The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-26
AUSTRALIANS DON'T |
 APPRECIATE PAPKI
But Grow Warm in Praisind
 Jimmy Clabby |
DECLARE HIM A WONDER
PapIe, Thompson, Clnbby, Bronson and Other Americans Picking Up Easy Coin in AustraIia--What
 the Critics Say
BY W. ". NAUGHToN

a number of American boxers are appearing in Australia just at present, and it is interesting to note the way they are beirg handled by the antipodean sporting writ CTS. The list of American rngmen in- cludes Billy Papke. Cyclone Johnny Thompson, Jimmy Clabby and Ray Brou- son. Of these Papke is, of course, the classiest performer: at least in the opin- ion of our house critics, but the Aus tralian newspaper judges profess to be grievously disappointed with what Billy has shown them to date. Some of them, however, are magnaminous enough to say that they will wait until they sec more of Pnpke before expressing them- selves too freely about him.
 When Papke met and defeated Ed Will Hams at the Sydney Stadium the report CTS had hard things to say about the American The Sydney referee man said: "Papke is dubbed the Illinois thunder bolt in his own country, but there was no suggestion of thunderbolt about any thing Billy did from end to end of thea 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 pugilis- tic column for Sydney Fair Play, began his story as follows: "At least 10,000 people thronged the stadium and at least 95OO came away bitterly disgusted and totally disillusioned after seeing Papke in action. If Papke cannot really fight any more scientifically, all I have got io say Is that Arthur Cripps, old and broken r as he is, would cut him to pieces and hardly ever receive a punch"
 Ray Bronson has been commended as fairly clever young man and Johnny Thompson, who defeated Rudy Vulhoiz in half dozen rounds, was criticised from. various standpoints. One writer said it was hard to judge Thompson quality "because no man can make good or make attractive play against an op- ponent like vulholz, who half the time had his head between his knees
 Of Jimmy Clabby, there seems 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 Clabbys fight with Bob Bryant. the American is described as "a destroyer and "a whirlwind from the north" He is also referred to as the most versatile and brilliantly clever boxer or the age.'' i- =
 The story of the fight by rounds, as told by Sydney begins as follows:
 There could not have been 4OOO people at the Rushcutters Bay. stadium Wednes- day to see the debut in Australia of American Jimmy Clabby and the enthus- lasts who ought to have been there will never cease to regret what they lost. They missed the sight of a lifetime. It is safe to say that not even the most ex- perienced of those who sat around the ring on Wednesday night had previously imagined, let alone seen. such perform CT as Jimmy Clabby. And yet we in Aus tralia, even those of us who follow the game professionally, had never heard the lads name until it was cabled as one among the bunch of boxers coming from America under engagement to Hugh Me Intosh.'
 It LOOK J1lnnly 1ldpDy scNCh ioohuo 'o finish Bryant, and the result of the fight was so evident from the start that the big crowd was visibly relieved when the Australian was counted out.
 w. S. Corbett of the Referee had the . following to say of this affair:
 Jimmy Clabby's display of boxing skill, in opposition to Bob Bryant, was a decided treat. It 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 Griffo, 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 coolness and brains so clearly behind the move of the mon- archs of the. past. Clabby's boxing came as something for the old-timer to weep tears of joy over. He is not Grino- Griffo was marvel. Nor is he George Dawson, nor Billy Maber just yet But there is ample time for him to get there and afterward still have many years Of ring usefulness ahead"
 stin another report says: What depth the AuStraiidu DoAcI hoo e"'" . was never more evident than now and was never made more glaring than on wednesday night, when the best man we could pick was 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 outclassed, so bitterly banged, that many people cried shame on the corner that allowed him to continue so long as he did. A fairer ar more gentlemanly young man than clabby never slammed the sats of a roeman. His left is a terrible weapon He is the king in exponent of the shift. and such a variety of ways of damaging an opponent has never been imagined by Australians.
 Judging from the foregoing, Clabby will have nothing but nice things to say of the Australian critics when his wander year is over. Papke. on the other hand. may entertain doubts as to whether the, Australian writers are the astute judges of fisticuffs they pretend to be. 3 Prominent Man Dead Il