El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-01
"GrabaIP' Tactics Of Present Day Boxers
Are Making Them Unpopular With Fans
Heavyweight Go to Australia
By T S. ANDREWS

Milwaukee, Wis. Sept. sos there
any real craftsmanship among many Of
the socalIed champions or near cham
piOns of the various classes Of boxers?
a real sportsman believes in being
fair to all concerned in any kind Of
game, to give his opponent or oppo-
nents an even chance. Then last Of all
a true sportsman wants the public,
which is usually considered after all
other points have been settled upon, to
have a little say in the matter but
boxers of today seem to think that the
public should be ignored entirely.
What right has a champion to sit
upon his throne and dictate to all the
world what his opponent shall receive
in a contest for the supremacy Of his
claSSE He has absolutely no such right
but he usurps that power because the
sporting press Of the country permits
him to do so and the promoters fall In
line and permit him to dictate all the
terms and they take all the chances.
WOlgast's Claims
Ad WOIgast claims to be champion
lightweight of the world and che pub
lie recognizes him as sucn, although he
Is only champion Of America, for he
has never defeated the champion of
Great Britain, Matt Wells, but that
matters little, for in England the pub
lie there feels Just the same no doubt
about Wells as we feel about WOlgast-
As champion WOlgast has a right to
dictate terms TO a CertaiT extent, such
as Weighing, referee, etc, bit he has
no right to tell a challenger and one
who is considered a worthy challenger
that he must box for whatever AR
WOlgast is willing TO permit him to
have.
A club in London offered a purse Of
$50. 900 for a contest between WOlgast
and Wells and another in California Of
fered the same amount Tor bout be-
tween the champion and Packey Nc
Farland. but Wolgast says he must
have S25. 900 of that amount and his OPP
pOnent can have what is left he claims
that as champion he can dictate what
ever terms he sees fit to name Prob
ably he can. lille the public and pro-
meters stand for 1t, but IL IS not sports
manship and bOnafide clubs should put
a stop to such unreasonable terms Be
cause Tommy Burns and other big
boxers set an example OF that kind is
no reason why the present day boxers
should do likewise Jack Johnson is
following in Burns's footsteps and Il
is just such acts that is doing so much
harm to the game
When John i. Sullivan and James J.
COrbett fought for the worlds cham
piOnship at New Orleans they battled
for q winners and losers end Of
purse, besides a side wager OF $4,000
J ohm /. Sullivan was champion, but he
did not say to COrbett- You get $1,000 Z
and take SIS 00O.' No, John i. fought
COrbett on even terms and lost his
title, but he has always retained the
respect of the sporting public Of the
United States for the fair manner In
which he ways acted, and the PUBIC Z
gave evidence Of its faith in the grand
old champion the past Few years Dy
turning out in big numbers every time I
he appeared at any theater TO do his !
II was the same with men Z
Cans. Peter Jackson. Frank Erne, Bob [
FitZSimmOns, Dan CreedOn, and 9TH I
ers They did not try TO hog il all; they Z
were willing to give their opponents /
an even chance, even though they were ]
campiOns OF their class.
It is too bad that the boxing pro I
mOters cannot get together and act on I
the square with one another and put a Z
stoD to such practices and have some 4
real sport Do away with the an com I
mercial side Of the sport for it does I
doing fin baseball, that is when 1t mas I
crept into the game TOO strong
Grab All Tactics.
Why should boxer, just because ne I
wins a championship, be permitted to !
grab everything I'm sight and leave his Z
empty handed2 There is no /
craftsmanship about Il. Wnen ANA I
tours enter into any contest they do Z
so for sake Of the sport. That's real 7
sporting spirit, but IL is getting TO be I
case OF grab everything in sight Tor Z
the professions whether Il is sports I
manl1ke OF not. The Americans are the Z
most liberal people on earth, but they Z
viii turn some Of these days and put ]
the ban on these grab all boxers.
AID WOlgast. Knockout Brown and ]
q few Of the lightweight stars had bet
ter look to their laurels for there is a I
young man on their trail who is liable I
10 cause all Of them considerable trOu- ]
bic. The young man In question is Pal B
Brown, not a brother Of Knockout [
Brown. but just a plain Brown from !
the good old state OF Minnesota, the Z
town Of Hibbing, near the Iron range,
and judging from his record OF the past I
year he is some pumpkins He has not
ret turned 20 years OF age, but he has 4
4 fine development and IS under the
guidance of Dr. II. F. Plapper, OF Hib-
1ing Brown has had 81 fights the past
year and has won nearly every one by
The knockout route, some Of them be-
ng hard battles and going to the
init Of 90 rounds
Not a Buffer.
Pal Brown is not trying to bluff his
way to the top Of the lightweight di-
dsiOn. but is anxious 20 work his way (
Ip and take his chances with the best
II the 1873 Founders. then If he can
rot win. why he Is willing to return to
he farm As a matter Of good faith.
However, Pal through his manager, Dr.
Hurry Up" Yost, OF Michigan. as his