Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-20

VI a d S Square
Garden arena TO the boxers is welcome
news TO Gotham devotees of the sport.
The first bout of importance TO be
staged in the garden will be between
.Gunboat-' Smith. considered by many
the best of the white hopes, and Jim
Flynn, the Pueblo fireman and one of
the veterans of the ring. They are
scheduled TO get together the night of
August S.
Flynn has been after a match with the
.-Gunboat' for a long time. and now that
he has landed he promises to enter the
ring in the best possible shape. Jim
realizes that his ring future hangs on
the result of this match and that he must
be at his very best to make d showing
against the hard hitting Smith
Flynn has not taken his recent engage
nents seriously. and. as a result, his
stock has suffered a severe slump. When
he boxed Luther McCarty the last time
ii was a six-round go over in Philly-
Jim entered the ring hog fat and in no
condition to do himself justice. Luther
had no trouble outpointinS him deci-
sively.
year ago Flynn fought Jack Johnson,
and. while the loser. there is no doubt
that the showing he made against the
big black swelled the eX-freman's conk.
AT any rate. he thought himself too good
for any of the growing crop OF white
hopes" He had beaten Carl Morris to
pulp. had stopped Al Kaufman. and fol-
lowed the Johnson fight up by knocking
out Charlie Miller, the San Francisco
heavy. in fifteen rounds. When the OPP
portunity came to box Luther McCarty
the Pueblo man grabbed at the chance
with the greatest avidity. The result of
that encounter is history. McCarty put
the kiboSh on Flynn In something Ike
fifteen rounds.
So Flynn has had his lesson. Whether
he can round into good shape again is
question. If he can he will not lack Tor
hackers against Smith. Quite few eX-
perts with whom / have talked the match
over seem TO think that Jim will prove
the hardest proposition Jim Buckley's
Irishman 81 has ever tackled. and that. If
the .Gunboat" is not lucky enough to
connect with his right early IN the pro-
ccedings FLYNN will outgame him.
Flynn has only one style and that is to
carry the fighting right to his man. To e
fighter such as Smith. with mighty
right hand punch, that style should APP
peal greatly But Flynn in condition can
take considerable beating, and it is the
"Gunboat's'' proneness to back up when
he finds his best punches Intellectual that
bids FIynn's friends hope for success In
the coming contest
The match should help to determine the
status of the white heavyweight cause.
If Smith wins. all well and good; We can
hope for better things But IL Flynn
should cop or even hold the "Gunboat to
a Graw. it will look like lost cause for
the present at least, and, we shall be
forced to seek beyond the present array
of white talent for relief.
Jim Flynn as the hope of the white
race would look like a joke. Can you
imagine what Sam Langford or Joe jean
nette would do to him? Sam has already
scored over Flynn three times-twice with
knockouts. and on another occasion toyed
with him for ten rounds.
Smith will have to demonstrate his su-
periority over Flynn beyond all question
or the white heavyweight cause will
look a hopeless one
Tommy Burns will challenge the winner
of the F1ynn-Smith bout in behalf of his
protege, Arthur Pelky. Tommy wakes
enthusiastic when he talks Pelky, and
says that the big fellow is the coming
champion. Quite natural for him to feel
that way about IL inasmuch as he Is
Peikys manager and trainer.
At that Arthur may develop into
good man. Those who have seen him in
the ring say that he has the ''makings''
and in good hands would amount to some
thing worth while> Burns claims Pelky's
boxing has improved a great deal since
he took charge and that future work in
The ring viii! bear out the statement
Well, / hope PeIky makes good. He
has gone through quite enough recently
TO disgust q man with the game and
shows he has the right spirit by sticking
to the Job. But if Burns honestly be-
heves -Arthur is the goods. why not
match him with big Jess Willard The
latter fighter is at present in California
and understand Pelky is also in that
locality A match between these big fell
lows ought to be a good card out San
Francisco way. where Willard is thought
pretty Well OF by both public and pro-
motors Arthur should show us some
thing in the fighting line before talking
fight with the top-notchers-such as they
are. Smith has a decision over Willard,
and II Pelky can duplicate that stunt it
will be time enough 10 challenge the
"Gunboat.'
Tom ORourke tells me that the Palzer-
Carpenter match is a thing for
Paris next October. and that the French
promoters Will hang up a fifteen-thou-
sand-dollar purse for the bout. Also that
the winner Will be given a match with
Jack johnson in November.
We must hand IL TO ORourke. He can
never be accused of not trying. He took
Palzer abroad last fall on the promise of
a tight with Johnson-which fell through.
of course. But il was through no fault of
Toms. He had PaiZer on the ground
ready and anxious, but Johnson, owing TO
circumstances over which he had no con-
troll. could not carry. out his end of the
bargain.