Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-14

boS his uueS. Tie mas not Deen IDLE De-
cause he was afraid OF any challenger. nor
afraid of losing his title. but because ne
was ill. The fact is Johnny has had Sc
we're stomach trouble for nearly six
and the doctor notified him to
Keep out of all boxing matches for six
months at least. This advice was fol-
lowed, and now Johnny is about ready
for the arena again, but not to stack up
for championship match right off the
reel He wants couple of short bouts
first to test his. strength and speed. Then
he will be ready for any of them for a
championship match at the bantam
weight limit of 116 pounds ringside.
Kid Williams has been hot after Coulon
for match the past four months but
the chances are that had the Kid known
that Johnny was really ill he would not
have been SO persistent in his, demand
for a bout, nor ready to say that the
Chicago lad was side-stepping him. Will
1iams proved In his match with Campi
that he has the right makeup for a try
at the title and If he meets Coulon ii is
going to be some battle.
Eddie Campi proved himself some ex
tremely clever in his match with Will
liams at Los Angeles. but his stamina
was not sufficient to carry him through;
but in his match with frankie Burns
he showed to better advantage Harry
Dell, whom Mark Shaughnessy is trying
to boost into a match with COulon or
Williams. has a defeat over Campi in
California and he Therefore claims prior
right to another match with Campi. Why
not have the three-Campi Dell and Will
liams-fght it out and let the winner
stack up against Johnny Coulon for the
championship? He will be ready for the
winner by the time they get through
Then the winner Of the big match on this
side could meet Charlie Ledoux of France
for the international title.
Did Rude Unholz, the little Boer light
weight, "get Jack Redmond's goat or
did he succeed in hypnotizing the ST Paul
1873 -pounder when they recently met at
Grand Rapids, Mich, in a six-round con-
test?
Jack says there is something wrong
somewhere. for each time he has met
Rude he has been like one in a trance
and cannot account for his strange ac-
tfons. why, when l fought Rudie in
acted almost the same as when I met him
in Grand Rapids-that is. l did not realize
what I was doing and seemed unable to
connect my thoughts or fight as 1 always
do In the Milwaukee bout 1 knew that
Rude was getting to me when he pleased.
but 1 seemed unable to prevent it until
Teddy Murphy, who was in my corner.
began to roast me plenty for not putting
up some kind of fight instead of acting
as receiver general for Rudie's punches.
catching the Boer in the midsection
which doubled him up. That was his fin
ish but, believe me, l hardly knew 1 had
won for time.
When the match was made at Grand
Rapids l thought it would be easy. but
when We met it seemed that the trance
was on again, for could not realize what
was doing. Why Rude seemed in front
of me all the time. but for some reason
seemed unable to do a thing, and they
tell me it was rotten fight. That may
be the truth. but just the same it was
no fault of mine. / wanted to fight hard
enough. but there was something holding
me back all the while. What 1T was 1
cannot say, but there was surely some
thing wrong. 1t was no blow that Rudie
delivered that daZed me, for then I would
have real reason for my poor showing.
but / was there like dummy unable to
do thing, and even when 1 was through
1t seemed as though l was still in a
daze.
Now. whether Rude succeeded in put
ting over that hypnotizing speel or
whether he got my goat I cannot say,
but will say that there. was something
wrong. l am not superstituious. but take
1t from me Jack is going to be high
toned waiter for the balance of the sum-
mer, and will keep In training at the
gymnasium, but no more fighting for
while-not until the spell is over"
Frank Ptcato. the American-Italian
lightweight. who went over to Australia
last October on his own hook. for the
express purpose of getting on a match
ship of kangarooland. was going along
splendfdly until he bumped into a hay
maker from the British welterweight
champion-Johnny Summers-last month.
Up to that time Picato had been taking
the measure of the lightweights- In Aus
tralia at rapid rate. beating both the
home boys and the Frenchmen who were
in that country. OF course, his aim was
Michigan, but Hughie was delayed in
owing to his matches with Welsh
and Wells and Frank had to go after
other game. The American-born lad had
been considered a fairly good boxer on
the coast. and he also made good show
ing down east. but the critics there Con-
sidered him a good secondclass boy.
After meeting a ACKNOWLEDGMENT
ALT MOrey. a native of West Australia.
and he won after terrific battle Of
fifteen rounds. Not long after he was
with the French star. Poesy.
and again won, beating the clever lit
tie French boy in Jig time.
The defeat of the Frenchman was the
signal for tougher game for the Yankee
boy. and he was matched with Johnny
Summers for the welterweight title
the weight being LAT pounds in that
about 140 but he had to give away
to Summers to get the
match, which was a big drawing card
In Sydney. 1t also proved one of the
hardest fights seen there this season
For nineteen rounds the two boys
fought like two tigers. first one and
then the other having the shade. The
end came In the nineteenth, when
who had slowed up under the
severe handicap, received hard right
to the body and left to the jaw. 1t
was Summers chance and he was too
experienced not to take advantage Of
It. He rushed and sent another swing
home. the American boy taking the
count just at a time when he appeared
to have weathered in splendid style
the entire distance. At that
1t was no disgrace to lose such a bat
tie. and there Is talk now of re-
match.
Give me eight weeks time and let Nc
Farland follow my instructions as to
training, and I will put him in the ring
at 133 pounds at o clock or 135 ringside.
and have him strong and fast. or forfeit
s5,OO0.' remarked Billy Nolan. manager
Of Willie Richie the champion light
weight. while discussing the weight ques-
ton with the writer recently.
II do not mean that / will use sweat |
ing methods such as that to get Nc
a ria nd in condition and down n weight o