Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-24
BY T. S. ANDREWS.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. December %, 1911.
Boxing is grand sport and one or the
finest exercises man can have, re-
marked the Hon. Mel Nielsen. member OF
parliament for the Australian common
wealth, who is making tour OF the
United States in the interests of his gov
eminent and who was discussing the
matter in the Milwaukee Athletic Cluo
while a guest of the writer.
There is no sport that brings man S
muscles into play more than in boxing.
continued Mr.. Nielsen, land when the
sport is handled in a clean. sportsman
like manner there is no game more In
teresting to watch. for there are many
scientific points to the game that you
will not find in other lines. 1 have al
ways been an ardent admirer OF the man
ly art, and I will say that the Aus
tralians are very fond Of it. They like
good, clean sport, but they prefer more
of the clean breaks to this go-as-you-
please style the Americans are so FOND OIL
You call it hitting in the clinches, or
with one arm free. to protect yourself
The boxing game under such
splendid sporting man as Mr.. hugh
Mcintosh of Australia is bound to pros
per, and as long as they keep the
sport clean 1t will no doubt De among
the leading sports in Australia Inc
big stadium at Sydney has been greatly
improved and seats over twenty thou-
sand people. SO you see they can take
care of a monster crowd at the big
matches Mr.. Mcintosh was home when
/ left Sydney, and I presume he is hav-
ing a big seasons sport Tor ne usu-
ally does things up in handsome style
I have been very busy here since my
arrival and have had no chance to wit
ness any sport of any kind. I hope
to get back at some future time when
1 will be at liberty to take in all the
sights and sports"
Don't you think that the sporting
writer's Of the country have great
deal to do with the feeling among
some classes against the boxing game!
remarked a well known business man
to me the other day. man who In
his younger days was an expert poker
and also a good base ball player. Il
have always been an ardent admlrer
of the manly art" continued the bust
ness man, land really enjoy the box
ing bouts, especially OF the Limited
round variety. for they seem to have
more action than the long-drawn-out
contests. However. getting back to
the real subject I notice that most
writer's of the boxing game make the
mistake of always referring TO prize
fight or pugilistfc event whenever they
start to write about an affair or that
kind They seen to forget that the
old time prize fight is not to be con-
sidered the same as a boxing match
of this time. Why, there is no more
compariso of the two than between
day and night. The authorities pass
ed laws against the old-time prize
oh
when men went into the woods or open
fields and fought with bare knuckles
until one of them was rendered IN
sensible.
That was real prize fighting. Then
came the change. and the lovers of the
sport adopted the modern method of box
ing with big padded gloves and under
new rules which do away with all forms
Of brutality. 1t has become q science
and one of the best exercises known to
man. and II also teaches the young men
to take care of themselves. IF sporting
writer's were more careful IN their Ian
guage in reporting boxing contests there
would not be that prejudice that now eN-
lists in my opinion, and IT would serve
to keep the game cleaner Some of the
Young writer's seem 10 be under the inn
preston that they cannot make the read
ers understand that they are real sport
ing writer's unless they say in their re-
port that Jim Jones smashed Billy
Smiths face to a pulp in their prize fight
at the club last night, and that ii was
the greatest pugilistic event pulled on IN
years; also the crimson flowed freely and
the canvas was dyed dark red" The
chances are that there was no blood
spilled at all. but they do It to show
their KNOWLEDGE of the game If such
stuff was put into foot ball matches 1t
might change opinion there, too L be
lieve that sporting writers can 90 sne
game much good by keeping to plain
facts and using better language"
After the manner In which Bonlbadier
Wells, the English heavyweight cham
pion. defeated Fred Storbeck. the South
African champion. the other night In
London there will no doubt be IRISH on
the part of the American promoters TO
get the big fellow over here ana stack
him against some of the white hopes.
Wells proved to be an entirely different
sort of boxer from what the people here
expected, and as stated in these col
u,fins "a couple of months ago. proved a
big surprise to the fans. 1t was expected
by the boxing critics That Wells would
merely tap with his left and endeavor to
outpoint his heavier opponent. but in this
he fooled them, for not only did ne use
a cleverness. but when the proper mo-
ment came he had the knockout punch to
deliver and put the South African to
sleep for more than the necessary ten
seconds Wells has improved greatly in
his physical makeup, and the heavy
exercise and outdoor work which he
followed all last summer has no doubt
helped him considerably. Storbeck is a
big strong young fellow and able to take
a good beating, and from all accounts
he received one from Wells. George. Nc
Donald, the manager of Mat Wells. has
been in negotiation with Bombadier
Wells for the past two months, and he
cabled me only week ago that he ex-
pected to bring the English heavyweight
over to the states fight after his battle
with Storbeck. 1t is probable that Mr..
Mcdonald will wait until after the hol-
idays before starting. as it would be
away from his home at Christmas time.
He will not be lacking in matches when
he arrives for there are all kinds Of
white hopes In the east. who are