El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-14

take a chance on having blow land
I in the mid section without fear Of
being put away for the count.
BY all means bring McCarty and
Wells together for grand interna-
I tiOnal battle and let Uncle Tom Nc
! Carey handle II at Los Angeles. 1t
was Uncle Tom who made a champion
out of McCarty and he deserves the
( honor of handling the worlds title
match.
Mike Bradley, the weli-knOwn sport
ing man. of Lawrence, Mass. at one
time backed Patsy Sheppard, who died
recently in Boston, for large sums
when he was fighting p or more years
ago In letter the other day Mr.
BTsdIev said he never handled a more
game man than this same Sheppard
and he considered him one of the
a great admirer of the late George
Dixon and held the match for him
many times, also when he fought the
clever EnElIshman, Billy thinner. 1t
was Bradley who dug up Denny Dris-
coll and matched him against Johnny
Meagher. the noted walker OF those
days for $1,000 a side. Meagher had
never been beaten up to that time. but
he lost to Driscoll ana was minus $1,000.
Lawrence, but not actively.
Talk about your Cyclone Johnny
Thompsons and Battling Nelson's as
being wonderful specimens OF fighting
men, but why not include Eudie In
holz the little Boer lightweight. as
among the toughest. RUdie is past
the 33-year mark and is lighting bet
ter today than for the pas Two wears;
in fact he has had some ~ the hard
est fights of his carer tho East year,
includina some goes over the mara
thOn route He mas Travelled to all
parts of the world and has fought in
all climes, never asking whether the
men he met were champions or duEs
They all looked alike to Rude. and as
a rule he gave a pretty @ooj account
of himself. He has ceen lighting as
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told he has been in the fight game
about 10 Years, haSi1lS IN that time
over 200 battles; He suffered two
Joe Cans and again BY Johnny
Thompson.
The illinois Cyclone has il on Rudie
a little bit IE age. but thC. BoeT has it
on Batti-AS Nelson by several years.
At an age when most fighters are On
the shelf or thinking II retiring, Puzzle
is mapping out very busy season Ior
himself. He mas 4 farm near Denver
which, keeps him III me tr3lE-ng cur
away his little wife LINKS alter the
The following letter from Rude WiIl
balance of the winter Have Just spent
the holidays at my farm home, but
will now start OF my can:pa -Sn L the
rest of the seas m am to nght Nike
Rodgers at Grand Rapids, Mich. Ia1u-
airy 16, and later / have match az
Hot Springs over the 20 round route
hope it will be with Bat Nelson. as
want to meet the good old Dane once
more; ! am also negotisaIting LOT
Omaha. Neb and hope it goes
through I have another 2G-round
match somewhere in the southern part
of Illinois but I do not know who my
opponent viii be as yet They want
Jack Redmond of Milwaukee, If thev |
can get him. and that VIII suit me, Ter !
I want 10 redeem myself for the defeat !
I suffered at his hands when | was Z
not in shape two years ago. had \
letter from one of the boys at Fond j
du Lac and they want me for another 4
match there. so if the bouts which are /
in view do not simmer away I will be /
kent busy 1 am also keeping nlV /
Drotege, George Horton. busy, and he 4
will make a star lightweight before J
long Just YOU watch this boy Well. |
let's hope the Durable Dane and the J
Durable BOeT get together and see /
which is the most durable