The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-07

Gsci Ia box tos-thr.. and suddenly Billy
i.L... hiTs,,I with NOR han he Gould
h-fa1'' JiI.iny Wts hswdE- sDiii% around
the south Of Market district Of san Fran
cisco n beam" the local terror. All the
FI"ieS-i"I'4i lighters Of his class and some
! of tie heavier ones h. sought out IN their
various Tsudezruus. Jud On" by one added
them TO his "ugh-aTd-tUlnbte scalp ;e.t.
Meantime y" wIa!e.i through amateurs
knee deep in thu Ing tournaments held by
. the Olympic Athletic Cub Of San Francis
80. pu'oiaaSiuS all cOm'rs and knocking
th'iH OK: with 4 5l@corlike SI,eeT of super
i%.r!,y-. iner amateur fighting became too
:alEh-h"u:od thc pro talent and found the
excitement just 10 his taste. ana he de-
figh,:n- bent and merely Incl
"ruiais--Rthe il what Omar khdyvim
!tsrz To as the sHId:n grain. 50 he made
t.'F us manager and started III.
s. far Brit. III his one years experience
OF m" ErlZ" TirS. has been remarkably SIC
NOR startling ana sudden success.
Tim Ii7gg. rty. tn Australian champion.
rolled d. the resin, Kid Lavigne was beaten
ben r':ti"ught. "u;hpX"d and knocked cut.
I'm" j. two spaces from the championship
T"t a. long rs q hlr-l; man holds The
it&htwei-ht champion ship it IS not likely
That f:fitt win haze any CHARGE OF wearing
IN" ie.t II" l.Is ALWAYS AID that he would
H.Ec" light with a man al another race. In
MS position TO keep u MS original deter
'nina;ion Is easy.
He holds Il responsible and weil-salaried
position in his fathers employ. Fighting he
"rut into - i'''luig" MS natural craving for
outside Of the prize ring he is a roung
business man, with . ,%'artlin position to re-
tain which he would lose il is met Cans.
Yet. many fighters have gwen in 10 the
urging. ~ .hr.r friends. Er.it may some
time s'!c'umh TO the argument that the
spurt-inVlug world would Il" much nicas.d
70 80" the lightweight; championship held
h- = whit" man.
Jack n'Necfo. who fought ST. Louis Tom
NV sullivan IN this 'ltE some lime Cjrrp
is r"w after bigger gam" in Chicago. His
hackers have become convinced that he can
mold iHs own with the high-class men Of
his weight and are trying To get on matches
for hlG- ~" IL Erw hannied by SIX. Hart.
instead of ~ Harry Gilmore. Gilmore
i9"ksi after his interests when he was in
this city.
Hart is now trying TO match him with
either Tanrer or Dave sullivan. and fas
posted a forfci: for the bout AZ rs or rs
pounds. The fact that OKeefe heat Young
NrEItt is Considered rs an Indication OF
his class ana his manager states that he
Will 20 20 &H pounds. if necessary, to take
on Sullivan.
joe :-hoynsEi defeated Frank Chiid& after
six rounds of fast and slow fighters in
'hicaEd last Monday. fhOynskIS knOwl-
edge Of the finer principles Of the game
stood hiin in good stead throughout The
bor;t. and especially in the third and sixth
rounds. when rhilds forced matters 10 his
utmost.
The .]coloTc,l man tried to land a knockout
his best 10 rough Joe into exhaustion. out
thoynSkis cIeyerI:"Ss in Slipping into
clinrIeS and dancing out of danger served
10 keep him out of harms way.
In clean hits Joe showed TO the better
advantage. He planted his left times with
out number :u ChiId'S hard face. and never
lost ai opportunity to shoot his right over
when the opening presented Itself. IL the
second round he crossed his right full on
Franks jaw, sending the GOlOrea man at
least ten feet across the ring before he
went to the canvas. thildS tried to make
II Appear as II II WAS not Il clean knock
down, but 1t would net go.
fhilds cut loose in tn. third round 10
settle the contest. and the round was the
fastest Of the battle. They were at il all
the fun three minutes. both exchanging
blow for blow, but Joe invariably managed
To slip his head away from Franks terrific
r!ght-hand SWINGS Al the end of the period
they were both tired enough TO lie down.
The fourth round was the slowest of the
lot. the fast pace set In the preceding
round having told on the fighters. Ctilds
dij not meet with the approval of the
crowd. and cries OF Fake Why don't
you fight were heard throughout the
house.
The last two rounds wer" extremely fast
for big men. and enough blows were deliv-
cred by each IL suit the most fastidious
I'm" Frank tried his best to put Joe
away in the final round. bat the blond
boxer met his every rush with straight
left handlers and easily Won the decision.