The evening times., 1911-08-19
BAT NELSON HAS
IDEAS OF HIS own
Places Cyclone" johnny
Thompson Ahead Of
I Il. Papke. H.

4eAtSA' WIZ ID sOJOurnlng IN Portland
has ideas of his own about the re-
spective merits of present day fight
ers says Roscoe Fawcett, formerly
OF the Grand Forks Evening Times
IN the Spokesman-Review. The for
mer champion was asked to name the
best bruisers in the various divisions.
His choices are bound to: occasion
more or less comment in the boxing
world.
In the first place Nelson places Jim
Flynn. the Pueblo fireman, third in
the list of heavies next to johnson
and Langford and ahead of Kaufman
Mcvey, Jeanette, Barry and others
more surprising still, the battler ranks
Cyclone" Johnny Thompson as the
champion middleweight Of them all,
aespite Billy Papke's worlds CON-
oat IN England the other night.
Jimmy Clabby is placed at the pin
nacle OF the welters with Packey Nc
Farland second in the same division,
where he admits himself he belongs.
Here is Nelson's form chart:
Observation-Disclosures Johnson, Sam
Langford. Jim Flynn. Sam Mcvey,
Joe Jeanette, Carl Morris. AL Kauf-
man.
Observation-Disclosures" johnny
Thompson, Billy Papke, Hugo Kelly,
Frank Klaus. Buck Crause, Leo
Houck. @
Welterweights-Jimmy Clabby, Pac-
key Mcfarland, Harry Lewis.
lghtweights-Ad Wolgast, Matt
Wells. Owen Moran, Knockout VAL
entine Brown. Freddy Welsh, frankie
Burns Of Oakland, zone Round" Ho-
gan. -
Nelson refused to declare himself
as to his ranking. 'I'll show that
myself within the next year." says
Bat.
Featherweights-Abe Attell, Jem
Driscoll. Joe Coster, Sammy Kellar,
Frankie Burns of New York, Tommy
Houck.
Bantamweights - Johnny Coulon.
frankie Conley.
Plenty Of Light Material
.. There are plenty OF youngsters
coming up in the light, feather and
bantam divisions, but In the available
timber In the heavy, middle and well
ter classes is remarkably scarce"
points out the Hegewisch realty king.
Defending his choice of Thompson
over Papke in the middle section,
Battler cites the fact that the former
defeated Papke recently in Australia
and that moreover he stands ready to
meet any scrapper In the world.
Cyclone" Johnny possesses a most
unusual record. A little over one
year ago he was a dub among the
lightweights in his lightweight days
taking severe drubbings at the hands
of Battling Nelson, Packey Mcfarland
and Charley Neary. Peter Sullivan and
a score of others. The graduation
into the higher classification seemed
to awake new vigor despite his nine
years service in the ring. He went
to the Antipodes twelve months ago
and not only won from Papke but he
scored six other victories by the
knockout route.
Thompson halls from Sycamore,
ILL.,, where he owns 25O acres. He
says he will attend to his 300 chick
ems and do chores as farmer when
he Is through with the ring.
Papke Lacks Something.
Il always liked Papke as a bruis-
er but he seems to lack the nerve or
something" says Nelson. "This
Thompson fellow is the supreme puz-
zle, however and you've got to hand
1t to him. licked him twice when he
was in my classs and he was cinch
but I think he's the best among the
now."
''Next to Thompson. frankie Burns
Of Oakland probably possesses the
most novel record in the boxing
game" says Nelson, "for the Oakland |
lad, who went down before Wolgast i
recently was principal at the first
boxing show he ever saw"