Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-09
ENGLISH BOXERS
ARE COMING OVER.
Two at Least Are on the Trail
Of American Pu.
gillsts.
WHAT MALACHY HOGAN SAYS.
5ohnny Summers Claims TO Have u
Match With Battling Nelson
For $4,000 Side,

England is apparently getting i naGh
into the boxing game. The tis u.''s
isle Is even threatening 70 psV..i.i,.s
paI of boxers, who, instead % st', 800. .'-s
at home have courage enough w. a,,,,'
the pond looking TOR The best thls cp .
.rv has 10 nfrer one Ia already here
In spike" Robson, and JACK l'alfrier
3s an tho way The FORMER IL rated as
featherweight, while the ia'ter Is e'~sseu
as light heavyweight.
In addition TO Robson ana Palmer
comes johnny Summers with the state
merit that he thinks he is matched win
Battling Nelson for q purse and ScpoV
a side, says Nalachy Hogan OF chi
casn The conditions are 1870 pounds
rlngside. Summers asserts il a letter
to,a New York man that he knocked out
Spike" Robson some time ago and
damaged the tatter's facial topography
somewhat in the encounter. summers
however, is a lightweight while Rob
son does not fight in that class.
Robson, at least. seems 70 be some
shucks at the game of iistIcuffs. II has
made favorable impression already,
and the way he went after Tommy
Murphy the other night I'll Philadelphia
shows him to be more thar an ordinary
scrapper, Murphy is not what can be
regarded as world-beater, still he Is
said to be comet with plenty OF speed
and a good punch in either hand Rob
son however. circled the New Yorker
as he pleased, jahbed him when and
where he wanted and had ii not been
for an injured hand he might have
put out the American in the final round.
flVnL ~f1syl doh Naft Ia o "a
vel IN footwerk ard. science, and so far
he has shown up better than any fight
or who has ever come over here. he
has phenomenal speed and he has
what most speedy boxers lack, hard
punch in both hts left and right Jab-
bling seems 10 be his favorire method
OF ATTACK, and so far he has not met
man whom he has not "sewed up in
short order He rs cool rs a cucumber
in the ring. is splendid ring general.
arid generally BEATS the other man to
the wallop every time He PUSHES In
ARD Gut with lightning Tapidity. and
had Murphy bevildered Che other night.
Another thing in his favor seems 10 be
his gameness- He did not run away at
any stage Of the game, but took any
thing that he could not get away from.
Murphy apparently fought al his best,
hut he WAS out-generaled and really did
not have a look-in, and IN this connee-
tiun II must also be taken Into consid-
GRAFTON that Tommy probably weighed
i've pounds more than his opponent, the
conditions being catch weights
Robson claims TO be the feather
weight champion OF England and he
probably has good claim to the title.
Abe Attell Is the featherwcght cham
pion of this country and a bout between
these two hurricane boxers would be
worth seeing, j do not know how low a
weight Robson can make. The other
night 1t was given out that he tipped
the beam at 1876 pounds. 1t is said that
he is unable to make 49, rinsside, and
for this reason Attell has found a good
excuse not 10 meet him. Atreh can
would probably be impossible for
Spike" to do likewise.
MOI so much Is known about Jack
Palmer, who claims the heavyweight
title OF Great Britain. Palmer has lost
and won from Gunner" Molr, who last
year laid Siege 10 the champ onship.
Palmer Is said to be too light to have
any chance against such men as Jim
Jeffries. However, his advance agent
has made It known that he Ia willing
10 meet any man and especially Tommy
Burns, who is now on visit 10 this
city. Burns says he is more thar Will
ing to try out the Engishman and like
wise Bsll Squtres when the latter sets
foot on our shores. Burns says he does
not fear Sauires in the slightest and he
Is willing TO meet either one after the
oBrien go.
II has otter been remarked that with
the boxers having a better opportunity
10 ply their vocation in Great Britain
they never produce a real champion
over there. In this country the average
boxer is chased from pillar GO post,
while over there boxing clubs are prac-
ttcally under the protection OF the law,
and yet the country produces few top
notchsrs The National Sporting club
In London Is known the world over and
svery fight of note over there Is at
tended by what is usually termed the
''best people
Whatever is the cause for the lack OF
good fighters over there, this country
has always had the call However,
when 1t comes to a sho wdown We may
not be able TO produce more real Yankee
lighters than England can native, Box