El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-27

LIT is the beginning Of the end, !
guess remarked Cyclone Johnny
\ Thompson, the Sycamore farmer
lad, and hero in over 200 hard fought
battles, as he went to his dressing
room after his 10-rOund argument vita
Bob Mona, the counterpart of Tom
Shafkey, except for height, before the
south Side A c, in Milwaukee.
Il have graduated from a lightweight
into light heavyweight during the
past two years" continued Johnny. fbut
must confess now that Mona is alto
Sether too fast and too young for me.
ola not suppose any man could make
me slow UP, but like all others was
mistaken I viii beat most Of them
today at my weight even with the
handicap OF age against me, but I will
take OFF my hat TO this young MilWau-
keean, who is another Tom Shar6ey for
taking punishment and handing il out
he IS altogether too fast for me now.
ana take 1t from me, he VIII beat all
me light heavyWeightS in the country
and If Jim Flynn claims the title he
VIII have an awful time holding e
against this sQuatty Moha-
L had made up my mind to go after
all the men in my class above the 10
or below the $50 pound mark, but this
setback viii probably make me change
my mind Just now I feel like retiT-
Ing, but you know boxer is like an
acNor-he- never wants to quit as the
a sort Of fascination for him. I may
decide to take on another bout OF two
before retire, but not for while. It
Is too hard work training now as I find
II difficult to get off the flesh and into
proper shape W hen a man gets near
the 40 year mark he finds il a much
different proposition to harden himself
Tor a battle. MOha handed out some
pretty stiff jOlts with his right and
left, but they never phased me a bit.
q un
straight rights ii hurt, but recovered
quickly He hits hard with short.
choppy blows and for man of his
build is fast. I hurt my hand in the
fifth round and could not use it after
that. but it would have made no diff
ference as to the result Tt viii soon
be to the farm for good little johnny
With the defeat of Bandsman Rice
the English light heavyweight by
Georges Carpenter, the French cham
plon, the latter once more becomes the
mol Of the French sporting people
When Frank Klaus. the Pittsburg mid
dleweight. and later Billy Papke, the
Illinois thunderbOlt, handed out defeat
to Carpenter the followers Of the
French youth We're disappointed and
heartbrokens for Carpenter was their
IDOL However, II was apparent to all
that the French boy had so weakened
himself making the low weight for the
Americans that his defeat counted for
naught, and when he turned round and
later on defeated his rival, Marcel Mo-
reau, his friends regained confidence.
Bandsmau Rice had Just returned from
Australia where he made a couple Of
good fights and was considered good
enough to stop the Frenchman, but
his quick knockout in two rounds has
proved a big. boost for Georges. Now
there viii be a bidding Of the rival
French clubs for {. battle betWeen-Car-
pentier and the winner Of the Papke-
Klaus match on March 5, and unless
the Illinois boy gets into better shape
than when he last fought he Is liable
10 bump into another Waterloo from
the Pittsburg man. Klaus IS a pretty
tough nut to crack for any middle
weight and he ca stand the gaff, so
that Billy viii have to be in condition
win and get another crack at Georges
Carpenter
And all this brings to mind the fact
offer OF $4,000 for a 20-rOUnd battle
between Carpenter and Bombardier
Wells the British heavyweight cham
pion. but for some unknown reason
the latter refused to match up and in
stead made the trip TO New York with
his manager. Jim MalOney. on his own
hook Had Wells consented to engage
in two battles in France, the second to
be either with Sam Laugford or Al
Palzer. or Luther McCaTty, he could
have drawn down $4,000 for his end
quite a tidy sum these hard DAYS
Carpenter has taken on weight and
IS naturally around 40 to 175 pounds,