The evening world., 1908-10-07
New York Is Centre of the
Pugilistic World Right Now
Good Bouts Are on List
This Month.


law days There's boxing club OF
every corner Thousands and thou
sands Of men who would walk hun
bred miles to see a good scra!
either nightly at the ringsides. Tn
cream Of the fistic talent is here, an'
more champions and near hampton.
come in on every train.
Look at the famous boxers oarded Il
appear in New York shows during the
Aext two or three weeks:
Oct. al Kaufman and Fred Bradley
Oct 1e-Kid Mccoy and Jim Stewart.
Oct Z-Packey Mcfarland and Leach
Cross.
Oct. 3-Tomny Murphy and Joe Cans
Oct. 2S-Jim Driscoll and Matty Bald
win.
TT would be as cruel as cutting OF q
leg TO make any fight fan miss a
single one Of these bouts. Little old
New York will be topsy-turvy with en-
thusiasm night after night.
Al Kautman-that's Billy Delaney's
latest candidate for the worlds cham
p!onship-and cracking good one. Fred
Bradley has recently developed such
speed and cleverness that he has easily
whipped some Of the best heavy-we!ghts
in this part OF the country.
Everybody who is anybody has seen
Mccoy fight az some time or another
Mccoy. of the "corkscrew punch" Nc
Coy. the crafty. cold. exqu!sitely skilful
and beautiful boxer: Mccoy. whose
very "sneer" is famous. And this boy
Stewart who is to fight him Is no easy
mark. Stewart has been lighting year
or so. but in that short time he has
picked up speed and cleverness. He Is
the Apollo OF the ring. the handsomest
hgure OF a man that ever put on a box
ing glove With all that ne isn't afraid
OF his face. Is game to the core.
He will fight And he can light. too.
He has a knack OF breaking ribs with
his body punches. Mccoy won, Ike
Stewards RICH; II he ga,s 1t over the
gizzard.
THEN Mcfarland Here IS another
classy youagster. He can fight,
and he is a remarkably fas: and
clever and pretty 10 look upon when IN
action He Is aggressive, and keeps
piling In on top OF his man every mo-
ment OF the time. Nelson won't aght
him over any route out the finish one,
for Nelson knows how good Mcfarland
is in these Short fights, AS for Cross.
he Is a local lad, an east slider. He
has been fighting all the best In New
York. win one or TWO exceptions. and
ba u " IL 4.
fast and clever. too, and can hit
Then Murphy and Cans. Cross was
offered the match with Gaus. and
promptly refused 10 meet the great
negro They are all afraid OF Cans
still. no matter how much they would
like TO fight Nelson or Mcfarland or
the other good ones. Cans has a repu-
taton for wonderful Ceyerness and
hitting power taat Will make him dan
gerous N u short bout, But Murpny
wasn't afraid Of Cans. Murphy never
has shown signs o, fear. n never
fght the best in the bunch, Bring EN-
on" says Tommy Murphy may give
Cans a hard hgnt. He's fast and clever
himself, and Oliver says that Tommy
won't give the negro time 10 set himself
for that famous bacon-wallop.
TIM Gin England "Jem") Driscon Is
known here only by reputation. But
J Americans visiting England have
announced him re best feather weight
in the world by far. When asked 4
he would 0ght Baldwin or some other
good fes;her-wcigNt here instead Of
waiting iaF a match wlth Ateu. Drs-
coll said: 'O' course I'd like best to
have a GO win the r.!tmDiOn al once