Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09

Paizer would box Wells. but AIS contro-
versy with his former manager has de-
layed negotiations Fitzpatrick has han
died several of the greatest pugilists IN
the history of the sport, among them
George Ckid) Lavigne, when the latter
and is not easily deceived in his ludg-
ment of a fighter
Tom Jones. director general of AID VOL
CASTS business affairs, is now chaper-
roning large Albert Kaufman in lauda-
BILE attempt to come back. After tax
ing beatings from Jim Flynn and Al Pal
ger. the opinion was that kaufman would
retire from the game but the public
has another guess coming. 1t is not so
long ago that AL was regarded as the
most hopeful of the white heavy
weights but lax training methods spoil
ed whatever chances he may have had of
winning championship laurels. This time
Kaufman has promised to be good" and
Jones has consented to handle him with
the understanding that he is to be
boss" Al may be matched with Nc
Carthy at San Francisco the latter part
of the current month. He is yet young
man-twenty-six years of age-and no
doubt has a lot of good fight left in. his
system. Considering the very ordinary
crop of white heavies. he ought to be
able to annex the big end of many
purse. but I'm afraid he was never cut
out for champion.
l note with regret that the proposed
Sam Langford-Joe jeanette match has
been called off. The men were matched
to box twenty rounds before Tom Nc
Carey's Los Angeles club the latter part
of July. and Langford was thought to be
on the high seas homeward bound from
Australia until McCarey received a ca
BILE, stating his departure would be de-
layed until September
This match would have attra cted the
attention of sports the world over. While
Sam and Joe have met a number of
times, the bouts have always been of
shorter duration than twenty rounds.
| believe Langford was given the de-
cision in a fifteen round contest in Bos
ton: the last time the two met was In
New York. and the bout was warm one
while it lasted. with Sambo having
shade on points. But at the finish Joe
was as strong as a bull and fighting
hard. while the tar baby showed signs
of WEAKNESS.
jeanette has ever exhibited a fondness
for the long-distance battles: he went
forty-nine hard rounds with Sam McVey
in Paris and won with a knockout. Last
year he thought he had Sam cornered, but
the Boston man beat 1t for Australia
And now Langford has run out again !;
it is the best evidence in the world that
he has no stomach for test over the
full course with the husky Hobokenite.
Jeanette is one of the original hard
the average white heavy of the present
day and his colored brethren of class, in
Guiding Johnson and McVey, will have
none of his game.
Nothing daunted by the experience of
several New York clubs in attempting to
solve the middleweight title problem, a
Boston athletic association announces a
series Of elimination contests for the 15S
Founders. Among those who have entered
10 odxria
from the Hub, are Frank Klaus, Eddie
McGoorty, Jack Dillon Che big three),
Mike Gibbons. Bob Moha. Buck Grouse
and the veteran Jimmy Gardner.
Quite a bunch of talent. and I wish
the promoters good luck in their en-
terprise. But. and with no intention Of
swinging the old iron hammer if the
performances put over on New Workers
by Klaus, Dillon, Moha and McGoorty
are the best they can do, the chances for
clearing up the championship contro-
versy in the Boston tournament do not
look very brilliant. OF all the middle
weights who claim to be contenders for
the title. l fancied McGoorty as the
most promising. but in the battle with
Bob Moha Eddie failed by a great deal
to come up to expectations. Should Glib
bons elect to appear in the series he
ought to wade right through the bunch,
worst OF the weights and all. provided
the other fellows can do no better than
recent exhibitions indicate Mikes skill
and generalship should win the honors
Jem Driscoll. featherweight champion
OF England, and one of the old guard
he is now past thirty-two-was the first
of the Englishmen to ''cop the kale" in
the International series of boxing bouts
the leading representatives of Great
Britain and France have been waging
Carpenter recently knocked out the Brit
ish middleweight champion. Sullivan;
then Ledous of France trounced Digger
Stanley for bantam honors. So it was
up to Driscoll to save Albion from
clean sweep by the Frenchmen and the
veteran rose to the emergency like the
grand little man he Is.
There is talk of bringing Driscoll to
New York to box Johnny Kilbane When
last here Jem outpointed Abe Attell, al
though the credit he deserved for that
feat Qor Attell was at his best at the
time) was grudgingly bestowed, it be-
ing the habit in those days to make
excuses for the American champion. who
was thought invincible. The most pop
ular 'alibi' Abe's admirers used to pull
was that bunk about Saving his oppon-
ent for another battle" I wonder no one
advanced like apology for Able when
kilbane trimmed him.