The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-06
DIGGER STANLEY IS REPORTED H0MES|CK American Sport Writers Have
 III Treated Him BEEN TREATED UNFAIR From Press Accounts One Might Think England Champion Was Crimi-
 nal and Decision in Burns
 Bout Most Unfair
BEEN TREATED UNFAIR
BY W. B. oBAT) MAsTERsoN

New York. February 5.-(Speciai)-Dig- ger Stanley, the English batamweight champion, is reported to be homesick The fact is he became homesick almost as soon as he landed in this country. According to his manager, Ali. Mack, this is not characteristic of the little Briton. Usually he Is of a contented and cheerful disposition. Although Stan lev did not shrlz his work while preparing for his contest with Frankie Burns he nevertheless fretted and worried a great deal
 Manager Mack says Stanley took off more weight by the fretting process than he did by training MT. Mack further says that Stanley weighed no moro when he reached his training quarters in Phil adelphia after his bout with Burns than he did when he entered the ring This was all due to worry, in MT. Mack s opinion.
 Ordinarily Stanley would have t9ken on st least three pounds during the time that elapsed between the finish of the contest and the time he weighed in at his training camp the next evening. Why he should allow himself to worry is hard to tell. He received a snug sum for his services at the National Sporting club Also he had a number of matches in sight that would have paid him handsomely.
 This was much better than he could do at home. And it is only reasonable to suppose that he came over here 70 earn at his trade, there seems to be no desire to run away as soon as the opportunity presents itself to get all the work ne can attend to- Were it not for the fact that Stanley was homesick and in oespon- dent mood before he boxed Burns, I'd be inclined to believe that his homesick- ness was largely due to the unfair and ungenerous treatment accorded him by the local sporting writers since his con- test with Burns. No boxer that ever came to New York was ever so unjustly criticised by the entire local press as Dig ger Stanley.
 Any one who did not see his bout with Burns would be led to believe from the description of Stanley's work by the New York sporting writers that the Eng fish champ was little short of crm- inal Besides having the decision given against him he has been accused of hay ing done about everything on the mar that the rules forbid in his contest with Burns.
 While it is true that the Englishmar did indulge in great many things tha are not in strict accordance With tn Queensberry rules, he only exceeded hi .esEs ,siie,sl7vn5 asfe ffi,-R Had he known more he doubtless woul have employed them. His intentions i the fouling line were as good as those O the Britisher. But perhaps the most un just thing of all to hand the Englishmal by the press was giving the decision t, Burns. How any fair-minded man. wh, knows the first rudiments of toxing could give Burns the decision is beyond my knowledge. The worst Stanley wa, entitled to was a draw, and had he not tired in the last three round he would have won by a city block. It was only the last three rounds that Burns man. aged to overtake the Engishman