Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-18
By T. s. ANDREWS.

Special Dispatch to. The Star.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, March 1S.-From
past experiences Of champion boxers 1t
Is evident that each one Of them must go
through a severe course Of training and
also preliminary bouts before they begin
to reach the goal for which they aim.
Jim Jeffries before he became champion
was knocked about at the training camps
as a trial horse for Jim Corbett; Ad
Wolgast, lightweight champion, was glad
to get a preliminary bout around Mil
waukee for anything from a ham sand
witch up; Billy Papke was knocking about
through Illinois in preliminary bouts on
any kind Of matches that came along be-
fore he got to the top; the same with the
late Stanley Ketchel, who often boosted
that he fought out in Montana for the
fun of the thing and, again, Johnny Kill
bane, the new featherweight champion,
who had the hardest kind of time get
ting to the front In Cleveland, finally
reaching the goal of his ambition.
That has been the experience Of every
champion we ever had, and now comes
Frank Mantell, the latest claimant to the
middleweight championship. A. year ago
any boxing critic would have laughted at
his claims. for he had been beaten in
most Of his contests. Frank Klaus knock
ed him out in nine rounds, Leo Houck
beat him in fifteen Jack Dillon defeated
him in twelve, Billy McKinnon defeated
(Twin) Sullivan, Joe Thomas and 9TH
ers. but he kept plugging right along and
now seems to be in position to demand
recognition from the best Of them His
defeat OF Billy Papke out on the Pacific
coast has given him quite a standing and
now he Is being classed along with Eddie
McGoorty. Jack Dillon, Frank Klaus,
Hugo Kelly and other topnotchers. Man.
tall vat I1n IN
tell?
The Britishers are all worked up over
the latest sensation in the boxing line In
France-in fact. it is quite bugaboo now
been teaching the Frenchmen the art of
boxing for the past few years. and now
the athletes from across the channel are
beginning to press them for their cham
pionshfp titles.
One of the best posted critics in Eng
land writes me an interesting letter re-
garding this condition of affairs. and
says:
you will remember that all along an
ticipated that Gorges Carpenter, the
French middleweight, would defeat Jim
Sullivan, the English champion. l ex-
pected that the Londoner would go at
least six rounds with the Frenchman. but
1t seems that Sullivans great fault is his
beat him at Monte Carlo. 1t was the
same case when Sullivan was beaten by
Billy Papke, your American middleweight,
last spring. though in that battle Sullivan
the fifth round. Papke getting him in the
ninth. Sullivan has not got q hard
PUNCH and Papke found this out and took
liberties that he would not with hard
hitter. Carpenter, in my opinion. is the
greatest boxer at any weight in the world
today and fancy the only man likely to
defeat him would be Jimmy Clabby. This
refers to middleweights. It was unfortu-
nate for Clabby that his bad hand pre-
vented him from showing his best in Eng
would put my money on the Frenchman
1t is rumored here that Carpenter con-
templates an American trip, but 1 doubt
whether he will go very soon, and l also
understand that he may be called upon
for his military stunt. which will put the
lid on any transatlantic proposition for a
time.
Adrian Hogan. the French welter-
weight, will finish his term in the army
shortly, and will soon be after the French
| middleweights, as he has taken on some
weight. The best Of the French boxers
are really great, but. Of course. they are
Poesy. the featherweight who beat Dig
ger Stanley, Is hot stuff. though too much
| Is being made Of his defeat Of the Eng
hsh champion; he weighed fully ten
pretty big handicap for little fellow who
can make Ia pounds. However. ii Poesy
meets Jimmy Driscon we shall see bet
ter. but he is like great boxer In a class
of his own poundage. The long rest
may have taken the edge from him. but
do not expect to see him beat Poesy
without exerting himself. that is. IL Dris-
coll still retains any OF his old form.
1.-THE British people are certainly crazy
over boxing, and the way they are going
at 1t now looks as II they are liable to
capture several titles within the next few
years.
| the boxing clubs at New Orleans. has
given up aviation for the time being, also
refereeing, and is now a full-hedged man
ager. Tommy has taken In hand frankie
who gave Johnny Coulon such q hard
battle recently at New Orleans. Walsh
| thinks he has champion in Burns, and,
writing from New Orleans, says:
In all my experience | never saw
boy with q cleverer left hand than this
fellow, and I am convinced that he can
beat Coulon IL they ever meet over the
marathon route 1 have nothing to say
now about any decisions of the past. All
I ask is that Burns be given another
him I never want to manage another
boxer.
Il was sorry that Sid Smith, the Eng
lish champion. returned home, for l feel
sure that Burns would have beaten him,
and this would have forced Coulon into
another match. and we would then have
held the British title. Burns is to meet
q young fellow named Sanders at Men,
phis in the near future, and then I am
planning q trip to the coast. I am also
negotiating for a match with Digger
Stanley over in London: and with the
French boy, Poesy, who beat him for
contest in Paris If we can get the
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