The evening world., 1911-06-17
No Wonder II Is Hard to FIJI
Boxing Clubs When Such
Poor Contests Are Staged az
Two Star Bouts" at TWEEN.
tisth Century Club Proved
% Be.


Tm Twentieth Century Club put on
coupe OF fine. ripe lemon last
night In Its two star bouts" No
wonder II II hard to Ill boxing clubs
when such unsatisfactory matches are
offered to the fight fans.
The ismon-in-chief OF the evening was
enc "Jim Maher.' advertised and In
troduced a. Middle weight champion Of
Ireland" A. an Irish middieweight
champion "Maher'' was too sad an affair
even 10 bs q joke. There wal nothing
shout his appearance or his action to
indicate that he had ever boxed before.
even In q preliminary. II he was ever
Q champion In Ireland the title must
have been wished on him. Close inquiry
developed the fact that the Irish cham
pion" came from Philadelphia. where he
boxsd Kub,ak two years 9 and got
enough In the first round.
Sailor Burke was "Maher's" opponent.
The Sailor came INTO the ring logged In
his automobils coat. having ONE over
from Brooklyn In his private trolley
car. 'Maher." sitting In the opposite
corner. was OF q light yeilowish green
CObOb GouHu IA khis ~ no 'VVnVu
across at Burke. His forehead was
wrininsd In deep lines Of thought. His
hair was parted carefully In the middle.
brushed flat. oiled and perfumed. He
looked moro IKE "Tarrytown's most pop
uias sporting barber" AZ made famous
IN the columns Of the Police 0asetts than
lie . fighter.
when the night" began Burke
pushed and pulled "Mahsr" around.
whus Referee Charlie White cautioned
~ tar and told him to BE nice"
'1faAsr' made . few s,aps. Then the
saiior punched him around . little and
swattsd him one good swat In the mid
section "Naher' backed away with Q
sidswiss look At the floor. Burke fol-
lowed and made . face At him. This
Chinese method Of warfare was quite
suflcisnt for tho supposed middle
weight champion Of the Ireland" With
floor and wriggied about on his stom.
seh. Charlie white stood over him
"a grinned. Burke walked to his cor
nr and wal Just getting out Of the
ring when white called: Hold on
Burke. He may get up" But "Maher'
didn't want TO get up He only wrig'
sled some more. and White counted
him out. In his corner 'Maher'
sroaned and claimed that his shouide,
was broken. He fell on It In his hurr,
to reach the floor. However. on ieavinl
the ring he reached around his nee,
with the broken arm" 70 pull . tows
over his shoulders.
The other star bout" was bette
while Il lasted. Ted Nelson OF Aus
traiia tangled with Sailor white. VIII
became famous through twice knocking
out Al Benedict. White doomed Q hea,
ever Nelson. n II looked very nue.
eas-sidsd match. II was. Whit
rushed eagerly at the start, and for
round the air was full Of acrobat
stunts. Three or fou times he pushe
Nelson over and fell on him. Once h
showed him through the ropes an
landed . punch on the outside. But n
the time Nelson was laughing. MeasuI
ing the sailor. he knocked him dow
neatly with q left hook on the chin. l
the second round he knocked Whit
Down nvs times. After the fourt
Whits's seconds tried to throw q pa
q water over him and succeeded
dumping II on Charlie white. who wa
IN the way. White was groggy ar
Nelson had no trouble At all In hnishir
HIN with q clip on the chin. The salt
Ten on his head. sat up for the coun
suA fell over again. He was out. Ne
OeO vas very clever and the awkwal
sailor was no match for him
Pm FLYNN. the pueblo fireman."
COMMONLY spoken OF as ~ Italia
In fact. Flynn Is neither an ltal,i
ner . fireman. Flynn Is his rig
namps His father was Irish. VIII
he Wa o small boy Flynn's father die
and lafsr his mother married IN Italia
ThsCysccounts for the mistaken mott,
eon6sfhing his descent.
Flypor was an engineer instead OF
GrGman-liks Carl Morris. whom he
TO nGSf In Oklahoma July T. He W
on = han west from Pueblo. where
lived. .Nhsn At home. He was aiwa
. rough and tumble fighter. One mig
he became mixed up with . row In
bar 81 Pueblo. fought until he h
'>cleansd out the place" and follow
his lest opponent into the street knock
HIN out. A ~bystander told Flynn Il
the man was dead. and he left PueI
In haste. Fortunately the man was I
va seriously hurt. but Flynn had !
HE Job with the railroad and could
wd1 20 back to II. lie wander
around the West for 9 while and Il
Joined some lighters camp. where
picked UP a little boxing and beg
dsuring In preliminary scraps for sm
purssa He worked his way up quick
fought the best heavyweights In
game. lost sometimes and sometin
woA. nnslly knocked out Al KaufmI
and u now nea the top. He has ms
. ~ Of money In the ring and
never have to look for another =,
roading Job.