The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-09
GERMANS GOOD
. IN GLOVE SPORT
Many Shining Lights in Ring
Come From the Ranks of
the Teuton.
KAUFMAN BEST BIG MAN.
SAYS CLEVELAND WRITER
Thinks Wolgast Is Better
Fighter Than Many Credit
Him With Being.

A few years ago II fellow would mem
ton a German as a fighter, or a pros
pective champion, he would have been
laughed at. writes Walter c. Kelly OF
Cleveland, In the old days the Germans
were considered harmless. good-natured
race. who had no fight in them-Astically
speaking. or course they were always
Teutons were ever heard OF as prize
fighters up to within the last decade
or so.
At the present time we have a great
many hieh-class pugilists of German
birth or extraction. They have been
breaking into tho game with much sue
cess of late years. and 1t will not be at
all surprising II one OF that nationality
becomes champion of the world In the
near future.
Uncle Billy Delaney. the great train
er, who brought out the two worlds
champions. Jim Corbett and Jim Jeffries.
cessfuI battle for tho title with Jeffries
last July. has at present under his man
agement big al Kaufman. who he in
has S been COMING s1s sloWy SNamPo bue peaney be
lieves that he has the stun in him, and
declares that even should he lose few
X.
I'll eventually he will win the big title.
Outlook Bright for Kaufman.
Kaufman is one OF the biggest Young
fighters In the game and one of the
hardest hitters. besides being possessed
OF great reach and unauestfoned game
OF life, while Jack Johnson, the present
holder of the title. will soon be the
downward path, having been living a fast
life and being about the age when fight
ers as a rule start TO retrograde. So
that Kaufman has as good chance as
any of them
In the mlddleweight division we have
Frank Klaus. the hard hitting young
Pittsburg, German, who has been knock
Ing out his opponents with much regu-
the front with rapid strides, and in the
opinion of experts he will one of these
days be champion Of his class. | be-
meet. and. barring Jeff Smith, the other
middleweights look easy for him.
Knockout Brown a German.
Knockout Brown the boy who. gave
In New York some days ago. Is Ger
York who believe he can beat the pres
ent holder of the lightweight title. VOL
Is wosas sSo and fhe records s sas h
is German. American He is a much bet
ter tighter than scme Of the alleged wise
sturdy lad and a great innghter His
principal fault is that he swings too
much at long range work
weight. is Of German descent, and you
Will have TO travel long distance to
find his superior at lSo pounds. He Is
ssa as s6n sR,m -, and fe fTnn Wtb pheno M na
cnal rapidity.
Rudolph unholz, the Boer champion. is
bs ep rnnd se the se whe n He
has fought many hard battles and Is a
consistent performer and gamester all
the time
Billy Papke, present claimant of the
bloodod German, and there never stepped
He takes punishment as II he, liked q,
He never backs up. but goes in all the
harder on being hit.
Houck Is Clever Fighter.
Leo Houck, the Pennsylvania middle
weight. who has been looked upon as a
coming champion. lis a German. who al
ways gives n good account OF himself.
He is slSlllfuI and hard hitter. besides
being game and strong,
born German. He is hard hitter, and
a few years ago he was touted as
man with whom all The hsnyies IS TSTls psrIs
gave him a setback from which he has
not yet fully recovered Paris has put
a crimp in several fighters from over
Jack Remond the cvclonic Milwaukee,
boy. IS a fun blooded German. whose
right name is Henry F Hoppe. He Is
the most aggressive lightweiEht in the
world hur none. He lights from the
first tap of the gong until the end OF
every round and he has never bcor
known to break ground.
There are other Germans in the boxing
game whose names do not occur to me
at this moment. They are clean lot
of fighters as whole They display no
temper in the ring. but so along. DOING
the best they can to win. They are in
the game as a business proposition ah-
soiutely.
Jews and Blacks Show Well.
or course. we all know that the Jew
ish bows and colored gladiators arc much
in evidence In fstic matters NOWADAYS.
but these have been frequently com
mented upon To the general public.
however II has not been known that
tho Germans had boon coming so strong
~ into the ascendencv in sport that
they used to decry some years ago, II
is a good thing to have the Germans
take up this sport 1t will do tho game
good for the Germans are an infuen-
tiai and progressive people, and II they
become Interested In the sport they can
help Il q great deal, We cannot get too
many different nationalitles boosting for
the boxing game.