Evening star., 1912-11-19
POOR YEAR FOR
BRITISH CHAMPS
Several Have Received Severe
WaIlopings During Past
Twelve Months.
May DECIDE UPON
A BANTAM CHAMPION
BY T. s. ANDREWS.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, November 1S-
The past year has been most unfortu-
nate for the British title holders in the
boxing line Digger Stanley. the BAN
tamwe'ght champion. was beaten by the
French boy. Charlie Ledoux. now in this
country: Iron Hague. the heavyweight,
was beaten by Bombardier Wells: Jim
Sullivan. the middleweight champion. was
put to dreamland by Billy Papke, and
later forfeited the British title to Jack
Harrison. another English middleweight.
who recently was knocked out in one
round in New York by Eddie McGoorty,
the Wisconsin crack: Matt Wells. the
lightweight title holder. was signally de-.
feated by Packy Mcfarland in a ten
round bout In New York. and later lost
on foul to Hughie Michigan, the Austria
Han champion; Young Joseph, the welter-
weight champion. lost to Johnny Sum-
mers, leaving Sid Smith, the fyweight
champion, as 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 the challengers the
other night in London, but Summers has
his hands full taking care of other chal-
iCh6ClSS duIOuS IuSul JdCh 1AOTIlS, VINO
recently defeated Harry Duncan, the boy
who gave Jimmy Clabby twenty-round
argument in 1911. jim Sullivan is also
trying to come back, and has challenged
Papke and Carpenter for a match, or
rather the championship of Europe.
Bombardier Wells seems to be the
only one sure Of his title for while
and both Carpenter and Papke are
after him for q try at the heavyweight
championship Of Britain. There VAS a
time when only British fighters battled
for the championships across the pond;
but since the French and Danes have
taken up the boxing game In such an
enthusiastic manner, there is nothing
certain for the Britishers now when 1t
comes to European champions. as Lee
Digger Stanley for the title. There is
one British 'title-the. featherweight-
which has been In good hands for some
time. Jem Driscoll has held the fort
among the feathers and he is the one
respect for in the ring. Jem has been
lnder the weather for some time but
ts recovering and announces that he
will fight Owen Moran, his old: rival.
before retiring. and may, then make q
trip to the states again and meet the
lightweight champion, Ito show that he
is still there with the goods. The
Britishers will need a few more boxers
OF J6Iu DTiSCOil type IL lucy GA
pect to hold their place among the top
notchers-
The intense feeling Of most white men
against the colored fighter, Jack Johnson.
on account Of his arrogance and boast
fulness. recalls happening at Souva. in
the Fiji Islands, in 1910. when | accom-
panied Billy Papke. Jimmy Clabby.
Johnny Thompson and Ray Bronson to
australia. Previous mention has been
made Of 1t. but it is brought in at this
time to show the similarity of feeling in
the far-away is ands regarding the black
man and his arrogant ways when given
any leeway. On our arrival there we
were approached by Mr.. Barker, one Of
the leading men of the city. who said:
please do US a favor and show these ma
tives no quarter when you Yankee boys
box them tonight. When Tommy Rurns
and others were here they let the blacks
hit them just for the fun Of thing.
and the result has been that they tinag-
Inc themselves superior to the whites.
We have had all kinds Of trouble with
them since and they must be watched at
1 all times. / mean this, SO go ahead and
knock their blocks offs' Can you imag-
Inc it being necessary to tell such men
as Papke. Clabby, Thompson and Bron-
son to go after the blacks in bouts Of
that kind! 1t was just what they wanted
and Clabby begged to be given the frst
coon. Evening came and the opera house
was packed, many Of the spectators