El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-03

Suva. Fiji Island, Oct. 15.-Tht
American boxers have had the finest
kind of a trip across the wide Pacific
and when they reach home they viii
have as many yarns to tell to theil
friends as the Jackies of the American
fleet when they returned from thei1
tour of the world The weather has
been excellent There has been no i'll
ness whatever among the boys. They
had a splendid time during their stay
at Honolulu, and were entertained
royalty Arrangements had been made
for an exhibition, but owing to the
Supposed late arrival of the Zealandia
the promoters had decided to call II
off and instead of giving a display
Of their fistic poewrs they were the
recipients Of a grand welcome on the
part of many sporting men and bust
ness men interested in sports. If
Battling Nelson had been along II
would have given him all kinds of OPP
portnnities to rival Jack London as a
descriptive writer The stop at Hawaii
was just enough TO give the boys a
chance to get their sea legs in order
for the remainder of the voyage to
Australia.
At Honolulu there were several
American boxers who were anxious TO
join the quartet and visit Australia,
among them being Charlie Reilly OF
San Francisco; Jack McFadden of the
same place and brother of the we'll
known Kid McFadden, and Dick Sulli-
van, of California Reilly intends to
follow on the next boat to sydney
Join the Order of Nepture.
Crossing the equator the boxers were
given a test of real sea life, when
they were made members of the Order
of Neptune They were put through
the rites in royal style, Bronson,
Clabby,, Thompson and Papke, being
given the bath and all that goes with
it. First they were placed under ar
rest Then followed the usual shave
by the ship barber and his wooden
razor. The doctor followed with his
terrible medicine and the policeman
helped them into the tank of water.
a big sheet of canvas being used for
the same. The court Of Neptune
looked like a gathering Of Zulu war
Tiors. Bronson said it was worse
than going 40 rounds with Rudy I'm
hclz- Another amusing feature was
blindfold boxing by the Americans and
some of the Australian cadets. 1t was
something new in the line of boxing
Cyclone Thompson Caught Cold.
Cyclone Thompson had a cold for a
few days and it stopped his training,
DuI ne soon recovered anu TSSuInSO
his work After passing the equator
the boys got down to real work so as
to be in shape for exhibitions at Suva
and Brisbane. the first city on touch
ing Australian soil Bronson and
Thompson SPARED lightly every day and
s<1fe--frem three to five miles on the
deck every morning. Clabby did no
boxing until he reached Suva and
Papke also held off until the Fiji
Islands were reached, although they
both did considerable walking and
running Thompson and Bronson had
the sailors make an improvised punch
ing bag which they installed on the
deck of the second cabin and made
good use Of it In this manner Cyclone
took off about ten pounds and lgot
down to near his fighting weight.
Bronson also took off considerable
weight as he had gained quite a bit
the first week out and is now almost
in shape for any of the Australian
lightweights Clabby was anxious to
add few pounds to his bones and he
is Just a little light at present and
prefers to be near the $50 pound mark
than at the welterweight limit of lao
pounds Papke is feeling in fine
spirits and says he has no fear of the
outcome of his four battles no matter
whether they are middleweights or
heavyweights-
Wants Match With Thomas.
The Illinois champion feels so con-
fident that he has written Hugh Nc
Tntosh at London to go ahead and ar
range match with Tom Thomas, the