Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-08
ITALIAN BOXERS ARE
! COMING TO THE FRONT

prised to see the young Roman glad
iators repeat the splendid battles of
their ancestors.
Mixes With Arts.
II was the grand fighting spirit
that made ancient Rome not only the
center and capital of the world, but
the center of art, music, literature
and science. Wherever you find
great progress and civilization you'll
also find skilled fighters, far adj
yanced in the manly art of self
defense.
Today in America the Italian and
Italian-Ameriean are fast advancing
in the science of boxing. They are
coming to the front ranks of ffstiana
in hundreds. Let me mention just
few names: Joe Coster, Joe Grim,
Johnny Dundee, Johnny Mario, Tony
Ross, who recently defeated Al Pal
ger in Philadelphia; Hugo Kelly,
Tony Caponi, Patsy Kline, Frank
Picato, frankie Connolly. Jack Law
cry, Tommy Daily, Bobby Wilson,
Jimmy Curtis, Battling Kiddy, Brook
Ign Jack Smith, Tony Moran, Casper
Leon and Chick Tucker. There also
are some five hundred others whom
| can't remember at present. But
these fighting Italian boys are COM
ing fast and now that they are going
to opea the game in their native land
there will be an army of them with
in the next five years.
Born Near Sicily.
Strange to say, Joe Coster, johnny
Dundee and Casper Leon We're all
born in or within a few miles of Pa
Iermo, Sicily. One of the most beau
tifuI spots in the world, for, as
Goethe saws:
Italy without Sicily leaves no i'm
age in the soul
Sicily is the key to all.
Would II not DC unique and strange
il the baXing promoters of Rome to-
day would secure the ole Coliseum,
that has been the scene of many con-
tests between We ancient gladiators
before the coming of Christ, and fix
it Up bit for a model contest be-
tween fstic champions?
Some day, in years to come, per-
haps, this great nation viii build a
grand coliseum like that of old Rome,
where 10000 fans can witness
grand championship contest between
two OF the greatest gladiators of the
modern world.
With the English, Irish. Australian,
French and Italian athletes in the
field for tire fstic sport, we certainly
Should see some great champions
produced within the next ten years.
They have already started boxing in
many Russian cities, and it won't be
long before Germany falls into line.
lust at present in this country We've
got quite numbers of boxers of
German american blood. including
Al Wolgast, Knockout Brown. Billie
Berger, sIacK Redmond. Frank Man
tell, Harry Brewer, Pal Brown, Frank
Klaus, Leo Houck. Sammy Trott, Bob
Mona, Billy Papke, AZ Kubiak and
Al Kaufman.
Other NationaIities.
Besides these leading nationalities,
vel hate the Greeks, Buigerians,
Danes, Pcles, HuHgarians. Swedes,
Turks. Japs. Chinese, and a whole
lunch of other athletes from every.
quarter 81. the globe, looking for fistic
honors.
The next ten years viii be very
progressive for the manly art, as the
leading students Of physical culture
are fast finding out that boxing is the
one hest exercise for the proper de-
rsIopmeBl Of the young men who
want 10 be strong, active and
healthy: for it brings every muscle
in tic body mo play and makes tine
braiG and eve active as We'll as the
body.