The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-04
ENGLAND LACKS
GOOD FIGHTERS
No FirSt-class Pugiiists There
Jack 0'Brien Could De-
feat Best They Have.

An EngllShman. after careful study
OF the fighters over in Johnny Bulls
realms and their Yankee contempo-
raries. arises to declare that England
today is without a fighter of any merit
in any of the classes
His knowledge of English fstic mat
ters sheds considerable light on puei-
listic affairs over there. and also shows
what a cinch Jack O'Brien is going
up against TO take on heavies across
the pond The Englishnlan says:
The lighting game IS down and out,
IN England There is not one fighter
at present in that country who would
rank as third-rater in this country
The heavy, middle, light, feather and
bamtam-weignts chat is the whole LOTT
are thing of the past. Owen Moran
Is about the only feather-weight who
could come over here and hand out n
whipping to most OF the American
feather weights
Could Beat Jabez.
The other live ones are at present in
this country trying to make a little
coin They are Spike Robson. Fred
Welsh and Ike Bradley. Of the two
former light-weights Fred Welsh is py
far the batter man I cannot say that
Jabez White ever ran away from him.
yet at the same time White knew that
should he ever have to fight Welsh q
twenty-round battle, Welsh would beat
him.
ut would be a repetition of the Mel
son-Britt affair, where the fighter beat
the boxer. Welsh, the fighter and
White, the boxer. Jabez has been a
very steady boy and has saved his
earnings In the ring, until today ne
has a nice business of his own, and tells
his friends he prefers TO look after his
new business interests than to look af-
ter his ring career.
'At the present time there are scores
of young men in Great Britain who, if
properly trained, could give some of the
present American champions good run
for their money, but there is nobody to
train them and nobody to give them
any encouragement
Easy for Americans.
England is void of frst-class men
Jack O'Brien could eat up all the En-
glish heavy and middle-weights in one
night. Honey Melody could do the
same to all the welter- weights. IF Cans
or Nelson had to put foot into England
there would be no such thing as a.
lightweight on the market unless ia
bez White had to come out of his shell
and let himself be made to look like a
bad shilling.
ABE Attell could meet worthy oppo-
nent in Owen Moran, and probably WIN
the decision by his cleverness. if they
were to meet anywhere outside the
National Sporting club. If they met at
the National Sporting club it would be
more than likely that the rative would
get the decision, as they always give
the home man the preference, IN order
to save bets.
81 refer you to the Bowker-Ne fight.
I saw that fight, and while had a lit
tie money on Bowker, yet I thought
a just decision would have been a draw.
If these men had to meet again 1 am
afraid Bowker would soon lose his title
as worlds champion for he, like the
rest, seems to have lost interest in
strict training.
Some day. perhaps, we may see a
revival of the manly art Then should
the public become interested, have no
doubt that better purses would be hung
up, and good inducements given TO the
young men who are clever with their
fists.
Until such a time arrives. yoc may
class the English fighter as down and
out and not worth the time and trouble
Of any American manager trying to get
MS man a match with any of them"