El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-05

New York, N. Y.,Oct. Sin the opin-l
ion of local students of boxing. Johnny
Coulon will be put to the acid test
when he meets kid" Williams one
week from next Friday at Madison
Square garden. The experts contend
that the latest aspirant for CouIons
title is one of the greatest little fight
ing machines since the days of Terry
McGOvern.
The kid" is what might be called a
natural born fighter. He has the pure
and undaulterated spirit Of the SUCCESS
full scrapper. He fights not only for
the coin but for the love of the game.
From the tap of the bell it is a case Of
business with Williams. He never
loafs and up to date no one has sue
ceeded in even slowing him up. His
opponent must either fight or run, for
the kid" goes at full speed all the
time
We all know of what sturdy stuff
champion Johnny is made, but it is
doubtful if he has ever before been
called to face such tough little prop
Osition as the Baltimore youngster.
With the stamina and physique to
back up his ambition to win the cham
pionShip Williams promises to give COU-
ION Lne DaLLle OF MS career. he mas
met and defeated all the bantams of the
east who were not afraid of him and
has removed the last obstacle between
him and the right to battle for the title.
1t promises to be the greatest ban
tamweight struggle staged in New
York since Horton law days when Ter
~ McGovern and Harry Forbes and
other boys of class were wont to meet
in 20 round arguments. As general
thing I am not particularly strong for
sort Of livened things up in the ban
tamWeight division and I figure on be-
ing among those present when he
tackles the champion
When the boxing commissioners set
Leach Cross, the local lightweight,
down for so days for foul fighting in
stead of letting him off with a small
fine, they earned the thanks of all fair
minded lovers of the sport Had they
made it six months it would not have
been any more than he deserved. Cross
is one of the dirtiest fighters I have
ever seen and as such is a menace to
the sport.
France is to be invaded by a small
army of American boxers looking for
glory and coin. Billy Papke plans to
spend the fall and winter months in
France and is now on his way to Paris,
where he boxes Georges Carpenter 20
rounds the latter part of this month.
Billy is accompanied by Al Lippe. his
manager, and a stable of boxers Of
more or less renown-
Papke is optimistic concerning his
chances to defeat Carpenter and eX-
poets to clean up nice piece of money
If he can get a few bets down. Despite
his setback at the hands of Frank
Klaus, the youthful Carpenter is still
the idol of French sports and Billy will
no doubt be accommodated If specula-
lively inclined.
Judging from his stubbornly contest
ed battle with Klaus, which lasted 10
rounds, Carpenter stands an excellent
chance of defeating Papke. Klaus is
one of the best OF the present crop Of
middleweights and the French cham
pion was by no means disgraced even
though beaten. Georges is yet a mere
boy and improving all the time, while
the Kewanee man has seen his best
days as a Queensbury expert
Did you ever feel like committing
manslaughter at a boxing match? 1
have felt that way a number of times
The way some of the present day sec
onds' look after their charges is
enough to make a fellow feel like doing
something desperate. Few indeed IN
understand the first principles of han
ding boxers during contest Between