Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03
LATEST BOXING NEWS FROM
THE PEN OF GENTLEMAN JIM
Corbett Says Mike Gibbons Is Wonderful
Fighter and Entitled to the Welter-
weight Championship.

land his conqueror, Flynn, In the mean
time He argues that the member of the
Morris clan from Massachusetts would
not draw the shekels to the box office In
such abundance as would the fame of
the Oklahoma engineer. Or is 1t only a
fireman?
Albert is wise guy" Maybe. He re-
CARDS Carl in the light OF mark, but it
Flynn as sucker proposition, and paid
a severe penalty. One never can tell for
certain.
At one time I thought Kaufman would
prove the mainstay Of the white folks;
time has made me change my mind.
Speed is what the Californian needs to
put him in the eligible class. With that
essential quality added to what he's got
in the way of kick. no doubt he would
prove a veritable world-beater Al is
about the slowest big fellow / ever saw in
action.
Why, I saw him box middleweight a
few years ago in California, a man he
should have finished inside round or
two. The smaller man was in distress
from the jump, but Al was SO ALTERED
slow on his pins that his groggy adver-
sary stuck out for fifteen rounds before
succumbing through sheer exhaustion. l
was told at that time AIS legs were in
bad shape. More recent instances have
convinced me that it was his natural
speed If some one could invent a speed
ball that would work successfully on the
dig IeilOW lueTe is no Telling NOW UlSA lie
might rise in the "profeSh."
X X X
Bombadier Wells. the English heavy. it
is said will come to New York after the
match with Fred Storbeck in London De-
cember Is. I hope Bombadier does not
change his mind His arrival will stimu-
late affairs pugilistic, and I for one am
anxious to see how he will compare with
our hopes. Then there is zest to an in
ternatonal contest that devotees of the
manly art are passionately fond Of.
l am told that:
The AID Wolgast-Packey Mcfarland
Matt Wells imbroglio will be settled early
in the year of our Lord 1912 Perhaps)
Charley Schmidt, former exponent of in
side base ball with Jennings Tigers, has
laid aside the catcher's mitt in favor of
the f1ve-ounce glove.
The New York state treasury is $4,000
richer snce boxing has been under the
supervision of the commission.
Kid Mccoy, who short tine since dis
appeared from his local haunts. has been
discovered in Paris posing as the only
who can win back the championship for
the white race. etc. etc.
The already large number of boxing
clubs in this city is to be augmented by
half dozen more which have filed appli-
cations for licenses. In Australia a box
ers good work is graciously applauded
and remembered even though a loser.
Jack Lester was the recipient of gold
medal in appreciation of his showing with
Sam Mcvey. (Sam got the bacon.)
Drexel-BiddIe. Phi 'ladelphia millionaire
boxing enthusiast, plans a series of box
ing matinees for the clergy. (The osten-
sible reason is to convince the church,
men of the innocence Of boxing matches;
the real one may be to endeavor to un.
cover a white hope from the ranks Of the
militant pastors.)
The decision of the New York boxing
commiss on to prevent stage exhibition
set-tos appears trife far-fetched (Also
a terrible blow to art.)