El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-30

New York city n. Y. March So
Surely these are the golden days OF
opportunity for professional boxers
What with 100000 prizes for heavy
weight championship battles, our llg Mt
weight title holder spurning otIers
guaranteeing Sl2,5OO for his share 81
the purse, win, lose or draw Slo,OVV
offers Tor 1O-round exhibitions between
other stars OF the same division. and
profitable theatrical engagements ga
lore for the white hopes. verify Il
pays 20 have a rep Of the sort that
commands plenty Of space IN the
I want TO avoid pulling that old
time Il cant remember" stuff. but
inst the same when one hearkens back
q few years and recalls the rtcidulops-
IL small sums former stars OF the ring
battled for one may be excused II ne
rises 10 remark that II Is pretty soft
for the modern lads in COMPARISON
And let not my meaning be mlsunoer-
stood and that I. like an old-umer,
feel a bit Jealous o. the success Ak
tending the mOneymaking efforts Of
present-day opponents OF rthe game
on the contrary, the very worst VISA
power 10 these young captains OF IL
nance Of the SQUARED circle
Matt wells, British lightweight
champion. had not set foot on AmeTl-
can soil many hours before ne
was besieged by New York match
makers with liberal offers TO
box before their clubs, Matt an
nounced that he wanted Wolgats and
Mcfarland in preference TO ali others
although he would not object to first
having q try-Out with one OF the less
er lights II financial inducements
c6mpaffbIe with his dignity and title
OF lightweight champion OF Great Bit
ain were made him. For, take II from
me Matt is wise to the fact that ne
is some drawing card IN Iltt4e oIo
New York He convinced eastern
sports last fall he's a genuine cham
piOn and not the lucky fellow Freddy
Welchs friends would have US believe
The National Sporting club was
first in the field with an oIter OF
$1,000 for Wells and Packey McEar-
land The FairmOnt club quickly
raised this TO $4,000 and VIII likely
get the match as the ChlcagOan is
under contract to that club and nat
urally would throw his influence In Its
direction The proposition IS 10 scale
Is5 mounds at o'clock. which would
suit both boys down to the ground IL
would favor the Englishman bit as
he is Of sturdier build; Mcfarland
takes on little weight tW1Xt afternoon
and fighting time
fail Something happened to knock
the proposition in the head at the time
and shortly afterwards Wells left for
home. where he was 70 ken III ana con
fined 10 the hospital for nearly two
months He tnf0l MS me he Is com
nIefelv recovered and that a few weeks
training VIII round him into MS best
form
land has ever sent Us he may not pc
quite uD TO the caliber Of the FREDDY ]
Welcl- of several years ago, wnen I6aI
narvelously clever youth was 1T hls I
best. but in his engagements arcane
New York he has shown he's there
with the goods" Matt convinced US
he knows the game thorougn My ana Is
equally at home with the clever man
~ ~ 2
posed to the skilful Abe Atteu ne sur
prised sports with his display Of box
ing and with Knockout Brown, the
Battling Nelson style OF miller, ne hdo
little trouble in winning on points
NJ
Joe Woodman. who looks after sam
LangfOrd's interests, cables ne WIZ
start for home Immediately following
Vev IN Sydney Easter MONDAY ana
that he viii bring Hughey Menegan'
the champion lightweight OF austrian
back with him. With n olgast, " ems
and Michigan s'in our midst" to say
nothing OF the half score Of near
champ" possibilities already on the
ground. the Hghtwellg1lt DIVISION I,-1l VII
be productive OF much high-class sport
during the spring and summer months.
Speaking OF golden opportunities, the
directors OF Carl Morris s affairs must
now regret having refused that recent
offer OF $4,000 purse 70 box Al Pal
zer 10 rounds The ex-engineer's mis-
cradle showing with Jim Stewart. the
Brooklyn heavyweight, has killed mis-
drawing powers for the time being at
least. The sporting public is remark
ABLY patient wherein white heavy
weights are concerned, owing 10 the
prevailing desire to develop some one
TO knock the daylights out OF Jack
Johnson but there IS a limit and Nor
ris has apparently reached It IN
Gotham
worked hard to advance In his chosen
line but Il looks very much as II ne
would never make good Certainly he
has had many opportunities to prove
ne had the .'makins" OF a champion and
has fallen short Of the mark by great
deal
badly trained. he has been given an
overdose Of It i man ever got it.
Too much OF that sort OF thing is a
great deal worse than too little, and
especially when its application is mis-
directed Ignorance Of proper train |
ing methods has irrevOcably injured
many promising boxers chances, and ]
while I doubt very much that Morris
IS OF the right temperament to make q /
champion, I an of the opinion that the