Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-29
African Athlete Wants Money to
Bring Pugilist Storbeck
to Front.
BOXING IS BOOMING
ALL OVER ENGLAND
Hugh Mcintosh Gives Game I'm
petus-Wrestling, Too, Has Been
Revived Under Peculiar Rules.
IL, .Co--e.nondence OF The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The star
LONDON, September II. 1910.
The boxing situation has had q
healthy impetus by the arrival OF
Hugh d. Mcintosh. Mac got IN
Tuesday last and jumped into the
FRAY at once. The first fight under his
MANAGEMENT took place at the Kings
Hall Thursday and resulted in drawing a
house that exceeded all past records. IL
was the greatest gathering ever seen IN
London. and rival promoters have been
EXPRESSING their jealousy ever since inc
main fight was that between Bombardier
Wells and Sergeant Sunshine. Wells, as
will be remembered, is the man whom
Eugene CORR picked as certain victor
over Jack Johnson, but on the showing
he displayed against Sunshine ne mas as
much chance against Johnson as a ca
nary has at a cat show.
wells beat Sunshine in six rounds. but
during the interim Sunshine had Welis In
serious difficulties on dozen OCCASIONS.
Sunshine is a veteran. and mao ne tne
yi9or of youth behind him there is no
doubt but that he would have beaten the
lankv Bombardier in easy fashion. Weis
will now be matched by Mcintosh 10
meet Seaman Parsons. who Is accreolteo
by many TO be the best man IN the
United kingdom. Parsons record STANDS
out as the very best that can be shown
here. It Is almost certain that II VIII pc
left to the sailor to bring down the pride
OF the Bombardier. Parsons has Deen
bought out of the English navy to fol-
low his natural calling. He has beaten
every man that he has ever met by the
knockout route.
Walker Is Pro.
TITS common property now that Reggie
Walker, the great Splinter. has entered
the professional ranks. His object IN do
ing so Is to get the money to bring to
england John Storbeck, the South
African boxer Storbeck is not unknown
TO ENGLAND. He came over here last June
and won the amateur championship In
the easiest fashion, meeting and defeat
ing two of the best heavyweights this
country knows. His victories were
achieved in such hollow fashion that all
the experts Of the ringside consider there
ts a great future for him II he takes UP
lighting seriously AS soon as he arrives
In England. which will be some time In
the latter part of october, he will be
matched by Mcintosh either against Bill
Lang or the survivor of the eliminating
contests that Mcintosh is now directing.
Storbeck is a great big Boer. standing
well over six feet in height and weighing
about 2O5 pounds He Is a natural-born
fighter that revels in mixing it. His first
nRhting was acquired at drift near his
home farm in the Transvaal These drifts
are nothing more than fording places.
and II seems that the transfers reaching
the ford simultaneously have habit OF
getting down and fighting for the priv
ilege of first crossing. Storbeck had
beaten so many that IN latter years all
others have given way to him soon
az he appeared on the ground. He is
only twenty-one years of age and there
are prospects that he will develop into a
great fighter.
The boom in wrestling that promised to
evolve into the biggest kind Of thing
has received a temporary check, owing
TO the disgraceful exhibition given by
Cana and Zbysco. They met at the
stadium Under the auspices of John Bull.
a paper that is called here 1.-THE penny
truth" No one believes that John Bull
would have anything to do with matters
that were crooked. but the result Of the
CANA Zbysco match showed that even
the mightiest sometimes fall. For 2
hours and IS minutes Cana and Zbysc0
held the mat without a fall. The specta-
tors groaned and jeercd. and the pitiful
spectacle became a most emphatic farce.
Some Peculiar Rules.
Under the rules. which, by the way, are
the regular Lancashire rules. If no de-
cisive result has been achieved on the
first day of meeting. the principals were
to meet on a succeeding day, named by
the referee. In the case of Cana and
Zbysco the referee named the following
Saturday, but In the meantime Zbysco