Evening star., 1912-11-17

say there Is ground for complaint But
/ take exception to the statement that
all visitors are given the raw END when
boxing local boys. Take Mike Gibbons
and Eddie McGoorty, both westerners.
for example. They have not been treated
unfairly in the matter of expert opinion.
With Wolgast however. 1t is about the
way Jones puts It, Ad and his manager,
for some reason or other, are not favor
ties in newspaper circles, and as result
when the champion boxed here with
X. o. Brown the majority of the critics
awarded the verdict to sthe local boy, al
though a draw was the very worst Vol
CAST should have been given. Johnny
Kilbane Is another who has suffered at
the hands of the local press. 1t may not
show the proper sporting spirit to per-
init personal prejudice to influence man
In rendering a decision in a boxing
match, but / guess it is human nature"
to do so.
Battling Nelson is to box here Thanks
giving day with either Leach Cross or
"One Round Hogan. 1 don't know how
much fight there is left in the Batter,
but the old spirit is still there.
between Packey McFa. land and Jack
Britton. Dan Morgan. Brittons man
ager. says it is no fault Of theirs the
deal hangs fiie and that Jack is anxious
to match skill with McFar and. l nave
not heard directly from Packey on the
subject. but imagine it is a question
or avordupots standing in the way or the
bout. know Mac dislikeS to make
weight for anything short of cham
piOnship match. as he is growing heavier
ana 1t Is getting harder and harder to
reduce.
hope the boys soon come to an agree
| ment. They are near.y of a size, and
pair of the cleverest at any weight.
Packey does not know what It means to
lose a decision. His is a spot.ess record
Many critics contend that he is the great
est boxer in the world. Mcfarland knows
the game OF hit stop and get away about
as thoroughly as the man VINO wrote the
ules. Britton is not far behind in point
of skill. and il the contest is arranged
the spectators will see scientific boxing
In wholesale quantities.
The return Of Freddie Welsh did not
surprise sporting men On this side of
the Atlantic, where his superiority over
Matt Wells has never been questioned.
Freddie must nave been a sick man a
year ago, when Matt took his title away.
Wells in exhibitions over here did not
show real class when measured by the
Welsh standard. although 20 his credit,
he Is a far mechanic at that Matt did
ms best work against Leach Cross and
hnOckOut Brown, but neither of these
boys amount TO much. He also out
pointed Abe Attell. but the then feather
weight champion had many pounds the
begun to crack. In other words Matt
got by until he tackled Mcfarland;
then he looked very ordinary by compar.-
son. And Welsh, remember has three
COZ king good and pretty even scrimmages
with the clever Cnicagoan TO his credit
Still l doubt whether FREDDIE is any
where near as iast as when he first
STRUCK our shores, several years ago. anu
jumped into Immediate and lasting popu-
iarity by his marvellous exhibitions. HIS
health has not been of the pest the past
year and an athletes career draws rap
lcly toward its end when the old ''sick
| stun gets grip on its victim.
Ad Wolgast and Packey McFarland met
| in the ring recently, but not in actual
COMBAT. Tne boys were posing for the
/ MOVIES. rather fancy that is abou,
as c.ose as they will ever come to a
| meeting.
/ The bantams are making a lot Of noise
again. Give the little fellows half q
| chance and they monopOlize the sport
ing columns. Since the arrival OF Charles
Ledoux, the French bantam. and con-
| queror OF Digger Stanley all is excite
ment and the air thick with challenges
by the way, young Ledoux boasts
nfty-four victories by the *. o." out OF
| hfty-five starts. Some record, even If
the majority OF victims was OF the
| punk variety. To knock them down
| IKE tenpins boy must have a fearful
. wailop, and the punch will win all the
| time If backed up with knowledge OF
the art of boxing. Le~oux gets h.s
American try out with a husky young
ster. Battling Reddy. as an added at.
traction TO the Harry Wuest-' 'Gunboat''
| Smith contest.