The Washington times., 1906-12-09

| next. and declares u- will get Cans and
Nelson together again In the spring the
I hight between Burns and Johnson would
/ De a good thing and give Us line on
] the big smoke. ! have never had any
J great admiration for his lighting abIi-
4 ties, and would expect 20 see Burns take
/ his measure without any great amount
/ Of difficulty Johnson can box and has
/ the punch, but / am vet 10 be convinced
mat he IS a hghter. A finish night with
Burns would show.
Kid Lavigne. who whipped WaIcott
/ when he was IN his prime. wants tn yet
/ back into the game II The Sarinaw kid
gets on match with a iiv. one hs y-iu
probably DE sorry. He saws he - feei-
ing as well as he ever aid, bat after he
has gone two or three fast rounds with
a good youngster he viii nnd ne has
deceived himself.
Marvin Hart has been heard from. He
wants 10 fight Burns now. bui he j.
not particular. He says ne viii take
. Brien # any promoter SAYS so. or. l,r
that matter, viii take them both on.
And IL can be all TO the winner saws
Marvin. That all to the winner" talk
IS certainly loose. Some day elme
tighter will think up something new 20
make the public believe in the sincerity
Of a challenge.
There IS one branch OF amlteI. sport
which at present New Workers seem TO
be neglecting. This is none ether than
the great game Of boxing. the manly
art Of self-defense. No doubt tho prime
reason for the lack OF interest - owing
10 the stigma placed on the game by
the many fake fights and the general
corruption OF the professional prize rirg
But this should not be the case. There
IS no. rational reason for its being So
Amateur boxing and professional box
ing are as far apart as amateur and
professional track sports
II will not take an oId-timer to re-
member the long list OF stars who sue
cessfully defended Jse honor OF Father
KntckerbOcker in the amateur ring OF
former days. From, the time OF the
formation OF the A. a L.. and even be-
fore that. when the old New York
state championships were held. ED TO
within few years. the records shO1V
that New York turned out more boxing
champions than all the rest Of the coun-
try combined
VI idlt EotllN tkOuEnDacN. Tommy
Stone, and Billy Bceckman are among
those who won premier honors. Roden-
bach's feat-he's a middleweight and
Berger a heavyWeight-of cutting sam
Berger to pieces, with one hand broken
at that. is one OF the most memorable
In the amateur prize ring Roden5ach
and Stone have turned professionals
and BOeckman seriously contemDIates
doing so Another one of the star box
ers who recently left the amateur ranks
Is George Jansen. OF the Pastime A. C.
Columbia's basketball FIVE is sched-
uled to play the Central Y NJ. {. A,
of Chicago. on January 5, in Chicago.
Harvard also has a game with the. Y.
~, c. A five. and the team from Yale
witch visits the West viii probably be
added 10 the schedule. Columbia NAV
not be allowed 10 make the trip. Presi-
dent Butler disapproves of long trips,
and II the schedule has not been ap-
proved the Y NJ. c. A. game in Chicago
may be cut out along with other West
ern engagements.
The men on the Wisconsin team.
which ColumbIa is expected to play.
have begun getting in trim. Frank.
Schrib1er. Rogers, and Waiverwood OF
last years Wisconsin team are trying
TO. make the team again.