The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-10
fRv James J. Corbett, Former Heavy weight Champion of the World.)
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New York. August 1O

weight Champion of the World)
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 New York, August 10 :. If looks make a champion then Lu- kher McCarty should be a warm fa- Horite in the betting.
 EThe boy from Springfield, Mo, Cor eAnerever 1t is he halls from), posi- lively looks the part. Luther has the Ideal build. Also weight and stamina, andA his aggreeeiveness stamps him as bne with the proper fighting spirit
 HfsAdebut in Gotham with Jim Stew art Hhe Brooklyn trial horse, was hardlys what could be called impress Sfve ve4 he scored hit with the im- fnense crowd present by his wiling ness to mix it up at all stages and ms ramenesssAin absorbing the punishment F4e more clever Stewart administer S~Deavine the Garden after the con lest the other evening I overheard Gentleman who had witnessed the fes- HvitAes conffde to a friend that Luther has the '4makangs of champion anu iE afirsst class raw material" He Ef1rely has the 'tmakingss' if two hun Hred ud1nds of bone and muscle anu proportionate build are the standaro by which they are figured And ne IS
 
 x0hat AcCarty has to learn apour Boxing Is considerable.
 -fTAuther is very,very green, ana lg- norant of many of the rudimentary ruleAl of boxing. For one thing ne mas not Net learned how to hit. His rep nrto4re consists of wild right and left ruinas. an occasional attempt to hit efrasx4A wiAh the left showed his edu- cation mad been sadly negkcted. The dRhtingN spirit causes him to force the -~aN ATH T~~r% @H1a anil H1- less backed with knowledge of offeneel %nd defensa is of little use to a boxer. McCarEsi manager ought to put his hns phSsicaI specimen through teacher ttthereA are many competent hen), should be secured and the korngster instructed in the elemerta- " rules of the sscience.
 At present e.swouM have little or 10 chancs withf a heavyweight Of and swing swildiy at his adversary Be is what might be called a wide open fighter, very much like Al Pal ger. except that the latter IS even ssscrappier'' and knows more about hitting. Parser is bear at close drarters: McCarty had dozens of good chances the other night at in-fightinS. but did not know what to do at any time,
 would not advise McCarty's mana ger to insist upon Al Palzer living up 10 that promise to meet the Spring field youngster at the present time. Although big Al is pretty raw himself he knows more about the game, and when he hits it hurts. Stewart land ed flush on Macs jaw many times without actually distressing him. With Palzer it would be a different story. One or two of his fierce polthogues would do the trick. In a contest be- tween these huskies, with both men Eide-open and of the "to-let'' variety, It would mean victory for the one who eould get the first effective wallop home: and Palzer with his terrific straight punches would easily beat Mac and his wild swings to the job. When Sem Langford whipped Sam Mcvey for the second time within six months he put that gentleman out of khe running for the championship ktalaes. and established the right to kreue the question of superiority with fue Jeannette or any other boxer who May have designs on the title to which hohnapn is supposed to have relin- Euished all claim. Dan McKettrick has already filed For Joe Jeanette. He bases his claim bn the ground that it was Jeannette Kho made Johnson. take 1t on the run- However. Dan is a trifle premature. A title is not a thing for any one to 6p and. claim. It must be fought for and won honestly At the present lime tthere is little doubt that Jean- bette and Langford have a shade on kil the others. But the public is from Missouri, and until, Jos has proven himself master of the tar baby" in he ring his claim will not be recog- nized as a valid one.
 Now that Johnson has proclaimed publicly that he is through it is thought Langford may hurry home kard to protect his interests in the litse claiming celebration: When Sam left his native shores he was accused bf running out of the country to avoid h battle with Joe Jeannette. It was Advanced for the latter that the men had signed to meet in a 2O-round con- best in California and that Langford Iran outH on the agreement.
 Langford and Jeannette have met seven times in all, but never over khe full course. All their matches have been short ones and the record book shows the pair to be about even Rs to honors. Langford is a better boxer than Jeannette and would be the favorite in a short bout, but in a lon- Ter struggle the betting would be kbout even. Jeannette is bear for kaking punishment and has the stam1- la of half a dozen ordinary fighters. tangford might outpoint him all the Fay for twenty rounds. Joe would be there at the final gong. In fin Eh fight I would incline to favor Jean ktteie chances of victory.
 Attell. if he takes care of himself mould do very we'll in the feather weight ranks. With the exception of Johnny Kilbane and possibly one or Two others he outclasses the company. But no more of that poker table, Training if he expects to make good in The "come back thing. The "back to nature" stunt Abe adhered to in pre- paring for the Murphy battle has a great deal to recommend it. and, in fact, could hardly be improved upon.
 Gunboat Smith, the western heavy Tfm Buckley brought to New York, and who was outpointed by Jim Stew art several months ago, has been sail- Ing along in fine style lately The Eunboat has secured five straight kwins" and is showing vast improve b>~s~s Jau fhe form he displayed in the