Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27

many battles, that Young was better tndn
| the balance OF the eastern fighters. my
confidence returned and l never lost it
| again.
Fielden's Good Scrap.
Next to Billy Young. as clever. hard
hitting lightweight. who made Washing
| ton his headquarters, was the English
| bruiser, Joe Fielden, who fought a good
many hard battles in his career and more
than distinguished himself by his game
| struggle with the redoubtable Andy Bow
| en-. the champion OF the south.
This contest came off III New Orleans
and went twenty-five rounds of the hard
| est fighting ever witnessed in the Cres-
! cent city. Bowen was a regular demon of
a fighter, being one Of those boring in
| sluggers who had a punch, especially a
| left hand wallop, that carried a dream
| land series with it when it came across
| properly. In the closing rounds of this
| great battle Andy landed time and again
on the Washington man. but SO hardy and
game was Joe that Andy couldn't put him
out until the twenty second round. when
he sent one over on the point OF the light
haired boys jaw and Fielden went down
for the count. Bowen was afterward
killed in the ring by the famous KID
Lavigne. then the champion of America
and the hardest hitting lightweight that
the world ever produced.
A clever and game two-handed Wash
inston pugiliSt WIS Billy Nauy. now an
employee of the Congressional Library
who fought as Il WelteI weight Eily was
one of the most scientific OF all the men
| that the Capita city ever produced. Be
sides these qualities. he also possessed a
knowledge box that he used to great adj
vantage. Billy was coached in his early
days by the then famous Pat Rooney. who
kept a place at 18th and c streets and
which place was the rendezvous for all
the local and out-of-toTn fighters when
they came 10 town.
Rooney had a back room where some of
the best fights from exciting stand
point ever witnessed in Washington were
pulled off. Billy Naily. fought many a
hard battle in this room, and afterward
when he became noted as q Sugger he
battied with topnotchcrs from all over the
country.
Nally Tough One.
As a game two-hanGed pugilist and
one carrying a stiff punch in either hand,
Naly was in a class by himself. He
fought the famous Boston welterweight.
Paddy Duffy, down the river and also
went up against such good ones as Billy
Layton, Mike Ready. Pat Ready and a
host of other prominent fighters of his
time
Another great welterweiGht. making
Washington his stamping ground. was
the noted Billy Mcmillan. an Englshman
whom Bob Hoffman brought to- this
country Mcmillan was the most pc
culiarly built prize fighter that perhaps
ever entered the roped arena. for his
shoulders We're like a woman's and the
most Of his weight laid in his legs. which
is against all traditions of fistiana; yet
Mcmillan in his time vanqushed many
top-notch sluggers then in the business
Perhaps there never was a cleverer man
than Billy Mcmillan who ever fought at
his weight in about Washington. AS
a ring central he was all the goods and
his strong point outside of his cleverness
was his great punching powers.
Billy was a bOring-in fighter, as his
| arms were extremely short and he de-
pended on getting at the other fellows
| body and when he landed one Of his
gruellng punches the other man was
more than likely to be in distress. Billy
died In a tragic manner some years ago
in this city.
Another foreign fighter who settled in
Washington was the celebrated Irish
champion heavyweight. Jim Goodwin, Who
after years of absence, is now located
in the National capital. Jim. though a
| man siXty-five years of age. as he in
retains his massive frame and his friends
| claim that he could give a creditable
boxing exhibition today.
Goodwin Beat Walker.
Anyway. when Jim Goodwin fought
|
class by himself. He was one of those
pugilists who toured the British kingdom
meeting all corners and was never de-
feated, so he states. When he came to
Washington he found many opponents
| who were willing to take him on, and it
can be said to the game fellows credit
that he more than held his own. He beat
"Sixey'' Walker up at Bob Holtzman's
place on the Potomac river, just after
| Walker had fought Peter Jackson at
Kernan's Theater.. Jim bested Walker in
| two rounds and then offered to lick any
man in the house for two cents or a glass
| of water.
| Mike Ready. the policeman of the pres
ent time, was splendid fighter in his
day, and as a middleweight. and also in
the heavyweight class. he smeared defeat
| over many Of his opponents. Mike was
a game and hard fighter. and was also
clever. AS a puncher he had class, as
did also his brother Pat, the welterweight
| who was one time the champion Of Geor-
g.a.
Pat fought the renowned Kid Carter,
a top-notch pugiist. who aspired to cham
pionship honors, over In Baltimore. and
he made the pride of Brooklyn step lively
man to go against.
| The two Northridges. George and
Will, were known as clever fighters about
Washington fifteen years ago. and the
1erceSt tight that George Northr1dge ever
had was when he fought Billy Mcmillan
down the river. In the tenth round Of
| this fight Billy had George Northridge
going, SO it's claimed, and George, with
one eye closed, wanted to get out of the
| ring, when his brother Bill compelled
him to keep on fighting. This he did.
and he finally whipped the Lnglishman.
Colored Heavyweight.
c. c. Smith. colored heavyweight, was
the best man of his color that the Capital
city ever brought FORTH and this man
travelled over the country putting out
| fighters who accepted his def. Smith at
| this time was with theatrical company
| under the management Of Barton and Lo-