Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-09
TOMMY ANDREWS TAKES FALL
OUT OF COVER UP'' FIGHTERS
Suggests That New York Commission
Adopt Role Putting Curb on "Stall-
ers'' in Limited Round Bouts.

dleweight division. These boys are Jack
Fitzgerald, who is now a pretty near
middleweight, and q youngster from out
in the state. who you mentioned In your
column, by the name Of Tommy McCar-
thy. Just a thing or two to enlighten
you about this boy. He Is what might
be called q sensation. but the fact that
he has been boxing In the bushes is the
only reason he has not established him.
self more firmly with the writers on box
ing Here is a boy who, I must say. has
q phenomenal record. just think OF
boy boxing about a year and engaging
In seventeen contests, winning sixteen
of them by the knockout route. and the
only one to go the limit with him was
that very seasoned bird. Montana Jack
Sullivan, in Grand Island, Neb. McCar-
thy received the decision over him In
ten rounds. In the last round he dropped
this Sullivan chap on two occasions Tor
the count. I have never seen this boy
perform, but friends of mine who have
proclaimed him another ketchel in the
rough"
With so many good middleweights be-
fore the public at present, it seems that
q corking good elimination tourney could
be arranged, and the contests would all
be classy enough to insure q big crowd
to witness them. 1t seems to be the only
way just now Of determining upon a
champion.
Ever meet a fighter who admitted that
he was all in and unable to make an
other good fight? Well, there are few OF
them. There may be one found occa-
sionally, but they are rarity. had
call from well known lightweight the
other day, who has been out of the fight
game for the past ten years. but who
thought he could come back and whip
most Of the 133-pounders now before the
public. 1t required two hours of earnest
talk to get the idea out of his head, and
when he departed it Is a. good bet that
he thought he was being given the
worst Of the argument.
1t Is the same with Battling Ne son.
You cannot convince the once Durable
Dane that he is not as good as when he
whipped Joe Cans and other stars, Dut
to those who have watched the great Bat
tier of late it seems too bad that he
does not retire from the game with good
record and let the youngsters do the
heavy work. He Is still there with his
gameness, but the stamina is fast leaving
Bat, and his friends expect dire results
every time he steps into the ring
Jem Driscoll, the great British feather
weight champion, thought he was as good
as ever, after long lay-on and he was
booked as big favorite over Owen
Moran, but when they fought Jem was
fortunate to get draw. His speed was
not there, nor his stamina either, but FOR
all that he put up a wonderfully good
battle and got draw on his nerve.
Another former British champion, Jabez
White, tried to come back the other night
at Birmingham. England, and while ne
put up good battle against younger
opponent he showed clearly that he was
mot there any more. White held the
British lightweight title for a number
of years, and fought Joe Cans and Jimmy
Britt when they were in their prime. He
retired then and was out OF the ring Tor
a number Of years until a short time ago.
when Bill johnson, a rising young light
weight Zone Of the new SCHOOL, got after
Jabez for match. Jaby tried hard 70
come back. and for fifteen rounds fought
with skill. but lost the decision. He was
clever. but that was all needed to prevent
his being stopped by the youngster. and
Jabez was content that he did stay the
limit.
It is the same with many Of the good
old-timers. They think they can do as
well as ever. after long lay-offs. but once
they start they soon discover their mis-
take.
The question is being asked many times
of late, What Is q prize hght! AND q
Milwaukee business man comes out IN the
open and gives an idea of what real
Mr. A. b. Nichols of the commission
firm of Nichols, Jansen & Klein does
not mince matters. either. in giving MS
version, and 1t might be well for some
according to Mr. Nichols idea between
the real article and up-to-date boxing.
ST have noticed many articles or late,
said Mr.. Nichols. regarding prize nght-
ing and boxing, and / want to say that
there is all the difference in the world
between the two-as much difference as
there is between night and day Will
give YOU an idea Of the real article nrst
1t was in 1873, IL I remember rightly
that was living Ill st. Louis. and all the
t. mi q.
tween Tom Allen. the Englishman. and
Mike McCoole for the worlds CHAMPION
ship They had met before, and under
stood that Allen had been robbed OF the
decision and another match was made II
took place up the river on one Of the big
river boats. They fought with bare
knuckles under the old London prize ring
rules. The round did not end until one
man was knocked down and they tnen
rested only thirty seconds.
.For seven rounds Allen battered NC
Coolies face to jelly. It reminded me
of piece Of raw beef and ne was
sight: while Allen was unmarked F1nai-
ly McCoole was battered into a neipIess
mass and his seconds carried him away
on a stretcher. That was real prize
fight. and without gloves. padded ring,
etc, such as they have nowadays: since
then I have attended many conlests IN
this and other cities, but under the new
rules and with big gloves. l nave seen
that the present-day boxing is like Pill
low fight between children compared with
that prize fight / saw near st. Louis.
ITO my way of thinking the present,
day bouts are real boxing contests ana
nothing more, and you cannot make any
thing else of them. The big gloves are
used, the ring is well padded. the ROUNDS
are limited to two or three minutes. Win
a minute rest between each round. ana
the referee stops the bout the moment
one man shows his superiority over the
other, making 1T a clean sparr1ng con-
test. / did object to my son playing
foot ball when he went to school. but
I never objected to him boxing. There
are less accidents in boxing than In
any other form of sport. outside of ten.
mis- or ping pong, for I have followed
il closely, and know whereof / speak.
at is my honest opinion that the
churches make mistake in trying TO
oppose boxing. Let the ministers pay
more attention to their f1ocks and give
young America chance to develop. II
boxing makes the boys bit rough, then
with red blood in their veins rather
than of the cigarette species What we
need is a sane boxing law to regulate
the sport, and know of many business
men here who take the same view of
it that I do
Pal Brown, the Minnesota lightweight.
has demonstrated once more that he has
TIE class and is entitled to a match with
the top notchers of the 13S-pound bril-
aade. In his fight with Steve Ketchel, the
Chicago lightweight, before the Badger
&c, h< yoxy a