Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-20
Hard To Pick Sure
Winners At Boxing

You can't dope fighters" says I'm
old sporting adnge.
But there IS no law against try
ing" argues the student of things
pugilistic when the warning Is re-
pedtod.
For the benefit of The newest OF
the new among boxing fans 1t may
be mentioned that IT isn't the claim
that the men of the ring are immune
against knockout drops or other con-
cOctinns that medicine people To
sleep. what Is meant Is that you
cant get u reliable line on y pair OF
prospective opponents by noting the
way each of them has performed
with the other men of their class.
Prize ring form is fun of contradic-
lions. Jack beats BIZ. Bill pulvcr-
ICES Tom aud Tom turns round ana
makes Jack look like farmers ind
says w. w. Naushton.
But, as the student says. trying
to "hguit' Is no crime. and 90 the
good work Of comparing past per-
formances and making deductions
goes right along.
II Is evident, even thus early, that
there will he plenty of midnight OH
burning over the Jc1rics-JOhnson
prospect. The writer was present at
one gabfest the other day when a
Qucensbcrry first.nighter remarked.
Just think of the things Jack John
son would have done to Tom Shar-
key yet Sharkey gave JeRrics more
trouble than all the rest"
: There's food for thought. all right.
SharLey's two fights with Jeffrics
were certainly the biitercst expert
onces of the bOilermakor's career,
and II, as very many hold. Sharkcy
In his heydly was no better than
Tommy Burns, IL indeed quite as
good. It certainly seems as though
johnson would have handled shar-
Key In workman-lke manner.
Never thought Of that" said one
who listened, and from the quiet
that prevailed 1t looked as though
with sharkey as the basis OF argu-
ment - the whole Jonries.Johnson
question had been settled months In
advance.
But hold on" Clipped in another.
Sharkey certainly made .IeiIries ex-
tend himself TO the last ounce. but
think of what FitzslmmonS did TO
sharkey and of what Jeffries did to,
FitzsimmOns.
That saved the day and brought
them back To the old contention-
You can't dope fighters.
8: u .:
lhere VIII be no team of athletes
cent from England by the A. A. A.
ia Athens next spring to compete
In the international games says an
English paper.
In common with other governing
bodies, the A. A. A. looks upon tha
1919 games as their next interna-
lional struggle, and as circumstances
VIII not permit of Great Britain be-
ing adequately represented In worlds
championships every alternate year
they have no alternative but to re-
greifully decline any invitation 10
Set a team together. II this may
appear an unfortunate decision from
the standpoin>of international sport,
It Is a thoroughly sound position that
that the A. A. A. takes up. They
cannot ask an athlete To neglect his
business year after year for the pur-
pose of participating in sport.
THE average runner cannot sac
rillco himself to sport ana at tho
same time maintain In its Integrity
MS amateur status. There are
doubtless some athletes who could
spare the time to go. but there ia
very little to be said In favor or
sending an unrepresentative team or
even one or two athletes of excep-
tional ability for such events as tha
Marathon. Last years Olympiaa,
showed up the strength of interna-
tional rivalry, and If any particular
~ brilliant performers reveal them
selves next year IL would be more
htting to let them visit, say. Ca
NADIA or Sweden for the CHAMPION
ships there, where they may conn.,
pete as individual units, than sena
mere shadow Of u team TO Athena"