The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-04

UnhOlz's principal claim TO fame Is q
newspaper decision over George Memsic
IN Los Angeles on January g. this year.
which is not much in the way OF a rec
ord Nelson had done nothing after
his defeat by Britt until January - of
this year, when lie knocked out a hard
hitting novice, JACK Clifford, In five
rounds at Salt Lake Civ. Nelson forced
the ambitious Clifford o work hard to
scale at Is pounds, whic seems to have
been low for him; then the Dane refused
to weigh in himself and experts who
saw the scrap say he was somewhere
between 10 and 145 pounds.
Jack AIcGuigan's decision Of a draw
in the fight between Kid Sullivan and
Soldier Burns st the end OF fifteen
rounds in Baltimore on January 3 was
denounced in this column as most IN
fair IN view of the fact that in the half
dozen or more fights preceding that
one IN the same club all the decisions
lad been OF the hair-line order rms
was especially true OF the decision Tim
Hurst gave against Sullivan In the 90
with Matty Baldwin.
Michigan is manager and referee OF
the National Athletic Club OF GEiladel-
phia. and on Saturday night lie had
Soldier Burns meet Young LOughrey for
six rounds before that club Young
LCugbTey is the man Packey Mcfarland
recently smOthered at McGugan.s CLUB,
but could not put TO sleep He IS de
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careless boxer In all Philadelphia, whose
only good point is his ability TO asslTn-
ilate punishment in T. british sort or
fashion. Against this comparatively
easy proposition, Soldier Burns was
such a joke he was unanimously con-
demued by the Philadelphia papers and
was Kissed and Jeered by the crowd
because Of his failure to lead out. Yet
this hedgehog boxer who remains curled
MP, protecting his jaws with his open
hands and refusing 10 do his share or
the milling. was declared by Michigan,
I'm Baltimore, TO have done as much as
sullivan, who was after him all inc
time and drove him necessarily around
No greater vindication OF the stand
on the decision taken in this column
could have been offered than the roasts
on Burns en- the Philadelphia papers
and the derisive act on of the boxing
fans in that city " n they saw him
AIcCTuigau should Wa e Up a little when
he referees away from his native neaJn.
Both men on their feet at the nnlsn
does not necessarily mean q draw.
Mic Ross will proba ply meet Tom VIII
7Iams in q special match after the other
bouts at the National Guard wrestling
tournament on February J. Capt. {,
T. Edwards is trying 10 arrange the
affair and If IT is pulled off should be
r. thriller, for each man is relying on
the meeting TO raise him out or me
preliminary class and INTO the rank or
acknowledged star bout Wrestlers in
Washington.
Ross is training wit. Rob Roy Mackey
on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
evenings at the National Guard gym
uasIum for MaCkey'S bout with Joe
Turner on February 10 Mackey IS still
talking of betting on himself and has
raaIIv nut 1Ip 500. which he offers TO
raise to $500 If enough -urner coin APP
7,ears. Nackey looks IN better shape
Than ne has for a long time and says
he is as hard as nails. So far he has
escauad the axe I'm the sweeping reduc-
ton OF the force at the navy yard and
e,n}4fns it by saying ne does not need
"a crane to lift little odds and ends Of
Zoo or 400 pounds on which he happens
TO be working.