The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-23
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
RAJ uOORE 4 FEATHERn EIGHT,
StVS JINMI WIINH.
nss'sa Waatam neadS Co Fight Ihr I.n'i-
QuAksr Again. bat o. Wus' se ~ Is0
P~uasiS-cs1loa SIN DoixIUg Th-
Abe Attett-NsuPphy Watrh D. ss,uAre

Jimmy walsh the American bantam
weight champion. who was trimmed nv Pa
Moore In q ten round bosss at catch weighr
Thursday night. was kirking himself yc~ieT
day because he had heen talked into wha
he termed q one sided match Walsh ue.
rIsrsd be weighed . few ounces more THAI
az pounds when he got into the ring uitl
Moore aud was ~ least ave pounds lighteI
than the seventeen yea old Quaker No
ntteen minutes after the hoI' ended severn
Of walsh's frisuds won't to Moore's dressing
room and offered Ia he, tioO that he wa,
ave pounds heavier than The bantam cham
pion, but there were M takers
Moore h strictly n featherWeighi. said
one Of these Nalsh supporters to THE sun
man. He b mRsduerRding - a bantam.
weight when he can't make Iis pound.
rtngsids Or even six hours before ring tune
without saving OF hs legs Zee h growing
RAPIDLY and will be In the lightweight class
before the end Of tho year. walsh is able
Ia MAKE the hantamwetght iimt at any
time and " Moore says he can reduce to that
1gure he can have a fight TOT the char IN
pionshiD all the way from ten rounds TO a
nnssh. anywhere and for any money. also
. good bet on the side. Walsh wa- mis-
guided when he took Moore on 1T catch
Netghts. no mistaksi-
Walsh's error does not alter the fact that
Moore show ed the same remarkable night
lng quality that has brought him to the
ront with Q rllah. He displayed every
nns point known to pugilisIn and had the
esht some 70 finish there " no doubt tina,
walsh under the weight conditions would
have taken nap. There -eems to he
ground for the assertion. however. that
Moore h more OF q feather than a bantam,
weight and that he prefers to night at about
l22 pounds. The sharpe do not believe he
FnR
Walsh. who might prove q tough customer
~ that weight. for the Boston boxer. expert
enced. rugged. game and Corking punchs
is undoubtedly In a class ny himself as a
bantam.
Walsh ard Johnny Coulon are evenly
matched. " IL thought. but CoulOR still
cliDGs To the self imposed condition ms
pounds. rinRside. aud also styles himself
bantam champion Coulon ard his
xTumbled audibly when Walsh Vas intro
du"ed a. the bantam cham pion OF the
world on Thursday night There is no
worlds champion IN this class. A. Digger
OF Great britain at MS pounds. sailing Al
ocloFk. Which y the National Sporting
clubs Iecogniyed limit. wal-h'- willing
Instance, should be a fair pyoposiiiSn to to
COulon, hut it's a sure thing that the latter
WOULD not risk his title under such ron
ditions
Charley Harvey left here Yesterday for
1 sliforniN with Zoe Thomas. the middle
weight, who - natctssd 10 hght Bill Papke
In Frisco on May IL Harvey ~ill he IN
Owen MOran's corner when the t,ngltshrnan
meets Tommy Met srthy ia the karth,Iuake
City. next Friday night Incidentally Hsr-
vey has rereived a letter from kjim prisroll
The British featheTweiEht champion. 10 the
rnect that he III sail for AmeTi"a y Nesk
from to-day. pTi-rOll viii do no nxhting
% the locsl clnhs. but will rest few weeks
before taking up training eNerCi~s. for the
v enty 'hVe round night with Abe Atten
AZ COIma on July > DriSColl has NOn his
ast two fights with seaman HAve- and
spike Robson 10y landing knOs kout blows
y hitch would SOM Co iudi~afe that he "sn
Hug a. we'll ~ DOE
Abe Attell III cOn"ede nearly iS~lve
pounds to Harlem Tommy Murphy hen
h~v meet In much talked of ten round
'Out ~ the Empire \ neNt Thursday
tight They have agreed to- nRht under
fraight OUesnsberry Tales break inE Out
u clinches " hen the referee 80 orders
In Atteii y 30 much lighter he very properly
nstytsd that tho referee should not step
'etW cen hum Ani Murphy o tear them apart.
here " absolutely nothing Tong In the
arrangement OF I'M. match. Nhich - one 81
he most ATTRACTIVE on the cards for Tho
eason Persons who are kuos Ming the
,oUt have aAe- 10 grind and are not telling
he truth, says James Bu, kle,. match
maker and referee "t he btg "luh near ne
'avIrm River