El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-25

by the best business men Of the town
should be enough TO convice some of
the skeptics that there is no more
harm. even from moral standpoint or
otherwise. than other forms of sport
AS a prominent soldier remarked re-
Gently: when you take away all the
manly sports that bring out a mans
courage, ETC.. you destroy the backbone
Of your country, for instead of having
men Of curage and strength you have
a bunch Of weaklings and sissy boys"
Another Wisconsin boy is making a
name for himself out on the coast. and
like Ad WoIgast, frankie Conley gor
his start in Milwaukee. Gene Meow
ern, the lie FOUNDER, has been on the
coast the past three months and has
had a number of fights, winning all OF
them. his last being with Marty Kane,
whom he defeated in u rounds. Now
Gene has got the fever to advance
in his class, and has issued a challenge
10 any 116 FOUNDER in the world, in
Guiding Monte AtteH. frankie Conley
and Jimmy Walsh.
New Orleans wants a law that will
permit longer boxing bouts. They want
90 round bouts and may get them be-
fore the present legislature adjourns.
Frisco is after the Panama exposition.
Wouldn't 1t be rather funny if New Or
leans should lose the expo, but get the
the 90 round bouts and Frisco lose the
long fights and land the expo2
The 10 round no decision contest be
tween Ad Wolgast, the worlds cham
pion lightweight, and Jack Redmond,
the Milwaukee 1913 FOUNDER. before the
Badger Athletic club at Milwaukee
last week, did not help the reputation
OF either one. 1t was unfortunate that
Wolgast should injure his arm in the
bout, but no great damage was done,
except to incapacitate him for the time
being. Had there been TO accident to
WOlgast there is some doubt as to
whether he would have been able to
stop Redmond. for the latter carried
the fight to the champion from the
call OF time and was in far better con-
dition TO go the 10 rounds than VOL
CAST. The latter came over from his
Michigan farm in poor shape and that
is where he made a mistake. for it lost
him many friends in Milwaukee, the
town where he got his start
Redmond fought poorly; in fact,
worse than he ever showed before in
Milwaukee. but this was accounted for
in part through his over-anxiety TO
win and again 10 the fact that he had
stopped a hard swing to the chin in
the first round, which kept him on
Queer street for three or four rounds
afterwards. Had a firstclass man been
in front of Wolgast that night, the
chances are that the champion would
have experienced the sensation of a
knockout. for he was almost helpless
at several periods in the contest and
a good blow delivered to the jaw would
have done the business.
Wolgast showed his cleverness by
being able 10 shift his head so that
Redmond could not get in a decisive
blow. but at that he did not show the
form expected Ad will have to get IN
far better shape if he intends to fight /
Battling Nelson again, for If he does
not the ex-champion will reign once
more. Packey Mcfarland and Freddy
Welsh. too, would make IT very inter
esting for Wolgast and if either one
meets the champion It viii not be a
sure win for the Michigan lad by any
means. Auto driving and boxing do
not go well in hand. Wolgast received
$500 for his end Of 10 rounds, which
was more than he deserved, consider