The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-29
PAL BROWN OFFERED
 TRIP TO AUSTRALIA
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 Pal Brown, the Minnesota light weight has received very hatter1ng koffer from Snowy Baker of Ausra- hia to make a trip to that country TOT a series of five or six battles aga1nse Hhe best 135-pounders there. Pal Brown is one of the most promising young nghtweights in the country to- day, being only 21 years of age, strong sas bull and with very healthy wal nop in either hand. Pal has had over lT5 battles and has never tasted the bitterness of the sleep producer He has been reared on the farm up In the, iron range country of Minn esota and has the benefits of an outdoer life since he was, a mere kid. He has fought some of the best IghtWeights ldn the states and has whipped pracd- caIIy all he has met with one or two exceptions He has the utmost con ifdence in his abi1ityAto whip any man of his weight He has taken a lay off ali summer in order to give an lnjured ear plenty of time to thor ougflly heal and become hardened with the result that he is in better shape now than ever and he Is get Ring the benefit of sparring with Jack Dougherty, the former welter weight lAustralfa he will take Dougherty, .but should he decide to remain here 1he will hike for the coast and be pre- lpared to take on Leach Cross, Bud Anderson. Joe Rivers or any of the icracks and wind up with Willie Ritch- de.
 The claim that Gunboat Smith is the white champion of American does mot hold good. There was no dis spute about the late Luther McCarty holding the title after he had defeat Jed all the men sent against him in Hhe elimination contests and for which From McCarey of Los Angles gave him ia belt embIematic of the champion ship. When Arthur Pelkey, the Ca snadian, stopped McCarty in the first round, the latter dying as a result of the encounter, whether by accident or Hy blow the fact remains that Pe1l<y really became the white champion of America Neither Jess Willard nor .Gunboat Smith had had any right to annex the title after that Calgary af- lair as long as PeIkey signihed his will 1ingness to defend the same Tom my Burns, the former worlds cham pion, has taken Pelkey under his wing and is now touring him about the country in the vaudeville houses and also matching him for exhibitions or real contests. Gunboat Smith and aJim Flynn are to meet in New York Eearly in August for ten rounds and they are billing it as a title match. Let the winner, if these is one, chal- lenge Pelkey for a match and then he can claim that he is engaging in a real championship contest.
 False reports are. frequently given tout regarding matches for the simple reason that they happen to be mo- decision affairs and managers of fight isrs send out reports of the battles to lguit themselves. That is one reason why it would be much better if. decis- hons could be given at all times received a letter from a. newspaper Friend in Winnipeg the other day in (which he stated that the reports giv- len out about the Caponi-Hicks fight swere badly garbled. 'It was a very Ipoor fight at times" writes this friend," but toward the end, that is fbefore the foul, it became quite live t2y and would do doubt have developed sznto a good contest, but at that point iCaponi hit Hicks low and the bout tended in the seventh instead of the Twelfth. The foul was .unintentional without a doubt, but some reports sent Iout said that Caponi had been award led the verdict. The fact is no de- icisions are given here and in this lease the bout goes to Hicks on a foul There have been many other such re- ports sent out from here about fights, Aal1 of which do harm to the game in kgtead of helping it''