Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-20

wisely concluded TO take rest. ne was
sent through the ropes by one OF Carr
| right-hand swings and 1t was all night
with Fred 1t Is a cinch that Morris Will
| now get into the select circle again ana
demand a chance with Arthur Pelkey
and Gunboat Smith. Mike Schreck Is also
comeback, so there may be chance to
get Carl and Mike together for ten
| round session down south. 1t Is two
years since Carl gave Mike the hlgh pail
III Oklahoma in six rounds. and II Machaei
is in shape he would be tickled to hand
the compliment back to Morris. However.
Carl is big enough and strong enough to
be real champion and he may surprise
all of us some of these days by showing
real class in the ring.
4 remarkable fighter is Jerry Jerome.
an aboriginal of Queensland, in Aus
tralia Despite the fact that Jerry is
forty-four years of age and has under
gone many hardships. he is still able
to put up great battle and stand the
pace over the marathon route Last
month the aboriginal fought heavy
weight named Bill Sonter. who has had
some pretty good scraps with various
Australian and American fighters. and
at the end of fifteen rounds Sonter was
taking the ten count. 1t was terrific
battle all the way, Sonter setting a fast
pace, expecting that the aboriginal
could not keep 1t up, but he did, and
when Bill was tired himself the native
came back and handed out a couple OF
straight punches to the head that put
Bill down and out. Jimmy Clabby de-
feated Jerome in 1910 when he was in
Australia. stopping him in short order.
but the aboriginal came back afterward
and began fighting better than ever in
his career. Besides being a good boxer,
Jerome is an all-round athlete and can
run 100 yards around the ten-second
marx He is also great jumper and
wonderful rider and boomerang throWer.
Il Is only recently that Jerry fought
pave Smith for the championship of
Australia and lost
with defeat at the hands of Gunboat
smith In New York this week, Jim Flynn.
VIII probably retire from the roped arena
IOr all time, as he must realize now that
ne is not to be classed with the white
hopes OF promise for the future. The
Pueblo fireman has been in a similar DO
sition to that occupied by Joe Choynski
When the latter was considered among
the best heavyweights in the country.
Joe was just a little shy of champion
snip class because of his lack of weight,
jim mas been between the middleweights
ana heavies. meeting men much heavier
than himself in most of his battles but
always putting up stubborn contest
lie scaled around 100 to 100, and met
such men as Al kaufman, Jim Barry,
Jack Twin Sullivan, Tommy Burns,
George Gardner. Sam Langford. Tony
Ross and not forgetting Jack Johnson
II was only the past year or two that he
took on weight and scaled around 100
when he met the colored man. but the
extra weight did him no good, for it
made him more bulky than he should
nave been for contest of that kind, Jim
was game to the core in all his battles,
ana ne always gave the spectators a run
TOT tneif money. no matter whom he
might be lighting He has had over
t"eiVe years OF strenuous ring life and
can now afford to step aside and let
some OF the younger heavies try for the
championship.
1t is possible that boxing tournament
between the professional boxers of the
east ana those of the middle west; or be-
tween New York state and Wisconsin,
VIII De arranged next winter. Some of
the boxing fans hereabouts have suggest
eu such a tourney now that the sport ia
legal1Zed in both New York and Wiscon-
SIN Inc western section, or rather the
middle west could put forth some pretty
good men in tourney of any kind nav.
ing Eddie McGoorty, Jimmy Clabby and
Jack Dillon for middleweights; Packey
Mcfarland, Charlie White and Pal
broWn for lightWeights, with Ray Tenn
pie to draw on if necessary: Matte Nc
Cue in the featherweight class: RAY
Bronson and Billy Walters in the weIter
weight class and Young Mahoney and
johnny Coulon for the bantams There
would be no heavyweights to put forth In
the middle west 1t would be a pretty
strong team and one that the east would
have to hustle to beat, even with Kid
Williams, Leach Cross, frankie Burns
Gunboat Smith. Leo Houck, Sam Robi-
aeau' Young Shugrue and others. Such a
tourney would have to be run off in
three nights, using one star bout each
night, with the runners up to use as
semi-finals or double windups It would
make hit with the fans and no doubt
prove success.
Our old friend Jim Barry, the heavy
weight aspirant, who has fought sam
LanSIoru thirteen or fifteen times
bumped into a bunch of trouble over In
Australia not long ago. A letter from
a Sydney friend tells Of Jim's worries
as follows: Barry. who came here some
time ago on his own hook and because
he likes Australia, SO he says. tried
70 annlhiIate young fellow at the
crystal Palace the other night. Jim
walked up to the young man and asked
for a cigarette, but was told he had
none. Then Jim took the one the young
fellow was smoking and proceeded to
soak. him in the mouth. knocking out
before the magistrate. and the judge pro-
cceded to give Jim a calling down, tell
ing him he had laid down in the ring.
Then he fined Jim $50 and costs. or four
IIioHtHS III JAIL 1 nave not seen Jim
the past two weeks"
In the same letter the writer tells Of
two Americans having bouts in Australia.
Harry Thomas of New York defeated
Frank Thorn in twenty rounds; while
Harry Mansfield, who fought around
Philadelphia and Milwaukee lost to Jerry
Jerome. the Aboriginal in eleven rounds.
being put out.
Johnny Dundee. the New York fighter
with the Scotch name and Scotch man.
ager, made his entry into the lightweight
ranks at Los Angeles this week in a
very suspicious manner, putting his OPP
ponent, Jack White to sleep in nine
rounds Dundee fought Johnny Kilbane
not a great while ago for the feather
weight title, losing a twenty-round de-
cision after putting up splendid con-
TEST He found that he could not make
the featherweight limit and retain his
strength, SO he decided to advance a
notch and enter the lightweight divi-
sion. Jack White has been q very
clever featherweight in the past. but he,
too became too heavy for the class and
decided to enter the next division. Dun
dee never gave the Chicago fighter a
look-in. rushing the fight from the start,
and having all the best of it, Johnny
scored several knockdowns and in the
ninth he put over straight right to the
law that made Jack dream of other
things besides boxing. With this start
Dundee will no doubt seek match with
lose Rivers or some of the bright lights
in the 133-pound class. White stated
before the contest that II he lost he
would quit the ring forever, but IT Is
good bet that Jack will be back in the
arena within another four months.