El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-19


McCarty has passed away and
Jack Johnson has been barred in more
ways than One2
Dan McKetrick, manager of Joe
Jeanette, undertakes to answer the
question and Of course places his man
-Jeanette-at the head of the list
There is no doubt about the leSlJ-
mate claim Of MckeCriCk for his man.
but sam LangfOrd, too, had leSlJl-
mate claim, but of the two there are
many who agree that Jeanette stands
ahead Of samuel Then there IS Gun
boat Smith, who, after his defeat OF
BOmbardier Wells the BRUSH cnaIu-
plOn, was close on the track OF the
late Luther McCarty. and would have
been matched with him, had Luther
lived, for the title-that is the white
title. Jess Willard viii have TO wipe
out his defeat by Smith before he can
get into the running again
There is no doubt at all about
Jeanette's claim TO recognition among
the tOp-nOrCh heayyWe lgnLS- he was
offered q match with Johnson IN Paris
(the latter to receive $4,000 for MS
cndl but he declined and again when
Johnson was offered a match In AUS
tralia with jeanette he preferred 10
have Others In New York city Joe
jeanette is always sure Of hearty
welcome from the fans when he steps
into the ring, whether for contest
or simply to be introduced, which goes
heart in the right place The chances
are that Joe viii be given show
among the heavyWel hts for a Try al
the crown and If actions count Tor
anything. he is certainly deserving OF
recognition
1t looks as though they have un-
earthed a real live successor TO Jem
Driscou in the featherwe lsht Ta3 ms
in England For years DrlScou mas
been in q class by himself. but Jem IS
getting on in age and he determined
some time ago TO retire leaving the
title without an owner
The bunch of contenders for DTS
coils crown were numerous and they
were not @ likely looking bunch,
either, but IL appears now that the
National Sporting club of London, has
helped to solve the question and
bring forth worthy successor to the
popular Jem-
The name Of the newcomer is Alec
Lambert. a former amateur Lambert
scored a meritoriOus win over YOUNG
Cohen. VINO was looked upon as a dan
gerOUs proposition and has now only
to beat Kid Lewis to be in position
to claim the title Driscou has prac-
tCally decided to give up Lambert
is but a boy at present and IS only IN
his third season of boxing He created
a great sensation in 1903 by winning
the amateur featnerwelght title when
only II years of age He beat four
opponents in one day In fine style and
after one more season in the amateur
ranks he threw in his lot with the
professionals. A mistake was made
a. the outset by matching him with
such tOpnOtchers at Joe BOwker,
Charles Legrand and Peddlar Palmer.
but after these defeats he was
SchOOled along carefully and has not
lost a battle during the last IS months
He is not yet good enough TO tackle
DriscOu. but should easily account for
Kid Lewis and Joe Starmen-the only
two leading featherWeightS he has not
met in all England
A peculiar point that Lambert makes
now about his losing fights is that
he had been accustomed in his ANA
teur bouts to let up when ne had
man going" and give him a chance
to come back. He followed the same
custom when he started as a profess
sional. with disastrous results 20 him
self. for when ne had a man going
and let up his work for a moment he
found the other fellow coming back
and giving him what he should have
handed his opponent 1t took a few
contests to break him of the habit. but
he thinks now that he can take care