The Washington times., 1906-01-07
CHICAGO BOXING
HOPES REVIVED
Blue Island Club Says It's
''In Right"
SIGNING FIGHTERS AHEAD
Promoters Display Confidence by Ar
ranging Bouts for Future-Fitz
Not So Dead.
SIGNING FIGHTERS AHEAD
BY CHIP

CHICAGO. Jan. with boxing in
/ Chicago. the hopes OF the sports are
pinned on the new club that has been
formed at Blue Island, a suburb within
easy distance. and which, fortunately,
is not ruled by the iron hand of our
city government
The opening show Will be pulled of
there next Tuesday and has for a wind
up attraction a bout between George
Decker, the fast Philadelphia feather
weight and Andy Bozenah. one of the
famous Cincinnati fighting family OF
that name, and who recently accom-
plshed the rare feat Of winning a de-
cisiOu over native Son''-Young
O'Leary-in Milwaukee
No Regrets for Amateurs"
Several other good scraps will pre-
| cede the wind-up. and if everything
goes smoothly. the Blue Island Club
will nh a long-felt want for Chicago
| fight devotees They have attended the
| amateur" Journeys that have -four
/ ished lately, chiefly on the principle
| that half a loaf was better than no
bread at all. but these affairs have
/
true pugllistic connoisseur. Conse-
quently there was bat little regret
among the brotherhood at large when
the city government finally woke up
and sQuelched the whole business
The Blue Island promoters claim they
are in right" and are going right ahead
and booking attractions for future
shows. one of which will be q go be-
1
patrick on January - Both boys are
very popular here. and. as they have
once before met without settling the
question Of superiority, their second
hook-up viii create considerable inter
est,
Interested in Corbett.
The coming Corbett- Herrera affair is
.unother match that Chicago flght-Iovers
are greatly enthused over. The bout
takes place at Los Angeles next Fri
day night, having been postponed from
the latter part of December The fight
Will be a step upward for the winner,
who is slated to meet Kid Herman on
the coast "A month later. and the winner
% that argument viii have a very good
claim for a match with Battling Nelson
for the championship.
Consequently Messrs COrbett and Her
rera are very busy these days putting
The finishing touches on season Of ard
nous training. Especially in the case Of
the former champion is this true. He
realizes, TOO late, how careIessly he
threw away a kite that meant thou
sands OF dollars TO him and which he
might easily have kept had he held him
self level and avoided the butterfly life
But the little Denverite has put in some
hard ticks the So past few weeks and IS
determined To win back MS former
laurels
One thing that LOOKS badly for him.
however. is the fact that he is A slight
favorite in the betting. Il has been 50
long since the long end won in a coast
fight that it is hard to recall just when
1t happened. But what a number OF
short ones have gone over latvly-Nei-
son. both Sullivans. Kid Herman and
Jack O'Brien twice did the trick.
Jack Brien stated in his short stop
in 5his city on his way East. that Fitz
was by no means q walkOver for him
lie said that the veteran was far from
being ALI in and had 10 be watched
every minute Jack still carries an ugly
scar he received during the fght-a cash
on his q IN. the result of one of Bob's
swings and which only O'Brien's superb
condition prevented his being knocked
.out
The Philadelphia frankly admitted
that every one OF Fitz's blows hurt and
It was only after the eleventh or twelfth
round. when the older mans strength
began to wane. that Jack dared cut
loose.
Eddie Santry has joined the Society
of Rejuvenated Hasbeens He has even
gone the other members one better.
Eddie has twice come out Of retirement.
His first temperance occurred a few
months ago when he came TO life IN
Milwaukee and showed quite a bit Of
his old-time form. Then suddenly he
went wrons--sirained tendon. or
something OF that soTt-and II was
gravely announced that he was perma-