Evening star., 1911-06-04
Champion Shows That He Is
Real Goods-Is Making
Moran Go Limit.
pALZER WINS HON0RS
IN O'ROURKE CONTESTS
Would Not Have Much Chance
as "White Hope"-
Murphy Fight No Fake.
By James ]. Corbett.
,ect.I Dispatch to The star.


NEW YORK. June 3.-The champion
lightweight has swung into his strfot
once more. and is proving to devotees OF
the manly art that he is deserving OF the
title vrested from the Durable Dane in
that mernorabl forty-round encounter a.
Colma little more than a year ago. Nc
more can the critics allude TO Wolgast as
q cheese champion" the appellation be
slowed Upon the little Michigander ny
Battling Nelson in At or dudgeon ani
pique over his conqueror's refusal Z
agree TO q return match.
Ads most recent victim was the clever
Californian lightweight. Frankie Burns
who. in his comparatively short career In
the professional ranks. had gathered the
scaIps OF Lew Powell and 'One Round
Hogan, and who western sports figured
a logical aspirant for the title.
Wolgast outfought and outgeneraled
Burns from the tap of the gong uptil the
end of the sixteenth round. which was as
far the native son was able TO go.
Never at any stage OF the contest did
Frankie have even n Remote chance TO
win He was outclassed in everything
but gamenesS, Of which he displayed a
plenty, and stood up TO the mark until
nature succumbed and he could no longer
continue the argument. At the call OF
time for the beginning of hostilities in
the seventeenth Burns seconds 'skieG
the wipe" and the Californians cham
pionship aspirations were dead. or If not
that. temporarily postponed.
Owen Moran viii he the next ambitious
one TO face the champion, and WolsaSt,
recognizing in the LITTLE Britisher a
worthy foe, has insisted on forty-five
round battle With owen tit and in shape
10 show the best that's in him, he will
prove an exceedingly difficult nut to
crack in twenty rounds. the champion
realizes. hence the marathon distance for
this international melee. Moran. in cleV-
erness and speed. has considerable on
Adolph, and he has a punch as we'll. as
the dope books viii show and battling
Nelson can testify. But IN Wolsast he is
UP against a second and improved edi-
tion Of the famous battler. He will find
opposed To him a boy who knows what
he is in the ring for ana which thought
is constantly uppeT-noSt in his dome OF
thought boy who toes the mark and
takes all that is handed without flinching
and possessed of a sturdy strength and
stamina to assimilate punishment and
thrive on it, and. wlthal, one OF the best
little ring generals in the game. critics
10 the contrary.
Age Favors Champion.
In the matter Of age the break is also
in the champions favor by four or five
years. Moran. though but twenty-seven
years of age, is an old man in the mat
ter Of actual ring experience, having been
boxing professionally for twelve years.
The latter's cleverress and ability to
avoid punishment are the explanation of
his long and crsditable career Wolgast,
on the other hand, is a mere kid at the
game in comparison.
The bout ought TO be a great one while
II lasts. and the winner viii not come
through unscathed. However, l can fig
ure nothing 10 il at the finish but the
american. and look for him TO win via
the OLD X. o. route well within the limit
Which VIII be a fitting and patriotic
manner OF celebrating the glorious
Fourth in the Golden state
The movement TO promote international
amateur boxing contests met with a
Garden last week when the authorities
prevented the Pastinne a c.. from pulling
off the bouts as per schedule The man
ayers of the tourney have come in for
lot of unfavorabie criticism. and justly
so The law was openly defied in the
disposition of seat tickets and in other
ways and nothing was left for the police
bIt to step in and take stern action.
The five Englfshmen who made the
tip TO this side TO compete in the tour
Lament and the Canadians. of whom
there were several. all took the post
ponement' gracefully. but upon their re-
turn to their various homes the Amer
Ian promoters will come in for some
panning. or | am greatly mistaken. II
viii be a lesson 10 the amateur author
tiles from which they should profit The
Amateur Athletic Union will no doubt
satisfy itself IN the future concerning the
Legitimacy q an amateur orgaaiza ton
before bestcwing its official sanction and
approval