The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-10
WHO'S WHOlN FISTIANA? Jim COrbeH's Experienced Eye Sees LittIe to CIOat Over in White
 Heavy Glass
 CALLS PRESENT WHITE HOPE CROP "BlG BUST"
CALLS PRESENT WHITE HOPE CROP "BIG BUST"

 kBy James J. corbett, Former Heavy
 Weight Champion of the world.J
 CWrftten for The Evening Farmer.l
 One of these fine days-perhaps sooner than we think-some strapping Houng fellow will come along and make US forget such fighters as Me Earty. Willard and 'tGunboat'' Smith hver posted championship pretentions. Et looks as if. the present white hope crop is a big bust.
 McCarty Is generally accredited the Best of the pale face boxers. But IT we are to pass judgment on the Bunch by Luther's recent exhibition fzg1th FrEnzz Moran 1t is a case of look hnE for new material. Possibly Jess willard may show a flash of form in Rhe bout with "Gunboat'' Smith at Ban Francisco next Saturday which e<vfn restore our confidence I sincere ny hope so,4for the 'sGunboat' has all ready been tried and found wanting. 1f Smith can beat Willard and follow ht up with 8 victory over McCarty 1t will be the cue to .holler for a new EeaI all around. As g. championship possibility the '+Gunboat'' does not hook like the goods. Willard there mhe ranks of the white heavies now before the public He may be a bet her man than we think. Certainly he has not been extended in any of his bouts and what little he has shown is bf a higher order than that of his kfvals Tn the New York engage nnents willard did not seem to take his work seriously yet he managed to loutpofE4 AfcCarty and knock out the Etough Soldier Kearns, he Of the knlEhty waIlop. in eight rounds If Hess can be persuaded to look upon lighting as serious proposition his chances would appear much brighter. So far in his short career he has not been badly hurt in a bout and it re- mnaius to bea seen how he will behave after tzking few good punches. In Smith he is meeting fighter who ran hit every bit as hard blow as nSearnss and with better general ndea of where the punch is going to nand after 1t has been started. If khe s<Gunboaty' succeeds in putting bver his justly famous right swing nnd Tees survives the operation there win no longer exist 8 boubt of his Kameness and coolness under fire
 Luther McCarty looks like a good thing going wrong AS a result of fhe experience gained during the Cali kornia. campaign where he -oefeased Kaufman Flynn and Palzer 1t was thought Luther would show New York ers a greatly improved style. But Tn this he disappointed. He has pick Cd up a little here and there in his boxing. but has lost the aggressive hess that tscharacIerlzed ms WoTh III lAS matches with Stewart and Willard last year
 Physically this young giant is a pic t,,re of the ideal fighting machine. But the resemblance ends right there In she Moran bout Luther had every phy- .ztral advantage, and was much the better boxer StiH he had a tight fit ao earn the popular verdict over hnan who knows scarcely anything Of ahe game other than to put up his hands and strike an attitude Further nore Moran. ten pound lighter man, rz-s,- handicaped with a crippled hand and forced to rely altogether on his seft throughout the ten rounds Con- seouentIy it would be unfair to con- dernn the Pittsburgher for his Failure to make better showing. nForeover Frank is not claiming any rhanpfonship titles. He is big, sztrouersand willing fellow who is do- Sug the best he can, and Is prooably coEnizant of his shortcomings as x7t1gflist His best is not very much fo braz about as gauged by champion Ehir, standards of the past; still 1t Is enough to enable him to stick the full routes with the present head liners whenever he makes the attempt Prank went twenty rounds with the S-euuboaty not so very long ago and had no trouble staying ten with Mo rarty, crippled ashe was
 s.Gunboat'' Smith, who was among fhose present was heard to remark mat he could put either McCarty or Moran away in less than ten rounds. faIl is a cheap commodity Smith ,-o,,ldr't knock Moran out in twenty rounds in California The best he z-orfld- do was to get the decision, and "a close one at that. Since the Gun boat failed to stop the slow-m owing and slow-thinking Rode1 his stock has eaken a decided slump Amy boxer who can dodge his wild swings for Few rounds stands an excellent chance | Inf trimming Jim BuekIey's candidate
 -.Gunboat' will have his work cut mt in the Willard bout next Saturday gf there is anything in the dope That | match will decide who is to get first uraclx at McCarty-after Luther gets through with the easy marks he is | hunting up Calgary way Conse- 1rentiv it behooves Honorable Gun | boat to get himself in the best possible | condition to fight his best possible | H<St else he may find his name in the sshas Deen'' column Saturday evening. willard may look like a boob-sone nay he acts like one-but he has so Tar proved fully equal to the task of protecting himself against the assaults Df the 4.Gunboat'' type of fighter.
 A recent despatch from Calgary, AL bertz- possibly inspired by Tommy Burns who promoted the matCh, reads as foIlows- By reason of his good showing against Andy Morris, of Bos- ton. Arthur Pe1ky looms up as for