The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-20

broke his hands so Often. and gave so
little heed to his habits that of late he
has been looked upon as little better
than a "has-been." He was defeated a
week ago by Tim Callahan and was not
locked upon as q very likely winner in
his mitch with Hogan, who has met and
beaten some OF the best men in the,
country. Tommy White is an old OPP
ponent of his, and White was never able
to beat him. Yet Tommy White made
Gardner, when he met him in Chicago,
look cheap. Gardner himself stopped at
one stage of the fight to laugh at his
own Intellectual efforts to get under those
long left-hand jabs of White. Yet here
comes Tommy Hogan with all his blush
ing honors thick upon him, that is, Eng
fish honors, and succumbs- to the prowess
of the boy who only a week before was
laid low by Callahan. Now who is to
account for this apparent disparity be-
tween the "dope1 and the reality? Are
the English fighters so poor lot, or are
the American boys SO far ahead of them
as to put them in another class? Which
ever way it may be 1t is certainly evil
dent that1Oscar Gardner, be he in Eng
land or America, is a good betting propo-
necessity for giving him advice as to
when he should quit the ring, as he is
apparently better posted on that sub
ject than any other person. He fights
when he has to, and wins when he can,
and in the end probably makes more out
of the game than the universally Sic
cessfuI man who fights only occasionally.
The much talked of '"Tipton Slasher,"
who. through his manager, has been Of
fering all sorts of fabulous sums for a
match with Terry McGovern, but who
invariably attached conditions which
Terry could not accept, has made a.
match with Tommy White. White
fought McGovern here and in New York.
In Chicago he stood the Brooklyn Terror
off for six rounds, which showed the
Chicago boy to the best advantage.
Everyone knows White as clever left
hand !abber, but on the night of his
meeting with Terry he showed that his
years of experience in the ring had been
of a character to teach him other tricks,
and when Terry attempted his usual
rushing tactics in the latter part of the
fight he was met by. right upper-cuts
that sent his head back every time.
Terry thinks great deal of Tommy,
and has more than an ordinary amount
of respect for his prowess. But when
they met in New York later professional
pride probably got the best of his adj
miraticn, and, as White puts it, "He hit
me in the neck and spl aimed my ankle
Tommy did not sprain his ankle, but
severed the ligaments from the ankle
bone, and has since that time been in
limbo He is better now, and hopes to
convince Mr.. Yanger that although no
longer a spring chicken, he is still in
the running. Benny has been doing well
in his last few fights, but most of the
fancy figure that if White can reach
Terrible Terry with his right he certain
" should be able to do some execution
with the "Tlpton Slasher.' But dope
is so deceptive that all calculations may
go for naught, and Benny may prove
a more important factor in the battle
than is expected. He has youth on his
side: he is strong and active, but White
has had years of experience, is brainy
and probably knows more of the tricks
of ring generalship than anyone in the
business. That both will fight when the
meet is certain and the winner may be
hailed as g. coming featherweight won.
der, with none but Terry between him
self and the top round of the pugilistic
ladder
rangers manager, however, is not sat
istied with having made a match with
such a man as Tommy White but has,
through Paddy Carroll, secured another
one, which is about as difficult a PROPOSE
ton. Paddy, who acted as referee in the
Gardner-Hogan match, killed two birds
with one stone, and has matched Yanger
for the 18th of February before the
Phoenix club, at Memphis What line
this match may give on the Yanger-
White go is hard to say. Carroll says
that If Oscars hands were at all bad
he certainly did not show it in his go
with Hogan, for he played for the head
proposition at any time though, and it
would seem to a man up a tree that
Benny had bitten off a little more than
he can masticate. That is, providing he
means to meet Tommy White, and there
is no reason to believe that he does not.
1t looks strange, however, that a man.
with such difficult problem before him
should not only take on another, but
still look for further matches to fill in
the interim between now and the date of
his go with White. Most fighters are
willing to wait. But then Yanger and
his manager know best, and if Benny can
bring in the persimmons, why, no one
should complain. The slasher is a game
little fighter; is young, and may be able
to stand two or three grulling fights a
month, but 1t is doubtful if nature will
stand too much of this sort of thing, and
it is to be hoped that when he meets
no excuses may be made regarding lack
of condition, injuries received in prev
ious fight, etc.
Those who saw Kid Carter in his go
with Tommy Ryan at Tattersalls last
November were not greatly surprised to
hear of the showing made by the Brook
Ign boy against the Barbados black at
Hartford, Conn.,, on Thursday night. The
Kid put up strong fight against
Tommy, showed considerable cleverness,
although, Of course, an exhibition of
cleverness against a man like Ryan does
not count for what 1t would with man
less foxy and with less experience. The
Kid then showed that he was a strong
and willing fighter, ready to take punish
ment and as ready to give it. His later
fight with Australian Tim Murphy proved
him game and willing. So that the fact
that he was able to stand off the sawed
off negro was not surprising, nor yet was
was it a matter of astonishment that
Walcott did not fight fair or heed the
referees warning. For, If there Is one
man in the country who fights in and
out, uses all the tricks known to the
dirty" fighter, Walcott can give him
cards and spades. He can fight and some
times does, but to hear of his losing en-
foul or quitting causes but little surprise
to anyone who follows the game. He is
strong, hard-hitting and should be game,
~, II hoe. I/a.