Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05

an awful tale Of woe to hand out about
the way he was treated In Australia, and
advising all American boxers to keep
away from the land Of the kangaroo. l
have before me an article from the Sgd
ney Referee, In which the sporting editor.
w. +. Corbett, refers to letter he
had just received from Col. Barry In
his letter Jimmy said: MY dear Cor
still in the game and living in hopes OF
seeing you soon again. 1 am working
hard for my bout with Gunboat Smith,
whom I knocked out before In nine
| back there. I said there was no place
like Australia for me. 1 never will forget
the way the people treated me In dear
old Sydney and Melbourne. and al
ways have to talk nice of Australia. Any
way, don't care If 1 never box again.
l am going to Australia just to see the
people who were right to me. You are
one who gave me square deal. l am
going to see the people in Sydney and
Melbourne. Not only do l think they are
have been there say so.
1.-THE boxing game is booming In the
states. but 1t Is getting more of a trust
every day. Well. I have had eight fights
knockouts. I am as ever your friend.
Jim Barry" The above hardly gfbes
with what Jimmy gave out on his re-
turn, but probably he has changed his
mind since thinking matters over. Barry
had the making OF great heavyweight
when John L. Sullivan and frank Hall
first took hold of him. and the great and
only John L. really thought he would be-
come a champion. Jim liked the stage
life while with the former champion and
enjoyed himself, but he also neglected
himself so far as proper training went.
Later he was taken Ill and never seemed
to recover his real fighting FORM and
when Teddy Murphy had him down south
= Al~~-
match because Of his condition. Jim had
malaria very bad and seemed unable to
get 1t out Of his system, and that, no
doubt, had much to do with his showing
at times. for it was a we'll known fact
that Barry would look like a champion
Too bad Jimmy did not retain his fight
ing form, for he would be in for some
good money now with all the big white
hopes In the country being catered to by
the promoters and fans alike.
Jack (Twin) Sullivan, one of the clever
est of the middleweights for the past
dozen years the ring has mad. is through
Jack has been meeting all Corners about
| the country. but when he tried to go the
route with One Round Davis at Buffalo,
n. Y, the other night he found
that the stamina was no longer with him
and that the younger man was his
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tie successfully against the young heavy
weight. but try as he would he found that
he was mot there" After being roughed
and worsted for three rounds his seconds
| threw the towel into the ring to save
him the humiliation of a knockout, and
it was all over with Jack, as far as more
ring glory is concerned. With the pass
| his brother Mike. also one OF the clever
ring generals of the past dozen years.
will also quit the game: in fact, Mike
has been thinking seriously of retiring
| for the past year. although he has init
mated a desire to meet Mike Gibbons for
| the 1JO-pound honors. With Jack, how
ever, it is all off now. unless he should
| give occasional exhibitions.
Jack was very much like Joe Choynski-
| in class too heavy for the middle
weights and too light for the heavy
| weights. He could make 15S pounds a,
| one time, but OF late years he preferred
the 162-pound mark. But he was always
meeting men In the heavyweight division
| as his battles with Tommy Burns, Jim
Flynn, Bill Squires. Tony Ross. jim
Stewart, Porky Flynn and Joe Jeanette
will attest. He started fighting in 1895
time, many of them over the twenty
round route. He met all the good men OF
that period and his cleverness always
carried him along in good shape. He
| suffered four knockouts in his long ca.
reer. two by inferior boxers and one each
| by Philadelphia Jack OBrien and the
other by the late Stanley Ketchell.
The defeat of Jack crwin) Sullivan by
George Zone Round) Davis in Buffalo has
given tho young Buffalo heavyweight