half dozen silk shirts and other wearing apparel given by Chicago merchants |