Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-14
ea., Veteran Referee Handles
VII The Question corOett- Britt
Match.
NAY CAPTURE TWO TITLES.
Il Britt Wins, Denver Fighter
wifi Still Retain featherwe'sn'
Championship,

c-,t IAN In Salt Lake knows
b'',S about George SIler, the wen
toin some sporting writer Of Chicago, ana
nO" ,etsran referee, lilo Is a recognized
he ,. t,y on matters pertaining 10 Ms
su'nV'"s "a no is conservative, what
pa ,r ,o saws on the subject has a great
n s, q, weight in pugdom the wor'a over
gen. 81 sns, discusses at some length the
"I ~, revision question among feather-
ssIsht; the Bhtt.corbett match; JOG
wes"' standing as the lightweight cham
os and the much-telked-of Ryan
rRren match, siler SAYS -,
.iyonreo Corbett who frightened his
-, - ,be featnerwelght championship
ho'ua ofeating Eddie Hanlon, mas, az wac
W,Scted matched himself Win JinIimS
6p.,,, the crack San Francesca i,shs.
apaISbt and the pair VIII De'tie ioa IA
hgnlN,,ss, auspices Of the Yosemite club
vno,i ,, n The weight the boys agreed
neAI lei nounds, while several POUNDS
upon ~ limit set for that division, VIII
pelg" Rem into the ring fun neuseu
tehy ,,eiShts. as the weighing In time has
lsh.Nvtssf Tor o'clock, which Will give
pesn reatlv four hours TO take on "
l nsni a weight TO bring them 10 lSi
pounds 80, ~ bis class 10 battle
~ ,hs In a division one notch above
u, Class he has been lighting in' Young
"",hett will not necessarily pe sonslu-
IA o,,t OF the featherweight running az,
.YIN or lose with Britt. he VIII sun re-,
,sln Inc featherweight championship anu
viii stand ready to defenn Wy
w. Rnit of which he appears confident
W. aJi, bs the possessor OF two titles, one
~ "astherweight, which will always be
ls hs 10 by the lighter boys IN that
W. hscause Of his weight, and the otu-
81 Tho lightweight, as Joe Cans, the pres
an, holder Of the title, cannot batle at
ths required limit. a.. .,u., 90
49, ehamnionship on the same lines that
rnrhstt laws claim to the featherweight
M as ne can battle within as many
nSnnds OF the limit In his class as Cor
XII can In his. The juggling OF welghts,
looked az from any angle, Is bad, ana q
r,adustment Of them In the nght ana
i,steryeight division Is required
with C0rbett out Of the road, such
law, Youngsters as Abe Attell and Har-
>" Forbes could battle for the legitimate
ssaiberweIght title and would not re-
move any OF the glory possessed by the
.SamnIon at present Furthermore he Is
sslng 10 dahble with the lightweights and
n an probability will not again fight as
isatberyelght. Cans could also move
M A notch and, II he does not care 10 be
,assed as a welterweight, he can dub
himself the l}s-pound champion While
arranging the various classes, we may as
vel take a shot at the bantams who
n present. are battling at lis pounds; BY
"a doing It will give us an extra class,
tartams and heavy bantams. That surely
tAMh meet with the approval " llO-
rgnders, who are now out IN the cold
RYAN.o'BRIEN MATCH.
After months OF wrangling and after
tsnIng articles to fight no less than
ffteen rounds, Tommy Ryan and JACK
rounds at Philadelphia, where the docis-
lon as 10 which IL the better man Is left
10 the Judgment Of tile spectators. In all
arguments which lead up TO the present
match Ryan positively stated. times with.
out number, that he would not engage In
six.pund contest with O'Brien, as he
considered him too speedy In contest
over 50 short a distance. lie argues that
Jack Is six-rOund boxer pure and SIM
pie, while his long suit Is to battle the
iul route, and that Philadelphia con-
test will be TO his disadvantage, The
date set for the contest, OF rather boxing
match, Is still three weeks of, and al.
ready the question Is being asked, VIII
they try2 OF that there Is no doubt.
for Ryan will not permit oBrlen or any
one else. for that matter, TO best him
" he can prevent Il,
George Gardner does not make much
Roadway IN his first attempt to regain
some Of the ground he lost In his contest
With Bob Fitzslmmons, as, from reports,
he was quite fortunate to secure draw
IN bis fight with Marvin Hart at Boston
las, Tuesday night IL there was ono
man that Gardner thought he could beat
i was Hart, He forced him 10 quit In
The twelfth round In their fight az Louis.
vile, and on the strength ~ that batte
ne thought he had Marvin up his sleeve
70 be shook out any time they hooked up
in this II appears he erred, as the Ken.
iuckan, II reports can be relied upon
had him on the verge OF collapse several
llmes during the encounter The ques.
ton now TO be- asked is: Has Gardner
gone back since he went down to defeat
pelore Fltslimm0ns, or has Hart i'm
proved since his last meeting with the
ek'lght heavyweight champion2 Marvin
showed good form In his recent fights
WIN Choynskl and Carter, and the pre-
sumption rs he is on the improve,