El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-28
WHITE MANS HOPES
HAVE TROUBLE
IN STORE
Number of Husky Blacks
Able to Fight Is Dis
couraging.
Bv W. W. Naughton.l

deal mas Deen written anu Sd1O 4dtoAJ
about hopes Of the white race in the
pugilistic line 1t all comes Of the
overweening desire to locate pale face
capable of subduing one Jack Johnson,
and it almost looks as though those
who wish to see the supremacy in fist
icuffs restored to the caucasian race
are overlooking the fact that Johnson
is not by any means the only dark
sheep in the fighting fold There are
enough negro heayyweights in sight
to form a drill corps to tour the
country as a Georgia minstrel show II
boxing should fall into disfavor.
In addition to Johnson we have the
two Same-Langford and McVey, Joe
Jeanette and the new man. Hank Grif-
fin And that looks like the ace-high
spade flush.
OF this bunch, Of course, Johnson is
best For second choice Sam Lang
ford would probably receive the popu-
lar vote, although from the way the
light heavy, Hank Griffin, Is coming
on, It looks as though Sam has a for
midabIe rival for the distinction OF be-
ing the next best in the negro pha-
1anx
McVey Big and Muscular.
Sam McVey is big and muscular and
when ne left the hospitable shores was
not regarded as the possessor Of any
particular degree Of class. He has.
however, gained world OF experience.
and the confidence which is born Of ex-
perience, by years of milling in the
French capital. It stands TO reason
that he must have improved TO a con-
siderable extent and that he would
prove a hard nut to crack for any OF
| the budding hopes of the white race.
Joe Jeanette. who is a much light
er man than Mcvey, once bested big
Sam in a contest in Paris; and as
Jeanette has been defeated a couple of
| times since then by Sam Langford,
there is justification for CHASING Lang
ford higher than either McYey or Jean
nette.
NPresent Big Front.
When all is said, the negro heavies
present a big front and-if they were 70
form union for the purpose Of pre-
serving the championship Of the negro
| face the bravest Of our hopes" would
admit that the task Of recapturing the
/ title is not quite as easy as 1t might
at first appear.
! A glance at the pugilistic band OF
hope as it is at present doesn't war
| rant the belief that a white man is to
stand for the champion in the very
! near future. With Tommy Burns doubt
| full as to his ability to take up the
| game again, Al Kaufman is the one
4
! most reliance Al. however, has not
! displayed any symptoms Of world
beating capacity after six years OF
professional fighting. He is big, brave
and bonny, but as boxer he is any
thing but brisk We could get a bet
ter line on him probably if his long
threatened match with Sam Langford
could be brought to a head and car
ried through
Tommy Has Game Knee.
Tommy Burns is anxious to take up
the activities Of the ring again, but he
is the proprietor Of a game knee and
Is not sure as yet whether his crippled
leg will stand training Burns was al
ways q conscientious worker, and by
the same token. a capable fighter, and
# he decides it is safe TO go ahead with
his plans for reentering the ring he
will probably prove that he can hold
his own with any of the other whites
who have designs on Johnson's lau-
rels.
1t may be. though. that Burns will
never be quite as good as he was be-
fore he lost his title to Johnson After
that affair he fell into flesh and it is
notorious fact that very few ring
n.en have ever got back TO their orig
iaal form after taking off the weight
that accumulates during long period
Of idleness.
Bill Lana. ~ whom promoter Hugh
D. Mcintosh Places such store is not
thought extra vel Of by the sports OF
this country. while Jack LESTER, the
novfcef who has been taking in hand
Tommy Burns, is little better than a
middleweight-
Norris Is Untrfed.
Carl Morris the Oklahoma giant
who Is cutting somewhat of a swath,
hos hco INF 70
as yet While his work so. far may
be considered satisfactory. even those
| who believe that the future looks
bright -. him fhillz it would o. folly
to send him against Langford or John
son-at this stage Of the game.
For that matter. every manager who
has in hand the developing of hope"
and there are quite a number of
them-iS possessed of the idea that
his new heavyweight must be sent to
the front slowly and not asked to at
/ tempt too much in the beginning It
is a wise precaution probably, but II
causes ones mind to revert to the
rock-ribbed, stout-hearted novices who
did not require babying.
Take Tom Sharkey. for instance.
Why. that fellow was discovered one
day and was fighting champions the
next In a, measure. Jim Jeffries's ex-
perience was the same. and so it was.
! too. in the case of Gus Rubin
These huskies had to take the rough
from the smooth from the first mo-
ment they embarked in pugiIism and
they rounded their CARERS in good
| shape. even though they were not in
itiated into the mysteries of the fistic
game by the feeding bottle route.
The main purpose of this article is
ito show that as the fighting situation
/ stands there is need for every white
mans hope that can be located
J Comparison between the white and
! the black will make it apparent that
dusky skinned heavyweights at pres
ent before the public are not inferior
to the whites.
CHAJES IS DEFEATED.