Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-10-18
YOUNG BLOODS
TAKING SPACE
NAMES UNKNOWN AMONG Box
ERs A YEAR AGO HAVE BE-
COME PROMINENT
Fiv ecaIifornlans Have Come to the
Front-Golden State Claims Jeffries,
AtteiI and Neil, Heavy, Feather and
Bantam Weights.
BY Barratt o,Hara,

The young bloods are taking ~.-.----s
and more of the space on flstic stage
and the old dodgers are being shooed
out the exit ways Names that were
practically unknown a year ago are
now head-liners. Berger, Kaufman
and Burns among the heavies, jos
Thomas and Billy Rhodes among the
welters and Fighting Dick Hyiand and
Harry Baker among the smaller men
are the most prominent of the new
generation which has come to the
front with a marvellous rush. OF these
five are Californians. The coast state
now has in Jeffries the retired heavy
weight champion. in Attell the feath-
erweight and in Neil the bantam
weight champion. If, as seems not
unlikely, Joe Thomas should grab off
the welter and Dick Hyland the light
weight title, California could then
boast of all the belts save the middle
and the light heavy. The last two
classes are deader than nails at the
present time In reality Jack O'Brien
is the light heavyweight champion by
virtue of his defeat of Fitzsimmons,
who whipped George Gardner for the
honor O'Rrien. however, ignores the
class to which rightfully he Is entitled
to leadership and sets himself up az a.
rival claimant with Burns to the
heavyweight belt. With all of the ac-
tive middleweights hustling around
trying to fill Jeffries shoes Tommy
Ryan is left to sign himself middle
weight champion of the world" with
out calling forth a murmur of protest
from even his old-time rival, O'BrteE.
Ryan never intends to fight again, but
he will hold to his title with fingers
of irons until the very last II he sees
a chance to hook 1t into the grave with
him when the final days comes for
Tommy you can rest assured he'll do
It, Ryan seldom dons the gloves and
his only active interest In the sport
that made him famous is centered in
his fight club at Benton Harbor, Mich.
and in his Michigan Champion"
Johnnie Morrison. Last week he won
first prize with his chickens at coun-
ty fair over at Benton Harbor and en-
tered his PAGER in the horse races, all
showing that he's lot more interested
in farming than fighting.
Murphy in Stride.
Tommy Murphy. the little Harlem
boy, is back in strike again, as was
shown this week at Chelsea, Mass,
when he fought rings around Kid
Goodman and won an easy decision at
the end of fifteen rounds. Tommy
pitched in from the start and fought a
whirlwind battle. Some of the reports
claim he broke Goodman's Jaw in one
of the early sessions, but this hardly
seems probable as he kept on pepper
Ing the Kids lower face throughout
the remainder of the contest without
forcing him to the mat. No man with
a broken jow bone can stand UP under
very many hard raps to the affected
part. In the eleventh round when
Murphy seemed to be firing Goodman
made desperate attempt to turn the
tide Of battle, and was successful for
the moment, but Tommy came back In
the next round and heia the Kid at his
mercy from then until the end
Gardner Boys.
The Gardner ys-George and Jack
are hanging around Chicago looking
for matches. George tells me he has
been working in the gymnasium with
Jimmy and that he believes he is as
good as ever. At any rate, he wants
a trial and is willing to go up against
any of the topnOtcherS