The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-15
BY James J. Corbett
Former Heavyweight Champion OF
the World.


New York, Nov. 15Now it's the
delayed punch We had Kid NC
Coys famous cork screw, Bat Nelson
''whiskers,' and someone elses scls-
sorsT punches, and several others NOT
copyrighted, and now George GIMP
comes to the front with his contrl-
button to ring nomenclature.
At least that's what the fellows who
write for the sporting pages woulo
have us believe. Anything for new
story
Chip knocked Frank Klaus out with
the delayed punch, SO we are tofo-
Well. well. The, only thing tardy
about the punch it seems to me IS the
story itself am surprised 1t wasn't
palled long before when we consider
the number of talented young men en-
gagged in grinding out prize ring hr-
erature Delayed punches, if one pre-
isers to call them by that name nave
been utilized in boxing matches since
Hector was a pup, and that is quite a
long spell ago.
what is the delayed punch? An
authority says 1t is "blun to lead,
hating the blow, and then going
Through with the Slam" According
to this, it's simply a feint followed by
a lead for the part of the body felnt-
IA at Say for example, boxer felnts
with his left for the head His op-
iDoneut, and especially SO if he is not
loverburdened with brains and tribe
heavy in the 'dogs," puts up his guard
Then realizing it is only a feint, he
lowers the guard The party OF the
is5rts part has pulled his arm back but
seeing the guard lowered let's the drive
then go through on the level There
we have the delayed" pnuch-
wonderful stuff, isn't it, the mod
iern ring gladiators are pulling on
lus.
Jack Jcs@son loses his title,'' ran
4 headline in a local paper recently.
Unfortunately it was not in the ring
where this happened. The "Interna-
tional Boxing Union" -that looks good
IN print-pried the black away from
his title by simply voting to bar the
champion from boxing in the United
states. Trances Eng1and and Switzs
er1and.
had not known before that switz-
erland and the Swiss were strong for
the boxing game. If I remember cor
rectIy, though, Bat Nelson once said
something Nabout AID Wolgast being
cheese champion
while johnson has been deprived Of
his title by regular parliamentary BRO
cedure, the sports in this country will
hardly take the verdict of the ST. B.
u seriously. Still at the same time
the future must look rather gloomy
to Mr. Johnson Barred in this coun-
try by a Jail sentence, and popular
sentiment as well, not wanted in Eng
land or Australia, and finally given
the gate in France, the champion is
getting his in punches.
Judging by the many imitation
lighters who have posed as American
Champions in France in the past, and
what's more got away with it,
thought the sports over there would
stand for most anything in the line
of pugilism. But it looks as If there
is a limit and in this particular in
stance it stops at the bounds of COM
mon decency.
Nearly everywhere boxing is permit
ted under the laws the bars have put
UP for johnson. 1t may be he will
have to come back here after ALL And
If he serves out his sentence it might
happen, If he takes his medicine like
a man, that he may in the course of
events be allowed to defend his title
right here in the U. S. A.
Speaking of fighters who like to
show their wares before foreigners, ad-
vices reaching me lately are not, of
the sort which would encourage the
sail away. A letter from an Amerf-
cannot a boxer but one who fol-
lows the sport closely-teIls me that
our boys are not getting any money
worth while In Paris. Even Jeff Smith
who recently boxed George Carpen-
tier, the French idol, drew down very
little coin although the house was a
big one. The French have always
been celebrated for their thrift and
tfghtfistedness and Carpenter hogs
the big ends of every match he en-
cages in, so my correspondent informs
me
Danny McKettrick has a big stable
on the other side at the present time
with some real talent in it, too. Joe
Jeanette is among the bunch, so is
Frank Moran, and this pair looks good
enough to clean up everything in the
heavy weight line they have in Eur
Que. But McKettrick has not yet
succeeded in finding work for his big
fellows. Leaving here Dan said Nor
an had been matched with johnson
and that Jeanette was to box San
Langford at an early date. The sta
BILE has been over there about a month
and the only member to get a mater
Is Young Ahearn, and he is not very
much as some hitherto unknown
French weller weight put him out In
Is rounds
McRettrick is thought to have fail
bank account made out of the fighters
he took abroad when the game was
soft, and If he is willing to dig into i
and keep the stable in "eats'' unit
something turns up it may be he will
get his investment back,
Still in the face of the bad reports
from abroad George Chip says he i,
going to France. However, CT1iI
stands a better chance than the aver
age visiting boxer of getting tbs
money. He beat Frank Klaus ans
Frank was one of the Americans who
stood well with the Parisians. Wher
Klaus beat Papke and trimmed Car.
pentier he established his class and
the man who beat him in turn is sure
Of a warm welcome.
Eddie McGoorty is another boxer
Of class and reputation who announces
a foreign campaign Only Eddie viii
hike In q different direction from CHR