Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-26

busy around New York and Philadelphia.
and has been up against some very good
boys, defeating Tommy O'Toole, Bobby
Scanlon, Bobby Reynolds and others with
in space Of three weeks. That Is a
pretty good showing for stranger. and
entities him to consideration from the
best in the country. He is now trying
to get on match with Charley White
the Chicago featherweight, at Cleveland,
Ohio, and also with Joe Rivers. the SEN
Marchant weighed 1873 pounds when he
landed in New York, but he is getting
down to his natural weight now, and
scales around 124 to 125 pounds. If he is
here shortly he intends to return to
England and meet the winner of the
Jean Poesy-Jem Driscoll bout.
Jem DriscolI. the British featherweight
champion, who announced his retirement
some time ago. unless he could get on
match with Abe Attell for the champion
ship, has changed his mind. and will re-
enter the ring on the night of June at
the National Sporting Club in London,
when he meets Jean Poesy. the French
champion, in title match. They are
to meet at 126 pounds at o'clock. which
is the recognized featherweight limit in
Great Britain and France. Since Poesy's
defeat of Digger Stanley he has been
hailed as one of the greatest boxers ever
produced in France. not forgetting Car
pentier, the mddleweight champion.
Poesy showed remarkable cleverness and
strength in his bout with Stanley, and
they figured that he will give Driscoll the
hardest battle he has been up against for
some time. If the Frenchman can de-
feat Driscoll he is certainly wonder, for
boxer England has produced in many
years, and who outboxed Abe Attell
when the latter was at his best. 1t would
be great fight for the Britishers and
would no doubt create a great deal or in
terest in both France and England.
1t is a good thing for the boxing game
that the authorities in France have taken
hold of the matter and are introducing
rules similar to those In vogue in England
and in New York state. The promoters
in Paris were having too much of good
overdid it, They were not satisfied to
go along in q decent sort of way and
keep the game going in a legitimate man
ner. but they had to resort to all kinds
of tactics, and thereby injure the game
that was producing golden eggs for many
of them. The French federation of box
ing has taken hold of the matter. and
intends to place the sport upon sound
basis but they have gone to the extreme
In some Of their rulings. One OF the
rules stipulates that no boxer under
twenty-one years of age will be permitted
to engage in a contest. This is hardy
right, for most of the boxers are at their
best around twenty-one years Of age.
and it seems. an injustice to some Of
them. The age limit should really be
set at eighteen years, for young man
who is an athlete at all is well able to
enter a contest at that age, but would
advocate barring all boys or young men
under eighteen years Of age. The French
people are enthused over the wonderful
showing their boxers have made the past
year, and they have good reason to feel
A. Fo. =, no Gonrtpoc
Carpenter, Jean Poesy and LIE DeauX
they are in line to snatch some OF the
championships away from the Americans
and Britishers.