Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-10
FEW SCRAPPERS
MAKE GOOD At
FIRST ON COAST
BY Ed. w. Smith.

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note that Pal Moore. generally
regarded as one Of the very best
hghtweights in the Atlantic Coast
section. never had a look-in out on
the coast the other night with
Jack Britton. Of this city. in a
twenty round battle.
But when one looks at the past
performances of Eastern men who
have gone to the coast for battles,
the trimming Moore received might
have occasioned no surprise. As a
matter of fact very few men have
left one seaboard to go 10 the other
for battle and done well. especially
In their opening bouts.
Many Are Failures.
Mighty few men have gone out
there and made good offhand. Look
at the list Of failures. These in
clude Leach Cross. Tommy Muir
ply. Jack Britton himself who
couldn't catch any matchmaker's
eve and get wind-up for a long
time. Frank Klaus. Jack Dillon,
George Knockout Brown of Chi
cago. Charley White and his broth
er Jack Of this city Hugo Kelly
Buck Grouse. Joe Coster Patsy
Kline, Jim Barry and dozens fof
others ~
Some Of these men stuck until
thew did make good. but inF1he
main FIRST attempts on the Pacific
Of Eastern men are failures.
Kilbane Had To Prove II.
Men like Battling Nelson and Ad
wolgast had TO fight for their very
lives out there before they got
recognition. Both were considered
Jokes when they first displayed
their wares Later both won the
lightweight championship and at
tanned regulations of the highest
degree.
Johnny Kilbane was lightly con-
sidered when he first showed In
Los Angeles. but compelled them to
take notice by cleaning up some Of
the good men there. including Jose
Rivers. now matched with Wolgast
for the title. and Abe Attell.
Even Packey Mcfarland didn't
impress them with his twenty FIVE
round draw with Freddie WEIGH
and later in San Francisco with his
quick defeat of Jimmy Britt and his
Indifferent showing with Tommy
Murphy.
owen Moran made good there,
but he isn't a native. Billy Papke
had a hard time convincing them of
his ability and even after he
Knocked out Ketchel they didn't
think he was a champion. Ketehel
proved they were right a little
later on.
Morrow an Exception.
Howard Morrow made good on
his first attempt, bur then he
wasn't up against much and is
liable to make good with any Of
them So 1t was with Johnny Cou-
Ion. frankie Conley wasn't well
thought Of until he had battled
there. several times. Hugo Kelly
got some good matches. but failed
in most OF them TO impress. even
in his twenty round draw with
Papke
The trouble seems to be that box
ers go out there and remain too
long before fighting. The general
impression is that the best way for
Fasteners to do ia to get there
not longer than one week In ad
vance of a fight
Reversing the order of things,
we find that mighty few of the Pa
cific coast fighters have made good
in the East. Look at One Round
Hogan. frankie Burns, Frankie
Neal, Frank Picato. Jimmy Britt,
Lew Powell. Joe Thomas, Johnny
Mccarthy and others, who tried
luck toward the East and all failed.
Shorter Route Puzzles.
In these cases it might be that
they We're unused to the shorter
routes that prevail toward the At
lantic. and never were able TO speed
UP enough against men who were
thoroughly familiar with the six,
eight and ten-round distances
At any rate. the intersectional
exchanges have been in the main
unsatisfactory, especially TO the
boxers