Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-20
BUSY DAYS AHEAD FOR THE
YANKEE BOXERS IN AUSTRALIA
Clabby, Bronson and Thompson Have
Several Fights Carded for This
Month, December and January.

doing" Then he discovered that he was
out $50 by trick. and he wanted to
take poke at the sharp young man. but.
hastily thinking IL over. he changed his
mind and said: well. pal. you handed
me an Australian lemon, but guess IL
is cheap experience at that shake"
The American boxers have finally set
tied down to hard work for their APP
preaching matches. Clabby. Bronson and
Thompson have taken up training quar-
ters at Botany Bay. the place where
Capt. Cook first landed on Australian
soil. and where Jack Johnson worked for
his contest with Tommy Burns when
they fought for the title. 1t is a pretty
spot, with good gymnasium and surf
bathing in the bay whenever they de-
| sire il. Walter owens is training the
boys and looking after Bronson in par
ticular. Dave Smith. who will meet
Papke later on. is also there. and may
work a little with the boys. Papke 10
training at the Stadium, as he is board
ing at the Mansion Hotel, nearby. ana
Patsy Burke, fine handler. is working
with Billy. week before the bout
Papke Will go out to Botany Bay every
day and spar with the Americans All
| the boys are in good shape and viii MOI
rec uire a great deal of hard work How
ever, they are taking no chances and
will train to the minute and be prepared
! to go against the hardest kind of game.
The quiet and unassuminy manner OF all
| the boys has made a hit with the Aus
ITALIANS, and there is no doubt they will
become popular, the same as Tommy
! Burns, and ii is putting IL mildly when
You say Tommy was popular here.
The first appearance OF the Yankees
here will be October %. when Papke
meets Ed Williams. Later he will meet
Arthur Grips and Dave Smith. and pos
sibly Bill Squires. Ray Bronson will
meet Tommy Jones. the ex-champion OF
Queensland at Brisbane, October -, just
to keep in line and to get started. Later
he win meet Thorn. Douglas and Jim
Sullivan. Cyclone Thompson will open
with Arthur Douglas either November
or November =. Clabby may meet Bob
Bryant. weller. November ,. in which
case Thompson would go back a week
and Bronson week later. Thompson
will then meet Hugh Meeghan and a
| couple of other lghtwcights. as will
Cfabby the welters or men up to los
pounds. The boys plan to box once every
three or four weeks Clabby and Thomp-
son also expect matches at Brisbane
Jimmy with Jim Scanlon and Jerry
jerome. ar aboriginal. and Cyclone
with couple of 13o-pounders. If the
schedule is carried out the boys expect
to sail for home the latter part of Jsnu-
airy, and II successful they may all 90
via England. as Mr.. Mcintosh has them
under contract for London and Paris
The Sydney newspaper men gave the
Americans splendid reception after
their arrival here and have done every
thing i'm their power TO make things
pleasant FOR them. Mr.. w. y. Corbett
| or the Referee. who was at Reno last
July. has gone out OF his way 10 enter
tain the boys. and his son. who is also q
sporting critic on the Telegraph, has as
sisted.
The contest between Arthur Douglas
and Johnny Summers for the champion
ship of Australia, held at the
Stadium Thursday night and the Lon
doner won by a small margin on points.
Referee Snowy Baker made fine on
cal and gave the correct decision: still a
draw would not have done any harm 10
Johnny. The contest was good one
all the way and pleased the big crowd
Summers had the best of the weight bv
about eight pounds. Up to the sixth
round Douglas put up fast bout and
worried the, Britisher, but then Johnny
began to land some heavy blows over
Arthur's heart and II made him ease ,p
a bit. The local lad was game to the
core and whenever he got "stung' ne
came back all the harder In the twelfth
Johnny nearly toppled DOUGLAS with a
| right below the heart, but he recovered
I quickly and gave Summers no chance 20
Efollow II up. Up to the fifteenth Sum
Fmers had FOOD shade. but in the merit
l. four rounds Douglas fought like a. tiger
and nearly evcned -4atters only to yef
I the Londoner take the lead again in the
+ final session. In style. Douglas reminds
! Ole of Charlie Neary.
We attended the races at the local
track SATURDAY.. and ii was sight to be-
hold. Over 30.0o0 people were there and
everything was han d,ed like clock work
VIII have something to say about II
later