The Washington times., 1907-12-29

ard thus became heavyweight champion
OF the world except for the claim OF Jim
JeIfres, the retired champion and Jack
Johnson the negro heavyweight, whoso
reputation is no better than that OF
Burns Johnson. on July II. knocked
out Bob FttzimnOns in philadelphia
IN the second round Of the rawest deal
handed that town since Jack O'Brien
went away. Fitzsimmous had a badly
injured arm, and was in no condition
whatever TO fght. On September u
Johnson failed TO knock out SailrO
Burke IN six rounds in Bridgeport.
Conn, In a fight that looked as II II
had been arranged for Burke 10 stay
the limit On November ? Johnson ac-
tually won a fight. knocking out JIM
Flynn IN the eleventh round in san
Francisco II now remains for Burns
10 night Johnson. the best or a bad lot.
70 win the worlds actual, IL not theO-
reticai, heavyweight championship.
Kid Sullivan.
Around Washington there was nothing
doing in the fight line. The sheriffs re-
fused TO sleep, and there was not even
a chance 10 start anything. The inter-
est OF the Capital sports was centered
in the brief but stormy record Of Kid
Sullivan, the Washington Lightweight
He had but four fights in the past year.
winning two and losing two All his
DOuLH were IN bdlLlLioEE-
His record was
March 2s-Knocked out oy Tommy
Murphy in first round.
May 3-KnOcked out Young Corbett
in eleventh round
September 16-Gained decision over
Tommy Lowe in fifteen rounds
October Z9-LOst decision 10 Natty
Baldwin. fifteen rounds
Tommy Lowe.
Tommy Lowe, washington's clever
lightweight. had his usual busy year
and. with the exception Of Kid Sullivan
generally had a shade on his opponents.
Nearly all OF HIS bouts were OF the six
round variety IN Philadelphia Some OF
his performances were philadelphia be-
ing understood when the place Is not
stated:
January 1s-Outpointed George Decker.
January 24-Very slow six rounds with
Sammy Smith
January 28-Drew with Syracuse Billy
Ryan. Wikesbarre. Pa
February 16-Had Better Of Billy wills
August 30-Drew with Eddie Carter,
ten rounds. Baltimore.
September 16-Lost decision to Kid Sui
livan. fifteen rounds. Baltimore
September 2S-FOuled by Al Granders
third round.
December Is-Draw with Johnny Doh
eny, ten rounds, BrandyWine Springs
Del
Lightweight Contenders.
Among the other fights OF interest
was the decision Jimmy Britt gained
over Battling Nelson in twenty rounds.
at San Francisco on July 81 Nelson
had knocked out Britt al Colma, Cal.
on September g. 1903, and the reversal
was one Of the most remarkable IN ring
history.
on september 2 Britt quit cold TO Joe
Cans in the fifth round, at San Fran
cisco. claiming he had broken his ulna
on September 2 Cans won from
George Mensic on points, AZ Los An
geles in twenty rounds
The sudden rise OF Packey MoH ar
land into prominence as a contender for
the lightweight championship by his all
around classy work and MS defeaIs OF
Charley Neary and Kid Herman was d
feature OF the year
New Middle sreight Star.
Among the middleweiEhts the rising
star was Joe Thomas, who claimed the
weiterweight championship. but could
not make the weight, but his light was
diumed by barely getting a draw with
Stanley Ketchell at Marysville, Cal, on
July T. being knocked out by ketcheu
in the thirty-second round at San Fran
cisco on September ?, and losing to
Ketchell on points in twenty rounds
at San Francisco on December T. That
put Ketchen in the front row, where
he will now have 10 meet Billy Papke.
the Illinois middleweIght, who knocked
out Lawrence" Tommy Sullivan in one
round in Lawrence. Mass. on Septem-
Der and further demonstrated his
worth By knocking out Terry Martin in
the third round in Philadelphia on Sep
tember Il
Attel Stands Alone.
Abe Atten continued to prove he has
the punch by beating every feather
weight in sight and putting himself on
a pedestal among the little fellows as
high as that Of Jeffries among the
heavies. Among his bouts were:
January IS-NIade Harry Baker throw
UP sponge, eighth round. Los Angeles.
May 2-Decision over Kid Solomon,
twenty rounds, Los Angeles.
September 12-Declsion over Jimmy
Walsh, ten rounds. Indianapolis.
September T-DTaw with Brooklyn
Tommy Sullivan, six rounds. ST. Louis.
October &-Made Freddie Weeks
throw up sponge, fourth round Los
Angeles
owen Moran. the English champion
featherweight. became q legitimate con-
tender with Attell for the featherweiSht
championship OF the world by stopping
frankie Nell in the sixteenth round at
Los Angeles on November D.
Bill Squires threw UP the sponge to
Jack Sullivan IN the nineteenth round
at San Francisco on September q and
was knocked out by Jim Flynn AZ
Bakersfield. Col. December %. in ths
sixth round