The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-25
FOREIGN PUCS
Do NOT Think
American Prize Fighters Are
the Only Ones Who Use
Their Heads.
BERLIN POLICE TRYING
TO BAR BOXING BOUTS
bigger Stanley Comes t
America to Settle Bantam.
weight Controversy.
BY JEFF THoN6PsON.
eased Wire 10 The Tribune.

by h5ta<5Su W1fE w no iiSSeHS'
NEW YORK, Dec 24-Amerlcan
prize fighters, especially the heavy
weights, are considered the most intel
lectual now of all the men Of their pc
euliar calling in the sporting world,
which includes the United States, Aus
tralia, Canada, France, England, Ireland
and Scotland. have ii from an Eng
lishman. I WAS talking to we'll
known English boxing business man,
whose name | shall not publish, SINCE
he is all excellent press agent for HIM
self He spoke Of the practice of push
ing prize fighters to the front. AL
though [ have refrained from giving
his name, think it well TO give his
views on that subject He said:
"Prize fighters need nursing 1t IL
a mistake to rush them into the front
rank too quickly. A crushing defeat
early IN his career is apt to rob him
of confidence, especially if he have
brains and nerves. With the. type OF
man who is all brute it ism Z apt to
mako much difference. They under.
stand that in this country. They don t
understand it in England. That is one
reason why England turns out so few
6rst-class heavyweights. -
"fI take it, then, that You haven Z
a very high opinion of the English
heavyweights as Glass;
"I have not.'' said the promoter.
"Take them all in all, they are a poor
lot. They can hit hard and take pun
ishment, but mentally they are slug
gish In intelligence they are distinctly
inferior TO the American heavyweights.
A world g champion in these days must
be good thinking machine as well rs
good hitting machine.
Jack johnson has more intelligence
than most folk give him credit
for, because he is a negro / know
him well. He studied the fighting game
as well as played it. But most Of these
English heavyweights don Z study it.
It's Just ding, dong. give and take
ception. He thinks occasionally.
Berlin Police obdurate
A fighting promoter has been here
looking for men willing to go over to
Berlin and fight in club organized
there: Men who may be induced to 60
will have their trip for nothing. Ar
rangements were made recently for a
bout before the club. The kaiser made
no protest, But on the very day of
the match Won Jagow, the president
Of police. descended upon the club and
prohibited any further boxing. The os
tensible reason for the prohibition was
that the boxing matches had assumed
the character of public display. Won
Jagow. told the managers and fighters
too, that if they attempted to carry
out the programme, he would send one
haif TO the morgue and the rest to iai l.
He is the man who laughed al the
American, English and French news.
paper men who complained that his
men had slashed them during recen,
riot In Berlin.
Digger Stanley, the English bantam
weight champion, is contemplating :
trip, to this country. Stanley send.
word that he will bar no one who car
make lis pounds or thereabouts.
| He claims to be the bantamweipbt
man is indefinite on weight He bar.
no one who can make 11S pounds OF
! ithereabouts, but that weight will hard
| ~ suit the hantams OF this country.
Coulon and Stanley.
Johnny Coulon, who has a better
claim to the title than any of the little
fellows over here, holds out for II;
| pounds ringside. Some of the othe,
claimants to the title siipulate thai
! 115 pounds should he the weight, I,
would appear as If Stanley would have
TO chp OF two or three pounds in order
to get him within the American limit
frankie Burns, the Jersey bantam
agrees to meet Stanley at III pound.
ringside, which is agreeable to tn,
Englishman. The fact is, match a.
this weight has already been arranged
between the men To meet before tn,
National Sporting club of this city
AL Lippe, who has reached Paris, il
| endeavoring to arrange n match be
tween Willie Lewis and Henry Lewis
and another between Joe Jeanette anc
Sam Langford. Lippe states that thes,
two matches are sure to be made, anc
that the winner of the Jeanette.Lang
ford battle will have all the necessar,
backing for a match with the cham
pion. Lippe thinks that Paris will Civ,
bigger purse for battle in whicl
the heavyweight title will be at issue
than anv other city on either side Of
tho Atlantic.
'sTo show you how this country il
taking 20 boxing says Lippe, ~
need only mention the fact TINT th,
Sam McVey.Jim Johnson match drew
a $4,000 house.
Jack Johnson is willing to 20 tc