The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-11
HORSES AND CARRIAGES
TIMELY BOXING Talk.
Sammy Kelly Says That France Is
Coming FistiC Center.

II what Sammy Kelly, the local pusl.'
says lie true France may be expected 70 pr'
duce a noted champion before long h".
has just returned from that country. wi ere 4
has sol burned for many years Alhoush heI
has retired he has not neglected his fghtlr'
game entirely. Kelly is of the opinion 'G5t
eventually France will develop hcavywsI r''
who may be able to win laurels in the r,Hc
both England and this country.
THE renchman is just now taking an 7'''
interest in pugilsm and scientific hoN','
said Kelly yesterday to Tn StN l~pr'
sin the past the Frenchman has been l""'t'
upon merely as the exponent OF boxing ~ IT..
the feet, or la savate. as IT Is termed ~ vs..
country Now, however. he is GONG ID : H' ~
sport With his hands and If he ""u''nN'- r.
make the progress he has maze dFrN'- VI.
past two years there is no telling no"
a big Frenchman may spring up rHlhNI
holding his own With the best in the Vol !
his weight II was not so long axe 'h,' ~
amateur boxing competition 3 "t ILL.,.
and English fighters was h"l1 IN IItIt'
The French scrappers, with one or E''N'f.
lions carried everything before iil". f'l
won the majority of the pr'%"sii W.. r.
progressed a little while the BRITISH -H'f"''
began to ait up and take notice.
sThe average Frenchman is game an7 H.,
hitious. He likes to wrestle and h4h'.
is fairly strong. and when one" tns" 10
rubin ents of boying usually retains n" it|5.
o Tnim'''h , been established in Par- no
in particular is known az the sport 80 I"'
i has large me ors rn In ana Tan ae r.,
wrestline American fighters wiu '-1
taken UP a permanent residence IN ''.,
are in 81 measure responsible Tor M ''.
popularitv Of boxing in France. VI" N.'.
EAR fighters started schools or got }n- 80
acting as boxing tutors to well know '''
lives realized what a healthy eXsrrse -
S %o d 1SSs 1t good oed Fr %"H sGt~rs
a nS1q tne'' t fs'' E En- Ills and A%S -.
Of fghting. The majority are "a 4. t, .f.''
punchers and clever ..
When Kid Lavlgne went 70 rlrf % ~
his home there he had no trGph r g."
Ia has 'ae large school and IS don. yery q. 81,
lavigne has the advantase 81 oS'Ns q.
guage before he ever saw, iariN
REYNOLDS. another American boyer VINO ""'
to Paris about ten YEAR az nf'' al' ,,
Of his pupils were so husky and 81
they gave him plenty nj work +" ,"
big men in Paris do not take aS g..
rural districts, especially. in Tho -,a'4 90,
| France, the big men go in for the spo-' I.'..'
arc plenty of six footers ava he1E' ''.-4
there. 80 il France is to turn our ~.
clever big man, hewill undouh'%dl' ,,,I
! that part OF the country thhr j ..
| fries would make a fortune If b" sE't'd So.
| crazy to SEQ him and would pay an' D
| OF money to watch him perform
| that Jefrres could play in Pars q
| ak months without ley m and SIM ar
| crowds. The dav is not diStan',
| opinion. when some ontcrprS,ue
| man will come forward and offer q N, !
| for an international hght between ''',
| champion and an AmcTlcan rt"ni'r
| fret American boxer who butts IN In y
| wav will get tho coin beyond any HHu'
England Ia picking Mn bit in n" 1915.
| good fighters. That country has INC" -.
men in owen Moran, Iahez Whi" nn1 :.
, Bowker. Both White and Moran hive .
| in America and have done very we'll ha''.l
| is n mighty good little man, hlt in my 4,
he lacks the punch. Hut very few Of ~"
! over here think have it on him wh"Nt
| to Cleyerness. lie is very spaody 49,
| and il big drawing card IN InrdG
| il surprises me very niuch that he 0'.'
| maize a trim here, for I think that VI"
| do we'll. The purses offered in fnsDr !
| very small-so small, H. fact. that th"
| end OF the purse would HOY ,o.tsy ~"
| fghtnrs in this country. There Is ~
OF things getting brighter in this re-." !
| long as England is without repres'' ~ !
| heavyweight champion. As soon As .'''
| these men Ia developed ii s safe (" 81
| that boxing will take on decided boo
! that the purses will be increased tenio'd