The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-19
CHANGED HIS CLASS
EVERY TWElVEm0NTH.
Weight. hut L. Nnw battling
Hrit-r Weight.

From the featEsr-wsi=ht division to the
I lSs-Iouni class is the progress in ayoirdu-
Tois MADE 10y Dick Green IN the last three
years.
Starring hv fighting men .f'-f Aia At'rr!
and Tommy White. no has gradually gone
through the lightweight limit and IS now
iacklins the welters like Jack o'Keefe.
- ii!iv AuJ"I aul Others Of 1,- oIpIu...-s
have remained AT practically the same Tx
IRE. Green has taken ou weight with each
successive year
The fact that 10 started fighting. when
still unmaiured i tn" reason ne assigns
Tor HIS increase IN weight Tie was "A raw
boy OF less than % when he started the
So H., ,'..'--'.- "'.-.t fiir. ~..'.is,-.
EaN" forced Eim tu a-al I'm e. new class
each SEASON.
\ couple e y.arz --1 ,i--.-. VS. fi=hfir..-
men ike Tommy White. Eddie Sautry and
Tommy Smith lie viii b.. remembered as
having Won from the latter lighter at
Peoria. IL. ~ ;hat time. BROOKLYN Tommy
SULLIVAN having been originally scheduled
To n Get him Sullivan I'D not reach tn.
city on time and Smith Was substituted
Green knocking him cut in the eighth
Round.
In Chicago about ten days later he met
Eddie Santry and fought a slx-rognd draw
with him. This fight attracted some at
tentluh. as Green was getting heavier At
the time and had hard work reducing 20
'N'AeAs - >ilOll lAE4ls 4hEs-T- Al higher
avoirdupcis. he met Milf Kinney at Sioux
city and got the decision over aim ia ton
ROUNDS kinney -st- eight bounds heavier
on this occasion than Was Green.
ItuuSA Uy-.ll-..i..s ..-t...I.-. -. - pounds
at this time, Green iII CONSIDERABLE. ,lii-
hculty IN keeping nj iu. weight. 4, the
Madison Athletic club in Chicsg" he
knocked out Hid Stone in three rounds
soon after his bout with kinney then v.aa
from Edo. Storms In one round with a
series OF punches Ia The stomach
His last fights around IN. iS-poufit
margin Serc his draw with Harry Grain
and siN-round draw with Hid Abel at
Chicago. lie fought Ar Simms At Iss
pounds before Andy Mulfigau-S club al
Hot Springs. and was knocked out after
four rounds Of fighting. He Won from
Tommy Smith on = foul near IN. Dakota
border year ago.
What makes his bout with Att.u OF ia
terest rs the fact that Att@ll WAS then
coming To the fore. about three years ana
a half ago. just before AtteIfs arrival
hckeEna Green Is a scene painter by-
trade and had been working At the thea
tiers OF tn" Pacific Coast He weighed
about l22 pounds at the tim, and wts
blossoning out in the fighting rsne him
self. He was matched with Attsu and
went ten rounds with him. the verdict b.
ing draw Attcli showed his peculiar
style OF Jabhing and getting inside his Cp-
ponents punches for the first time IN this
battle. and controversy ran warmly IN
sporting circles Of the coast as TO whether
lucky in avoiding Green's punishment
Green Is now fighting in the I3s-pouni
division ard viii meet Jack O'kyef,. At the
latter weight.
II the question of weight can he salts
factorily arranged. As now seems likely.
BROOKLYN Tommy Sullivan and Abe Attcll
will be car'icd for hput October u At
tell wired Saturday asking for L. pounds
SULLIVAN and his party want l2i "
pound OF margin can he obtained from
either side. the fight viii he listed At
once
Frank Hart Is dubious about handling
sullivan an5 SAYS that he has no desire
TO manage the BROOKLYN fighter again. As
he put him in better condition than any
previous handler % sullivan ahsn Tommy
first fought here. IL j. likely that ne may
serve In the training capacity. after all.
Johnny RcEau Is another man who IS
going up in the weight scale. though not
through necessity uf Increasing avoir.U-
pGis- Johnny claims that he cannot get
any fights at lls pounds. a. Neil persist
entity refuses To 1cht him anywhere save
on the Pacific Coast.
Inasmuch IS Nick Sanford has been
striving TO get Johnny into the ring at
that weight. and as Eddie Randall has Of
fered to take him on at figure close To
with either OF these hoys ~ short order.
Regain Is sincere in his desire to hattie.
however and says that lie will fight Ben
ny YanEer II the latter can still make I.s
pounds at ! o'clock
Hughev NcCi9yern is being talked ~ as
an opponent for Regain here" Joe Hum
phreys replied to q letter written on be-
half Of Regan by the West End Club man
agenent. saying that he preferred 20 seri
Hughey here against SlutCrl or some
Chicago fighter before taking on Regain.
Frank Nell is stilI hanging fire to prop
ositions 10 match him here