The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-23
NEW PUG|L|ST
IS QUALIFIED
Is ed-Haired, and Has a
Punch, Even if He Lacks
Everything Else.
JOE THOMAS REAPPEARS
AT LONG ACRE CLUB
Trainer of the Late Stanley
Ketchel Bids Fair to Be
a Conner.
BY JEFF THOMPSON.

BY Leased Wire to The Tribune
NEW YORK. Oct. 22.-There is a pug
ilistic wonder hiding away In some part
OF this metropolis and he wants to dis
tinguish himself. A few days ago he
issued this proclamation:
But want to tell you about myself
and ask your advice about some things.
My name is Terry McCune. am 90 years
Of age. ! stand six feet In height and
tion. which is fairly good.
~ am red headed. and Ike all men
whose hair ia Of that color am full OF
ginger. ] have done considerable boxing
and know that can strike a hard blow
with either hand and am not afraid OF
a punch. Something tells me that SOON
er or later viii be fighting in the ring.
how to go ahouf acquiring cleyerness
with my hands and feet: also a good
way to develop my lung power and how
In a contest. I will greatly appreciate
any suggestions you may make on the
subject"
Battling Nelson continues to yearn for
title In the fortieth round Of what was
TO be forty-fivo round battle he was on
his feet willing To continue. TIe hadn't
even been knocked down during the CON
test. He was beaten all right enough
and Referee Smith did the right thing In
stopping the fight.
But he won and lost tho tltlS without
ever having had to take the count Nell
son has had 81 good long rest and is
firmly of the opinion that lle will shortly
be fighting as we'll as he ever did, and
head OF his class.
Young Dixon. sometimes called heavy
weight champion OF tho United States
navy, disgusted members of the Sharsey
Athletic club with the tactics he re-
sorted to In a bout with Eddie Rector a
welterweight
Rector was winning easily and had
dropped Dixon once, when the latter cut
'heeling" with his glove and butting.
Even then Rector more than held his
own and was pummcling Dixon, when
Dixon dclibera tcly Kicked at him This
was overlooked, but when Dixon again
began butiing. the referee very properly
stopped the bout.
Thomas Is Back.
After a twelve months vacation in the
west. Joe Thomas of California has re-
turned TO tho roped arena 1T the Long
acre club. Thomas is a much better man,
both physically and as a tighter. than
ho was when he fought Stanley Ketchel
last November.
Nick Muller, trainer OF tho late Stanley
Ectchei. proved sconclusively, Mt the Unity
Athletic club in Lynbrook. y, Y, that
he Is all that was claimed for him. AL
though he was knocked out by short
right arm blow in the eighth round, he
ishment to Larry Temple 10 mako any
ordinary man quit. Temple complained
that stomach punches were too low, but
he probably meant that they were conf
ing too fast. Muller fell. his head Stril,-
ing tho floor. The men agreed 10 break
clean. but The referee Was either timid
about stepping between the men or failed
to interpret the rules properly. Muller
feels confident that he can defeat Temple
and is willing to fight him again.
Farmer Kelly is out with a challenge to
fight Johnny Coulon, 1t is four months
since Kelly has been In the ring but
he has been Keeping himself In condition.
A distance battle would suit the Brock
lyn bantam and lis pounds is just the
right weight. Kelly Is ono OF The hard
st~hittiug iitile mon In the ring. and
his friends believe he would make Couon
hustle.
Ability to stand more punishment than
any of tho little lighters In this city is
the honor claimed by Jack Dorman today
In his en-round fight with Leach Cross
at tho Fairmont Athletic club. Dorman
was pummeled from beginning TO end
and then he locked ~ though no had