El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-30
BY.
T. S.
ANDREWS

was not himself for a week or more
after the contest. but he is feeling
better now, and a rest at Catalina will
do him good"
The talk about Frank Gotch, the
worlds champion wrestler. meeting Jack
Johnson for the title after a year of
training under clever boxer like Tom
my Ryan, is nothing more than bunk"
Frank had a couple of trials with the
gloves and did not take to the game
very strong. He has the power and
build for a champion. but his muscles
have been trained for wrestling and
not boxing. Then, too, Gotch is satisfied
with the title he now holds-that of
champion wrestler of the world. Frank
would be foolish to ever attempt such
a change, and it is a 100 to l shot
that he will not. He is. wealthy and
can rest upon his laurels. He will soon
retire from the mat altogether, but may
have one more big match before he says
goodbye TO the wrestling game, and
that match he would prefer TO be with
George Hackenschmidt, the Russian
Lion, whom he defeated in Chicago in
1908. when the big fellow gave up at
the end of two hours and 10 minutes of
work on the mat.
Jim Coffroth, the San Francisco pro-
moter, Is considering the advisability of
matching ONon Moran, the British
feather weight, and Ad Wolgast, light
weight champion, for a long bout az
Reno, New, Labor day, but there is
some doubt about it going through. 1t
would be a strong card, but still there
are few people in California who would
go over to see ii. The best field just
now for such a bout appears to be Eng
land. and if over there Freddy Welsh
would be the logical opponent for VOL
CAST as Freddy holds the lightweight
title of Great Britain. An effort has
also been made to get Moran and Abe
Attell together again in a long, bout,
but there appears no place at pteSent
for them in this country. unless it might
be New Orleans, and the promoters
there would be unwise to try it now
with so much adverse criticism going
on regarding fighting due TO the JEFF
fries-Johnson contest.
Before leaving Reno. New, Tommy
Burns. the former champion. who lost
the title to Johnson in Australia had
talk with Jack and they made up"
Tommy, says that Jack has promised
him the first match and that Hugh
Mcintosh, the Australian promoter. will
try TO get them together in England
around Christmas time. Should this deal
fall through Mcintosh will in all proba- .
bility try and match them for another
battle in Australia, as Tommy is sincere
In wanting another crack at the title. :
The proposed match between Burns and /
sam Langford does not appear to be |
gaining much Roadway and the chances /
are it will not take place in the United |
States, unless Tex Richard or some 9TH !
er promoter can see his way clear TO !
offer big Inducements 1t may be that ]
the picture people might keep out, but !
just now the picture men are shy on ,
such deals. Burns and Langford would /
be great card in Australia or England ?
and 1t seems reasonable to expect that :
II they come together it will be in ,
either country.
The wave of agitation against prize
fighting, following the JOhnson-Jef- /
fries battle at Reno was to have been !
expected, with the negro win |
ming; but had Jeff won it would have /
been different. 1t will die out before |
long and be matter of history There /
is no good reason why boxing should J
suffer as a result of the agitation, for !
there is a vast difference between the
limited round bouts conducted in most
of the large cities of the country and !
'ho hSHt dl memo Wnlch was In realty
q prize fight. Bouts going beyond 20 or
20 rounds can hardly be classed 9TH
erwise- Had the Jeff-JohnsOn contest
been scheduled at % rounds in Cali
fornia the chances are there would
have been no interference as the law
there permits limited round bouts, but
when it was stretched ito 10 rounds
1t gave Gov. Gillstt chance to get in
his knock. even after he had promised
not to interfere in any way. and al
lowed the promoters, Tex Richard and
Jack Gleason. to spend nearly $4,000
on an arena in San Francisco before
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