The Washington times., 1906-12-30
Boxing Matches
DRAW Hundreds
Of CapitaHteS
ChccrfuIIy Pay Fare to Baltimore and Buy
Best Seats to See Kid Sullivan Fight
Famous PugiliStS.

in New York before the game was
stopped over there as a result of the
Gans-Lewis and McGOVeFn- Britt no.
decision fights in that city in the past
spring. lie is "a fast and SNOWY boxer.
and is said 10 be developing a good
punch. He seems to be improving and
viii have 4 bright future if he Will eX-
tend himself and fight TO the best of
his ability every time he enters the ring
instead Of pulling" because he has q
Crouch on the size of the purse
There was practically nothing doing in
the way Of boxing in the immediate vi
cinity of Washington, The only bout of
the year was that in which George Tol-
bert. from the Navy Yard, knocked out
Robbie Baker in fourteen rounds. 1t
was hard and earnest battle. in which
Baker displayed a noteworthy improve
ment
Championship Bouts.
There were a number of important
bouts Of general interest in 1896. OF
course. the most remarkable was that
IN which Joe Cans won the undisDuted
lightweight championship of the world
when Battling Nelson lost to him IN FOR
ty-two rounds in Goldheld, New. on la
Dor Day, Referee Siler gave Cans the
fight on foul in the forty-second round.
but there Is no doubt that Cans had
the better of the argument and beat the
Dane II was at the legitimate iiglt-
weight limit-i33 pounds ringside.
On February %, in Los Angeles. Tom
my Burns gained The decision over Mar
yin Hart In twenty rounds Hart had
the credit of a doubtful decision over
l. ok NsaFHr
near a successor 10 Jeffrles as could be
found. On November p Burns got q
draw with Philadelphia Jack O'Brlen in
twenty rounds in Los Angeles. Burns
really won the night by a clear margin.
Dul there was a secret agreement that
II should be declared draw if both
were strong at the finish. Jehries being
IN retirement Burns may 3D., considcr.f !
the active heavyweight kirg on these
TWO bouts, but he is a sad specimen Of
a champion.
Feathers and Middles.
Abe AttelI on July cut Frankie Neil
10 pieces IN twenty rounds in Los An
seies and became the undisputed Amer
lean featheTweight champion. As Joe
BoWker, the English champion. Drar-
ucally refuses to box Atteu. the sbift,-
Abe may be considered champion of The
world. On October 30 Harry Baker es-
sayed 10 trim Attell in Los Angeles. but
lost the decision in twenty rounds.
Among the middleweights there was
little doing Tommy Ryan has claimed
The title for a century or more. hur
announced month ago that he had
turned it over 20 Hugo Kelly. In the
meantime, Ryan, the seIf-depOsed cham
pion. Is hustling for a match with any
easy mark he can md. while Kelly seems
10 be willing to fight anything in his
class, bat can md no contenders worth
while. The middleweight division is in a
bad way.
Among the welters the feature of the
year has been the sudden rise OF Joe
Thomas. He knocked out Al Neil
George Herberts. and Jules Klein on
the Coast. and then came East. After
winning from Mike Donovan in ten
rounds IN Iefre Haute, Ind, he had a
no-ueciSlop bout with Joe Grim in Phila-
delphla- Then he jumped 10 the top of
the WeltGr division by knocking ont
Tommy Sullivan in Chelsea in rine
rounds on July 81. ana repeating the
Irlck by knocking out Honey MELODY
IN eleven rounds on September 3
in Chelsea. Mass Joe WaIcOtt had
for years been boss Of the Welters.
bbA Is LdIuI4 III lNe running now be-
cause Of the Injury 10 his hand when he
accidentally shot himself. On October
l5 in Chelsea, Melody got the decision
over Walcott in fifteen rounds, and on
November %. in the same town. ne
made WalcOtt quit IN twelve rounds.
With his Knockout of Melody, It is
hard to see Thomas in any other light
than as champion of the Welters. unless
it is that he is considered too heavy
for that class in which case Melody
may be called the weiter champ