Evening star., 1912-09-08
ARE COMING
HERE NOW TO GET MONEY
Things Are Changed From What They
Used to Be When American Boxers
Travelled Abroad for Big Receipts.

I with the experience that is possessed by
| Coulon. Williams is still a rather raw
| boxer when it comes right down to plain
| admittal The youngster is a tower Of
strength and block of energy. but that
| let's him out In another year, however,
| 1t will not be a wise plan for Champion
Coulon to go fretting because he cannot
get on with the Baltimore battler Will
| liams, like Knockout Brown. is one OF
| those awkward left-handed slugging ma
chimes that starts going at the inaugural
bell and never slacks up his pace until
| the referee awards the verdict. This lit
| tie fellow is without question the one
bright star in the eastern fstic firma-
| ment, who In a year or so may be looked
up to as the champion Of that division
| In the featherweight ranks the east has
wonderfully clever little fellow in Patsy
Kline. who Is q product of the Italian
district OF Newark, N. ]. This battler
! has gone through the whole gantlet of
the same napner as water goes. through a
sieve. THIS. however. signifies little, for
the lads woo are to be found in New
York and the surrounding fight districts
| of the east are a long distance from be-
ing anything like championship timber.
Just what Kline could do to lad con-
structed along the lines OF champion
| remains question In the minds OF the
| fight fans. There is no one in the east
| who can approach Kline for ability in the
! Mass. and who. like Kline, is a descend
ant of the Italian race, is the nearest
competitor Of the whole lot to the New
ark man. but khne's two wins over him
in his class in the east. due to the fact
| that belmont has scored over all the other
medium weight little fellows.
AS for star lightweishts. we have few
| of them. Knockout Brown is gone as far
as q championship possibility is con-
cerned. Leach Cross is oLt of it, and
Young OBr1en of Philadelphia is the
only real good one to my mind. AS for
heavyweights we have none Jim Stew
art has the build for champion. but ne
is too faint-hearted to ever win over q
tough nut. Tom Kennedy is not Of the
right class. and Joe Jeanette is not what
the papers tout him. Jack Johnson will
Langford is the best Of the bunch to my
mind, outside Of Johnson and the latter
doesn't deserve the boosting he gets be-
cause he has never fought but one man
| since winning the title.
The big number of Labor day battles
brought the usual number Of surprises to
the boxing fans. The defeat of Joe
Jeanette in Pittsburgh by a compare
lively unknown-Jef Clarke-known to
| many down around Memphis as the
Fighting Ghost" was indeed surprise
! 1t was only six-round affair and no
doubt Jeanette would beat the fellow in
| a long fight. but just the same the papers
| gave the verdict to the Ghost" This
! Clarke is colored fighter. whom Jimmy
| Bronson OF Joplin. No, has been touting
| for some time. Jimmy took him to New
| York and offered to put him against any
man Billy Gibson might select, big or
| small, just to get chance to show him.
| That the fellow has fighting ability was
| clearly demonstrated, but 1t only adds to
! the colored aggregation OF blacks, who
| white champs. Now Jeanette has a
| chance to get real battle over the mara
thon distance with Clarke and demon
strate whether 1T was fuke not.
| Clarke weighed about 10 pounds and
! Jeanette over 1875.
knockout of Australian Dave Smith in
one round by Eddie McGoorty, the
| Wisconsin champion, and claimant of the
worlds title. Smith never had a chance
moments, when suddenly Eddie shot out
| his left and Smith went down like a log
for the count Of nine. After twice taking
| the nine count the referee stopped the
| battle. McGOorty caught Hugo Kelly the
same way when they fought in Milwau-
kee in 1910, and again at Kenosha, Wis,
| last spring. Smith never had a chance
| to show his worth, and while l felt con-
| vinced McGoorty would defeat him, still
| looked for better showing from the
Australian, who once beat Billy Papke
| and also Johnny Thompson. Smith should
| never have been started in this country
against the hardest middleweight to be
found; it was poor management and Dave
/ no doubt knows that now He will have
to start and climb all over again.
| Joe Mandot, the southern lightweight,
showed at his best against Joe Rivers
and took down the verdict. Mandot
trained earnestly for the bout and had all
his strength. Rivers gave him a hard
! battle. just the same, and will doubtless
| seek another fight. However, Joe Mandot
will now set sail for the lightweight
crown. and 1t is a good bet that he will
| be matched with Ad Wolgast for the
championship at Los Angeles in the near
future.
The famous Battler-Oscar Nelson
made. one more fight and went the dis
| tance Of fifteen rounds with Tough Steve
Ketchel to a draw. There are few Of
them putting up such battles after going
| through the hurdles the way Bat has
done. He is still there with the goods
even though he is beyond the champion
ship.
Jim Flynn slammed Charlie Miller, his
former sparrtng partner, into a beaten
mass at COlma, Cal, in sixteen rounds
The fact that Miller had two fractured
RIBS induced him to give I'D the fight
The fellow WAS 0anA hYy@ bo hoa ~