The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-15

I lieves that the sport is too popular to ever
sustain permanent obliteration.
Boxing can be stamped down for a
have Legislation aons passed SaHsssdls against sai st il. but TIT It
bobs up just the same" said McKenna.
.and the harder the thumps it gets, the
harder 1t comes back. Why. just look at
suits 1t brought.
THE two %squabbled away until ever
Congress took a hand In the matter by
thought that this was a general shut
your life. DAN Stuart, had the Nevada
81 his ish Pas sse r sOe Ana la about and a Dy year
later championship battles were being
fought in the heart of New York City. .
It's q hard game to kill. It's going to
lighting: spirit, and that's going to be
pretty long. l reckon. Why. even II the
game should be wiped out everywhere
else. there's still Nevada to go to for
1T wouldn't pay to schedule a small
light there especially as there's a state
fee Of $1,000 for every such contest fought
going to afford a spot for the heavy
weights to decide the title in for some
time to come"
Having expressed himself thus far. Mr..
McKenna expectorated at a small dog that
was smiling around in his neighborhood
n proceeded to show how much Abe
Attell has gone a since he left his
(McKenna's) charge.
Young Ccrbett seems to rave attempted
the impossible In tackling Hanlon. Not in
the fight itself. as he has an even break
with Eddie In record: but in the fact that
he has agreed to go below 100 pounds for
the affair. BY agreeing to weigh in at 127
pounds at 8 o'clock, he looks to have de-
cided upon a figure too low to do himself
Justice.
After his last Eight with McGovern he
announced that he would not attempt to
go below I30 pounds again. He SAID that
the strain was too great, and that the
anxiety to keep at a low figure Worr1ed
him constantly while he was in training.
The rapidity with which he took on flesh
after that battle bore out his statements
that he had a hard struggle to get to
weight for Terry.
In some of his fights in the East, the
s fasS 1Sa has appeared are /, In sue such n q state ,S Of
welter-weight than the lightweight limit.
to say nothing Of the many POUNDS which
separated him from the legitimate feath.
er-weight class, which Is now somewhat
in shadow.
Now he agrees to fight at III pounds.
This Will really make 100 at ringside. But
either Il aSrf saes d asm s faith in sf rs ABILITY III yu 70
reduce or he must count on FORGETTING for
ME extra ayoirdupois. Certainly. the az.
GRACE sporting man WHO mas seen I'LL
lately will believe him capable Of doing
~ pounds when the champion is seen on
the scales.
Tommy Feltz Is probably rejecting bit
terly on the individuality Of holding ones
opponents too cheaply. after his disastrous
battle with Joe Cherry at Detroit last
Wednesday. The fight wa disastrous for
Master Tommy, inasmuch as the referee
could see nothing but Cherry when the
time came for handing down the verdict
Feltz probably thought that he had an
easy thing In the Saginaw man, and most
likely was In no condition for the battle.
Every fighter gets q little Jolt Of the
sort now and then, and the result Is gen
orally beneficial. II the decision makes
Tommy pay more attention to his training
hereafter the outcome will have done him
good rather than otherwise.
Cherry, incidentally, 10 said to be q pref
~ tough little customer. He held. his OWN
with Tommy In the PUSHES and at the
wrestling part of the game, and may be
q dangerous addition to the bantam class.
Jimmy Britts victory over Charley Sic
ger last Tuesday puts the San Francisco
man to the fore once more as q prominent
candidate for honors In his class. As a
result of the battle Billy Roche has gone
on record to the effect that he believes
Britt can whip Cans II the pair ever come
sfoEothpr.