Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-28

| Funny. with more boxing than has ever
| been seen before in the United States,
! Australia, France and England, there are
/ very few champions, whose right TO the
/ titles they claim is beyond criticism.
Coulou claims the bantamweight cham
| plpnship, by virtue OF having voluntarily
annexed u years ago; LedouX, Of France.
claims IL because he knocked out Digger
Stanley, who had beaten Jem Bowker.
who knocked out Frankie Neil Klaus.
| McGoorty and Moha are claiming the
middleweight title.
Willie Richie says he is lightweight
champion Of the world, but now Freddie
Welsh is disputing his claim. Freddie
saws Richie is only champion Of America.
and must defeat him for the worlds til
tie. The welterweight division is all mud
died up, as Is the heavyweight class
This leaves Johnny kilbane the only IN
disputed titleholder.
Rumor says "Roodie" Unholz and
Battling Nelson may fight in Kenosha
No doubt We may expect graceful affair
lot OF footwork
The Dane and the German are in love
with each other, having been ever since
Bat claimed he murdered Gnholz and Ru-
dy asserted he made Bat quit. out in Los
Angeles in 1905.
Jim Jeffries. IS years old Weighing
2s5 pounds would like TO meet any one
az his weight. Address Los Angeles, Cal.
fries has started training are not taken
seriously by the sporting fans
Eddie Nearing and Morris Bloom. two
sterling welterweights, fought ten rounds
70 draw near Chicago the other night.
The bout was held i'm private.
Joe Rivers reigns but slight favorite
al 10 60 over Leach Cross, for their
scheduled ten-round bout at New York
April s. Thousands OF dollars are being
wagered on the above odds.
Two matches are scheduled for decisions
tonight Freddie Daniels and Bobby
Waugh are billed TO meet i'm a fifteen
round affair at St Joseph, Mo- while
Tommy Mcfarland and Red Watson are
70 clash IN tWenty-round set-to at san
Francisco.
Terrell Ross is on the warpsth. Ross
says he is after the scalp of Kid Brown.
the local bantamweight, and is willing to
meet the latter in a .TTinner-take-all
over any distance. and viii sign up for
the match at once" chirps Ross.
It's getting to be the rage First.
Mrs; oscar Matthew Battling Nelson
sued her hubby for divorce. Now Mrs
Robert Fitzsimmons is i'm Reno asking the
courts to count her husband out OF the
ma trimonial market. At that il must be
great to be the wife of some box fighters
Unless Willie Ritchie changes his tac-
tics soon, he may become one Of the most
champions The public wants
and insists upon fighters on the Bat Mel
son, Ad Wogast, Joe Cans, Young Cor
hett and Terry McGovern type-b boys who
will fight every week il suitable opponents
are TO be found.
Pittsburg is said to have offered ~ .00a
TO Luther McCarty to box Jim Martin in
the smoky city. 1t is certainly surpris-
ing the good money some people pay to
see bouts these days
Among the star pugilists of the past dec
AIDE, who won fame and fortune by dint
OF incessant smuggling, Jim Jeffries and
rom Sharkey probably are the best fixed
financially OF the entire aggregation
Kid Mccoy made and gambled a for
tune after his best days as a fighter were
over. Bob Fit2simmons is in about the
same boat