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Show JIMMY CLABBE ' 's, '""' ' .Oyl ' J7 X'K ' I rrT ... . i Milwaukee, Wis.. Jan 25. Although there are three pugilists who now claim the welterweight title, one has until recently been overlooked. He Is Jimmy Clabbo of Milwaukee, a 142-pounder 142-pounder with a 72-inch reach, a cool head and a fairly good wallop in each hand. - Not long ago Clabbe secured a draw with Jimmy Gardner In New Orleans, the distance being 20 rounds. For that reason the Milwaukee boy is classed as a title seeker and he has a good right to make a claim for the championship. cham-pionship. ' , : Jimmy Gardner, Mike (Twin) Sullivan Sul-livan and Harry Lewis are the threo boys who now lay claim to the welter- weight championship. And It is up ta Clabbe to clear up tho situation a hit. He has already fought a draw with Gardner and efforta are now bamjj made to match him with MIko Sullivan Sulli-van A New York and a Boston Club are after the mill and it will probbaiy bo olosed so the two can clash early In March. Clabbe has a wonderful raoord for a lad who miht be considered new in the game. For a time he waa a sparring spar-ring partner for Battling iNolson. but the exhibition didn't make mch of a Wt because CAabbe waa lar too clevet a boxer for tho now llghtweignt-obam-pion. A peep la toe "dope" book shows that Cte-bbj ha fought several good men and made good. |