| Show kz M J MIKE E DESERVES TITLE Having beaten Jimmy Clabby In Ina a ton ton round bout even by such a margin that tho the Milwaukee and Chicago sporting writers all of whom havo have been beon pretty sweet on Clabby for years year are aro unanimous in their opinion that th Jim lost r. r Nike ike Gibbons fully deserves to be bc styled middle weight champion of the world Up to the meeting of this pair at Milwaukee they were considered con con- considered by all competent sporting authorities as being the best of the although each weighs in usually at about They have beaten nearly every overy man Dlan in m the division granting that Jack Dillon is no longer a a. 15 and it is indeed a a. question whether tho the Hoosier Hoo Hoo- sier could whip either man roan if ho he were allowed to enter cuter tho the ring at 1 Gibbons Is iii the kind of or a l. l fighter fIhler the thc public nubile likes He lie la is wonderfully clever with both hands and f feet feet feet-a n cl-n a real boxing master and master and he packs a tL punch In either cither hand hanl that will score ecore a knockout His snappy right cross Is 18 one of tho bc best t punches punch 9 carried by Ly a n middle weight Ight since Bob Bob was waR In that division If It Gibbons were wre a heavy weight tho they would fould not I have ave to sea search further for or the proper man to whip Jack a k Johnson Should anything happen to prevent tho the Johnson Johnson fight tight In Juarez In March Billy nUb Gibson New cw York promoter who has the t boxing privileges in ana Havana Cuba sa says Q he Ito will hold open his offer to 0 pull 11 off off the contest In Ih Havana ana He lie bid for the the- bout when the match mateo was made but the promoters thought better of the Juarez Juare proposition for more than ono one rea reason on Ono One Is that the thc mayor 01 ot Havana Is Ie not vcr very favorable to such a a. contest st. t. t Jimmy Walsh Canadian light weight I has been matched to fight by b by ba a St. St Louis Loul club on February 1 Walsh's opponent will be John KIng Kins who re recently fought Frankie Callahan tha the star Brooklyn n boy bar to a n draw a 0 aNew New Orleans La Jan 26 Joe G.-Joe Joe Levy T manager of ot Joe Rivers ers who was Knocked out last week b by Frankle Callahan In Memphis has quit th th Mexican Tom McCarey will confer with Levy y today but Just what tho nature of the conr conference will mil be Is not known Lo Levy Lovy and Rivers RIveTs have ha split for good rood Rivers returning to California Joe JOG tho the J Jersey rc light tight weight who has tM o such euch a n fine Clue showing chowing against f Charlie White and Fr Freddy dy Welsh Is looked upon In the tho big elli city as the boy boy who will take taie the title from irom tho the British n champion champton However Joe is taking chances ha n 03 on f February i G when he meets mel B Beecher before fore the Empire club New e York Yo-I. The ThO latter Is not a champion J hut ut hut 1 jc e co can cin an hit a much harder wallop than Champion Welsh can n or In fact tact most of the tho light weights before tho the public Willie Bile Ritchie the thc former champion Is 15 11 laying having a It bard hard time lime trying to lapel land the matches match ho wants He Hc has been offered a Po match In New York with Freddy Welsh elsh but not at tho the terms Willie asks The Tho Sow Now York cork promoters rs have C offered him a 3 at t flat L t aOno for tor his cm end or 25 5 per cent of th the gross roes but bui Ritchie can not quite got ot of them Willie twice trice Te received a u guarantee of for fol meeting Wolgast 01 and und and White I respectively In Milwaukee and in on one of i tho the bouts drew down 1300 but thins things have changed chanced since Welsh took th the title from rom him Should the New Xe York match fall nil through It Is possible le that ho will willI be hooked up for another meeting with I Charlie V ito In Milwaukee El EI Paso Jan 26 Jack 26 Jack Johnson Johnon Is ex ex- ex r hd to arrive January r 29 at Barbados Barbado British West est Indies en route to meet Jess Willard lIa 1 n at t Juarez Mexico In a a. ba battle for the hon y weight championship of or the world March laTch 6 6 according to the promoters pro pro- 1 yer c arrived here yesterday to begin fro i n i n r. r |
