Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-20
GOLDEN DAYS
FOR BOXERS
Jim Corbett Looks Backward
and Thinks Present Day
Pugs Are In Glover.
BY JAMES J. coRBETr.

Surely these are golden days Of OPP
for professional boxers.
What with 100000 prizes for heavy
weight championship battles, our light
weight title-holder spurning offers
$12.5OO for his share of
the purse. win, lose or draw: $4,000
bids for ten-round exhibitions between
other stars Of the same division. and
profitable theatrical engagements ga
lore for the white hopes" verify 1t
pays to have rep" Of the sort that
commands plenty Of space in the
sporting columns
/ want to avoid pulling that old-time
Il can remember" stuff. but just the
samc when one hanks back few
years and recalls the ridiculously small
sums former stars of the ring battled
for. one may be excused for rising to
remark that II il pretty soft for the
modern lads In comparison. And let
not my meaning be misunderstood. and
that |, like an timer, might feel
a bit jealous of the success attending
the money making efforts OF present
day opponents of tho game ON the
contrary the very worst | wish any OF
them Is the best of IT, More power to
these young captains of finance Of the
squared circle.
Wells a Gard.
Matt Wells, British lightweight
champion, had not set foot on Amer
lean soil many hours before he was
hesiegcd by New York matchmakers
with liberal offers to box before their
clubs. Matt announced that he wanted
Wolgast and Mcfarland in preference
90 all others, although he would not
object To first having tryout with one
Of the lesser lights II financial induce
ments compatible with his dignity and
title of lightweight champion of Great
Britain were made him. For. take 1t
from me. Matt Is wise to the fact he Is
some drawing card In little old New
York. He satisfied Eastern sports last
fall he's genuine champion and not
the lucky fellow Freddy WelCh's friends
would have us believe.
Harlem Tommy" Murphy may get
first crack AT the Britisher. During his
six months sojourn in the land of sun.
shine and flowers Murphy took on 4
new lease of life definitely has beer
doing the best lighting of his compar
ativcly long career. New York pro,
motors are hunting bigger game just
at present however. and are engaged
In the pleasant tO the boXcrs) TASK
Of boosting one another's bids for III,
proposed Wells-Mc Farland bout
Morris Star Set.
Speaking of golden opportunities the
.F ~ ,srt
now regret having refused that recent
offer Of $4,000 purse to box Al Pal
ger ten rounds. The ex-cngneer's mis-
cradle showing with Jim Stewart, the
Brooklyn heavyweight. has killed his
drawing powers for the time being
at least. The sporting public Is re-
mnrkably patient wherein white heavy
weights are concerned owing to the
prevailing desire to develop someone
to knock the daylights out of Jack
Johnson, but there Is II limit. and Nor
ris has apparently reached II In
Gotham.
Carl Is fine big fellow and has
worked hard to advance In his chosen
line. but II looks as II he would never
make good. Certainly he has had many
opportunities to prove he had the max
ing of champion and has fallen short
Of the mark by great deal
! think Morris has been badly train
ed lie has been given an overdose
Of II II II man ever got II. Too muCi
of that sort Of thing IL great dea
worse than too little, and especially
when its application II misdireCtcd
Ignorance of proper training methods
has irrevOcably injured many prom
Using boxers chances. and while
doubt very much that Morris Is of thu
temperament to make II champion.
am of the opinion that the strcnuou
course of continuous training has no
tended to bring out the best there IL II
him.