The chronicle=news., 1913-08-12
CHAVEZ on nIenRoAO
TO CHAMPIONSHIP

Cnay-x'
~. ha. written his name large and
tstouxhou, Colorado the followers Of
III. f:a; game are he.alasa: HIN ~
III. coming ehamp.on-Benny Csasei
OF Trinidad. The n;,le ioeal boy boy
las, nlsh, scored a popular dsci.,oa
over Patsy Brangixau os P!i;searE.
At whose hands i~o year. ago Caave.
received the first defeat Of his career.
Til. sEeky Ci;y boy was out-eoasd
and out-s~u.fai.d The lad who vas
born and grew up rlxs; here IN
Tria;dsa demonstrated that the
sia,,sfinx eonnen; ;ha; has been
heard Ia Denver while b. has been In
Training sas no; 80 much IDLE talk.
Th. battle las, n!kht puts Chavez "a
the top notch elias. and he mus; be
r.ckonet With.
His Performance Q: last night
demonstrated seyona 4 doue; that
he - the peer OF All bantan ns and that
b. 4. ready :or CousSa. Williams or
CAMP But Benny . . few pounds
Overweight for the baa;am~s!sht
elaa. and must measure hts ekver-
ne-s aerea:,e. with the feather
weights Of the country and he 10 on
his way to Dundee and KiiSane- IL
10 rot L. all unlikely As his local at-
mirer. declare. II gill Be long time
before Chaver Is seen again n .
rlnS In Trinidad. He has bAt;lst
ii. way 20 recognition AZ! ID. big
promoters vii, be matching him for
the big purses-
Here In a!s home town his upward
climb toward the ehsmploaship will
be ~a;saed With Interest The ten
round bout in Denver last might At
,raeted more attention aad aroused
more interest than any contest tha;
has been s;ased IN Colo.ad N yeArs-
More than Nifty ioeA, fans ven; &;
Denver TO see the battle Those who
remained Al. home did no; retire las,
nigh, until tae returns had been re-
ee.vsd over the wires- Throughout
the city {; VAS the general opinion
that either Chavez would win or IL
would be draw. The fe~ thA; picked
BrannisAn did 80 on the mere ground
|ot his pas, reputation
Benny Chavez has everything that
- - a. -
clever boxer. game and aas sleep
producing vailop. He train. hard
and keeps himself Ia good physical
condition He is ambitious Ard
wants 20 be champion o: the world.
When he ne, Brann:Eaa on Christi
mas night ae xas starting ou, and
MAS green. Patsy happeuet to slip
over a stiff haymaker and Benny
ven: dowr. Siuce tha. time Chavez
has learned ! thing or two and the
seaeral opinion now is that he is the
master OF them all.
Trinid>d rstoiees that ChAveI has
At las; tough, his way 10 recognition.
There is q great deal OF sa,i.:action
and pride In producing a Champion.
Wherever Benny goes and whatever
triumphs he may realize in tine 81
cone he viii never forget that he IS
4 Trinidad boy. that his friends live
Ihere-friends that stood with hin,
and boosted for him from the start:
All that Benny has needed from the
star, 10 the proper handling This
! he will &c, from now or He will os
rolling around in clover from today
until the time comes when som. ota-
er younxster springs up like he did
here and saoves him back anon.
the has eeens-" But before ;ha,
time comes Benny is going 20 sign
himself a champion
i ChAseas clean cut victory oyes
BranniEan lAss night has awakened
i the wiseaeree of the tight game In
Colorado to the faot that the Trini
dad boy Is really = fighter. Here
tofors aad up until he defeated HAs'