The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-22
BY DAN MCCARTHY.

Of Jack Johnson as down and out.
Johnny Coulon, worlds bantam
champion, has agreed to defend his
title against the winner of the Kid
Williams Eddie Campi battle about to
be pulled off In San Francisco. The
date for the championship battle has
not yet been fixed but will probably
be fought in April.
A scheme is on foot to organize an
an-star cast of boxers, which will tour
the country under the MANAGEMENT
Of Jack" Curley, Tom Jones and
Billy" McCarney,- manager of Luther
McCarty. Jack Curley, a veteran in
the management Of such affairs, is the
original promoter. The proposed troupe
is to consist of Johnny Kilbane, Luth-
er McCarty, Johnny Coulon, Willie
Ritchie, Ad Wolgast and others. The
scheme is for these renowned pugs to
give exhibitions. They have been Of
fered fiattering salaries.
Mrs. Battling Nelson is proving TO
be yer yuseful wife. Before she
married the ex-champion she was car
toonist and reporter for a Denver
paper. Now she is turning her accom-
plishments to the aggrandizement Of
hubby by making cartoons of him and
writing her opinion of the other light
weight fighters. She says Bat could
clean up on the whole bunch If he
went after 'em.
Sixteen well-lSnown followers of the
glove game in San Francisco were re-
Gently asked to name the greatest
tighter of all time. irrespective of
weight. Eight named Robert Fftz-
simmons, three Joe Cans, two Jim Cor
bett; while Peter Jackson, Kid Lavigne
and Abe Attel came in for one apiece.
Nobody named Jim Jeffries.
Johnny Kilbane, the Cleveland fight
er, takes rank with Paderewski. Ca
ruso, Harry Lauder and all the other
great artists of the present time in the
matter of insurance. Johnny recently
went into the insurance business and
sold himself ring accident policy first
crack. He will get $500 a week if he
breaks an arm or is out of the ring
from any physical injury.
There will be considerable weeninp
and gnashing of teeth in Pittsburg
next fall if the Pirates fail to carry off
the National league pennant. The fans
of that town have 1t figured out that
Fred Clarke has about the best team
| in the circuit and that he should win
at walk. Clarke as it happens is
the only manager not making any
| claims. Being an old hand az the base
ball game, he realizes that MANY
| things may happen to stop him from
landing first, regardless of the strength
of his team.
! The Philadelphia Nationals have
signed up a real professor for 1913. He
/ is Hugo T. Wedell, a member of that
institutions ball team. The profess
sor Is an aspifant for the third sack
position, together with Lobert and
Dolan.
| DR.. Joseph A. Reilly, director OF the
Kansas City A c., says Luther Nc
Carty is faster pugilist than Jim
Corbett ever was. That fellow will
be champion for long time" says
Reilly. Look at his shoulders and
arms and the way he tapers. He's
just a kid, too, and will fill out, take
on more weight, grow more powerful.
He'll keep his new championship belt
Tor several years to come and per-
haps win a few more"
George Carpenter. the French cham
pion who is soon to make his appear
ance on our shores, will be kept busy
if he shows up we'll in his first fen
bouts. Over in France Georges is
touted as clever boxer and singer