The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-10-30
National Athletic Clubs
Bouts Tonight Will Have
Much to Do With Future
OF Boxing Game Here.


bank paper with a multiple
fly of stamps and lace work decora.
lions that might be hard to dupli-
cate. incidentally these tickets are
not being scattered through the high
ways and byways. The National
runs tonight with Bert keyes and
Charlie Griffin, which is card well
calculated to assuage the disappointed
spirits or those who expected to sperd
the evening watching the short Hooks
OF MI Langford and the agile caper-
in6s Of Mr.. o'Brien.
The other New York clubs will watch
the Nationals meeting with a consider
able degree Of anxiety. The National.
OF all clubs, is best equipped for fight
Ing illegal attempts at interference. II
IN attempt Is made to stop to-night's
ehow-which the National officials de-
care TO be very unlikely-the result
viii come very near telling the fate of
boxing in New York. II will decide
whether such interference is legal or
not Not only the clubs but many
thousands OF anxious followers of the
manly game will wait for news from
the plush-lined club.
|EYEs beat Griffin once. TIL.
n Australian claims that he was
unfortunate. Perhaps to-nisht's
bout will prove his claim good, which
will be very much to Grifin's advan-
tage II he goes West to fight in the land
Of sporting freedom Griffin is really
q very rough and rugged youngster. He
can beat more than can beat him. by
q large majority. Keyes thinks this
only an exercise gallop for his match
WIN JACK Goodman, which is post
poned until the election excitement
clears little.
DACKEY MFARLAND seems to
have a lot OF confidence. He
thinks he can beat Nelson. But
he doesn't count upon knocking the
rugged Dane out. Packey thinks Cans
has gone back so far that his fights
with the Dane don't give a real line on
Nelson's powers of endurance Per-
bups Joe has travelled the route and
has passed the last milestone in his
career. But. strangely enough. none
but Nelson has succeeded in finding his
weak spot. Leaving all theory out
and looking only at Nelson's fighting
being the most genuine lightweigha
champion In the history Of the ring.
Nelson is the only fighter who has
never quibbled or sidestepped when
hard game was in sight. The tougher
the better. where he is concerned. Mel
son thinks himself invincible. and fears
nothing. Caution" isn't in his die
tionary. All he knows is night"
KTELsoN has always been fighter.
IN When he was a youngster in
4 Chicago. living In a maroon
sweater and sleeping literally I'm the
hay" he was a genuine fighting man.
He Loot fight after fight in those days.
He was slow and awkward ana re-
markedly stupid. II seemed that he
would never learn anything about box
ing. Yet the clubs put him on because
OF his logged manner OF mining. He
was Knocked down hard many and many
time. but never TO stay for the len
seconds. He always got up willing TO 70
on as fast as he could. At that time
Nelson was always fighting short bat
ties OF six rounds or 40. Perhaps II
he had gone over the finish route even
then lie might have outstsyed the best
OF them and whipped champions nv
sheer endurance. he may have been
an uucouth, unknown champion. Per
maps he is no greater now than he was
nan dozen years ago. But TODAY
with the championship title. he can de.
mand mis- price and terms whenever he
fights. lie has more than 500 900 in
cash and securities and Is rapidly be-
coming millionaire. HIS early stII-
pidity mas given place to a certain buai-
ness acumen that makes his money
pile up fapidly-llke Rockefeller's Nei-
son hasn't reached the golf playing
stage yet, but II IL safe 20 wager thai
when he does he'll have a pile that will
make the earnings Of any other ring
champion look like pikers sinking
fund.
r boxing suddenly stopped to-day al,
over the country, what a laugh Bat
= tling Nelson would have on Young
Corbett, Terry McGovern, Herrera,
Benny Yanger, Kid Broad and all the
o.. or get-ricA quick fighters Of q few
years ago! He has his, no matter
what happens
The really rich fighting men can DO
counted without much trouble. Jeirrles,
sharksy. Jim COrbett, O'Brien. Nell
son. Rubin. Ryan. Nest. the Sull-
van twins, PHckey Mcfarland and
Biily Faphe neariy make up the HsL,
sHilng Is becoming business uu,y.
The day when II WAS fighter. duty
20 throw E4s earnings over the nearest
hal IA inc shortest possible time mas
passed away lur good.