Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-04

spirit that can take the gaff and hand
II back. And that punch OF his is an
asset not to be despised
Still, Klaus might give better account
or himself in a return match. II may
be. as his friends claim. he was over
confident and that it was his own care
lessness that gave Chip the chance to
win. OF course, there was never a fight
er Yet who didn't have an excuse when
beaten. Klaus is entitled to his .alibi"
but the public will take more stock i'm
his excuses after he proves i'm the ring
that Chips victory was a tiuke-and not
before.
\ story comes from Texas of a soldier
whose ambition is to become heavyweight
champion and whose belief that he will
make fighter is based solely on his
enormous height, weight and strength.
The young man stands something like
six feet ten inches i'm his TRIBES, weighs
40 pounds and answers TO the name of
Tiny Naillanccurt Stacked alongside
OF such mere pygmies as Carl Morris,
with his six feet four and Jess Wizards
SIX feet six of bone and muscle, Tiny
would look like a regular man.
The discovery of this latest gigantic
aspl ant for prize ring honors recalls the
epidemic of big fellows that followed the
downfall OF the white race-as the
scribes phrased it when Jack Johnson
trimmed Jim Jeffries. At the time ii was
the popular belief that il would take Il
gan, to retrieve our lost honors. and
the response to the national call for vol
unteerS was little short of astonishing
Men who had never seen a boxing glove
but who could boast several hundred
pounds of beef to their bones and more
than average strength i'm their muscles
We're imbued with the idea that they
were the ones best fitted by nature to
lick the negro. What became OF that
vast army of would-be fighters is a uues-
ton. OF the entire crop only Carl Nor
ri. s,., 4 l.
certain extent.
Recent developments in the ring have
convinced the public. however, that il
takes more than bulk to make sue
cessful puSilist. Many men blessed with
marvellous physical advantages have been
tried and found wanting. There is an old
saying of the ring that good big man
can always lick good little man. but Ii
is equally true that a good little man can
best bad big man. We have seen this
Illustrated in local rings frequently during
the past year The spectacle of Gun
boat Smith. for instance. lamming men
outweighing him by forty or fifty pounds
all around the ring is a sight tending to
put bulk at discount.
1t is rumored the boxing commissioners
are to take up the question of decisions
by referees at their next meeting. 1t is
high time. If tie members of that board
nave the best interest of the sport at
heart, and ] believe they have, resolu-
ton in favor of decisions will be forth
coming without unnecessary delay.
Decisions will please everybody inter
ested-public. promoters and boxers Tn
I'll such time decisions are given by
experienced and capable referees there is
bound to be dissatisfaction all around
AS it rs now the selection OF winners
and losers rests with the newspaper men,
and some of these gentlemen have had no
experience m the game outside of cover
ing occasional bouts for their papers, 4
man who has followed boxing in one
capacity or another for years may attend
boxing match in which to his expert
enced eye one of the contestants is an
easy winner on points. Imagine his sur
prise when he picks up the paper the next
day to learn that. according to the iudg-
ment of some youngster of exceed ngly
limited experience I'm covering bouts.
and no practical experience at all. the
other man is the winner
| am not trying to knock the newspaper
men at ALL They are my very good
friends in most cases Quite few of
the local press-men know the game thor
Oughly and seldom make mistakes when
it comes to judging contests-and the
cubs are probably doing the best they
can all the time. But in this big city.
where there are a score or more boxing
clubs in full blast. some other method
of passing judgment on, bouts is abso-
lutely Imperative. and the only solution