The Alaska citizen., 1911-07-10

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Frankie Couley k the freak If the age in fighting Without blink ing an eyelash, he deliberately held up his good right hand and declared on oath that he was fairly whipped by Johnny Coulon "I was not beaten much" said Cunley. but there was enough tn give Coulon clean vie tory l have moi q kick in the world. was under weight. but it was my own fault. entered the ring with the understanding that there would be no one to blame but myself still think can do bet ter and should like another battle" "
 More straight talk from the shouI- der like this and the boxing game will talk" un q different aspect. Con ley ts a corking good little fighter He has always been there with the goods and he is entitled to return match with COulun. but has been de nied
 An Eastern paper printed q hrevi- " lasl week 70 the effect that Tom my CuunefI, formerly ol the New York Athletic club, had re enlisted in the seventh Cavalry. and would soon be on his way to Manila Little has been heard of Connetf for a good many years. but the fact re mains that he still holds rhe worlds amateur record for the mile ln New York City August 30. 1895. he did the mile i'll minutes l. 3-5 seconds. may be wrong. but il seems as though this record was made when the star athletes of the United States and Great Britain met in dual meet M F Sweeney made his run ming high jump of 6 feet. 5"s inches ill September of the same year in New York, so l may be mixed in my dates.
 IT is remarkable. however. ill view of the general increase in athletic activity all over the world. that Con uef1's mark should have stood six teen years But still more remark able k the fact that w. C. George, an English runner, has held the worlds professional record for the mile since 1886. when he set a mark Cf l minutes, 1924 seconds al I.ilir Hrideo. England.
 In all branches of athletics good average performers are developed every year, but the top-notch such as C>nncif George. MaXey Long, We fers. DuI1ey. Maybury, Rush, Rector, Walker. Mike Kelly. Ty Cobb. Rad bourne. Clarkson. LajOie and Ionus Wagner, appear only al intervals
 Will the fighting game come back" was the question asked John l.. Sullivan few days ago.
 Sure. il will come back" replied John. There never was much wrong with it. You know, fighting started in England in l7ol. and in all that time there have been less than twenty deaths from boxing. In 1905 there were that many deaths alone from football, and am not knocking that sport either. I'm for all kinds of sport that are cn the square"
 Jack Johnson is off to England to meet Bombardier Wells. Poor Bonn hardier; he has our sympathy right now. A few years ago, If Tommy Burns would have met Wells our press would very promptly, h8gea pub lished the fact that .Burns was pick. ing another lemon" EoWs4hat LII a4ssl thur has been given the soft 1nh,s f 'a all right Wells has abouf A8 Mtckl chance against Johnson as Mexican Pete would have, and. to- be candid, not as good a chance if. Pete@wetIid fight But Mir. Mcintosh some.sw1y or other has been able to bring about the meeting between this pair, and deserves credit for doing so. But will the British fight fan stand for so one-sided a bout? We know the LondQn fight goer is something awful when it comes to seeing things in Hia righ iGght, 1t ttakfss jn1n a month or two to think the matter over, and tk- iIseheY hs,, s6es ofthe. ciubEhe1<,F rd1l lis f1fehids now deucedly- stdbfu he was, not at the time realizing W Whae a poor match il was. tkn! b Wells might have had the m4kXs I .a aYod man. properly, coached Ind hy gradual stages brought to- tnt- front. But if ever they. allow him to meet Jack Johnson 1t means the end Of Wells. Johnson wfll knock all the fight out of hihi iii just about a punch. if Ne so desires But Jack may deem it proper to give the spectators, a little run for, their money and for that reason the Bombardier]willl be allowed to finger a little longer than necessary, Wells Just nov is he biggest card pugilistliffally in ,fnrg ,Efng I Iii slul0a 70 uGmuG !in.
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