Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12
BUFFALO HAS
Ne VI ST Ar IN
JIMMY DUFF Y
BY Ed w. Smith.

by Ed w. SmlJn.
CHICAGO, ILL. June 11.-They
have a young lightweight boxing
star down near Buffalo who is
regarded as one Of the real corners
Of the country in the 13S-pound di-
vision His name is Jimmy Duffy
and he halls from Lockport, n. Y,
where they think there is nobody
quite as good Jimmy and his Prov
ess are brought before Chicagoans
with a great deal of sharpness be-
cause he recently got a foul decision
over Jack BrittOn, the North slider
who Is so highly regarded around
this mans town Britton and Duffy
had a corking good battle In the
ring at Buffalo, but In the sixth round
Jack was told to go to his corner be
cause Of what the referee termed per
sistent fouling.
TIP to that time the milling had been
- about as pretty as anybody could
wish to see and of course the Lock-
port and Buffalo friends of Duffy
were yelling madly for their favOrlte
because he appeared to be holding
Jack to about an even break de-
spite the fact that he had been upset
i'm the second round for an eight
count with a Corking rap on the chin.
Duffy got over that blow easily and
fought back so well that many fig
ured that had the battle gone the
fun ten rounds Jimmy would have
been returned the winner.
EVIDENTLY the dispatches that
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did Duffy "a rank injustice for several
of them accused Duffy Of quitting and
laying down on the job. Nothing
was further from the truth unless
an of the Buffalo papers are badly
fooled tn Duffy because not one OF
them mentions such a thing, Britton
himself says Duffy must be game
lad to get up the way he did and
fight back after getting a stunning
crack on the chin early i'm the battle.
The men have been rematChed for the
10th and then We shall see.
r ERT FINCH who is handling
- Duffy's business affairs, claims his
man is the real conner of the division
and that his even contest recently
with Packey Mcfarland stamps him
as one Of the best Of the new crop Of
lightwaights In addition 10 this feat
Jimmy held his own over ten rounds
with Freddie Welsh, the English
champion and is reported 10 have
bested such good fighting material
as Ray Temple Harry Thomas, the
English star. and Young Jack O'Brien
Further. it is small wonder that Jim
my is red hot favorite around his
own town. because he is a clean, lika-
BILE young fellow with all the ear
marks Of popularity.
ALAS for the traditions and preCe-
\ dents Of recent making in the
lightweight division, Willie Richie
WIN not make 1873 pounds at the ring
side for Jose Rivers or any Of the
rest Of them, Joe Cans, thought by
many 90 be the greatest Of all Of
them when he was right, never mind
ed doing the weight, and his imme-
diate successor 10 the crown. Bat
Ting Nelson, insisted upon all dan
geTOus opponents doing riugside
weight for him. and not an ounce
over 1873 pounds either Then Ad
Wolgast. who never was anything but
a FOUNDER at HIS best. followed
suit But Willie. who took the title
away from AID on a foul. puts himself
on record IN the Rivers negotiations
as being against the precedent, and
evidently for quite consequential rea-
sons.
THUS are changes wrought I'm the
fighting game Weight limits are
only what a champion may choose 90
make them. Richie can name 1875
pounds as the lightweight limit and
win have as much basis for his claims
as did Cans, Nelson and Wolgast
when they insisted upon 1873. Verify,
II is the champions last say IN all
things
WE surely thought Harry Pollok
w was going 10 make a lot Of fuss
OUT on the coast by Shaping Freddie
Welsh. English champion. AT them
out there But Pollok evidently
doesn't see much chance at this time
of getting on q match with Richie,
for he il content 20 let Freddie 90
along and battle a lot Of second
raters uD in the Canadian North
west Welsh is in grand form right
now and going ike the department
% al FIRE Certainly Harry