The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-29
ABE ATTELL AFRAID
TO FIGHT k|LBANE?
Unreasonable Guaranty De-
manded by Abe Causes Ex-
perts TO Question Courage.
pAPKE IS ALSO GREEDY
Asks Huge Sum to Go TO New
Orleans, Where Eddie Nc
Goorty Awaits Him.
PAPKE is ALSO GREEDY
BY JEFF THOMPSON.
Iira to The Trihnne.

BY Leased Wire to The Tribune
NEW YORK, Oct 2S.-The shades of
the great fighting men of the past
days, when the manager" and press
agent were unknown in the land, aud
fighting was fighting. must turn green
with envy, If shades can change color,
when they read of $4,000 for Wolgast
and $4,000 for Wells to fight limited
round go.
1t may be that same feeling which
makes the pies we used TO eat taste so
! much better than any we get now, but
it docs seem TO me that in the old days
when Jack Dempsey or Jack McAuliffe
were the lightweight champions, or to
go further back when Billy Edwards
and Arthur Chambers were battling for
| supremacy, there were men who could
make the present lightweight cham
| pions look like preliminary fighters, and
these men were glad to fight for $1,000
| or $4,000 purses and bit up on the
side
! dou t begrudge the present race of
| fighters anything they can get, but |
cant help wishing some of the old
timers could have bad cut-in on some
these days.
NiNOoFSlH w dS 0cdl IL uLSL.
Say, but d like to see Terry Nc,
Govern when he was at his best going
up against some of tho fellows who
| claim they re the whole thing in the
lightweight class these days. Terry ID
clean 'enl j up in 4 couple of rounds, -
remarked Joe Humpbries the other
day.
Joe can 4 see where the lighfweights
of today would figure at all with the
men of a few years ago, claiming that
| they entirely lack the ''class'' that
| made the old timers famous and ] am
rather inclined to agree with HIM
Jack Johnson has been so quiet since
his match with Bomhardier Wells was
| called off and lie announced his re.
| tiremeDt from the ring that people are
beginning TO wonder what Jack is GO
| ing to spring ueyt, Johnson is some
what of press agent for himself and
there's no doubt that ne would soon
leap back into the limelight with somo
new stuff.
it would not surprise me a bit to
hear that Jack has signed up with
Sam LanCford for battle in New
York.
Johnny Kilbaue. the little Cleve
land wonder has been marching along
at q, splendid clip and there is Just
one man in his way now for feather
weight honors. and that is Abe AttelI
Abe shows that he fears Kilbaue os
he asks Tom McCarev and the New
Orleans promoters q guaranty Of So
600 for his end TO meet the Cleveland
Boy. a sum that Is out Of the uues-
ton for small men these days. Kill
bane intends TO do few weeks of
theatrical work and NAV then 30 south
and meet Tommy DIXON at New Or
leans. also Bill, Marcbant. the Eng
lish featherweigbt star. who is coming
over the latter part of this month,
Papke Asks Too Much.
1t is possible that Billy Papke and
Eddie McGoortv will be brought to.
rcther 10 a twentv-round battle at New
November. Billy asks big guaranty
and 45 per cent of the gross receipts.
but the club is confident that he will
he more reasonable and come down 70
earth. McGoortv is one of the clever
piddleweiehts of the country and is
entitled to match with the best in
the laud. for he has shown tbe proper
form on more than one occasion.
He will meet Jack Dillon at Indian
apolis November /. and that will give
the fans n line OH his ability. for Dill.
lon has been meeting all the eastern
cracks.
McGoortv knows Papke as well as
anyone rs he trained him for Stanley
Ketchel when the two fought their
first great battle, so that n meeting
now between the two would be most
interesting.
Sam Langford is about to put in
supply of conl for the winter which
is usually very cold up around Nova
Scotia. Before ordering the fuel he
is coming down 20 New. York TO talk
business with Billy Watkins thc he.
gro from Chicago, who saws he wants
match with the Boston tpr baby.