Show t ADDITIONAL SPORTING NEWS J fP W M I J S S I S f t S rout UR MIDDLES ES fl IN m RACE BADE AOE When the bullet ballet of ot an tn assassin plowed through the sturdy back of ot Ketchel tho the destroyer left a a. void In the n middle weight I division of ot pugilism th that t has never been filled since c that time Title have arisen ansen in numbers I. I Jut but ut not one of ot them has has ever ib wn class enough to make DUtko him und out commandingly over his rivals rival in the struggle for tor tho the pound crown Just at the present i moment there arc are four tour notable contenders for tor the championship I and from this quartette will emerge the man who will events j t reign in itt the place pIneo of of the the ther f r matchless Ketchel etchel The middle who now stand out pret pre pre- t eminently are Jimmy Clabby Hammond Ind t V conceded by many to be he tho the legitt- legitt t nate mate champion c Eddie McGoorty Oshkosh Wis v a dangerous fellow and one who mUt be reckoned with before Clabby Clabby's claim to the tho tWo title will be beV V accepted Mike Gibbons St. St Paul Minn Minu t mystery of the tho middle weight divi divi- I lion tion k Jeff Smith New York who vho holds Fa I twenty round decision over t-Clabby t registered in far tar away l Australia last June promoters In New YOlk Toik City gw ew Orleans Orlean and Milwaukee l c are aro making maJ overtures for matches to Clabby Gibbons Gib Gib- bons I an and I but so 80 far the ne- ne hv havo not progressed sufficient sufficient- l to make It certain that an any two of ofle the le rivals will wl be brought together Ibb abb abby i is ie the man the matchmakers duld dald especially like to secure for ono one o l jj o of a u prospective championship tussle le Fhe he t fact that the sprightly Jeems re- re rally r gave save a a. decisive o b beating to George GeorgeIn S hip If In a a. round twenty contest out on OTt ono Pacific has title o coast coal given sl lbs Clubby's Ims imi a firmer foundation than thy they Y nv te ever cier had heretofore and nd has 1115 made toe te Hammond boxer er the bl biggest card rd In InIs Its Is If division BO In Bo-In fans of the the- West particularly like to lo see Ice a no battle batUe bc- bc eon Clabby und and Gibbons b because Cause this air Ir would put up a light fight that would b be berth rth th tr traveling w far or to be see Three times Ie aie tIle thc they come together in the past and f r. r verdicts are art to be bo ac accepted It t face value slue then Clabby Clab has hae the ld edge e en Mi n 0 t tic the c Minnesota product If It surface Indications dl count O for Or any anything thin then Clabby ibby abb and Gibbons are art in a frame of oC j where tine I l It and the other as nt Clubby Clubb fays ay ho he Is willing to the motch but ho he wants It to be bett bev tf 9 v tt r a It twenty louM route wIllie whIle Gibbon Gib bon 4 tins lias It U plain that he ho will not fon l Jer anything longer than ten rounds fm S SS I S a atOni I tOni rol e m Andrews n matchmaker er at al tt ct V enter n T th hold a as a a. bidder for forI or I wi rou d contest between and tI or tinI K lf lie lio does deR get Iet after it it In tl n 1 he ls I likely to have havo better iUt tsu an any of or hip hiI competitors beI be- be I t toti ls w what n t ho hoI hop p TC I i utter An is rapidly becoming ss IH tho the matchmaker 1 y nt ir Ills record for or 1914 o of lion l s between Ritchie end Wol- Wol 0 a fi Olt lot for Welsh and ad hue n a s 1 h u c for Ritchie and hit and 1111 a u house for tOl ot ur Ic-ur- rin r- r in nJ ad l and is proof conclusive Il tint 8 has hal handled orne Oln of tho the cla clasil- clasil It I- I it t lies hol that 1 were ere j cl anywhere url the u. ot t twelve months I I M. M 1 Paul No 0 Promoter L Mike Colas Colins Col- Col ins as la last t night I ht practically completed arttns ar- ar for foi a tL boxing loing ln card I ut m his lila on orian na 4 with willa MIke Gib- Gib I bons an and Bob Dob Moha loha as the principals Moha has been training faithfully for some time in expectation of getting a 0 chance against Gibbons and In a letter to Collins he says fays ho is down don to pounds and expects to have ha no difficulty In ill making lS pounds on the afternoon of or the fight The Only hitch that may Is a Might alight difference between Gibbons and Collins as 06 to tho the eiro 10 o oMIchael's of ot Michaels Michael's end of th the receipts but Collins says 15 this will bo be adjusted without difficulty duff dial cult culty a San Sait Francisco Cat CaL Nov ov 23 t Ca Califor California's nia's nias law will go SO Into effect on on onor or 01 about Tuesday December 15 IS 15 accordIng accord accord- lug Ing to an al unofficial statement Issued from the office of or Secretary of ot State Jordan S Sammy Harris has lias two matches booked for his bantam championship Kid Wil- Wil one on ono November o M 24 t In 1 Brooklyn aile and another No November ember o 30 0 O. O m meeting Battling Bat Bat- Lahn Lahu on the tho latt latter r date before tho thu thoOl Ol A. A A. A Philadelphia harris would like to bring the champion to Mu- Mu wauk t alJ o for or a a. bout some crack here bantam Doise Nov 0 20 Frank McCarroll looked upon b by his friends ll hero ro and In Inthe Inthe inI I the IntermountaIn as a no coming coining white whIto hope e has gone bono to Kansas City where ho will close clote negotiations to meet Ctrl Carl Morris oTTI McCarroll Is 15 confident that h 11 linN has m the punch to put the big fellow awa away arid and It If he is able aLIo to he believes that he will bo ho In a position to got cot ct into I line 1111 for or om bl matches |