Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-29
ATHLETICS

of racing, when there was every rea-
son in the world for him to Withdraw
from the field and avoid the loss which
the association was forced to bear last
season. After q long and determined
fight for recognition from the state rae
ing commission and the Jockey club,
Mr.. Butler found himself in less than
a year in the position of having to go
down into his pocket to keep faith with
the horsemen. and with none of the
profits that other associations had from
goodly years to fall back on. This he
did without a murmur, and during the
winter, when everything looked dark
and gloomy. was one of the first to
apply for dates and urge that every
thing possible be done to keep the sport
alive. He went further, and made so
many improvements at the inclosure
near Yonkers that it now compares ia
vorably with any in the circuit, outside
of Sheepshead Bay and Belmont park.
1t is little wonder, then, that the fol-
lowers of the sport are so willing to
lend their full support to the meeting
now in progress, in spite of the incon-
venient way of getting to and from
the track.
Jabez White, the English lightweight
champion, has announced his retire
ment. White is only 80. but the broken
arm which he sustained last September
has turned out to be a much more seri-
Gus matter than was at first antici-
pated. When Jabez went TO America
some months ago he was looking for
ward to an extended tour, but in his
first engagement, that with Cans, the
injured arm snapped again at the point
of the original fracture. This hap
pened in the third round, and although
the Englishman went the full ten
rounds he had no alternative but to re-
turn home. and he has only just got his
arm out of plaster of paris case.
White, who is a Birmingham man,
was always one of the most popular OF
our English boxers. He has been box
ing for sixteen years, and it is his proud
boast that, although he has been beaten,
he has never been knocked out. he
won practically every English cham
pionship up to nine stone eight pound.
He beat Mike Sears of America for the
lightweight championship of the world
at eight stone twelve pounds, and de-
feated Spike Sullivan at nine stone
eight pounds and nine stone eleven
pounds 1t is worthy OF mention that
when White was beaten by Goldswaln
he was boxing at ten stone, which is, OF
course, in excess of the lightweight
limit. The weight for the world s
lightweight CutIllpiOlhoIlp 10 aAitio
seven pounds, and at this weight Jabez
has never been defeated White will
shortly appear on the Halls in a sketch
entitled "Where's Jabez?" which has
been specially written for him by Paul
Pelham. Recently JabeT has been en-
gagged writing an account of his life
in the ring, and the first issue will run
into 100000 copies.
Until a few days ago the English
lightweight champion had no intention
of retiring from the ring, but an X-ray
examination of the damaged arm has
revealed a weakness which makes his
retirement imperative. Indeed, his med
ical adviser says it would be sheer
madness to think Of engaging in an
other serious contest, because a hard
blow on the damaged arm would GER
tainly mean another fracture, and pos
sibly serious onsequences.-Londo ex-
change.