Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26
McFARL AND-BRONSON SCRAP
WILL BE A VERY WARM AFFAIR
Packey Has the Science and Ray the Wallop,
So That the Outcome Is in
Doubt.

fell through in England. Wells is a fine
fellow and should make many friends on
this side. He is not given to blowing OF
anything of that kind. but is a straight
forward man and fair to a fault. He is
also clever and has a longer reach than
any fighter living. For a big man he is
fast on his feet and he knows how to
sidestep as well as Kid Mccoy. He has q
fairly good punch with either hand, and 1t
will be a surprise to me II Palzer ever
hands him beating; in fact. I look for
Wells to defeat Palzer on points. Just
remember this-if AL Palzer can defeat
the Britisher decisively he can be put
down as the best white hope in the world
and capable of going against Jack John
son. Jim Flynn or any other heavyweight.
PROBABLY the tip wasn't right about Ray
Temple. the Milwaukee lightweight Tenn
pie, before he met Matty Baldwin at New
orleans recently. was not given q look
in by many, but when he defeated the
Boston boy the old cry went up that
Matty was not in shape and that 1t
should have been a draw. Probably "a
draw would have been all right, but Just
the same Temple made the showing and
no one seemed to give him credit for the
same. Then came his battle with Joe
Mandot, the southern champion. whom
every sport south of ST Louis wants to
back against AID Wolgast for the cham
pdonship of the world. and the Milwaukee
boy has again demonstrated his class by
outpointing the clever southerner. It
was no fiuke, but clean-cut victory,
temple winning all the way and show
ing splendid form, not only I'm clever
ness, but also I'm roughing and infghting.
Some weeks ago l suggested that Tenn
pie. VINO had been a sparring partner OF
w ofgasts, might yet be fighting him for
the title, and don't be surprised if the
prediction comes true, for if the boy
takes care of himself and attends to his
knitting he has a fine future in the
C o,tIt L.;
Mandot he has received an offer from
Hugh ID. Mcintosh of Australia to visit
that country next season and enter the
big lightweight tourney, meeting the best
1S3-pounders available. His manager,
Frank Mulkern, likes the idea pretty well,
as he believes the Australian experience
would do him a lot of good, the same as
1t did Jimmy Clabby. Temple is tall
youth for a lightweight standing five
feet eight and half inches, but he can
easily scale LIB pounds ringside if neces-
sary
The White brothers of Chicago, Jack
and Charlie, both featherweightS. have
been making remarkable strides in the
fistic game of late. For a time these
boys were considered just mediocre
fighters around Chicago. but of late
they have bounded into popularity with
their splendid contests against boys of
nigh class. Jack has passed a bit be-
yond the one-hundred- and tw enty two
pound limit, and is now better off at
126 than the real featherweight limit
while Charlie is a legitimate feather
Jack make his name and fortune when
he defeated frankie Conley so decisiveIy
at Los Angeles, while Charlie jumped
right into the limelight the other night
when he whipped owen Moran, the
British -houndred-a nd twenty eight
FOUNDER. whom many thought was a
coming champion and who gave Ad
Wolgast a hard fight last fall. Charlie
is after a ha II To
bane for the featherweight champion
ship of America, and Jack is after Jose
Rivers, the California Mexican, who is
matched to meet Wolgast for the title
July at Los Angeles.
That wonderful little fighting ma
| chine. Johnny Coulon of Chicago, the
| champion bantamweight made the
fasteners sit up and take notice when
| he met and defeated Young Solzberg
| a popular youngster in New York.
Coulons work was so clean and clever
| that all the critics went out of their
way to give him. good word. Johnny
| is another fighter of the Jimmy Barry
stamp. with all the cleverness that the
famous bantam possessed. and with
| even better head. and just as hard
| hitter, although Barry was noted for
| his hitting ability back in the early
| nineties. 1t is too bad that Sid Smith.
| the British bantam, went home when
| he did, as he is very clever, and fight
between the two would have been well
| worth watching. Smith was fast as
! lightning. and against a master like
| Coulon would have put up a great
| battle. The two may yet come togeth-
er. as Coulon has feeling that he
would like TO visit England and ar
| range a match or two on the other
side. Johnny is also considering an
other match with frankie Burns, the
Jersey bantam who made the mista Ike
of trying to enter the featherweight
class and meet a champion like Johnny
| Kilbane. 1t was a mistake on Burns
part, although he probably got more
money for the match than he could
| have secured for any bantam match
| outside of another meeting with Cor
| lon. Burns and Cou1on is the logical
match for the American title. and the
/ big club at New Orleans has made a
/ bid for it.