Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-22

no pueilist can hope to become A world
champion. But / don't consider him in
Tommy Burns or Bill Lang's class yet
And at this stage of his career il would
be mistake to match him against one OF
the topnotchers. / shall have to try hin
out a bit further against some easier
marks before l send him against a reall,
hrst-clasS man.
Game Needs Nursing.
Prize fighters need nursing 1t is q
great mistake to rush them into the
front rank too quickly. a crush 'ng de-
feat early in his career is apt t, rob
him Of confidence-especialy if he have
brains and nerves. With the type of
man who is all brute ii isn't AIT TO
make much difference They understand
that in America. They do1't understand
1t here. That is one reason why Eng
land turns out SO few first-class heavy
weights.
II take it. then, that YOU haven't a
very high opinion of the English heavy
weights as a class.
II have not, said Mcintosh with en-
phass- Take them all in all. they are
poor lot. They can hit hard and TAX
punishment gamely. but mentally they
are sluggish. In intelligence they ale
distinctly inferior to the American and
colonial heavyweights. \ worlds cham
pion in these days must be a good think
ing machine as we'll as a good hitting
machine"
How about Johnson
johnson has deal more intel!igen e
than NEST felix will ever give lin credit
for. simply because he is negro.
know him we'll. He studied the fight
ing game as well as aged il. Blu
most of these English heavyweishts
don't study it, It's just ding. dong. give
and take with them. Wells is an ex-
ception. That is why ! have hopes of
him..
Discusses Bouts in United States.
you have been much in America. How
does the f1stic game here compare with
the fistic game there?'
THE field here is much freer one.
There a big fight brings togethe- too
many of the wrong sort-gambers who
are just looking for a sure thing for their
money. crooks and other tough charac-
tiers. And though, personally. | don [
believe there is ever big championship
fight in America that isn't on the level.
as far as the fighters themselves are con-
cerned. charges of underhand work too
frequently grow out of them. | see that
Jeffries is still declaring that he was
doped when he fought Johnson.
Here the police don't interfere with
boxing contests. There is absolutely ~
graft in it so far as they are concerned.
Public sentiment looks with approval
upon the sport Rightly, too. I think
Boxing makes for stamina. strength,
pluck. sobriety. self-denial and keen
wittedness. Under the favorable condi
tons that exist here. England ought II
turn out a lot of first-class fighting men
in all the classes
why hasn't she done it,
Because the field hasn't been properly
exploited. and promising fstic talent
properly nurtured and developed"
And YOU have come here to show
them how to do it,
Exactly. and incidentally, of course.
make it pay" said Mcintosh. smiling.
Insists Upon Big Gloves.
But" he added, Il have some ideas
of my own as to how to do it. | believe
in eliminating from boxing contests as
far as possible. every element that makes
for ebrutality-or the appearance of bru-
tality-so that it may attract patrons of
the best class. Therefore. in my contests
always insist ON six-ounce gloves
whereas in America five-ounce gloves. or
still lighter gloves. are the rule. The
heavier glove admits of just as hard a
blow and is less productive of gore. And
the less blood there is about a boxing
contest the better il is worth seeing.
Also I believe I'm contests of limit ed
rounds instead of fights to finish.
Twenty rounds. / hold. is quite enough
for championship match. 1t gives sci
ence better chance against sheer brute
strength and an animal capacity to grant
punishment And it is the display of
science that males boxing attractive