Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-29

a harder walloper than the Chicagoan,
but at 142 pounds he might not carry any
/ heavy artillery.
! Mcfarland, If not forced to reduce, may
| prove sturdier than most people think.
The stockyards boy was quite some
heavy puncher q few years ago, when
/ not compelled to sweat off much of his
stamina glance over his record will
show that he was one Of the original
| TX. o. lads himself
If Packey understands the building-up
| process as well as the reducing game, at
which he is expert. it will take an I'M
| usually clever welterweight to even stand
| him off. Gibbons may be the lad who can
| do 1t, but l doubt very much If he can
gain a decision over him, let alone put
him down and out.
/! Abe Attell has either gone back a
long way or lack of proper training caus-
ed the poor showing with Knockout
Brown. I do not believe Attell faxed.
The betting, i'm which he was always a
hot favorite, proves that. in my opinion.
There was very little Brown money in
evidence.
i watched both boys closely during the
fight and came to the conclusion that
Attell. realizing his miserable condition
was fighting with the sole idea of saw
ing strength to last the ten rounds.
l know nothing about the dope story.
But Attell proved either that he is
through as a fighter or that he had not
trained as he should. He fought solely
on the defensive as though he UNDER
stood his condition would not allow him
to force matters with the heavier op-
ponent.
Attells training has of recent years
been confined to all-night sessions at the
has lasted SO long. He will have to take
big brace or Goodbye, champions
ship"
Jack Johnson is still shooting off his
mouth. That is, when he can find any
toriety seems to be his plan. The silly
clustering about boxing in New York
with or without the consent of the au-
| thorities Is fair sample of his raving.
| negro Is likely to get himself in much
| worse with the sporting public than his
| conceit will permit him to imagine
Johnson's squawks that he will not box
!: that, make me laugh. The public pa
| tience Is about exhausted; if Johnson is
wise he will get busy and agree to fight
some one of those husky negro heavfes
who have been trying to coax him into
| a match for the last year or two.
| His oft-declared intention of retiring
J from the fighting game is bluff. He en-
/ tertains no idea of quitting as long as he
he do to make a living? He might accept
the job Jeffries offered jeff says he
needs good porter.
Johnson would have fight followers
think him above the average boxer in
point Of intelligence, and that he is not
! compelled to follow the pursuit of prize
| fighting to earn money. He need waste
no time in that direction. Everybody is
| on to him. He reminds me- Of q story
they tell Of Sandy Ferguson. a heavy
weight who might have become champion
but for his love for booze.
| Dan McKettrick had Sandy in his stable
L avis
der the influence of liquor Sandy was in
clined to melancholia. One time he burst
upon the bunch with a bad case of the
1 Weeps and announced that he was through
with the ring-had quit for good, etc.
| 1.-The best you get is the worst of it." he
sobbed; your neighbors look down on
you.''
You know" continued Sandy. ct have
more brains than the average fighter
I've got 1t on 'em all. When get back
to Boston 1 can get job driving a
truck
| It amuses me very much to read some
of the stuff printed with reference to
"boxing reforms" and of steps taken to
cut out the more Offensive features
from the grand old sport. The much
malie.ned kidney punch Is the main object
OF attack. In England as well as a num-
Der OF localities in the states the authori-
ties have placed that deadly" wallop on
the taboo list.
The so-caIled kidney punch is as old as
Iboxing so far as I can learn l have
seen it used and without disastrous ef-
| fects. ever since I can remember boxing
glove. I never even heard Of it leaving
any bad after-consequences.
Whatever benefit is to be derived from
the elimination Of this blow will be more
particularly in the limited round affairs
| It's restriction will cut out much Of the
hugging and hitting in clinches-about
the only occasions one ever notices the
kidney punch used. In that respect the
reform is not without its good pur-
poses. 1t will speed things up Bit for
which we may be thankful But In ten
rounds OF boxing the kidney punch is no
more harmful to trained athlete than