Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-03
,.,,eie yeIrs Experience in Lon
dan When He Fought
BOwker
,ropNED GOOD OFFERS HERE.
,.,,,1,lobla RIngstcrs Made Generous
'' n,.oo,ltlon to Keep Him In this
County, Bat He Declined

, vars experience In England
I,'S n,, Illustration of the old saying
.D ,,agay fields look green Men wei" .,l
'h,, '''. CAV TO got his bumps ana the
lohS VIZ - a losing one TOR him and
h. NJ. IN philadelphia Neil was offered a
WHY .,.o of $500 COR two slN-rouni
e'i'"s., t bo preferred to go TO England
Nap ..y yo' chances on getting tho losing
'hl WV W.. ,nrso of SEQ Tor twenty rounds
ro W ,s, a. what hc got In addition To
ono '.a nc. which hIs reputation suffered
". ', ,S, heating which Bowker gave him
wv, .I yon beaten Bowker he would not
l"u .nsd very much, as while the Int
D''. t... ho the best lad Of Ma weight
pos5rd. that country does not cut
..s erurc IN boxing nowadays ior
I, .4', .blp comes over which does not
I''u' ,,., some one who has gained a
.,, "S OF that land
g.1 Nen remained In this country
|t.,,sp weh Of the many local boys
~, ..n no could have got matches with
sopd have made great deal more
...y Than no did by going to England
lG vas money that he clHlmcq 10 be
w. and he always wanted a hlg Waq
.ltov IN Philadelphia Men VINO studied
WIZ boXlng while he was IN fhlladel~
IN, vsre not impressed with MS snow
~, tJe could only use one hand-hls
M M right hand was almost useless
a. Hm It was plain 10 pc seen tnat
rln with two good HANDS would peat
.r5 tine contest with BoWkcr
I5Vpj that this conclusion was not very
Nv w6o are familiar with the way
~, toylne Is run I'm England were
,,itsr subl6us u the result when 1t WAS
.,,.8nced that Neil was golng 20 box
p.rtsr Tho contest was 10 come on at
Is National Sporting club, which place
Z, ssid IN have degcncrated into "a clear
IN, house Oar London bo0kmakers. In
rsgapd hooks are made and betting
i.rs IN many Ways different from what
Ge In thls country over there, there
III hundreds of men who make living
,stirg an boat races foot races, dog
r.ss swimming events and in various
.ib,r ways. M addition to horse races,
yhNh Is the common form Of b0okmak.
rg In this country a
IN order To Keep their play going
these bo0kmakers take up promising
,bIstes and Keep them iust as u man
vrlN do a horse or a dog. They are
NsfA lodged and clothed and trained
prarIy Tor the various events I'm which
r5Ir hacker enters them II Is, Of course.
he intention 0f their hackers 10 win
Win them although II Is often found
NOTABLE for the hackers 10 bet against
tsr men II they find that they can do
So Il Is asserted that Bowker Is one Of
naw gamblers boxers Tie Is said 10
"a IN the employment N the National
Sporting club with a salary aud a small
percentage N the winnings II things go
Vie way.
n these reports are correct n can
railly be seen what chance "a man would
nave IN a match against him IN the
National Sporting club whore the effort
4 always made 20 get as many bets
Gown on he side as possible. with the
do controlling the boxer and the referee
iri me- majority or all Of the members
rirsted ln the outcome Of the match
I would not be NJ AN strange. consider
u, he past history Of English ring mat
N5 70 geo a visiting boxer, especially
o. American, get shade the worst
on