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tear in" ledge seems to have been
worked out 1t may be that Bud An
1erSOn- the Vancouver lightweight, viii
be able to keep the good work going,
/ cerned he will have to fight against
odds. Tommy Murphy tears in Occa-
/ to that style OF milling Tommy told
i the writer once that he aimed TO fight
+ close when opposed 20 clever Oppo-
nent, and box eleverly when in front
/ of q rusher.
! clever Men Now Lead.
From the EghtweiShts down, the
/ clever lads are in the ascendant again
Packey Mcfarland, who can claim to
, be a lightweight now that the weight
limit has been hunched, is nothing II
not clever, and unless Jack BrittOn
{ has changed tactics since he went east
he IS also boxer OF the brainy, re-
sOurceful stamp
Jimmy Duffy, the LOckport boy. who
is fast forging TO the front, is another
exponent of scientific pugilism. while
Richie, Rivers, Mandot. Leach Cross
and Freddie Welsh are all performers
! Of the hit, step and get away school.
The Welter, middle and light heavy
classes are so fused now that it is
{ lmpOSsl bic TO tell who is who" in the
divisions named. but it can certainly
be said that Nike Gibbons and Jimmy
Clabby, a pair Of really clever work
men, seem to be able to give away
lots of weight and gain decisions from
the best men that can be found for
them
Johnnie Kibane, the featherweight
champion, and Johnnie COulOn. the
prince Of bantams, have held their pO-
sitiOns by dint of clever boxing, and
the manner in which little Eddie Cam
Di handled the mercurlal Frenchman.
LedOuE- at Los Angeles, recently. also
favors the argument that cIeverness is
asserting itself in matters pugihstc
again.
Heavyyveights Are Clever.
The heavyweight situation is so
muddled that it is not easy to figure
out what has contributed to success
in that particular department, but in a
general way It can be shown that clev-
erness has made itself tell among the
big fellows during the past few years.
This. too. despite the fact that Bonn
bardler w ellis, the most finished boxer
England has produced in years has
been defeated practically every time he
started
Jack Johnson's long suit was clev-
eruess and there is no occasion to re-
call what he has done. He was GER
talnly the greatest heavyweight since
Jeffries was in his heyday.
The most pronounced tear in" fight
ers Of the heavyweight class in recent
times were Jim Flynn and Al Palzer,
but Luther McCarty, who was in a way
second Jim COrbett, disposed Of the
pair within a few weeks.
McCarty is gone. Johnson has fallen
upon evil days. and IL is hard to tell
what is in store for the heaYyweights.
But in respect TO pugilism generally, It
can be said that in the WhirliEig Of
ume the aTUSLS of the QueenSberrv
ring have gained the ascendancy over
the sluggers-
There is no assurance that the pres
ent order of things viii continue and
about the only thing existing cOndi-
tons prove is that evolution has not
produced any permanent change in
fighting methods
Just now they are fighting the way
the fought a quarter of a century ago.
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