The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-02
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s~~~~>>~~>%~~>>>~& 2 One of the most striking things in connection with the modern day. pros ,fessionaI sport,of all kinds. is .thegrai- ual elevatiHg tendency caused by the higher class of men. that are evsry year taking part In. professionalispa. Handreds of college men have in the last few years. gone ihto the ranks of professionsi basebali, vhils at the same {, playere have worked hard and are1now . Of the scores of such incidents To- Siy asurn ass uli.sd asm % esMs shs McMaksn M % % Clemson. Clayton Perry and Archie Persons of s.the Univcfsity of Wiscon- sin. Sam Apperfous of Georgetowr,
 sois eossss 1s hi fhOss mso q ha take up his practice after his baseball days ; are oyer s,. ,, dreds of, sfiniiar ones all over the cases the men that are work,pg for Sesstonsl Ss aus las sbssebaii ,n the summer @ in order to be able to continue their stu- dies during the winter.
 It Is. fast becoming the same thing tii the professional boxing field. Hun game either for the pure love Of the sport, or to make the money that VIII enable them to Complete their course in. other professions or lines or Dus'>
 sones of the. best instances of this Is Joseph r. Hagen (Phiiadeiphia Jaok tsts an TsG Cf .hs csy s ae has become one. of the best known nght. efs ih the country. though he still holds to his real estate bnsiness s ano ter of this worids goods as anybody. Y Another schsss is that of Jack SImms, who has been in business in Montgom. ss.sos sSF tSs .sfss pes. n ' MS
 Romery of..the Fensecola City Lana Company. Mir Girnrns was born ana ralsed in St. Louis and his love ot school. Lots of snghts used to get into, with some of the boys at school and many is the time that have had the worst of It. he saia yss.srdhss;; iss; pSs pbs surest way to win a light was to keep my head and not let my temper blind ny zIftey lu had learned and mastered shis. my fiei1ts genefally became so successful ,that,I not only had no more trouble with. the boys, but It was naro to get any of. them to ngnt me. EiTine amateur boxing. lessons and when he went into hnsiness for him- self he continued giving boxing less sFS ssTsSr the u l next year or.so he went info the nshtiHg game in ehrRest and wniie he did not during that time. meet any champions. syetahe Fought some pretky Battles that he lost were by fouls.
 ' The St, Louis and otfer papers ln that section of the country. spoke AoI him ss one oe the clsySrest aaa a,9nswnt sousnt many. hard and grueling contests m this city" says a St. Louis paper. but the lack of proper management ei- Thsre % ;s no doubt but that If Jack would have had an astutq manager ne would today be walking along tne 9rsat whlts WaE taS sa1qy Gpsas Sf sahtar' h ss anything on him. ,..s,s...
 That he is as game IS they make sm is shown by ngnt , tneF The ne cond,tions ond we're that Stanley was to knock simms out before the end of the nkteensn founds or forfeit all interest in the and fast ngh hting between the two nn- tii Stanley fouled Simms in the four teenHh rOund. r3ubf Ferns. who was Eefss.ssng sss dsSsioh sSss Ss 10 dis ot ley 10 the limit of fifteen rounds as hched1led simms wi9ning on Rs. Roints. A
 FAddys Ryan. ten rounds. won.
 Jack 'Quinh three rounds, knockout Bobby Burns seven rounds knock
 Cyclone Davis ten rounds, won.
 Jimmy Collins. one round, knock-out. Jimmy Collins, threS rounds, knock
 Andy stevenson. six rounds. draw.
 Hugh Rhody eight rounds. won.
 Charlie Parker, six rounds, w0n., y Paddy Dillon, one round. knockout.
 PauI Murphy. four rounds. knock.
 Charlie Parker eighkrOundS, knock Martin puny seven rounds. knock osi 'tKta sMaloney. eleven rounds. knock o9t: lem, smith. three rounds. knockout.
 Jack ofKeefe. three rounds, lost
 Hack oKeefe six rounds, draw.
 For come years he was in the camp lighter who. was for several years the sparring partner of Young Corbett, and who virtually, won the welterweiEht rounds with Matty Mathews The next heard of Simms was when Chicago paper stated that he had left the ring and was in the employ of Siegel. Coop he was with the big Chicago house. working at the store all day and giv- ing boxing lessons to several weaithy men of Chicago at night
 He came South In 1908 He and liar ry Lombard. another clever light weight, gave boxing lessons in Mobile. Tn. 1907 he was in Pensacola and Yi- cinity, coming to Montgomery at the and of that year. For the past year he has been in business in this city, but has lost. none of, his love for the
 Fl can't give. a general challenge because of the fact that my business gomery now" he said yesterday. but if Abe Atteil wants to make the match I am willing to meet him here in N "If # would be an infraction of the law" he conlinued. 'I don't want to do anything of the kind. but IS fight ing seems to be general all over the country, it locks like there would not be any harm in a sparring contest or boxing exhibition between Attell and myself here, in. Montgomery
 There is one thing. about such an afHair as . meeting, between. Attel and SfmTns 1t would draw people to Monts gomery from all over the country, and a class of people who turn their money loose freely
 advertisenaent for M0StgOmery. as Att tell at present is the featherewight champion of the worId.
 After his fight with Eddie Kelly in New orleans Thursday night, AtteU will go after Jimmy Walsh.
 The bantamweight title is at pesent held by x; ]. coular; The The 6ahtsra Sahtam ttSS ttSSSStbnesrwe,ghtsEf2s ns pounds-have been nuf In A l1S-pound class. Walsh holds