The chronicle=news., 1912-11-27

eTs in the boxing line. says i. 5,
Andrews. Digger Stanley, the ban
ltamwciGht champion. was beaten by
the French boy. Charles .edouN. now
In this country: Iron Hague. the
heavyweight. was beaten by Bombar.
dier Wells; Jim sullivan. the mid
dleweisht champion, was put To
drcamland by billy Papke and later
forfeited the British title to Jack
Harrison. another British middle
weight. who recently was knocked
out In one round In New York by Ed
die McGoorty. the Wisconsin crack:
Matt Wells. the lightweight title
holder. was sIgnally defeated by
bout In New York and later lost on
n foul to HughIe Michigan. the Aus
tralian champion: Young Joseph. the
welterwcight champion. lost to John
ny Summers. leaving sgd Smith. the
flyweight champion. ns the only one
not to have his title kicked about.
Young Joseph Is trying TO do the
comeback act. as he knocked out one
OF tho chaiiengcrs the other night
in London, but Summers has his
hands full taking care Of other chnl-
lcngers. among them Jack Morris.
who recently defeated Harry Dun
can. the hoy who CAV. Jimmy Clabby
n twenty round argument In 1911.
Jim Sullivan has challenged Papke
and Carpenter for u match. or ratn-
er tho championship OF Europe. Bonn
bardicr Wells seems to be the only
one sure OF his title for while and
both Carpenter and Papkc are after
him for try Mt the heavyweight
OF Britain.
There was time when only Brit
irh fighters bat,lcd for the cham
pIonships across the pond. hut since
the French and Danes have taken u-'
the boxing game In such an cnthus-
iastic manner. there is nothing GER
tain for the Brittishcrs now when II
comes TO European champions. ms f.e-
doux demonstrated when lie defeat
ed Digger Stanley for this title. There
is one British titlc-thc feather
wcight-whlch has been In good
hands for som. time. Jcm Driscoll
has held tho fort among the feathers
and he In the one man whom Abe
Aticl had the greatest respect for In
the ring.
lem has been under the weather
for some time. but Is recovering and
announces that he will fight Owen
Moran. his old rival. bcior. retiring.
any may then make trip to the
states again. and meet the light
weigh, champion. 10 show that h. IN
stiii there with tho goods. The Brit
ishcrx will need few more boxers
OF the lem Driscoll type II they eS-
pee. to hold their place nmcnE the
.topnotchcrs.
The intense feeling oi most white
men and women against the negro
tighter. Jack Johnson. on account Of
his arrogance and bons'fulness. re-
calls happening al Souva In the
Fiji islands. In 1910. when ! accom-
panied billy Papkc. Jimmy Clabby.
Johnny Thompson and Ray Bronson
to Australia. Previous mention has
been made of 1t. but II is brought In
AT this time TO show the similarity
OF feeling in the far away islands re-
garding tho black man and his arro-
CANT ways when given any lccwar.
On our arrival there VIC were ap-
preached BY Mr.. Barker. one of the
leading men OF the city. who said:
Please do us a favor and show these
natives no quarter when your yam.
kec boys box them here tonight.
When Tommy Burns and others were
here they let tho blacks hit them.
Just for tho fun OF tho thing. and tho
result has been that they imagine
themselves superior to tho whites
We have had all kinds OF trouble
with them since and they must he
watched at all times. mean this,
40 go ahead and knock their blocks
off"
Can you imagine II being necessary
to tell such men MS Papkc. Clabby
Thompson and Bronson to go after
the blacks in bouts Of that kind! I,
was Just what they wanted and Clab-
by begged to be given the first coon