The evening world., 1911-01-09
Digger Stanley, English Boxer
Who Has lust Arrived Here.
Claims Worlds Bantam Title,
But He'll Have TO Be Pretty
Good to Beat Frankie Burns.
70 tcryrsht. 1911. by The Pres. Publishing Co.
bsmG The New York World.

Nlne NV 1ofh NoTlnls
~ IGGER STANLEY. the English
"a u featherweight champion. who has
~ ~ come over here to ash,. ha. been
--ei9she game a long time. In fact he's
HErnuch of a veteran as Abe Atell. But
they fight seldom and last long over in
5tnriand.
srpt,ight or nine years ago I saw the Dig.
ahr fght Pedlar Palmer IN london. The
hsht was dow in Wonderland. in the
AZ hltechapel district. Wonderland at
byuyt time was one Of the big, cheap
qchIbs. The evenings programme usually
-onsisted OF twelve or fifteen short
Coshts. so class. as a rule. didn't cut
h'aeh OF a figure.
on this night Digger Stanley and Ped
lar Palmer went on In the main event
slof ten rounds. There had been all sorts
yNr Fighters In the prellmlnaries. One
hfs9t I remember was Jack Scales, who
efsrl figures as a heavyweight. near
Champion In England. l remember
vScales principally because he was so
'fsf and because he didn't know any
gthlng about fighting at all.
Palmer did know how TO fRht He
was very fast and clever. ] admired the
NbnglIsh trick OF ducking that he had
,Eereloped 20 perfection. He'd step In
o3glse 10 stsnie. who was a long. lean.
fangy fellow, cal lob his head up and
down. letting most of the Digger's hooks
Hpd jsbs Craze his hair. Palmer had an
OiNpudent grin in the beginning OF the
esrTap. Stanley was very serious. He
vent right on punching as Palmer
dneked. and after a while began landing.
Than Dalnpnr ftaIxaH % and lI1pst ab,us
Ssb Well. At the end OF the bout, /
-ihrught, Stanley had quite a little the
best of the f~igtting and he deserved tn.
decision. But a Mr.. Jacobs. Palmer's
66pther-in-law. refereed. Mr.. JACOBS
Mas a. large. fat nlan In a dress suit,
lem with a diamond as big as a straw
'rfrry In his shirt front. Mr.. Jacob.
thought otherwise. and Palmer was de-
SSafed winner. Stanley stepped out OF
the ring without argument. but he
Looked sore. TLey don't do much argu-
ing In England.
Stanley claims the worlds bantam
Sa'e. having defeated Bowker at the
English weight limit In that class. Bow
kcr was the lad who defeated Frankie
,Nsil years ago when Nell went to Eng
IND to pick up some easy money.
,HQwker beat Nell on decision. Nell was
we worlds champion at tie time. hay
Ing knocked out Harry Forbes. This
30 the first time the title has been
,t,dsed against a good American bantam
.suHrht.
bnl don't know how clever Stanley is
caov. but he'll have TO he pretty good
10 beat Frankie Burns. who Is the best
ISntamweight boxer In his country.
got even excepting that great little
'hghter. Johnny Coulon.
-
= BE ATTELL will have a busy
IA time this week with Joe Coster
TeS and Patsy Kline. Coster Is a
nP7fy clever little fellow. lie fights
somewhat like Attell himself. and l.
rsely TO give foxy Abe more trouble
Han some OF the slower lightweight,
sDci has been meeting. lie Is a hard
sitter.
cput next week b. ings the big show
Ss,fTFarland and Goodman. Packey II
AID to be in good shape-he always
Is for that matter-and Goodman |,
00ining hare Jac1 knows that he II
DIR against the hardest game in tn,
1Qrid. lie and Mcfarland arc bot
-axA weight. II either has an advantag,
II is Goodman. for Mcfarland can maxi
the lightweight limit OF i33 pound
Usfihout much trouble II he really ha
t6 He prefers fighting at 135. which |
an easier weight for him. He's stronge
81 i35, although he made 1888 at 6 o'clocl
for Freddy Welsh In England and sure
aye showed no weakness In that battle
6jRhen, on the 18th. come Knockou
Brown and Tommy Murphy in thei
kecond engagement. This will be
YSmmer. Murphy says that he know
M about Brown now. and that he'I
ytaw him up. But Brown beat Tomm
.v9se and has a world OF confidence. u
i coming up rapidly and is likely I
give Tommy another surprise party. ]
any case 1t will be one OF the tastes
houts Of the season, action every secon
OF the way.