Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-09
By T. S. Andrews.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star. e
| MILWAUKEE,, Wis, October p
Events in the boxing world have been
! moving with Kaleidoscope rapidity the
past week or two. and followers OF the
game are not surprised at whatever hap
pens No one thought they would stop
the Johnson-Wells contest in England.
| but they did. However. it was not the
proposed contest itself that was stopped,
but the court granted an injunction against
the use of EarPs Court, and that was
just as good, for it prevented the holding
of, the bout, but other boxing matches
will go on in merry old England just the
same. Another surprise was the stand
taken against the game by Gov. Dix OF
New York on account of the wrangling
between the promoters themselves in the
big city, and Gov. Dix does not hesitate
to state that he likes the sport. The
squelching of Madison Square Garden In
New! York may help the game there and
prevent the threatened repeal of the act
passed by the legislature. Battling Mel
son met defeat, which was not surprise.
Attell upset Johnny Days claims to the
bantamweight title. and Cyclone Johnny
Thompson is pushing Billy Papke hard
for a marathon contest at New Orleans.
/ The calling of of the Johnson Wells
bout in London will not interfere with the
game there at all. Owen Moran and Jem
Driscoll,, the two rivals for the feather
weight title of England, have been
matched for the near future, and 1t Will
stir up more talk than any other mater
that could be arranged there. Dr1scoli
is the champion. and on form should de-
feat Moran in the coming bout Ihen
will come Billy Marchant, the newcomer
in the featherweight ranks of England.
but who will soon be in America Tor a
tour of the big cities.
Marchant will challenge the winner for
the championship of Great Britain. Dig
of England at 11S POUNDS, retained his
title the other night by defeating Ike
Bradley, who was in Boston for num-
Der of fights two years ago. in twenty
round bout. Stanley may make another
trip to the states in the near future. Jim
Sullivan. the middleweight champion, who
met defeat at Billy Papke's hands, Will
soon be in the states, having left LONDON
this week. He intends to travel on his
own hook. but may have Charlie Harvey
Of New York to arrange his matches.
Jim will find plenty to do. and will also
bump up against some real hard nuts In
the midleweight division, such as
Johnny Thompson. Frank Klaus Hugo
Kelly, Frank Mantell. Eddie McGoorty
Billy Papke, Leo Houck and others. Now
if Marcel Moreau of France and Dave
Smith of Australia were here we would
have a cinch on all the middleweights OF
Z any class III the WOTlu. NIOItdu iio J
come, leaving Smith the only absentee.
A young heavyweight of Pittsburgh
named Frank Moran. who had never
boxed much in this country. went over
| to Paris a little over year ago and
started fighting. He was a magnificently
put-up young fellow. standing over six
| feet and weighing around 100 pounds
Unfortunately he was taken ill at a time
| he was just beginning, to show well. and
! did not get out of the hospital until last
spring. Since that time he has had sew
eral contests. and in every one he has
shown up remarkably we'll: in fact. they
think well enough of him in Paris to pit
him against Sam McVey. Recently he
fought an English white hope" and won
easily, and is now after Fred Starbuck
the South African, who is another conner
among the young heavies.
! 1t will no doubt be interesting to read
ers to know that Frank Craig, the Ia
nous Harlem coffee cooler" who was
one of the crack middleweights around
| New York twenty years or more ago. Is
| still able to put UP a fight, despite his
years. Frank is about forty three years
of age now. having been born In New
when about seventeen. He met all the
good men Of his time, such as Peter
| Maher. Dan Creedon, Tommy Ryan
Mysterious Billy Smith, and In 1894 he
defeated Ted Pritchard, the English
boxer, in less than a round The next
year he fought Frank Slavin, the Aus
| tralian, and was knocked out by SlaViu
| in one round. Despite his age Craig
who is living in England. fought Fred