The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-19
IMPORTANT RING
BATTLES SCARCE
Fight Enthusiasts Find all
Kinds of Trouble in Lin
ing up Principals.

ing up Principals.
winnipeg. March 19.-Important
ring battles for the near future APP
pear 10 be very scare and the boxing
enthusiast for the time must content
hllnself with Il long distance view of
several minor affairs. while he reviews
In his mind The several changes which
nave come in the sport since the OPP
ching OF the Year. The one big con-
TEST OIL interest to fans in this section
is ina booksd between Mike Gibbons
and Jack Denning, but as the men
nave fought before and as Gibbons was
me victor, tight fans generally take it
FOR granted that the st. Paul man
VIII Oe the winner. Gibbons has
fought his way through all of the
heavy welters and can now he con-
s'dered as a legitimate middleweight.
as IL appears that he can no longer
l'ght at the weltcr limit. IL this is
true Then sooner or later we shall see
iibbon matched with Hugo Kelly of
Chicago and this match will be the
r n of the st. Paul lads ca
reer. Ii he can Win 1t ne certainly
Will be entitled to very serious con-
sideration as tho champion Of the
class. although he will be called upon
to dispose of several other tough Gus
toners before being accorded the
title.
Papkc evidently is u OF the run
nlns as a top notch middleweight. for
ne made Il very Indifferent fight
against Frank Mantell recently and
apparently is as much of an i'm and
outer as ever Since the death of
ketchel this division has had no con-
sistent tighter II perhaps Frank
Klaus OF Pittsburg must he ranked AS
the best all round fighter of them all,
with. OF course. the possible exception
of Gibbons. Even Klaus is not of the
class OF ketchel and may prove easy
Tor the b~ewildering attack of Gibbons.
VINO Will certainly win. If he can keep
away from the haymakers which
Klaus possesses in his repertoire. No
talk has been heard of q Gibbons
Klaus match as yet, but If Gibbons
lights Kelly and wins, he will prob
ably face Klaus during the coming
Year. Gibbons should %outclass Den
ming in their coming encounter. as the
westerner Is far the superior boxer,
and In his first fight with Denning
outboXed his man when he pleased.
Although Abe Attcll made a game
fight against Tommy Murphy at 'Fris-
co and was popular With the crowd
throughout the contest. ugly rumors
are beginning to come from the coast
ana once again these charge the form
er champion with attempts at framing
the match. According to the me in
the Murphy camp Attell attempted to
fix he fight before the men went to
the ring and although these charges
are denied by Attell. they sound none
too good after the recent scandal of
the Attell-Rrown go in New York. If
there is n truth in the charges At
tell will find himself in a bad way,
for the fans of America are becoming
disguised with the methods of the
modern ring. The boxing game pro-
vides great sport when this sport is
on the level. but between promoters
and fighters tho game has been ruin
ed in nearly every section of the coun-
try. Down in New York the promot-
ers nave become so avaricious that
they have just about killed the game
again and 1t would not be surprising
to learn that the Frawley bill had
been repealed when the session of the
New York legislature draws to a
| close,
Little moro is heard Of the john
son-Flynn engagement and without
doubt the promoters will have no end
of trouble going through with the at
fair. Boxing fans around the country
realize II a Flynn is o entitled to
fight for the heavyweight champions
ship and the fact that he would have
no chance with johnson would make
the contest a lemon from the stand
point OF the box office. Al Palzer down
in New York appears to be the best of
tho white men now in the ring and
FLYNN certainly should meet him be-
fore attempting to face johnson. but
the Pueblo fireman has shown that he
cares for none of Palzer's game by
consistently lodging all offers OF a
match. Palzer may. fight Carl Morris
in the near future and this would give
New York fans a fair heavyweight
contest. although on form Palzer
should be returned the winner. Pal
ger has hooked up with Bombardier
Wells. the English heavy. for a 90
round contest at Frisco during the
summer. and this should make quite
a fight, with Palzer the. favoritc. Wells
Is a tall. lanlly chap. who ought to
put up a good fight. but probably he
Is no better than the ordinary run of
English fighters.
Owen Moran is back in the game in
the lightweight division and is said to
be seeking a third contest with Ad
Wolgast. The little Briton is one of
VIC Nels peSl SCIappeTS lHaL mas come
across the water and Is near the top
notch line in his division. although the
ease with which 'Wolsast beat him
would tend to prove that Moran would
have no chance in another long bout.
WolGast is just a trif1e too good for
n of the lightwcights. although of
course We cannot determine Just how
his recent sickness may have affected
his fighting powers.
The following story on Joe jean
cite. the colored heavyweight. is from
a Philadelphia exchange:
Jeanette is as black as the average
Pittsburs shirt and thinks that some
day he will separate a fcllow-freed-
man. Jack Johnson by name. Of the
Queensberry diadem. Some wears
ago. when Joe's reputation did not
have the horsepower that it enjoys
today. he was matched to fight Black
Bill six rounds at a club in this city.
"Black Bill is also a scion of Meme
lex or some other African monarch,
but the entente cordiale often manifest
when black man is fighting black man
disappeared when J~eannette's man.
ager put down a good-sized bet that
Black Bill wouldn't stay the six.
Therefore. Joe was coached to fight a
careful battle. and rs 500 as he saw
the chance. let fly with a knockout
punch. Jeanette o%utpointed the un-
suspecting Black Bill from the start,
but in the third round. when Black
Bill was on his feet and kicking, Joe's
manager became a trife alarmed.
told Joe to go right in and fin
ish Bill. Joe promised that he would,
AS the bell rang for the fourth round
Joe wiped some drops of water off his
forehead and ran into the center of
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