The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-16
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
CHOYNSkI. ENGAGED III JEFF.
4 FIRST CLASS SECOND.
ExperGeaced IN Bcscmtine Flshting Sad
Physleai Culture. We q On sss WaS 20
En-. Camp-A surTeaa % Lseaa nsN.
aw-neas Priced TwS-Nsar~0ssls.

Io..uh Choynski. the veteran heavy
.ivht nusaist and second. leaves Chicago
,o-,iay for California. ~hsvO he will begin
he ,ask II preparing JedrtSs for the big
mill Nth Jack Johnson, cboynski 10 one
oTAhs InteliIgeut products oS the prize ring.
"a. 4. veil educated knows every angle OF
The boxing game and II q good fellow per
,ouaIIy But whether he possesses sum
Giant amoun, ~ iron vii 20 comSei Jsdrtes
20 follow his Instructions 20 the letter re-
mains TO BE- seen
Ihoyuski in Die prime vas q great pugi-
Iiss He was extremely clever. fast. quick
wii,ed. game and q soltd hitter In fact he
xas rexardsd 80 q near champion. "
waa tw snty one years ago that he engaged
IN three memoir able Nights with Jim Corbsst
The frst was q four round aaais. which Cor
hes, won ON points. Thare was 20 much
bitter feeling Ghst another battle was tho
outcome. and COrbeti scored Knockout
in ~ snty- seven rounds In the third mix
up the pOlioe inteTfered AZ the end OF the
fourth round. when the men we're nEhtInK
rough and tumble rules Eight years lateS
ChoynskI fought a twenty round draw with
Iefriss on the Coast a. q time when the
bolIeVmaksr Was Just a big. green novice
But prior to that Joseph had come within
an ace Of Knocking FitzsimmOns OFT in
Bo.tOn bv double crossing the COTnishnan
IN the second round. u was narrow
escape ior FttZ. but he recovered his eaui-
lIbrum quickly and when the nth round
ended he had pounded Choynskt all over
The RAG. FOrnler President kOOsevslt saw
Peter MaheT pat ChOynski to sleep In -iS
rolnds al the old Broadway A G. and later
10. NAIcOtt. tho Giant Killer. handed out
a similar dose. though Choynski Vas head
sad . half taller and thirty Ave pounds
heavier When MctOy whipped Joseph In
another sensat iOnaI fgh, Al the same club
the lattsr's star began to set and few
years later he vent INTO retirement.
Ohoynski has been engaged to train
Jenries for several reasons lie 10 the only
man Who ever handed the sleep Wsllop
20 johnson aud he - q relative OF sam
Berger bV marriage lie has been q boxing
Instructor aud physical culture expert
in Chicago In recent years and has made
nne reputation. u has often been de-
CIar.d by puRilists. referees and CriIics
that Choy nski l. the best handler Of fighters
Ia the world We has secondsd some Of
The best ring champions In the different
classes and he earned fame when he saved
PHNsimmons from sure defeat ~ the hands
Of Peter Maher The first time they met a.
New Orleans ~ - an oft repreated yarn
that when Maher knocked Fitzsimmons
into the ROPES IN an early round and the
latter Wa- on the verge Of q total collapse
NhOVnAkl ia sons Naf Ahekeu the gong
Ia the MEX Of time and then jumped into
the ring to carry Fnx to hts corner Hut
for this trick Msher might have scored
clean knockout with another punch on
the Jaw inasmuch 80 Fh1simmOns was
cropping for the ropes aud wAs also iotJer-
Ina ike an old man.
JeIries has always REGARDED Choynski
a. an expert Second and II y believed he
will allow the Chicago man TO be hts chief
mentor ON the day Of the night ~ Choynski
y permitted To have his own way In the
corner ia q sure thing that Jim Corbett
will be compelled to keep a still lounge
In his head Cotbett IN believed 10 he too
excttable and hot headed TO be Of valuable
assistance to JefTte- and nobody knows
This hotter than Choynsh GTobet' will
doubtless aid Ien by INDUCING IN fast
boxing bouts with him. but that will be
about all
So many boxing clubs are sprinElnx up
in town that some Of them vii GO under
n - thought There are not enough iegiti-
mate mem beers tO go around. good ma ches
are hard 70 arrange and tho mem bersbip
dues appear 10 be q severe drain on the
pocke's 30 far the msns gers have been
extremely careful to comply With the lac
aud To prev ent fake contests FrameUps.
for that matter. are Improbable for the
reason that there 70 practically no betting
sious The well balanced Fairmont A. O.
has been resting for nearly two weeks be-
cause Of the activity Of other organizations.