The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-19
LOOM
UP IN ENGLAND

AFTER long period of disQuietude
England or rather London, Is again
looming up as center of pugilistic
activity. The action of the authorities
in the various big cities in the United
States in practically putting an end to
the game here. thereby driving many
of our better pugiIists abroad to gain
fame and livelihood is primarily re-
sponsible for the Impetus given to ring
sport on the other side of the Atlantic.
With two battles each involving an
English title and a Lord DonsdaIe belt,
already arranged the early portion Of
the boxing season at the National
Sporting club holds out unusual prom
Use to lovers of the fistic game Last
season four of the Lonsdale belts, each
carrying with 1t the English champion
ship for the weight, were won and lost
1T the National Sporting club at fol-
lows: Jem Driscoll, winner of feather
weight championship: Freddie Welsh
OF lightweight championship; Young
Joseph of welterweight championship,
and Tom Thomas Of middlewieght
championship.
Neither the bantam nor the heavy
weight championship was at issue
during the season, but the opening
week at the National Sporting club
this year will result In the awarding
of the bantamweight championships
and belt. One of the principals will,
of course, be Digger Stanley. who has
long been regarded as England's best
among the bantams. His opponent will
be Joey Bowker. a former champion
of his weight, who believes he can
come back into possession Of the title.
The match was made on the very
eve, as it were OF Stanley's departure
for the States, where he was to box
his old arch rival Jimmy Walsh of
Boston, Mass. Stanley's American
trip has been prompted from the fact
that ever since his bout with Young
Pierce, the Philadelphia negro BAN
tamweight, at the National Sporting
club last February. the Fulhamite has
been obliged to remain idle because no
one in his class was willing to meet
him. Bowker now that he has re-
covered from his illness of a year ago,
believes he is Stanley's master and
while England's pugilistic public does
not agree with Joey, the men have
been matched for the usual twenty
rounds for $500 side and purse of
$1,750, making in all purse of $3.50.
although some American champions
and even near champions would turn
up their nose at no more lucrative
offer.
The pair will of course make the
English bantamweight limit of 11s
pounds at o'clock in the afternoon.
That figure is easy for Stanley, who
was a pound under weight when he
met Young Pierce, while Bowker will
find considerable work necessary for
him to make the figure. 1t will be
Bowker's first English appearance
since he lost to Charley Griffin, the
Australian, in eight rounds at the Ma
tional Sporting club two years ago last
April. In fact, his only other engage
ments since then were his two bouts
of year ago last March, when he
met AL. belmont in Boston, and Tom
my O'Toole in Philadelphia the same
week, losing both, the former in twelve
rounds and the latter in six
The date for the Young Joseph
Arthur Everden bout for the welter-
weight title has not as yet been de-
termined, but it will come along soon
after the Stanley Bowker go. Young
Joseph won the championship of his
class when Jack Galdswain was dis