The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-03
TIMELY BOXING TALK.
Pugilis.n Still Popular, as Proved by Number
OF bouts TO He Held.

PuEilIs n stu Popular, as Proved by Number
! OF Bouts TO he Held.
Boxing enthusiasts will not have cause to
| suffer from eDnui during the summer II the
| present plans anpnt ring contests are carried
| out The flstic promoters have been busy,
! and already a number Of important matches
| ha We been arranged. with the prospect of more
to follow. Then. with the fact that Battling
| Nelson is in the East and Jimmy Britt the
| most talked about Ii ghtweight in the country.
intends to visit New York and other Eastern
| cities before long. things ought to be pretty
| lively In the pugilistic world during the next
| three months or so.
Two bouts have been arranged which are
| sure TO arouse interest They are the pro-
posed meetings between Jack O'Brien and
Jack Munroe and Bob Fitzsimmons and
Mike Schreck. The last named Is the man
who conquered George Gardner in twenty
round bout. and who aspres to step into JET
fries's boots some day.
Munroe has not been conspicuous In the
puailistic armament since he was be ten by
the boilermaker. True, he has engaged in a
number of bouts since then: bat they have
been with insignificant fighters who did not
amount to anything. That O'Brlen and
Munroe will attract crowd goes without
| saying. more because the public Is anxious
to know whether with more experience Mum
roe may amount to something. OBrien Is a
clever two-handed fighter and should bring
all the good or bad qualities that the miner
possesses to the surface. Against Jeffries
Munros did not have much of a chance to
demonstrate any OF his rs s s, bInoh'ns
powers ana grit tnas his frIenas nos. declare ne
will be at a disadvantage in point Of weight
when he faces Munroe.
OBren has in the past met big men. They
may not have been so large or so powerful
as Munroe. but they were men who knew
a good deal about boxing Just the same In
Of the bargain nv at least twenty pounds.
II Munroe ia successful in making a draw
with the QUAKER r provided " the contest i.
honestly fought. he will not have very much
trouble in getting all the engagements he
u~nts' ~ " saiu ''a' lie ms p'.Heu w a
lot about the manly art since Jehries took
his measure He will certainly need all this
As TO Bob Fitzsimmons coming essay
with sohreck, / must MT be denied that the
no % no mo- Esee" i wei we'll @ S youns
nSs VII to he be RF9 snieq the res
with confidence born Of his recent victory
oyer Gardner, pnsiist who made iGI
twenty. round scrap. Fitz and schreck are
slated for similar number OF rounds at Salt
Lake CITY on July \. Local sports would he
better pleased II the mill were nearer East
30 that they could attend, for it bids fair to be
extremely, interesting All told, the boxing
this summer.
Battling Nelson has had his chance In the
East and was not found wanting The fight
ing Dane met Abe Attell in six round
bout at Philadelphia a few nights ago and
showed that he was a pugilist OF exec ptjonal
merit. IL was the old story OF the rushing
bruiser OF indomta BILE courage against the
skilled boxer. The result was that the fig ter
came out best or pretty near II. The mill
lasted the limit. and according to the ma
jority OF the critics the Hebrew had the bet
ter Of the contest on points. For four rounds
Attell fairly smothered Nelson with blows
and made a show of him He landed on
the jaw, face and ear and cut the Dane almost
to ribbons. But Nelson stood the "gafr +"
He snapped blow for blow, his chief aim being
to tire Attel out, as has been the rule in almost
every mill that Nelson has figured in. This Ia
what he did against Young Corbett in their
two mills, and when the proper time came
he was in a fine position to deliver the final
blow:
Nelson had Attell tired so fatieued that
in the final round the Californian just stalled.
Welcoming the final gong as il It were a
lost brother, Nels.n's rushing. tactics. his
continued st another round or so there is NJ
out. But I'm praisinK Nelson Attells per-
Torrance must not be overlooked. He
went out of his class and took the match
on at a few days notice. Nelson. on the
other hand. was well trained and ready for
a grueling combat II it came his way. Attell