The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-16
Says Jack O'BrIen Could
Whip all English Of His
CldSSin One Night.
MOIR WOULD LIKE
TO ARRANGE FIGHT
American Prize-Fighters Are
Better Educated Men Than
the English, and the Skill
Seems to Have Come
on This Side Of
the Water.

LONDON. December l5.-The Daily
Telegraph says: It has been said IN New
York. where the critics come from. that
Jack O'Brien. a fine American boxer.
could beat all the English heavy
weights in a single night and that 80
Little support is now forthcoming for box
inS in this country that there is no Eng
hsh champion worth the name az any
weight at all Fortunately FOR boxing.
an the big. strong men are not monopo-
Hzed by any country. We hal a few
VINO are not forgotten yet. and there are
some stll left who will probably make
their mark even IN the country which
has produced Philadelphia JACK - Br.eu
j. l.. sullivan, Fltzsimmons Corhetf JEFF
fries. and the rest AS matter OF fact
II o Brien We're 20 come over here to-
morrow with an open challenge 10 ar
corners, which would be Immediately ac-
cepted Toy M0ir. 81 not by others his
supporters might suddenly discover that
the American champion was middle
weight VINO would md e somewhat difs-
cult 20 give away quite so much in
sneer ayoirdupois. whatever be his ciev-
erness. The phrase quoted above is not
Hkely 70 have been used by O'Brien him
SELF. or any boxer that knew his bust
ness whatever he thought az English
boxing just now
But II Is evident there are men who
believe OBrien can beat NOR al any
rate. for at OFFER has already arrived
from Newcastle backing the American
10 beat hoir for sZOs aside and the
best purse offered. either IN London or
the North. for twenty rounds with four
~. gloves. and that oner has been ac-
cepted by the Gunner
More Than Cleverness.
When IL comes 70 cleverncss alone,
nobody wants more OF IL. since the DAYS
81 Feolar Palmer, than was seen when
Frankly Nen came over here with a
terrific flourish Of trumpets 20 trample
on Joe BOwker. X was not Neil who
did the trampIng. owen Moran. too. #
We stick 20 the lighter classes. beat two
81 their best mon when he went over
% the States. and could never get on
another match No doubt the Ameri-
can Cans mas talent OF a quite FIRST
rate order. but II his compatriot. Attel.
wished 10 make a beginning. he could no
doubt fix up d match by return Of post
with Johnny Summers. our present
featherweight champion OF England
American Heavyweights.
u IS quite true that man ike Peter
Jackson does not happen TO be boxing
professionally just now on either side Of
the Atlantic II would be eXaEgeration
20 compare the best Of either country
with him. And il is also true that Amer
ca has had more good heavyweights than
We have since his day.
There is plenty Of encouragement ready
iu the shape OF biz purse as soon as
the big man comes along. but he seems
for the moment TO be Furnishing among
the amateurs instead Of in the open ring.
No one knows how good Hopley. OF
Cambridge. could be II he liked. At the
big AldershOt meetings. too. Lieutenant
Craven has shown such beautiful form
such straight and quick hitting and so
much knowledge Of the ring. that II a
meeting were possible they could
defeat any adversary. But the
hypothesis is needless and impracticable.
neither NOR nor Palmer are up to the
highest standard. even II they seem able
TO take on any challenge Philadelphia
Jack may have in store for them.
Lost the Science.
The fact is we have largely lost the
science and the ringcraft which have
distinguished boxing in the United States
Americans who take X up there are bet
ter educated men than ours. English
boxers seem only 10 have retained their
characteristic style long enough To hand
TO forget il. americans. once having
learned IL. are putting Ii into practice
now. There is really only one style in
boxing Just rs there Is in rowing. and
what the Cambridge crew OF 1900 stands
for In English Craftsmanship that the
style of Jem Mace was to the English
When Mace left of boxing in England
he went to Australia, and in Sydney he
taught Larry Foley, who turned out not
only a fine pupil. but an admirable teach
or. for in his turn he gave lessons to