Evening star., 1912-07-07

made q few days previous In an exhibi-
ton with Chicago Charley White, and
which they claimed injured his drawing
powers.
Whatever the reason. Dundee did not
get the chance to match his skill with
that OF Attelrs c0nqueror, and that 3s
why he waxeth wroth at the champion
and the promoters who stalled him out
OF the contest. Since that time Johnny
has met and defeated the best OF the divi-
sion In the east. Recently he has been
devoting his time In q worthy attempt to
bane at the latters home city of Cleve-
land. but fate seems to have picked him
out az q mark, as negotiations were
called Oft.
Dundee is regarded locally as the one
boy OF this neighborhood who stands the
chance of holding his own In q match
with Kilbane, and the latter may think
SO. too. as he has not exhibited any great
desire to mix 1t with the little Dago. The
champion evidently prefers to await the
arrival in this country OF Jem Driscoll.
and will not rick his reputation IN bout
with a clever boy like Dundee before talk
ing business with the English champion.
Driscoll and Kllbane would draw capacity
business at the Garden, and that's too
big a proposition to have blocked by the
Dundees and their like.
A Drfscoll-Kilbane match would prove
treat to flstic lovers. I am sure. When
the Briton was last here he made big
hit with local sports by outboxing the
supposedly tnvincible Attell. Jem Is due
to light on our shores in the very near
future, and although coming over with
out anything in the way of contract
ing him to box Kilbane, it is cinch
John is the bucko he's after.
Despite his advanced years. as ath-
letes are reckoned. Jem is as good now
as at any time during his long career.
Those who saw him triumph over Jean
Poesy. French champion, proclaim him
unbeatable. There is no dsputing the
fact that Driscoll is one of the fastest
and most scientific boxers who ever
graced the featherweight division. He
Will prove worthy adversary for the
speedy and wondrously clever Kilbane.
The bantams are at it again. Johnny
Coulen and Jimmy Walsh are quarreling
over the ownership of the championship
title. 1t is all a question of a couple Of
pounds. this excitement. Coulon insists
116 pounds Is the extreme limit for ban
tams. while Walsh declares a higher
scale OF weights should prevail. Coulon's S
contention fs well sustained according to
the fellows who compile the dope in this
country. But in England and Australia
the limit is set at lis pounds.
II is about time that those who pose as
authorities in matters pertaining to the
together and put this weight thing on a
safe and sane basis. Weights are not
things to trif1e with and in other coun-
tries the various divisions are not of the
flexible variety as is common among the
light classes in America. The sporting
editors Of the U. S. A. could take the
initiative in the matter of weight reform
and help to guide us out of the chaotic
state that prevails at present.
The month of July is no good time for
a foreign pugilist to choose as the time
to do battle with Yankee fighter. The
dope shows that the boys of this country
nave always been lucky during July since
the days old Tom Jefferson and a few
other heavyweights of 1776 signed arti-
clee of agreement to battle to "a finish
with old King George and his merry men,
Bombardier Wells beat the gate few
days and boxed AL Palzer the 2Sth day
of June, but it prof1ted him little. for he
took the count in the third round, al
though ii must be said that he put up a
high-class argument while he lasted
Sid Burns tried the other day, but the
peerless Gibbons was too much for the
so-calied English welterweight champion.
In fact, Mike made a holy show of the
visitor; 1t was poor match, and If Sid
is the best of his weight in England the
rest OF. the bunch must be an awful lot
OF 'misf1ts. Burns was lucky to stick five
rounds. 1t looked to those at the ring
side as If Gibbons could have put him
away in the first three minutes had he
been disposed.
The series of bouts. Of which the Glib
bOns-Burns conflict was billed as the star
event. drew an enormous crowd to Mad
ison Square Garden, and the sports Aere
drawn thither by the newspaper an
nouncements that Burns is great fighter
and would give Gibbons q warm battle
for the honors The bout proved Burns
a rank counterfeit. 1t is due the public
that promoters get the correct dope on
imported fighters in the future. 1t was
positively shameful to take the crowd S
dough and hand out lemon of the
Burns brand.
l am in receipt of letter from Sydney,
Australia. that explains the cause of
Langford's delay in returning to this
country. The tar baby" and Sam Nc
Vey have been matched for one more
meeting. Hugh Mcintosh has Sambo's
promise to stick around Sydney until
Jack Johnson arrives. which Interesting
event according to my letter. is to take
place early this coming winter.