The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-15
C0UL0N HAS
WORTHY OPPONENT
Crack Bantams Will Meet
Next Sunday-Fight a
Hummer

New York. Feb. 15.-Fresh and
clipper from his ~twenty-round victory
over Frankey Conley, johnny Coulon,
the great little battling. midget of Chi
cago, Is preparing for another severe
test i'll his bantam championship CAM
paign when he faces frankie Burns of
New York at New Orleans next Sun
day afternoon.
Coulon is out to clinch his right to
the title beyond question. and with
tnat n In view he has announced his
willingness to meet all and sundry
challengers the promoters pit against
him.
Since he began his active cham
pfonship campaign a month ago, Cou.
lon has disposed of two worthy op-
ponents-Harry Forbes and Frankcy
Conley. He won by a knockout against
Forbes and shaded Conlcy after TWEEN
y rounds of nerve-tingling milling.
ny. shaded, however. is not meant the
light was a close one. On the con-
trary, all reports say Coulon won by
a mragin that left no ground to uues-
ton his superiority.
Although Burns looks At to give
Cou!on a hard engagement when they
clash at the Crescent City. few ring
followers who have noted the big i'm
proVement In Coulon's work of late
AN"NA w GOICcuc lne eastern
hoy an equal chance with the windy
city star. In the first place. weight
conditions fit Coulon to a nicety. The
boys are to box at 116 pounds, ring
side. a figure that Coulon can reach
without difficulty. Burns. however,
may have trouble scaling down that
loW. n though he probably will be
anle to make the poundage by a
severe course of training he is likely
to be weakened by doing so. If Burns
Is physically right at the weight,
though. he ought to give a good ac-
count of himself in the twenty-round
fracas.
New Orleans fans are very sweet on
Burns. They watched him make
Monte Attell look like a novice In a
ten-round affair and later admins
tered a good thrashing to Johnny
Daiy IN twenty rounds. and these two
victories have him a big follow
ing among southern fans.
Burns knows the Coulon style thor
oughlN and that should aid him great
~ in the coming encounter. Twice
before the boys have clashcd, cach
time over a tcn-round route at catch
weights. n in each instance ring
critics and spectators pronounced il
a mighty even contest.
Burns has been boxing about three
years n In that time he has tackled
some of the best bantams in the east,
and to his credit it may he said that
he has never returned on the short
end of the money. Most of his bat.
ties. however. were of the ten. round
~no-decisfon, variety, common. to New
YORK. two and three years ago. Arnonn
the boys Burns has fought are Youne
oLeary, Young Wagner. Packey
Hommey, Charles Goldman, Joe Cos.
ter. Tommy Houck and lesser lights
! Harry Stout. formerly of Milwau.
kee. has been selected to oficiate over
the Coulon-Burns affair.
While the battle between these ban.
tams may be regarded as the feature
event on the pugilistic calendar this
week, there are a number of other
good engagements carded.
Carl Morris. the Oklahoma giant, is
slated to meet Jim Stewart in a ten.
round ontest at Brooklyn on Mon
day night. Negotiations are now un.
der way looking to an early match
between Morris n that other white
hope" AL Palzer. and 1t is likely that
the two men will come together in a
ten-round bout st New York city be.
fore long.
1t ilso is reported that Bombardier
Wells. British heavyweight champion,
VIII meet either Morris or Palzer. Bat
liCSe SfIee DlS fellows
would attract almost as much interest
as a championship affair.
Packey Mcfarland and Eddie Muir.
ply Of Boston are booked to meet in
a ten-round contest at South Bend,
Ind. on Wednesday night.
Murphy is a Boston scrapper. who
a been camping on the Mcfarland
trail for 10 these many weeks. He
was mtached to meet Packey at Re
nosha. Wis. last week. but abolt four
DAYS before the battle the elusive Nc.
Farland decided to call the match off,
II promoters Were left in the lurch,
and were out Owe 500 for incidental
expenses. but Mcfarland did not mind
a trif1ing thing like that. Murphy is
reputed to be a dangerous bow. and
there are many who say that he will
make Mcfarland step lively in the ten
rounds.
Milbourn Saylor, the INDIANAPOLIS
boy. who was coming along in good
shape until he ran afoul of Joe Man.
dot. has two battles for the current
week. Monday night he is slated to
engage Jimmy Murphy in a t%en-round
affair at Richmond, Ind. and three
nights later he is carded to tackle
Fred Daniels in a six-round bout al
st. Louis. Mo. Saylor always gives a
satisfactory account of himself. He
is still reckoned a factor in the light
weight brigade.