Evening star., 1911-08-20

visit, and II would be a good plan for
those interested In Kennedy's career to
have a talk with the veteran handler: % l:
knowledge Of conditioning and handling
men would be OF inestimable assistance
to any promising fighter starting a pro-
fessional career.
Local sports are much perturbed over
the decision question. Some contend 1t
would be for the good Of the game for
the state commission to prohibit the rem
dering Of decisions by referees. They ar
to minimize betting operations. For my
part, would prefer to have the referees
decide contests. 1t Is the fairest way.
And It Is only right that boys OF skill and
ability should have their victories put in
the record books, which can be done only
when decisions are rendered by referees
at the ringside.
Sports Believe in Betting.
So far as betting is concerned, the ma
jority Of sports believe in 1t and will
wager. referee or no referee. And un-
der the so-called popular. or newspaper.
decision there always exists room for ar
gument, which would be impossible with
q referees decision. 1t Is a sure thing
there will always be betting on box
ing contests. and for that matter can
see where the harm comes In when a
man puts up a few dollars in support OF
his Judgment. am certain all bettors,
even the ''pikers" would much prefer to
have their money decided by honest and
competent referees than to leave 1t to the
judgment of a dozen or SO men, who
sometimes view contests from entirely
different angles. By all means, let us
have the referees decision.
A great many sports have arrived at
the conclusion that Mcfarland put one
over on Wolgast on the weight question.
/ know for a fact that Ads manager put
90, toll Inn. ha
champion had signed permitting Packey
to weigh 1873 at ) o'clock. Twas then
too late. Ad was made to believe Mac
could not do the figure and be strong,
it will be a cinch. Jones and Wolgast
are making confident predictions concern
ing the outcome of the battle. but that
is to be expected now that the match Is
on. Meanwhile. Mcfarland is saying
nothing and giving first-class imitation
of man with strategic reticence.
Hard Row for Wolgast.
The fact that Wolgast is champion of
course prejudices a great many in his
favor. but the more shrewd followers of
the sport are inclined to the opinion that
the champ has this time bitten off more
than he can masticate. Wonderful how
much prestige is attached to that cham
pionship title with many lovers of the
game. A champion simply can't be
beaten with some of the boys. But they
all get it. and get 1t good. when the
proper time arrives.
Jeffries had to take his medicine. bit
ter as 1t was. and Fitzsimmons and my
self before him took our turns at earn |
ing and losing the title. Johnson is next
on the bill in the heavyweight show, and
while at present he appears invincible
and safe from the threatening ignominy
of defeat for a long time to come, the un-
expected may happen before the time
limit set by the dopesters.
Matt Wells finally landed match with
Knockout Brown, but only after he made
liberal weight concessions. Browns man.
ager rather put one across on the Brit
ons hired men. 1t seems that Dan Nor
gan. who looks after K. O.'s affairs. |
asked Wells representatives to agree to
133 ringside. They refused. Finally
Morgan said he would forfeit the entire
receipts il Brown failed to knock Wells
out. provided the latter would do the
weight at ringside. The Englishmen fell
for this bull and agreed. Then Morgan
explained that he thought Wells bluhng
about not being able to make weight, and
said they could have a match at 133.
Finally Wells acquiesced and will weigh
in at that figure at o'clock. Not a
chubby thing to put over on the Eng
lish champion. but then everything isl
fair in professional fisticuffs these days.