The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-19
LIGHT w EIG HTS
HOLD SPOTLIGHT
Is. Q. Browns Showing Against
Wolgast Gives Hin Caste
With Fight Fans.
MANY STATES HAVE WONDERS
Australian Fighter Latest Pro
duct Of I33-Pound Class
Wanting a Battle.

san Francisco, February ,s.-Young
Valentine Brown or New York, who has
been saddled with the. ominous name Of
tk%nockout Brown is now fairly in
the limclight. He was always regard
ed as a lad Of promise In his own city.
Rising Young fighters differ from bIbli-
cal prophets. The latter, they say,
a;e not iiono5cd where they belong. as
q rule, and nowhere clse.
1t required the opportunity Brown
secured when nc met sd. WolSast 70
send his stock booming. Brown Is
now amongst the six best ~.cilers, and
not even Owen Moran, who has the
nofior OF being the first fighter who
hhocked BattlinR Nelson really cold.
mas anything on Valentine In the way
oi MS standing as II ring star.
1t Is possible tia while the Philadel-
pnla bout did brown a lot or good, 1t
ga Noigas no particular harm. II
must be admitted by those who wish
70 deal fairly in auei experiences that
Nolgast was out OF the game !: long
time and that mis- idleness was enforc-
60 lie had a broken arm. and in q
way lis bout with brown was a test
OF his newly nnendcd wing, There
~ oiBdSt lCafSU need
icssiy in tic Philadelphia scrap: buu, IL
he did favor his dickcy arm, who can
blame him.
Mnst DO Some Fighting.
Pernaps. with the experience to guide
MN, -ad. VIII be more devilish in his
HeHt bout, In any event the outcome
OF The tilt with Brown has placed
" olSast in Il position. whore he will
nave 70 show tlaat..he is still entitled
TO call himself champion. There Is a
faint ainudge on his cscutcheon and
nc must set in and polish il of BY
oint OF hooks and uppcrcuts before he
Is many months older.
With Knockout Brown coming 10 the
front by leaps and bounds and Win
sreat activity and consequent devotion
mem in lightweight circles all over the
world. 1t is made patent that tho most
lmportanl glove contest Of the near
future viii be confined 10 the division
named.
There arc rising young lightweigh,s
cNersWnere At present. New York has
mem, ~Philadelphia has them. Chicago
mas them and so has San Francisco.
Ear Australia has produced one in tho
person of Hughey Mchegen, who re-
Gently defeated the American. Ray
Bronson.
or the old timers we stili have Fred
die Welsh. champion Of England. Packev
Mcfarland and Ad. Wolgast. each OF
"non thinks nc is the bona hde king
pin or the ~133-pound class. With men
OF this weight SO numerous Ii will be
strange indeed. If there are not some
high class contests during the year.
Australian Wants n chance
Mehcgcn, the Australian, is anxious
to try his hand In any part of the
world where an opportunity offers.
There arrived in Vancouver by the last
Australian steamer one Andrew Petrie,
Who claims that he is commissioned to
challenge. the world in Mehcgen'sy bel
haif. When Petrie left Australia st was
understood that Woigast and Moran
were matched for the title, and the chal-
lengc was directed specifically. at the
winner of the bout.
Fetrie says hat MeheGen can CON
form to the American conditions re-
gardinE weight. namely that he can.
do 1873 pounds at the ringside. and that
he is willing to fight the best man
procurahlc in the United States. Eng
land. France and Australia. What is
more, &1ehegen can backing
to the extent of $4,000.
If Mellescn comes TO this country it
is very likely that no will he accom-
panied hy Dave Smith, who just now
is the best advertised pugilist in Aus
tralta. Smith has gained decisions over
Billy Papke. Jimmy clabby and cyclone
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