The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-02-09

for II rounds and lost in the next
period to superior generalship. Came
ness. strength and aggressiveness he
had a plentiful supply of. but in an
unlucky moment he opened his guard
in a corner sufficiently to permit
Neil to slip in the punch that started
the fireworks. Hyland will be heard
from again and is bound to make his
mark in the legitimate featherweight
class.
With little prospect Of Jabez
White coming to America to meet
Jimmy Britt, another international
contest is promised, if Jem Bowker,
the little man that wrested the
worlds laurels from frankie Neil
can be persuaded to cross the pond
Alex Greggains has offered to hang
up a $4,000 purse for the little fellows
to fight for, but it is not likely that
Bowker will accept. The Englishman
has pronounced distate for the
American style of fighting and no
doubt feels that If he entered an
return to Albion's shores a thorough
ly well licked young man. At least,
that is the opinion of the fight di-
agnoSticians.
A return fight between Battling
Nelson and Young Corbett is now
assured. Britt has stated positive
ha ha ,,il 0ob until March
and the promoters, anxious to have
good attraction for the February
date, will pair off Nelson and Corbett
The anti-fght bill now before the
legislature is giving them much con-
Germ and a bumper" crowd is what
they want as long as the game is
open. Therefore it behooves them
to offer the best cards obtainable.
o o o
Jack johnson and Marvin Hart
continue to snarl at one another, but
as far as that brace of huskies is
concerned there is nothing doing.
Young Mowatt'S announcement of
his desire to meet Neil at 1872 pounds
is not taken seriously here. To do the
weight Mowatt would have to ampu
tate a couple of legs Besides, Now
att is not well thought of on account
of the easy manner in which he sue
cumbed to Aurelio Herrera. Hughey
McGovern or Tommy Murphy will be
Neil's next opponent unless Bowker
comes over.
The entrance of All Wing, the Chi
nese pugilist, into the limelight by
reason of his knockout of Manuel
Torres, in one of the recent amateur
shows, has caused some persons to
take the celestial seriously, but as a
matter of fact All has nothing to
recommend him save a piece of bull
headed luck and a good constitution.
For a Chinaman az Cinnamon go. his
physique is truly wonderful. He is
full chested, heavily muscled and
active Also, strange to say, he is
possessed of some courage, about
99h per cent of which had been
knocked out of him when he landed
the winning punch. Torres is
fighter of no class, but he had cut
the Chinaman to pieces in the round
and a half before the knockout came.
1t will be a case of back to the laun-
dry for All If ever he meets even
fourth-clas boy. But until that time
arrives the willy Chink is going to
make hay out of the advertising that
his feat is giving him and, under the
tutelage of his Mclean manager, 1t
should occasion no surprise to hear
of All uncorking, for advertising pur-
poses, some new punches. such. for
instance. as the chop suey. the birds
nest biff, the sharks fin swing or the
hop joint hook
o o o
"Kid McCloskey was his nomme de
ring" said the old-timer; but around
his own fireside he was George Bar
ton And as decent and clean q chap
as ever stepped into a ring. His fam
lily never dreamed that he was a box
err, his numerous trips out of town
being ascribed to his duties as a