The evening world., 1912-05-27
Fighters Nowadays Don't Live
Up to Their Fighting Names
Like ld.Timers.

IgydsAs. 1919. ;, ne RI: . E9Oll'hins Co.
%NocKoUr" BROWNS night
with Young Jack o'Brien the
= other night, added TO long
q bf others. makes me wonder II II
ID time for Knockout to change his
d he. 1t Is so long since TX. o."
h&ocked out anybody at ALL They
naht mako Il "Unknockedout' Brown.
Il after Al. little X. O.'s specially Is
t(16uS wailops and standing up under
had then there's "Ons Round" Hogan.
wooe name made such n sensation here
a1xear or two ago. Hogan never pol
i(hon OF anybody around these diggings
ID 8 Found-so why the titlef From his
stu OF nghting 1 doubt that he's
iitely to win any good scraps In .
r<nnA. although he may beat lot OF
b&ve over . distance.
tbors was Q time when fighting names
W>eo given to fighters who lived up to
tim. Remember Terrible Terry" Nc
OAvsrn. He was a Terrible Terry
ftSu start 10 finish. Terry was the
g}IatSst little tighter of his weight in
My Q long year. II there was an
fdkfherweight ranks to-day We couldn't
A. . name fancy enough TO At him.
a o1ng by the way the TX. o." and
"a Round'' proxies have been dis
tFapd around.
lack JOHNSON to-day is on his
way to Las Vegas, to train for
TIE 'nght'' with Flynn. We will
IL hear some. rsmarika able tales out Of
NJ Mexico. Jack took along four
q inns partners. because . fellow
ID can't have much fun shooting
d unless shsfs's . crowd Around.
pson also took, along his bass viol.
u poets to be able 20 while away the
n 9stwesn nov and July I somehow
wILfAON of Sweden. In the
H. Swedish tryouts for the Olym.
80 PIC 0smss. threw the discui
1&etbst and Z inohes. This 10 . better
Sd>uq1 than Shsr4dan's best. Martin
~ have 10 DO some hard training u
m 20 hold his title In the next Olym'
p4a America has \ darn horse" Of
tID u the classic event. One Of thsss
is{ Elm Duncan. who yesterday hurled
III Aiscus 1855 feet as inches. This, !,
tits repeated In Stockholm. will wiz
s4diy.
~ HAD q white hope a while ego,
WI said Tom eharkey. sadly, blu
= he didn't pan out. Jim Barr
Wis arong enough. but he didn't nav
III hAsd for . fighter. ] tried to teac
hfa De old style OF boxing-one. two
49, and the left foot always out. yo
khV,and he noundered all over. pu
ttkN1pves on with him one day TO shot
M tnd saw by the way he set him
MN was going to try 10 knock me GU
Ivtnow ! was up against H. and
c(ogQe I couldn't quit. 90 ] made
nh mind TO try to get In ono puncl
HI, my left 20 for all had In M
Ia1hot ono missed II was all over.
M IN for a licking. But II happens
td{hich Barry Just r,gnt on the sade {
tn chin. ana he went out cold. Aft,
Id came to he said. Gee Where Ill
y{u ret that punchf' He'd never 5o
~St1 me again. ana we split up
SgHE boxing revival IN Australia N
brought with II a curious chang
in the English language as US,
IN 10 Antipodes. American slang Wi
IN rteA with the first American nxh
ed MA the Australians have fallen .
Il Dth al the xest Of q schoolgirl d!
III her seventh Ice cream soda.
Here are q few lines from the sydn
craftsman. describing the LangfoiN-M
VI fnEht;
n the NEXT Mcvey scored TO Z
m a IN . fashion which must m
mi bells ring In Lsnsies iisteno
I'd langford al the while was fun
I'd Dlng devil. lie consistently follow
MA McVey back-pecalied. Langfu
kent bustiinx In, seeking away at
brudder-coon's ribs"
According to the account. Langfc
foneht like a tiger" all through
twenty rounds, forcing Mcvey TO bi
away and clinch and hang on. =
seems TO have fought himself back II
his oh sspd&tion down In hot AUSTRIA