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FIVE ASPIRANTS FOR THE MI DLE WEIGHT CHAMPIONSlt;J/A4AfY'Five men now stand out prominently in the contest for the middleweight championship of the United States. One of them may develop within this year and then there will be a champion in a. class which has had none for years.These arp the candidates:George Chip (whose real name is Chipulonis), born in Scranton, Aug. 25, 1888.Jimmy Clabby, born in Norwich, Conn., July 14. 1890.Eddie McGoorty, born in Oshkosh, W.iS„ July 31. 1889.Mike Gi'bbons, born in St. Paul July 20, 1888.Leo Houck, born in Lancaster, Pa,, Nov. 4. 1889.They are virtually all of the same age and weight. The eldest is Mike Gibbons, who Is within a few months of twenty-six, and the youngest is Clabby, who Is within a few months of twenty-four years.If twenty-round fights could be given in Wisconsin, Massachusetts, and New York, where most matches are made these days, it would not take long to develop a champion from these sturdy boys. But few snorting men are incllped to considerseriously, the no-declsion ten-round contests which the New York and Wisconsin laws permit, and the twelve-round contests customary In Boston.Chip, who fought with indifferent success for several years, has come to the top within the past few- months His two victories over Prank Klaus, the tough middleweight of Plttsbuigh showed lie was as good as the other men in the class, for Klaus has beaten some of the best ru?n in the world In the illustration of Klaus he is shown completing a shift. His left hand is to be brought up in a powerful hook to *he body of his opponent. The blow is something like that which made Stanley Ketchel famous. Klaus has used it to good effect In many bouts.Jimmy Clabby's ability is known He is one of the cleverest boxers If the country. but for some reason hf as not be. n pushed ahead. Though he has beaten 'Mike GtDDons, S\ Paul's clever middleweight, he has not been given the credit the victor? warranted.McGoorty, now' in Australia, is one of the toughest men in the business 1I« lias a wonderful left hand, whienhas knocked out many opponents. Mike Gibbons, who fought him in New York several months ago, was very careful to keep away from it.Gibbons, who Is now matched with Packie McFarland, is suspected of being a little yellow. He tights like a champion against a man without a punch, but he fails to show much against one who can hurt him Hison test with McGoorty was a very reat disappointme nt to those who thought he was a world beater. He has far more cleverness than most other men in the ring to-day, and he carries a hard left hook and a iiower-Tul straight right. On paper he looks like the best middleweight In the ring But if he really fears punishment it is unlikely that he will ever be achampion I-eo Houck is one of the toughest customers Philadelphia i*as ever turned cut, and many hard fighting men have come out of the six-round bouts of that city. He has whipped most of the men he has met, and it is likely he would make a good longdistance tighter.California is now the only place where championship bouts may be staged, but most of these middle-weights have failed to make themselves good drawing cards in either l^os Angeles or San Francisro. Most of their fighting has been done in the middle west, where the bouts are short and the purses small.
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Middletown Daily Argus
Middletown, New York, US
Sat, Feb 07, 1914
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