El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-24

bolt about anything Billy did from end
to end of the battle Some of the
Americans swings were so wide and
wild that they did not reach within
two or three feet Of the Australian"
Boxer Major who writes the pugi-
listic column for Sydney Fair Play, be-
gan his story as follows: 'At least
10000 people thronged the stadium and
at least $500 came away bitterly dis
gusted and totally disil1usioned after
seeing Papke in action If Papke can
not really fight any more scientifically,
all have to say is that Arthur Cripps,
old and broken as he is, would cut
him to pieces and hardly ever receive
a punch"
Call Bronson Clever.
Ray Bronson has been commended as
d fairly clever young man and j ohnny
Thompson, who defeated Rudy Unholz
in half a dozen rounds, was criticized
from various standpoints. One writer
said it was hard to judge Thompson's
quality because no man can make
good or make attractive play against
an opponent like Unholz, who half the
time had his head between his knees
Much Praise for CIabby.
OF Jimmy Clabby, there SENS to be
no two opinions. He is voted the most
graceful. most talented and most effec-
tive boxer that has been seen in Aus
tralia in many years. In the headlines
OF one story of Cfabby's fight with Bob
Bryant the American is described as "a
destroyer" and "a whirlwind from the
north" He is also referred to as 1.-The
most versatile and brilliantly clever
boxer of the age
An Australian Write Up.
The story of the fight by rounds as
told by Sydney begins as follows:
There could not have been 1907
people at the Rushcuters Bay stadium
Wednesday to see the debut in Aus
tralia Of American Jimmy ClabDy and
the enthusiasts who ought TO have been
there will never cease to regre. what
they lost. They missed the sight Of a
lifetime It is safe to say that not
even the most experienced of those who
sat around the ring on Wednesday
night had previously imagined let
alone seen such a performer as Jimmy
Clabby. And yet we in Australia, even
those of us who follow the game pro-
fessionally, had never heard me lads
name until he was cabled as one smcng
the bunch of boxers coming from
America under engagement to Hugh
Mcintosh
Referee Praises CIabby.
w. S. Corbett of the Referee. had the
following say of this affair:
Jimmy Clabby's display of boxing
skill. in opposition to Bob Bryant, was
decided treat 1t gladdened the heart
Of the judge of the game and the spec
tators whose minds can go back over
the full score of years to the period
when Critic, Peter Jackson, George
Dawson and others were in their prime
The young American showed us the
same straight. effective left and clever
working of the feet Also the GOODNESS
and brains so clearly behind the move
Of the monarchs of the past. Clabby's
boxing came as something for the old
timer to weep tears of joy over He is
not a. Critic: Critic was a marvel Nor
Is he a George Dawson, nor a Billy
Maber, just yet But there is ample
ward still have many ears of ring USE
fulness ahead"
Still another report says; What a
depth the Australian boxer has sunk to
was never more evident than now and
was never made more glazing than on
Wednesday night, when the best man
we could pick was a plaything in the
hands Of Clabby, the American.
Never for moment had Bryant the
spectre Of a hope Of winning and he
was so badly so helplessly ioutclassed.
so bitterly banged that many people
cried Shame on the corner that al
lowed him to continue as long as he
did. A fairer or more gentlemanly
young man than Clabby never slammed
the Stats of a foeman- His left is
terrible weapon He is the king pin
exponent of the shift and such a
variety of ways of damaging an OPP
ponent has never been imagined by
Australians"
Judging from the foregoing, C1abby
will have nothing but nice things to
say of the Australian critics when his
wander-year is over. Papke, on the
other hard, may entertain doubts as
to whether the Australian writers are
the astute judges Of fisticuffs they
pretend TO be-