The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-09
'(By James J. Corbett, Former Heavy weight Champion of the World.)
 Special to The Farmer.)

|(By James J. Corbett, Former Heavy
 weight Champion of the World)
 Special to The Farmer.)
 New York, Dec. 9.-Gotham fight followers are loud in their protests against the action of the Boxing Com missioners In refusing to allow ref erees to render decisions at the ter imitation of professional bouts. The custom has been to accept the yer diets of the newspaper critics, but the in so many important contests has brought about howl of protest from both boxers and public.
 There was one battle recently, if it may be dignif1ed by, that name, on the result of which the critics were unanimoue. I.refer to the Abe Attell- Patsy Kline contest. It seems that last Summer Kline caught the feath- erweight champion out of condition and made -r a comparatively good showing at the time.
 The other. evening he couldn't have hit Abe with the proverbial handful of shot: the latter was at his best, and that means he stands alone in his class. It vas remarkable display of skill and. cieverness that Abe gave us Kline showed he had wailop. He showed it, that's all he did with IT. w EVGIy tll4C 1AS 1IAAC0 tiAC P0AOA at Abe the little Hebrew master beat it with one of his own. Kline re- minded me of weak batter swinging at one of ,Mathewson's fadeaways.
 Jack Johnson is still in the "retir- ing'' business. Haven't heard much from the ebony. boy of late. Joining the Masons was his last bid for pub licity. No telling. though, he may pull some new stuff any day. He is long overdue. | presume that just as long as the champion will have us understand he has quit the ring for ever and ever, we may as well look the ground over and see what kind of talent there is in sight from which we must select. his successor.
 On cold dope, past performances. and aP the ether methods of doing the Sherlock Holmes deduction stunts. more dangerous looking than the pale faces. Even with Johnson on the re- tired list it is no cinch that the cham pionship crown can be wrestled from the Philippians in the near future. ]
 Sam Langord is one stumbling whites. Joe Ueannette, hurdle mum Der two, and if many experts are to be believed, he is even a tougher pro- position than the "tar baby" Joe tells me. if you will take his word for it, he made Sambo beat it to Aus tralia. and that he alone is the logi- cal successor to Mistah Johnsing And difficulty number three, (Sam Mcvey), is certainly a refractory per. son when he pulls on a pair of five ounce gloves.
 What have the whites to offer iI opposition to the claims of the color. ed men? Al Kaufman and Jim Flynn are the only ones who have been pu through the fire, and both have beer found wanting. Flynn in his bout: with Johnson and Langford and Big Al in his most recent startling form reversal against this same Flynn.
 Between Kaufman and Flynn ,. i stands an even thing. Another con test should prove conclusively the bet ter man. There would be no chance for excuses of poor condition, etc. such as were offered in evidence aftel their last meeting. The winner could then box Joe Jeanette, the onl. member of the colored quartette 1T this country at present, and the re suit would give us at least an inklinf of where we stand on the heavy weight question.