The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-03
COMING FIGHTS
WILL FIX STATUS
BY JEFF THOMPSON.


NEW YORK, May 1.-TWO good fights
are scheduled in San Francisco within
the next few days. On May 9th Jack
lTwin) Sullivan mixes 1t with Stanley
ketchall, and on May 14th Boer Unholz
will try to last out twenty rounds with
Joe Cans. Both these fights will be
rattlers and should do much to clarity
the situation In the classes in which tho
men fight. Should Ketchall do to Jack
Sullivan as he recently did to Mike.
ne will establish his right to be con-
sidered seriously in the championship
class. The probabilities are. however,
that he will find Jack tougher nut to
crack.
The Gans-unholz fight Is for the
Championship Unholz is supremacy
confident of his ability to take tho
measure of the lightweight champion.
1t may BIO that he will. but 1t must be
confessed that he has not yet done
anything to warrant th!s confidence in
the minds OF the general public.
Cans may not be able to put the BoeY
away IN twenty rounds. but there would
seem to be no reason to expect Unholz
to knock Cans out within the limit and
when 1t comes to points, the negro is
incomDarably ahead OF the white boy,
Cans should win on the bit,
j . E 4 7 S.
Terry McGovern Is working hard to
get into condition, and is apparently
succeeding. AS matter OF fact, Terry
needs lot OF work. He is fat and slow
Just now. but he is getting rid Of weight
and gaining speed every day. I very
much doubt If he ever, can get back
his old speed or hitting power. as
greatly as should like to be proven
mistaken.
The United States Navy is a nne
school for the development OF fighters.
With several thousand full-blooded
youngsters together in an atmosphere
which encourages the ring as a part
OF the training of a man-o'-warsman, it
would be strange IL some fine men with
the gloves should not be developed.
Inc navy championship bouts re-
Gently We're held at Los Angeles, with
Jim Jeffries as referee. Tho fighting
was of&high-class, and was thoroughlv
enjoyed. The betting was very heavy,
blue Jackets and officers "unbciting..
on their shipmates to the limit.
Frank Rafferty,, of the Alabama, won
the featherweight title; Dennis Tlghe,
OF the Alabama. the middleweight, ana
Philip Schlossberg, of tho New Jersey.
the heavyweight
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It cannot be denied that Packey Nc
Farland, by his siS-round defeat Of
Jimmy Britt has placed himself in llne,
for a battle with the champion, Joo
Cans. Mcfarland has shown the most
class Of any of tho lightweights, and
| II he wants a tussle with the Old Mas
ter he can have it, But does Packey
want the tussle just at present? That
Is questionable At any rate, it Is
questionable il he would profit by 1t.
The Chicago boy has a great deal to
learn, much Of which has been as an
open book to Cans for many years and.
aonceding that tho youngster has the
speed, the strength and the combatlve-
ness, the older man would be apt to
win on his generalship and experience.
Viewed from all points of the compass,
Mcfarland would show wisdom by re-
framing from getting into the ring.
with Cans at this time. When McFar-
land has gained the necessary eXpe-
rience, and Cans has accumulated
few more years, 1t might be- In order
for the Chicagoan to make the match.