Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01
CORBETT REVIEWS
OLDFR|ENDSH|PS
Former Champion Finds Many
Familiar Faces in
New Orleans.
GIVES NEW YORK CLUBS
IMPORTANT WARNING
Affairs Like McFarIand-AtteII
FiasCo May Clamp on Boy
ing Lid Again.
BY James J. Corbett.

Sit'ial pf>pai'h Ia Z ne star.
NEW ORLEANS. La December II -
During the holiday week in this aualnt
old city have had the great pleasure Il
! renewing friendship Of years standing.
i" prove that l have not Yet pa ssed into
the DR.. Osler class I have had no DIM
Guilty in recalling the names and face. Of
many old timers whom I had not met in
nearly two decades
On every hand I have been reminded ~
an event important to me that occurred
here over eighteen years ago And II
seems to nae only few short wears since
came to this city compa rativclv IN
known and won the heavNw eight cham
pionshie. Yet it was in September 1872
Since that time the followers of the san,
have seen many champion come and 20
In the different classes. The title that ic
: was my good fortune To win has changed
hands no less than three times since il
was i'm my possession
A few of the goo6 old boys OF this la
cality have passed over the great divide
since my last visit here but L am pleased
TO report that the majority of my oil
friends and acquaintances here are still
alive and kicking. and in most instances
| enjoying good health.
Playing One Against other9
AS result of the hot competition be-
! tween the National Sporting and the
Fairmont clubs Of New York cir to Sc
cure the Packey McFarland-Abe At.eI
encounter the match has gone I'D in
smoke. Packey claimed to be honor
bound to Billy Gibson OF the Fairmont,
while Attell stood out for Tom O'Rourka
and the National people.
I b.
simply were playing one club against the
other to get some soft money and over
played the hand. At any rate, the bout is
off and. for one. believe that's the best
| thing that could have happened. I have
argued right along that the match looked
too one-sided- Abe can fool along with
the ordinary fellows and give weight
away to the dubs, but Packey is an en-
tirely different proposition.
Just at this time, when there is a plan
on foot to introduce a bill in the coming
session of the legislature of the state oe
New York which will legalize public box
ing exhibitions this scrapng over the
services of a couple Of boxers will not do
the game any good. II will not take
much to clamp the lid down on boxing N,
the metropolis IL conducted as at pres
ent, and club directors ought to use jude-
ment and try to avoid killing The Eo6sa
that lays the golden eggs. Some OF the
smaller clubs are said to violate the po-
lice regulations openly I'm the matter of
disposing Of membership tickets. and such
methods do not tend to make friends for
the game.
Give Bout to Highest Bidder.
The National and Fairmont clubs have
bona fide lists of members and do not
buck the law in this manner but why all
the noise over Attell and Mcfarland? One
would think il was the Jeffries-Johnson
affair over again. Let the highest bidder
fl,a ,~ri1n Ia -, ,1,,1@<
not care TO raise the ante they ought to
take back seats.
A young boxer was killed in a contest
in Philadelphia a few weeks ago. and his
opponent was arrested. as rs usual in
such cases. The coroner, however. dis
charged the prisoner and exonerated him
of all blame. The official took a common
sense view of the matter. One of his ar-
guments was that inasmuch as a bass
ball foot hall team is never held re-
spomsibe for a fatal accident to a player
during a game there is no reason for
holding a boxer. He did recommend,
though that the authorities insist on the
various athletic and boxing clubs of the
Quaker city employing the services OF
competent physicians TO he present at tho
rinSside. with authority 10 prevent ~
stop bouts if. i'm their opinions, the con-
tesiants are unfit. IL would be epleu-
did idea for every boxing club in tina
country to adopt this suggestion and take
precautions to guard against similar ac-
cidentS.
Nelson Assimilates 1880 Blows.
A western statistican has IT figured
out that during his ring career To datt
Battling Nelson has taken more punish-
ment than any other boxer of note and
lived through it all. To be exact, ac-
cording to the dope, the Battler has aF-
simulated altogether 1880 blows. srd
some of the wallops were not mere low
taps. either. That professional pugisis
is not such a really terrible affair after
all is proved by these cold figures, and Ia
drive ii in deep just stop to think thai
Nelson is still in the game and looking
for more. OF the boxers OF lesser note,
I would Opine that the original IRON
jawed man, Joe Grimm, is the leader in
the assimilation line. 49,
The bout between Freddy WEIGH ana
Jem Driscoll at Cardiff, Wales, ended Ia
an unsatisfactory manner. From &C.
counts WEIGH had a shade Throughout ana
Drfscoll was blowing some when he COM
mitted the foul. Jem cried and begged
the referee to change his verdict and give
him a chance to continue. but that Official
said nay TO his pleading. No use talking.
the rules are lived up to on the other s!Ai
and when fighter breaks one he general
ly regrets It, unless he has done so de.
liberately. The pictures will be on exhibit
ton in this country soon. and then We can
see how it all happened.
Sullivan Would Be Sugger.
Jack CsTwin') Sullivan Is quoted a.
saying he will cut out scientific boxing In
the future and try to develop into a slug,
ger of the most approved type Twin
must know that it takes all kinds OF peea
ME 10 make up this world and all kinds