Evening star., 1912-09-29

time he made a record that any boxer
might be justly proud OF.
Jack recently decided TO give the game
in Gotham trial. After lie had been in
town few weeks he allowed it was no
easy task to break into metropolitan
lightweight society. Local stars knew
B.'itton by reputation. and gave him the
arctic optic. Promoters refused to match
a man of his standing with inferior OPP
ponents. Jack had the tools but couldn't
annex a job.
He finally arrived at the conclusion that
fighting is one thing, and matchma king
that is something else again." as Morris
Perlmutter might put 1t. So he decided
10 hire manager. After carefully look
ing the local assortment over Jack en-
listed under the banner OF Danny Nor
gan, young man of great energy and
perspicacity. and genius for getting
SObS of free space in the sporting columns
of the newspapers.
This took place about two months ago.
and since then Brtton has been one of
the busiest boxers in the game. Morgan
has kept him going right along, and he
has averaged one bout week. Coming
east with reputation for cleyernesS. but
with no kick Britton has recently
earned fame as "knocker-out. He de-
fcated Eddie Murphy in eight>rounds, and
only last week beat Young Saylor, the In
dianapolis lightweight. badly that to
save himself the latter resorted to- foul
tactics and was disqualified.
Britton is now on the trail of Packey
Mcfarland. Several local clubs are bid
ding for the match. AS yet Packey has
not declared his intentions, but when the
bids get high enough it is thought he will
acquiesce. Jack and Packey boxed ten
rounds To Il draw at Memphis about two
years ago, and upon that combat BTitton
bases claims for recognition by the stock
yards champion
moter. has an agent now working on
Jack johnson with the hope of persuad-
ing the big negro to sign articles for
bouts with Langford and McVey at the
Sydney stadium. Mac refuses to take
that retirement talk. seriously. He writes
me that he looks forward to the most
successful season of his career as pro-
moter and would like to top off the pro-
gram with Johnson-Langford bout for
the heavyweight championship Hugh
has thousands of sports in this country
roofing with him.
Young Jack OErien shows improve
ment every time he starts In a recent
ten-round bout with Young Brown, a
sturdy local scrapper the 'PhiladelphaIl
gave a clever exhibition. His greatest
failing is in not knowing how to protect
himself at close quarters At long range
hc played with Brown, but at infighting
failed TO distinguish himself. OF course.
QBrien is very young and may remedy
this defect under the careful coaching of
his big brother, the original Philadelphia
Jack:
y BTicn wants to meet Ad Wolgast
again. 1t will be remembered the boys
boxed six rounds few months ago and
the Quaker City Scrites opined that
Young Jack had the best of il. WolgaSt
was not in championship form by any
means on that occasion. it being his Sec
ond short tryout after a long spell of
id .eness following the operation for ap-
nE1 am Rptp ltprc Shn
not bank too strongly on the result of
that encounter. If the youngster has no
better defense al close range than he
showed in the Brown contest. | shudder
to think what WolSaSt in condition would
do TO him. InfiShtlng is Ads long suit,
and until o. Brien has mastered defense
ii would be folly TO think of sending him
after the champion.
In looking over a recent issue of the
Sydney Referee the leading sporting
paper in Australia. l am panied to OBJ
serve that my esteemed friend Bill Cor
that enemies of boxing in that section of
the globe suggest that the kidney
punch be dispensed with i'm boxing
matches of the future. Bill pulls the
Doctors dope TO prove the punch has
been badly sandered and that il is no
more dangerous to wallop healthy ath-
lete over the kidney than to slap him
on the wrist. And. what's more Bill
Is right. take il from one vino has been
through the mill.
One or two of the recent boxing shows
at the larger New York clubs have not
drawn the crowds figured on. notably
the Attell-Thomas and Kilbane-O keefe
matches. and the matchmakers threaten
To bar high-claSs performers in the flu
ture un'ess they consent 20 work on "a
percentage basis
Nilbane. it Is said boxed for a guar
antec of S..'tD in the O'keefe contest.
which | consider modest amount for
:. champion 10 demand. II tine bout did
not draw well expected it was due
largely TO the greediness Of the manage
nent in boosting the admission. Had the
show been given at the popular scale of
prices usually charged at the Garden
there is little doubt that the commodious
arena would have been packed for Kill
bane would have drawn the crowd even
though the knockers have been handing
il 10 him pretty hard of late.
There is "a rurnor in circulation that the
Garden Athletic Club hackers may run
OUT on the enterprise in the very near
futude. 1t would not surprise me a bit.
AS class boxing promoters are the
hardest losers OF all so-called sports -
Many of those engaged in the game are
sure-thing players and very few are
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