The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-12

Viii bt AN fNtAAA .
WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Prize fighting is 20 reopen in St Louis.
At least. a bout Is carded for next Thurs
day evening. Mix Schreck and Hugo KEEL
lev being the pair scheduled to go-on. This
is about the fourth time the men have
been matched. only to have the affair
steadily postponed.
These two fighters are rapidly rolling up
a record that made by Young Corbett
and McGoyern. Both have been matched
repeatedly. only TO have the AFFAIR called
OF at the last moment OF postponed for
some mysterious reason. II was Young
Corbett's fourth or ffth attempt to take
on McGovern for a return bout that finally
resulted in a battle; the present contest is
the fourth or fifth attempt OF Kelley and
Schreck to come together.
As far as the present fight is concerned.
the promise Is for a good battle. 1t Is to
be hoped that the club keeps up a record
of making interesting bouts. For the last
winter the series Of fights have. for the
most part, been inferior to a vast degree.
Hardly a frst-class fight has been pulled
of OF late.
The nght-going public wants good fights.
and It wants clean fights. If the West End
Club can furnish this article Of Battle It
will probably have a successful season. If
it persists In pulling of sscOnd-T1te con-
tests. II is going TO have second-rate houses
F1ghtguers CT this city won't stand for poor
battles.
Moreover. they want to see the bouts de-
cided absolutely On their merits. II the
can guarantee good battles and
straight battles, It will probably make a
SUCCESS OF the game yet. although the sea-
son Is far advanced.
For. some reason or other the Sest End
Club seems TO have a mcno.S on the
game n this city. Like most -lonopohes,
IL seems to disregard the wishes OF its pat
IRONS. The fact that member OF the club
would5 jill to see Dave Sullivan. McGovern
and men Of the sort here seems to cut no
feurs the club management. The
institution has often seemed to go on the
basis that 1t was better TO get the house
half full Of suckers" and give them a sec
ord-rate show than to furnish a really.
high-class battle and have a good house.
As theEclub is the chief sufferer in the mat
ter. It's policy is singular. to say the least
Terry McGovern's match with Yanger |
and hangers subsequent matches with
Broad ana Hanlon. ali OF which were prac- |
tically closed last week, were the chief items
of pugilistic Importance. Benny has three
hard battles on his hards. and II he fights
with a neutral referee he Is going to have a
hard struggle in each and every case.
His battle with Broad. set for May 2 at
Louisville. is one CT the hardest fights he
has on hand. Breads style is so similar to
that Of Yanger that the Italian boxer is 60
ing 10 find considerable difficulty in getting
Broad's stomach. When he does reach that /
point he is apt to find that Broad is recip-
roesting vigorously with stomach punches !
OF his own.
Broad is about as tough a customer as
there is in his class. when it comes TO TAX
ing punishment. He can stand and has
stood more terrific beatings than most men
in his class. He can take body punishment
in q manner that almost makes 1t appear as
II he was punch-proof in the stomach re-
gion. This is going to count against Yam
ger.
One point Is doubtless counted on by Yam
ger and his manager, and that Is the re-
port that Broad is going back. The Cleve-
land fighter has not been doing particularly
well OF late, and within the last month he
has fought draws with men Of little ability.
This makes it appear as if his condition
was not what IT should be.
II Broad is going back, Benny should win.
II the Kid is in form anywhere near that
of last year. when he fought a draw with
YanSeri in Chicago, he should win. Specta-
tors atthe bout mentioned. state that it was
a typical Chicago decision that rendered il
a draw. The majority seem to agree that
Broad had the best of the game. and the
fact that he knocked Yanger down a couple
of times and had Benny g-oggy at one
stage seems TO chow that he had a slight
edge. atlleast
Twenty rounds are in Breads favor. He
likes a route of the sort. and. can take a
beating through # al. In fact. unless !.
Broad shas gone back decidedly he should
pct up a frst-class bout against Yenger. 1t
would not be surprising 10 see him give
Yanger more trouble than Benny has had
In any Aght OF his career. and IL Broad Is
"a good trim there is a first-class chance
thai he can win.
Yanger and McGovern are matched also.
although the date is not definitely set. Here
IL appears as il Yanger had the call. He is
fighting a man who seems utterly unable
- control his temper or keep his head cool