The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-13
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
ARGUMENT ~ FAVOR or tAf.
FORM B0NING HEIGHTS.
E;nsiansl's Revised scale Grew Ing IN
Favor In rhis Country Mixup, In
nantan. Feather and LiSht weight
Glasses Are some Cases I'm Point

: The unviir nenesS Of Nj wolgn~,. Iirrr.
! weight champion. 10 meet anyboiy ,N,rf..
4 Battling Nelson may he used a. ru arr.
nlent in favor OF altering the <".I!n OF ,rsl.' ,.
governing the ySicIS pur,iiStir 'las,.-
I sal n veteran reft-ee the Other day sci.
( son wps the irst lightweight CHAMPION ..,
rafyi ~ 20 meet rhalsn gers except at eco.
American limit. i31 wounds ring~id~. arr
wOlgast Is following his example, 70 ir.,
3 letter, with the result tlat ~prn. al the Inc.
I boxers who are practically iightvrlyIt.
are barred from competition in this ,l,--
In England the Na.iOna sporting elm.
recently establI shed new weight limit
and fixsd the scaling IN ke Hghtvei,h.
class at ili pounds. six horS before nm,
time This arrangement seyns .nineutI-
fair. and believe IL should Ievail In I'M,
I country.
| when the late Joe Cans Wa the light
weight champion he met all co.srs rcgn,d.
less of the lightweight limit untfhe stacked
,:p against Nelson. whose stiplatioSs n.
| TO tho scaling limit werc manife,Iy unfair
and resulted in the downfall OF Gns. VIII,
was physically weakened by sue condJ
tons Nelson. rs titleholder. barre packv
Mcfarland from match. as tn, latter
could no, make i33 pounds ring-iM and
wanted To fight at It's either rinGSe or
| several hours before the handshake. No.
wolgast also bars Mcfarland. Goo0asn
! Young Sammy Smith and other ISIS p>rJ
boys for the same reason.
You cannot place these challengers,
wolrast in the weiterweight class. the liz,
OF which IL ~, pounds in this country. 4
all Of them would be outweighed bv IN
titlehoidsr. Dixie Kid. or the claimants fol
thai honor. willie Lewis. Harry Lewis and
others -o tina: IL il the growing belief that
boxing clubs IL this country should get
,ogeth~r an,. revise the rules goyernin.
the Different weight limits.
Take the bantamweight class for in.
siance: Coulon says he IL the cham plon
but he Will not fight any body above IFS
pounds ringside. although the recognized
limit In this country - iis. Jimmy Walsh
~ Boston insists that he il the bantam title
holder and has defepdcd the huuor at iis
pounds on numerous occasions success
fully. Yet IN England lis pounds is the
limit at which Digger Stanley holds the
championships.
There i a mixup over the worlds
featherweighI championship too. Abe
Attell. the American title holder. can make
-: ringsidc. the limit in this country at
any time. bat Jern Dri-Coll. tn. English
champion. defends that title Mt i?S pounds
scaling several hours before ring time. II
Nitcll and Dri-coil ever meet II Is safe 10
say tha, the American will be compelled
"a make 'oncr--lons IN pounds or Driscon
the i"att-rv"Ivnt tIt!r AZ lis pounds and
Terry MrGovern lost 1t 10 Young Corh.''
at ii. al hich figure torbrtt defended II
vn'i. h. IS beaten. Attsl did no; win 'h-
feathTwrlEh' championship from n r"'pg.
ntS,.d titlrholdcr. but h.' ass im,d the ''l.
AMI ma beaten all Corners at I:c
Pal Moore ~ -oius 10 .izhr Attcl On
November :. n 1873 rinRside. A'telI Con"eu.
itie can Ia Sa4ns@ hands II MSoT" WIS ~. a 4.
viii "hAll-ns" Nolga~t. nut II - dcub'fsl
u tho Latter will agree. 20 a match - thr
,a,sl I'm that NDn-n Mntl1d
wan So long that he'd probably b. 'pn
heavy Ia make Ial. though able 20 --al-
Il - clock. four hours before ring time an
- Generally regarded IA - great lightv rlghs.
Men nm a mS' H., SpIin" !" in nS ,a 9'fas
were lightweight champions they never
uuihhl.d over weight conditions lavis'na
when h" .o-t hts title !" Frank EIne dIl
no. scale at lI1 rins-iir. hat lac was deuti,r -l
81 the championship ana by = r"tsr..'
IN. middI.w.icht titl. l.. ignored H..
American limit. Us ringslde. and ln-l-teI
upon -. la short ther"'- II 'niNip over tho
weights governing cham pion-iip CortcSs,
which should be adjusted. and Tho hos
way 10 20 about IL Is 10 have the lsIdiur
on a uniform vet that will conform Min
the English standard and At the same tIule
Suarante" fair play
Jim stewart. who couldn't meet II Eaur.
man FRIDAY night because the latter in.
"h,nre 10 show his worth IN a fifteen round
hght with Jim Barry ~ th.. Arrnorv A
~ ho-t"n nest TUESDAY night. 'hSrlar
stood Kaufman OF for thirtv-nins rounds
TWO v"rrs ago before tn" latter won. and
able opponent for stewart N stewart
beats II rry he will he ready to take craCE
~ Kaufman a. soon as the Californian Ia
Jimmy Walsh. bantam champion. will
Lncli,h puyili-t. a, the Fairmont / Z on
Tuesday night kelsr comes her. with
a reputation for skill and Tameness that
not have an easy time. Walsh has not beer
seen here since Pal Moore put IL over him
IN "a bout at catchwciGhts.
s,. Abs At,ell meets Frankie CopIev In .
afternoon: The weight will he i2c rinSSlde
and Dave Barry will referee Coniey stopped
Danny Webster In California list wear and
was promptly hailed a. the coming han.
tam Champion. but he has taken on 80 much
hulk since that occasion that h" has Gradu-
ntcd to IN" f.ath"rweisht class. New or.
Icons. once IN" eCnn. VI many important
mghtS. in" luding the Corbett-Sullvan
Mah"r- Fitzsimmons. Me sniifc-Nlyer. niI.
up again ~ "A pugilistic Mecca The West
Nhr 6 IL a progressive organ izstion.
ma IN" mlniRerS Ssy they ~ill soon put
~" attraction at tho National Sporting
club Of America this week il a zen round
bout between Dixie Md. weller weight cham
ri"n. and Will" Lewis. now under the
membership "f Md Mccoy. They net az
ihl- club several months ago and Lewis
tic b.Iting
The major league clubs arc showing IN.
usual aCuEi'y in sending contracts for uevt
year Z" their player and IA many cases ~
PLAYERS are falling into line without delay
ms - unaioubt"dly due To a de-ir" so rh~cs.
mate IN" Fletcher third league movement
Mhl'h l. Worrying the fna gnat..- not - i''le
Nv raising salaries and handing out af-
vance money earlier than usual th,. ira,u-
l,aSu" clubs belirN" that they ,.nn rpun Iu
al ~ til" valuable PLAYERS 80 that they ~
h' IA a position to Offer to .hs public ft.
rain" brand ~ ball tina; ha-. rs~u.r.,i W
t"rniI hr'aSing prosperity ~ lslas"r.
WI" nave -ignif"d q willingness To take ,
han'" WIN Fletcher IAN Lee wranri aWaE
" - poini.'d ont that tho third lragIlr fru.
iN"i%r WILL have practically nothing vr'.
winch 10 induce capitalists 10 IN; 49, '.'
necessary Ca-h for 'hr building ~ r.0r
GROUNDS and grand stands With m, i..r.r.
i"hsH"- fortified ~ PLAYING .tren:rh
followed that il-i"hrr'- -pr,.',t.. ha. -,,..
WI hdN" 'h'Ir ur'irT Tp'Iieu and tN,r o.EI
h. ttiH" comes for -iiue town IIr-. -
VIII INT MS way effectively ..us...-
- l. know FtYt ,.,.rfa