Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-07

ers expect to be
running shows be-
fore the month OF
April Is over.
This may be the reason why Ad VOL
CAST. Packey Mcfarland. Matt Wells.
Johnny Kilbane and other stars Of the
fraternity have shown no inclination to
grab the fiattering offers recently made
by other clubs. The ambition of every
boxer Of prominence and drawing ca
pacity is to box at the Garden. It IL q
popular rendezvous for the sports. most
centrally located, and besides 1t seats
twice the number that any other arena
In the city can accommodate, and that
means more ''cush'' for the scrappers.
This coming Monday Sam Langford and
Sam Mcvey are booked to renew their
little argument with the gloves. Last De-
cember the latter was given the decision
at the end Of their twenty-round bout,
but the press and public howled 30 long
and loudly in protest at the unfairness or
the verdict that return engagement was
Inevitable The Langford coterie is very
confident of scoring q decisive victory
this time. to judge from letters and cable
grams. and prophesies speedy victory Tor
the Boston coon.
to pass Langford up as q back number
when II was first learned that McVey had
won the decision, and until the Australian
papers reached here and their stories of
preston prevailed. The press accounts
told Of very even battle, with Langford,
II anything, having the shade.
Langford Is not yet has BEEN. by
"a very important factor In the heavy
weight problem. He Is dangerous in any
company. with his powerful wallop. If
Mcyey succeeds in beating him decisively
~ U1Ul have tfofr I'D elf 1rSv~
OF prominence In pugilism that viii force
johnson to accept his challenge to box
for the title or else quit the game. And
shall not be surprised II an announce
ment IL shortly forthcoming that the lat
ter II through with fighting for good and
al. .
II Sam Langford IL a back number"
] most certainly wish we had a few has
beens" Of the same sort among our crop
of white hopes" The other night Tom
Kennedy and Frank Moran boxed ten
rounds In New York and demonstrated
the futility OF continuing their campaigns
with the hope of ever rising higher in the
profession. As sample Of the manly
art and the skill which is a necessary at
tribute Of the successful boxer the ex-
hibition was a joke. ! can't understand
Kennedys case. He Is not anywhere
near SO good right now as a year ago.
when first breaking into the professional
ranks. He has gone back. one might
say. before he ever really happened.
When Kennedy decided to desert tho
amateurs and embark In the game as q
professional. spurred on by the promise
of fame and fortune for the man who
shall bring the title Of heavyweight cham
pion back to the white race. he was most
promising material. ] boxed with him
amateur; he was a star performer in
practice, I'll say that for him. It was
on his dash and cleverness that I pre-
dicted he would make good Is profess
sional.
Somehow or other. Tom Is a different
man when he enters the ring these days.
He hasn't that air OF confidence that
characterized his amateur performances;
exhaustion and cleverness is evident only
In flashes AS to foot work and ring
generalship. Kennedy seldom brings those
qualities into play at all.
O'Donnell, the old-time Australian heavy
weight, who was q wonderfully clever
boxer. In training there was hardly a
trick that he did not pull. and to watch
sure-enough champion. He put plenty
pep" IN everything and was aggressive
as . bull terrier. But what a different
tale to tell when he climbed through the
ropes In q professional contest. Poor
Steve was licked before the milling be-
gan. His heart was gone and his science
with It. The veriest dub would Outlook
him. 1t could not be called stage fright
Steve WAS q bear; the excitement at
tendant upon q contest seemed to para
lyze him, and he was q mark for men
he should have disposed Of without even
having his hair mussed.
II Al Palzer. whom Tom O'Rourke is
pointing for the championship knew half
rs much about evading punishment as
Tom Kennedy there would be no stop
ping his rush to the top. Palzer is the
ideal aggressive fighter. but woefully
lacking In defense, and until he learns
more Of the science Of self protection the
shrewd O'Rorfrke will be chary about
sending him after the scalps Of the coll
ored heavies who occupy the highest
places in pugflism today.
Palzers youth and stamina added to his
natural aggressfveness have carried him
TO success thus far in his career, but ar
rayed against scientific slugger, like
Langford- for instance. 1t might be diff
ferent story. In the Kaufman fight, in
which he knocked the Californian out in
the NTH round, Palzer gave q startling
exhibition OF his recuperative powers by
Immediately jumping up after Kaufman
had f1attened him on his back and re-
turning the compliment with interest,
putting his opponent down for the count
OF nine. :
When he begins to realize that success