El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-26

ever put UP his hands in a ring, has
not returned TO Australia as a great
many people imagined, nor has he been
sent 10 an asylum. as was reported some
time ago. The writer was in Chicago
yesterday and happened to bump into
the Australian feather weight by acct
dent. He was but a shadow Of his TT
mer self and could not remember the
interviewer until he had been reminded
Of bygone days, when he was showing
as one OF the statues in Chicago, Critic
is not a shadow when it comes 10 size.
but he is certainly a very different look
ing person from the one who used
to delight big crowds at the old arm
DRY IN Chicago and also IN the various
cities of the United States. He has
taken to his old haunts on the south
side OF Chicago, and If ne keeps UP his
present gait it viii not be great while
before the end of the once great feather
weight VIII be announced. Speaking
OF the effort TO get him to return to
Australia, Critic said: Il know, some
time ago, that friends Of mine in Aus
tralia subscribed a sufficient amount
10 pay my passage back to my old
home However, / refused the offer,
for If I was to go there ii would only
be for a short time as ] would want
10 come back to Chicago. do not want
20 go back 10 Australia again as I
would not want to meet my friends OF
early days in this condition. 1 know
] am all in as a boxer and must take
my medicine the same as the rest of
them No. it is no use talking, 1 viii
not go back TO Australia I suppose my
end viii be here in Chicago" Critic
IS quite fleshy and his hair white. He
looks to be a man OF so years of age, al
though he Is far from that. At the
present time he is living from hand
20 mouth and is being supported by his
friends, and it is hard to say what his
end Will be- It is only ten years ago
that Critic could command a purse up
IN the thousands and the promoters
were glad to get him. There are few
boxers who have taken the downward
path and continued il such as Critic
has done the past ten years.
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From far away Australia comes a
very interesting letter from Rudy I'm
hOlz. the little Boer champion. and also
the first intimation from that country
regarding the international board gov
erning boxing Unholz also enclosed
pictures of the recent fight between
Bob FitzsimmOns and Biily' Lang, and
they show very plainly that up TO the
knockout Fitz was having all the best
OF the contest The knockout is shown
IN one of the pictures and it is the
first time where Bob is seen to be
prone upon his back and unable TO re-
spond 10 the call of time. In his letter
Rudy says Ny Dear Andrews: Am
writing you a few lines previous to my
contest with Johnny Summers and TO
let you know that we are getting along
fire in the land Of the kangaroo We
have recently received copies of papers
regarding the international board for
boxing and Tommy Burns and I, in
talking il over the other day, fully
agreed with the scale Of weights. Also
the clauses proposed by the London
Sporting Life are very acceptable to
those interesting in boxing in Austria
liza The American weights, while they
are very good. have never been lived
I'D 90 by the American boxers and for
that reason I think an international
board is something that we need badly,
as II would do much to settle all cham,
DiOnships and also arrange uniform
scale Of weights. You probably will
know all about the FitZsimmons-Lang
fight before you get my letter, but am
writing about il just the same. On box
ing day, which is the big day for such
events. FitzsimmoTis fought Billy Lang
and was knocked out in the 18th round
q trained Fitz for his fight and We
all thought he would win sure on his
showing in training In fact, I thought
- ACA4 u anu 50 OlQ 1OGl11lg
Burns. that We both put up money on
him 10 win We were satisfied we had
a good run for it, however, as he was
winning all the way up to the knock
out in the 18th round Fitz weighs
ust I55 pounds, while Lang scaled 1SS
pounds and is only p years of age,
while Fitz, you know, is about As. The
enclosed pictures viii give you a pretty
good idea of the contest. The game
&c
money to be made. I agreed to fight
Johnny Summers on January 26, but
you viii probably have the record be-
fore this letter reaches you. If I win,
and I expect 10, there will be a chance
10 get Battling Nelson here for a bout
II ne comes out here he viii draw big
house (since this letter was written,
CnhOIz and Summers fought 20-round
drawJ- Tommy Burns is doing some
fine work in training and I expect to
see him fight Billy Lang in the near
future as he is very anxious to defeat
him and then get on another fight with
Jack Johnson
some of the people seem to think
that Burns is not serious in wanting to
fight with Johnson, but this is not
true. for I know positively that Tommy
viii make match with Johnson at any
time and agree to fight winner take
y
the former worlds champion wrestler
whom you had matched with Frank
Gctch in Chicago two years ago, as you
remember well, has just arrived here
and has been doing very we'll Hacken-
schmidt is looking much better than he
did when he was in Chicago. You prob
ably remember that / told you at the
time that Hack was not right. II he
been 1 feel sure Gotch would not have
beaten him. However, Gotch did beat
him and won the championship, so
Il IS no use discussing that point any
further. Mr.. Corbett Of the Sydney
Referee, with Hackenschmidt and my
self had a good time on yesterday.
Hack told me he intended TO go TO
New Zealand after finishing here and
viii then leave for England some time
IN July
He wants to be remembered to you
and all his friends In Milwaukee and
Chicago He had intended getting on
match here with Frank Gotch and a
purse Of $4,000 was offered, but for
some reason or other it fell through
why2 / cannot say. The American
boys. who are here will be given
benefit before they leave for home on