The evening world., 1911-03-28
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Frank Klaus, Who Meets Mon
tana Jack Sullivan at the
Fairmont Club Tonight, Is a
Real Fighter, and Looks the
Part, Too.


HE cold gray mist that overhunc
the Bronx yesterday didn't inter
fere with Frank Klaus or his
training. Frank worked Just as hard
a. II his bout with Montana Jack SuHl-
van at the Falrmont were n week away
instead OF tonight.
Klaus looks like n real fighter OF
course he Is a real hgAtor, a topnotcher
with a long record of knockouts. But
he looks the part-that's what | mean
TO Impress upon you. ketchel. Ryan.
McCoy-lots OF other good men-never
looked much Ike fighters. They could
pass In a crowd FOR anything else.
Klaus couldn't.
In the first place. he has n great,
heavy head for a midelcwelght-a head
that might have been placed on the body
OF a heavyweight like Jenries without
looking out OF proportion. He has a
very wide. long, heavy. projecting jaw.
III 10 an aggressive jaw. ana one built
TO Withstand batterlng. His neck IL
thick and sinewy. like Tom Sharkey's
when he came to New York years ago.
Ills face IL SCARED more or less, be-
cause with that Jaw It was never neces-
sAry 10 study up cleverncss In Blocking
and avoiding punches. lie has the reg
uiar fighters ears. scared and fiattened
by the blows OF scventy-nye ring bat
ties.
In physique Klaus IL the tighter. too.
lie Ia no. symmetrical. but Is. built for
hand TO hand fighting. Ills power Is IN
his shoulders and arms. The shoulders
are extraordinarily wide. He is lean
from hard training. and his muscles
stand out In long ridges that show more
strength than beauty. His hips and legs
are small in proportion. lie moves =
little awkwardly. but with speed enough.
Still. most of his speed seems to be In
the upper part OF his body. While
lighting he serbs his blows In with a
rapidly that discounts defensive SCI
ence.
After half an hours fast work punch
Ing the bag and skipping rope and
shadow boxing. Klaus put on the gloves
with Frankie Madole. the clever Pitts
burg lightweight. Tor three rounds.
Madole IL fast and hits hard. And
Klaus didn't spare him. In all the
shadow boxing Klaus did n lot Of duck
Ing and slde stepping. In the boxing
he turned away now and then. side
stepped quickly, and Jumped right back
into a mix-up. lie crouche a great part
OF the time and shifts his head about
from side to side whEe fighting with
both hands. Ketchc.-w.se, In a style
that makes him hard TO hit.
In the mix-ups Klaus showed two
good hands. and his lef; was very Of
fective with a double punch. The Sec
n seldom missed. lie pushes in close
and prefers inighting. But he doNn't
cllnch. lie hits hard.
- LAUS says hat he hasn't taken
the trouble to weigh while In
training. hecausgr he knows that
ne is easily inside me i5s pounds re-
ou!red at 6 o'clock. lie saws he'll have
his dinner before ~wetghing. "No eats
no GOOD hRhting. YOU cant fight with
out cats" he declared.
Klaus tells some funny stories about
his early experiences In the ring. One
OF his FIRST opponents was a pittsburg
fighter. PAU Moore by name. Moore
started like a terror. winning his first
t~wenty-seven lights with clean knock
outs. and most Of them IN the frs,
round. lie fought Joe Grim and knocked
him cold in n round, and the referee
stopped counting and gave Grim plea,y
OF time.
This time Moore dropped his light or
Franks jaw-the first punrh-s1 hard
that his heels few up In the air AM
the nrst thing that struck the fhor wa
the back OF his head. As Klaus wa,
BOUNCING up 10 his feet he yelled: "WhS
don't you hit hsrd? Is that the hes.
punch you've got?' Moore landed an.
other righthandcr on the edge OF Frank.
ribs. ana he has a lump there t. TIM
day. Moore could hlt' But that lrr
fight was about even. They fought fou.
times 10 Ind out who was master. an.
the last time Klaus gave Moore sIch
beating that he LEFT The ring and neyc
came back 10 It,
In the six-round ngst with Ko,cho
Klaus came near finishing the char
plon. who wasn't IN very good ,H4,,
"I1l never have another nance fu. tH
title as close as that said Klaus. 90.
least with ketchoL. poor fellow
Jack Sullivan has been doing his ira ?
ing with brother Dan M IoAusou'- m
Montana boy Ia clever. uses a GOO
straight left, and Sun can mix ana slI
when he wants to, lie has kuoHkrl Oh
. lot % heayywclghts and good midli.
weights IN the West. l. should be on
OF The best middleweigh: Straps see
around here In many q long day. 80.
Klaus ans sullivan are after thar title.
THE Court OF Special Sessions
BROOKLYN gave a new decision
connection VIII boxing exhibition
yesterday. II was IN the ease OF ~
Brighton Beach A.. =. on Nov. II q
Brighton Beach C!ub held an amlte.
show under \. A.. L. sanction. this b.
ing the usual manner OF opening eau
10 run professional Looking bouts. Gag
Matthew Robinson of the one llund.,
and SiXtv-n.nth Precinct nlei an appi
cation. received a membership car,
paid for IA reserved seat and saw q
show. At the end OF it he arreste
william sorenson n Leg, Woodruff
who boxed the main bout. The Magi