Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-03
INTERESTING ENGL ISH FIGHT .
LETTER FROM TOMMY ANDREWS
Londoners Are Getting "Wise" and Won't
Patronize Scraps Unless High
Class Boxers Figure.
Special Correspondence of The star.

Special Correspondence Of The star.
LONDON, England March 23 1911.
The dream of many American boxers
of invading England and carrying away
bundles of money may develop into a
nightmare for some of them. Boxing at
the present time is having a wonderful
run here and the shows are being we'll
patronized in all sections. but it is case
of having the right kind of a card to
draw the people, the same as in the
states. There are any number of Amer
lean boxers here now, and quite a num-
Der in Paris, and if all those who have
announced their intention Of coming
across the pond make good their prom
lses. there will be many of them glad to
work as stokers on the big ships to get
home. OF course. there are some of the
top-notch Americans who are getting big
money here. but there are only a few of
them, and if the boys back home are wise
they will see that they have enough
money for return tickets in their jeans
before they start on the journey across
the briny. The idea of matching two
Americans here does not suit the British
public at all, and you cannot blame them
for the Americans would not care to
have two English fighters matched over
there unless they happened to be practi-
has been tried here and proven failure,
except in a few cases where the princi-
pals were at the top of their classes: in
q case with men like Sam Langford and
Jack Johnson it is entirely different for
then the people will turn out in great
numbers. Great preparations are being
made for coronation time, but from ex-
periences back I'm the states during big
conventions and SO forth it is not likely
that the ventures here will prove big
money makers, for the crowds usually
like to be out in the open when anything
OF that kind is going on. However. there
are a few matches whom Hugh d. Nc
Intosh has In view. and II he can carry
them out on the dates he has in mind
they should prove big successes. The
same applies to Paris. for Mcintosh has
secured a big arena there. and will no
doubt alternate the shows between Lon
don and the French capital well into JuQe.
4
rather amusing incident happened at
the National Sporting Club Monday night
when Fred Dyer. a young fighter, who had
scored Knockout against his opponent,
returned to the ring on receiving great
applause and responded by singing a very
beautiful ballad. Dyer has an extremely
hne voice, and seemed to delight in anus
ing the crowd that way. Frank Mulkern
manager of Jimmy Clabby. and Patsey
Callahan. manager of Eddy McGoorty
were among the spectators. and thought
II such a joke that they nearly fell from
their seats when the young man began
singing. 1t was something new to them.
but they held themselves in check and
got through the show without any
trouble
Bombardier Billy Wells. the hone of
the British public. is thinking seriously of
going to the United States for a short
tour the coming summer. He has re-
ceiyed an offer TO make a tour of the
principal cities and thinks well Of it. He
IS fine appearing young fellow and