Evening star., 1912-11-03
WILL SECURE A
WHITE CHAMPION
Elimination Bouts Will Be
Held to Determine the
Holder of the Title.
COLORED MEN WILL
NOT BE CONSIDERED
Johnson's Escapades Have
Put Members of That Race
on the Black List.
BY T. S. ANDREWS.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. November D.
Now that the big boxing promoters of
the country have decided to get together
and bring forth a real white heavyweight
champion the interest among the big fell
lows becomes more noticeable. With
Jack johnson practically barred In all
the big centers of the country there is
no chance for battle between the COL
ored champion and white man: there
fore Johnson will have to be considered
eliminated. 1t will be the same with all
the colored fighters. 1t may not be fair
to Sam Langford and Sam McVey or
Joe Jeanette, but the fact remains that
the followers of boxing in this country
as we'll as the public generally, are about
through with big matches between whites
and blacks, and in the future 1t will be
whites in their own sphere and blacks
by themselves. 1t would have been much
better to have had a white man win the
championship from the colored cham
pion. which would certainly have been
the case within the next year or two but
under present conditions it would almost
De worth promoters life to attempt to
match Jack Johnson and a white man.
Jack'lohi.son has had but two fights for
ire championship in over two years, one
with Jim Jefries, which was a shame
When II is known now that the former
champion was absolutely unfit for such a
struggle, and the other with Jim Flynn
VINO was never given look-in with john
son. The latter won the title from Tom
my Burns in fourteen rounds-a small
man. VINO weigned 1o6 pounds. against
21o for Johnson.
Johnson should have stopped Burns In
two or three rounds but even when he
had him badly dazed in the first round
ne falled TO stop him, and in the four
teenth round Burns was ready to proceed
but the police lieutenant interfered Tom
ORourke, manager Of Al Palzer, the big
white hope. says Johnson would surely
nave been beaten by Palzer within a year
ano he is sorry they could not be brought
together, as he considers the Iowa farmer
better man in every way than johnson
was, that is. physically, and another
year would have given him the necessary
experience and confidence. Then there is
Luther McCarty. another big hope, who
ls coming right along. and Jim FLYNN
gtil figures in the hunt with all OF them
Tom McCarey OF Los Angeles has start
ed the ball rolling by Offering diamond
belt to the winner OF a HEAVYWEIGHT
elimination tourney the same to be eYr1-
blematic OF the worlds heayywefght
championship. As a starter, Jim Flynn
and Luther MoCarty are matched TO go
the marathon. distance at McCarey's club
IN Los Angeles December 10 II wifi he
q thorough test for both of them. and
the winner will have a right TO stack up
against Al Palzer over the same distance
Then let the winner Of this contest meet
the British champion, Bombardfer Wells
The latter was defeated by Palzer in New
York, but not until he had given the
farmer an awful beating in the first two
rounds. fighting himself out. Wells has
a right TO be considered in the run for
the heavyweight title. Another white
man who may figure in the settling of the
title is Jesse Willard, the big hope from
Ia rd sS
top OF the heap just now, but he has
made a splendid showing In the east of
late and gives promise of developing into
good heavyweight. There are others
springfng up and now that they know
there is chance for the title among all
the whites ii will not be surprising to
see several good ones brought out.
Talking about the heavyweights also
reminds me of the stand taken against
Jack Johnson by the many promoters
throughout the world. It was the Au-
stralan boxing king-Hugh d. Mcintosh
Who w ] was the frst to take action against
of the Chicago affair with the white
girl. When Mcintosh cabled back saving
that Johnson was barred from Australia,
as far as he was concerned 1t was fol-
lowed by similar actions on the part of
Ihe big California clubs. then New York
Ind also London and Paris. However ii
tost Mcintosh more money than all the
others combined for he had just paid out
over 5000 in cables. sending a special
representative over here to get Johnson,
not counting the money he paid out in
holding Langford and McVey over in
Australia to fight the coiored champion.
Mac had to pay nice bonus to keep the
two Sans over in the Kangaroo coun-
try, and IL Is pretty safe to state that
he was out OF pocket around $4,000 by
the deal.
Among the numerous big contests for
the near future none will be more in
teresting to the public than the Wolgast-
Mandot affair, set for November al
New Orleans. Eddie McGoorty and Mike