Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-07
BOXING GAME WILL PROBABLY
BE CLASS AFFAIR IN FUTURE
Hugh Mcintosh Says He Will Match Jack
Johnson With Best Colored Scrappers
Before @White Hope Is TakenOn

heads Of the people while such feeling
exists he would be the loser, and he has
very wisely decided to keep within
| bounds. This would mean that Johnscn's
opponents in the country of the Southern
Cross would be Sam Mcvey and Sam
Langford-two Of the best heavyweight
| in the world today. outside of Jack John
son himself. 1t all depends upon John
sons position in the case. If the cham
pion is willing to be reasonable in hts
terms. then he will have an opportunity
to visit Australia again and fatten his
already well filled purse. But if not. lis
will And that Promoter Mcintosh Will
arrange to go along without him.
A match between Johnson and McNey
would be interesting. not only to the col
cred followers of the sport, but 10 all
classes, as they are evenly mattel ed. and
would no doubt put up "A great contest
with Johnson on the long end in betting.
Reports of the contest. between Bonn
bardier Wells, the British heavyweight
champion. and Fred Storbeck. the Souih
African, whom Wells defeated In eleven
rounds, does not show Wells in any ..iorr
favorable light than he was six months
ago, when he was being eroomed for Z
meeting with Jack Johnson. | have a
letter from one of the attendants a thc
bout in which he says that We l. was fear
full all the way through that Storbec
would get to his stomach and put aiit
out of business. That WAS Wells weak
spot when he fought Porky Flynn las
March, but he mama ed IL keep II or
OF harms way. He certain look'sa
good otherwise and the general impress
sion among boxing critics was that Il
he could strengthen up I'm his lower BODY
and be able to take a punch there y
would prove a wonder, for there Is Nc
doubt about his cleverness. However,
IL he cannot Get away from body punches
there are several of the second-raters
here who will 'get TO him. and that
would be just what Jim Flynn would de-
light in. While the Bombardier can boz
at long range, he, vii make the other
man look foolish, but once let his or
ponent get to the middle section and II IS
all off. At that rate what would JacE
Johnson have done To the Bonn nardierr
And during all the trouble at the Ma
tional Sporting Club i'm London the IA
nous Kid Mccoy was there to challenge
the winner and announce that he haf.
come back" But the foxy Kid vii.
have to show even the tolerant British
ers for they are next to the fact thai
the Kid has passed beyond the DIR. os-
Ter class. Despite this fact, the Kid could
defeat most OF the heavies about tho
country-that is, where he would not have
to go over three rounds, for beyond that
period IL would be all off with the much
married Hoosier
The boxing fans of this country will not
see the sensational young French boxer
Georges Carpentier-for while, at least,
until he has met Jim Sullivan, the Eng
lish champion midd,eweight, and posi-
by Harris Lewis again and the Dixie
Kid. Sullivan and Carpenter have been
matched for the near future, but tho
hitch now is the place of meeting. Car
pentier holding out for Paris and Sulli-
van wanting it to take place In London.
AS both are very clever boxers the bout
will no doubt be n pretty one to watch.
but from all accounts the Frenchman
has the best of it, and also has the sbada
i'm weight, as he is gaining flesh rapidly
and will soon be in the light heavyweight
class. Sullivan has not done much since
he met defeat at the hands OF Billy
Papke. This win be his re-entry to the
ring