Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-25
By Left Hook

- oteH now ing ABOUT poor I'i-
erees. Their yeIps have done
little good. however. as no real top
notch official has been uuearthed.
out in Los Angeles they have a
referee that yours truly would like
TO see here in our city. His name
is Charley Evton. and in the recent
Knockout Brown-Bud Anderson
bout he displayed the fact that he
has both courage and judgment a
necessary and rare combination in
referee.
Anderson had knocked Brown
down two or three times in the
early stages Of this mill. In the
last round. however, Bud was all
but knocked cold When the final
bell rang he was hanging on the
ropes completely, though not Off
ciaUy. out Eyton declared it a
draw.
II takes a good deal Of nerve to
pick up the hand OF an unconscious
man and declare that he has made
as good as the other man. unless it
happens the referee is betting on
the unconscious man. Even then
II takes some gall
Many man has won a fight and
been utterly limp at the finish only
to see the referee decide on a draw
because the crowd was yelling for
the stronger fighter.
,.F
Stanley Ketchel fought at one Of
the numerous New York clubs
few wears ago. For nine rounds
OBuen gave the assassin" the
beating OF his Young career In
two rounds he had him wabbling
In the ninth Ketchel knocked him
down. He got up and went down
again. and when the gong ended
the tight he was lying unconscious
with his head In a sawdust box.
But he had not been counted out
II ever a man won a fight Q Brien
did that one. but every expert In
New York declared Ketchel the
winner Nobody had the courage
10 give O'Brien his due because he
had been unlucky enough to stop a
Wild punch with his chin six sec
onds before the end Of the fight.
The O'Brien Ketchcl fight was
theoretically a boxing contest As
such O'Brien won It by about nine
and hye-eixth rounds, to lucky
punch The experts decided it on
the ground that it was a prize fight.
and / should say they we're right
WHAT do YOU think about Abe
W Attcll as the Grand Old
Man" of the ring?
Year after year he goes along
getting licked and retiring and
coming back 10 bust some promls-
ing young man on the beczer and
make a bid for place as first
division fighter again. Attell has
been "aI in" more than any other
fighter that ever slipped on a glove,
but he is the hardest man to make
stay in that pugilism has ever seen.
II Is about ten years ago that ex-
perts shook their heads over the
passing Of wonderful boxer" At
tell was engaging in some alleged
fights around St Louis at that time,
and he couldn't fight enough to be
runner-up in kindergarten tour
nament. Brooklyn Tommy SulH-
van pat him away with a punch in
the stomach in four rounds, and an
awful mutt named Jack Mcclellan.
of Pittsburg, beat him to death in
fifteen rounds The charitable thing
TO do. apparently was to get up "A
benefit for him and make ready to
pick him up by the silver handles.
He had lost his speed and he
couldn't take punch Men who
had seen him in his eighteen-round
night with Benny Yanger-one of
the best eighteen rounds ever
pulled off since punching a man
in the mug was discovered to be
scientific sport-shook their heads
regretfully and said ii was shame
10 see a good little man go back so
fast
Since that time Atten has beat
en- every man within eight or ten
pounds of his weight Since then
he became the undisputed king of
the real foatherweights and held
the honor for wears Also. he beat
in limited round contests nearly all
or the lishtveights who amounted
70 anything
This lasted until he was 50
thoughJess as 10 get mixed up with
Jem DriscoIl I'm ten round fight
The wonderful, English boxer made
q show of him Then he met a
year or two later Mat Wells. a
lightweight as clever and faster
than himself This was again CON
sidered to be the finish of Attell.
and 70 make the finish more pro-
nounced a St Louis boy. Ollie
Kirk. beat him up.
Attell's answer to all this was to
knock Kirk out in three rounds the
other night. and all OF the dope
goes overheard. He may be all in
again, but personally I will stay off
him. He has this coming back
habit too strongly developed 1t
isn't safe to copper bets on him.
PLAYERS ARRIVE.
COLI MBJS. GA, March % Joe JacL