Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-01-10

Welsh and IA few others who ar" prom
this question OF any Old time ring foi'
lower and he will reply that McAuliT"
could have whipped Nelson and Cans
in the same ring on the, sam" night
and that LavigI' would have had
things jus, as easy. MCAulifie, tn"
veterans declare. was the greatest
lightweight that ever put up his hands
while they also say that he had a
worthy succeS SOr in LaNinen". Tn L"
was nothing fuasy about Lavingn" =
work i'm ihe ring ii" was clever and
cool. but he was also a natural born
fighter who enjoyed smuggling and who
could hit like a pill" driver. l-arien"
showed his wond rful Sam"nesS when
he beat WalcOtt AT special weights
over AT MaSpcth in tn" old days. tor
after being beaten to pulp in min"
rounds l.avignr came back and pun"h
I'd the, negro into h, lpl"SS cunIliinn
in The tiftccnrh and last round. La
viene was CIT to pieces. but he won
with plenty to spare His long fight
with Jack ENerh% rht Il he Bohemian
Sporting Club. in which h" scored Il
knockout in the Nv, nty-i0nrlh round,
was another test. Cor I.avien" cam"
uut OF Tn" mill with beth eyes closed
and 4 broken nose.
Cans was fighting Well in 1ho>"
days. meeting Spike Sullivan. George
McFadi' and Frank Ernc among
others hur he never tarNled l.aVi2ne,
who finally because of dissipation lost
his tide on a decision to Ernr. II
was after all these good lightweights
disappeared from the public yi,w 'ha,
CARS forged TO tn" front. n" hecam"
liyhtwcight champion OF III" world,
the Veterans say lHcaus" Il" had an
inferior lot Of pugiliSts to beat. among
thu III being Britt. good boxer, bu'
nothing more. Nelson. a fighter from
the ground up. t"at Cans when n"
was praCtically AT the end Of his
career. but not before Cans had s'Oc d
him off and beaten him on a foul after
forty-odd ro.ndS Of hard milling.
ABB Art"ll Is tn, fc%th"rNcisht
champion Of America. II" is 4 superb
boX"r. bit only ii fair punchrr. Would
he have classeL with tho rcmarkab"
George Dixon. who held ~ tit!e for
so many years? Or could h" have
beat, the cyclonic Terry McGovern
when the latter was at Top notch and
had won the fca hcrweishr It'll" By
putting Dixon TO SIeept " Ould YouHG
C,rbett. after stepping McGoveru.
have been an easy mark for Aitcn?
And Dave Sullivan. Corli Attell
have put ii all over him? Old timers
say no with emphasis when asked all
OF these questions. AMI they think
they speak by lie card.
Going Lack few years the expert :
declare that there will never be an
other bantamwright champion like
Jimmy Barry. OF Chicago They say
that Barry could have knocked out
such present day bantamS as Johnny
COniCn Jimmy Walsh and Patsy
Kline in jig time and wouldn't have
overeX"rted himself either.
The assertion CT O'Rouke and 9th
ers that England is coming to thu
front rank i'll pueiiiSm classes. hut
j. confined 20 the light and feather
weight divisions. Freddie Welch is
III" best lightweight that England has
Carney. it is said He is scientific.
quick. plucky and Il solid pnncher.
Mcfarland apparently does not want
any of We lch's game. so he the Brit
on will doubtless be Nelson's next
opponent in forty-fve round mill
for the championship.
In Jem Driscoll England has SEM a
sterling featherweight here-a better
man than Ben Jordan. it is b. lie ed.
or any other Brit0n at the weight.
DriColl is clever. yet fighter from
his head to his heels He is The rec
ognized champion CT England ami will
probably fighr Atteil soon for thu
worlds tit.e. Owen Moran. another
English Feather" has already demon
strated his worth by fighting two
drawn battles with Attsli. in each OF
which Moran insisted thai he should
have had the decision. Charley Grit
fin of Australia is another high class
featherwsight but he does not begin
to class with the memorable YOUNG
Critic. who when he came here a
dozen years ago as the hes; Feather
in the An;ipOdss was promptly pro