The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-02
CORBETT'S BOXING REVIEW Picks Cunboat Smith To Get Decision
 Over Jim Flynn
BY JAMES J. coRBETr

BY JAMES J. COFeBETF
 r. tzesvvveight Champion of the
 World.
 CWra&ten for the Evening FaEneT
 The hest looking bout on the caros eo~ tba corning week is the JhH EIvnn-sSesun boat Smith ten round pa, pa He with which Matchmaker Billy @SIlp- @ Eon will reopen the big Mao1soh 9q0os Garden arena next Friday ~n1sne.
 Its Surprising the amount or m ..--ss,f tt,is match has aroused among local sporting folk in the face ol tno J,llravvsru manner it has been nan dIe1 by the newspapers or late WASn g neavyweigf4t match Is arrangeo tno 61h- critics either leave 1t sseVereiy -io-a or else i'll their columns with I.1antattons about the lack or class among the big men of the rlng' an9 let it 20 lat that Still Tn splIe - +F,e neglect of the newspapers aill frforrued that the demand TOE sesLts 7t for nexr Fridays affair is unusually F,eaxv considering the time of the year am ft,e1 big slump local boxing mas eA- 7 perienced the past six montns:
 took occasion to comment on tne watch ir, this column recently so there s~,.r, ,,eed to impose on my readers l,,vs going into further detallsefl 2 l1lls VII /, +ivas ss1ffice at say out ] corne of the bout will mean a slee1e 1e. :; deal more to Smith than to Frlynn- ll-lI = { 4s(xzrT111rlat7 wins III <111 -,e,ner he will stand out above tne 2 a+t,a--1 xvs7ftet heayies, and the puoiic iii mi rvegard the heavyweight sAe- { ,,s+ion SO far as the white men are ! concerned, as entirely hopeless. V, " ll ll.e =, +be other hand should Flyhn o--- +ba victor we will be forced 1 = Ioolr to some one of the other 2 ssS,~r,ass, for assistance in the atteInpe | 4o bring back the crown that JeIIrleS ~ , surrendered to Johnson at Keno LIT i1e years ago. Flynn's capaplhtles 1 - '.e = eg114ine line are too well knoWn ~ 8 .e--sI,5er him as championship mater -zsa .+c.s1nboat'' has everything in bie favor with the single e1cepflonn n ! of exnerience And he has had enooen 0 1 e1e+ if zaerns to me. to answer all s.,11s~en,errts. smith is a, much young I CT man than his opponent, has I-t puLo1 SEa+ bas bz,ough him to his present T,osi4ion in pugiIism without tpe 1 @tetance of anything that suggests poA- ? sr~ e1xiu and for the first time since ] z.s 1a1oes before the public prominent ] 1-~ -vilI not be giving a ton or Weisnl ewsx FFvnn and Smith. will scale sno1I1d eaairk, at about the seniS ,1 -,,-5a~1- And the ~Gunboats po4l1e n.ns.t ,-,l1 he made up of good. bone { -,,1-, muscle while Flynn Will pc cal- -;-,.- considerable flesh that will pc more of a handicap than a help- Ci inc dope I look for> the "Gunooar to aet the decision, and will not pc sur ] Trfsed if he puts the veteran away Ds- fore the ten rounds are up
 Tf Tommy Burns does not exercise a ,it more discretion in the d1rectlonn Il of Arthur Felky's affairs he VIII gel 1 tbat young man in as bad with the the ,,,,T,1i. aa he himself was a few years back when parading as champion or inc world and avoiding the best men in that division It will pc ~ recaileu ,9e. that Tommy was champion only py grace of Jim Jeffries retirement from the ring. and his claim to the title vas a weak one indeed, based as II was on decision on points over over .AFarvin Hart a heavyweight or the second class and who would have peer considered lucky to stay two rouIlos m r.-t+17 ATeffries had that great lighter elected to remain in the game
 Burns has signed contract calling for PeIky's appearance over a WesteIn i vaudeville circuit for ten weeks. - all right for a fighter to get the money easily as he can, but in this case Il 1oo1xs as if Tommy was attemplihe &o 1afher the 'Eka1e'' under raise pre- +erses Trying to make capltala out ol s1,cb a tragic accident as that whlcf
 ,,1+ad iu the death of Luther Mo r~artv will not make a hit with the s-So,+irz public. and I think TonmS and Arthur will soon discover as !nueil 5Tba Drblic's interest in PelKy lies II ring aCCCmpl1S1AAACAiIS from what he has shown us heLe A. A. the East they are nothing hnuon '' brag about iz+
 Tf Burns intended doing the r1en tt1f1e by, Pelky he would arrange fe1v matches and show the sporls VI" 1 his man can do-4s= l unoerst un tAtu ~t1. s1.- Jones tried hard to persu1ug Las.I5 a,-, +o match Pelky with Jess w iiifl 1aI-stda Il1 a that Burns hatly refused to oo1.-..~- ,.a-e, Jess at all Willard ana FeAAS ,oe'1so, Doao fen rounds at Madison SouSt1e =, S1e1. - - fa.+ s,.nrner and while potn me 1nSi stacked up like third raters Wna. lits, tso --edit was due to either cer IeiiIS =. - Ionxed to the tall Kansan. LhaEe tlo have been the reason TOT the 1-a e-ol 4akcr by Burns when Jones pfopo7o another match ,-,.z z,1
 Even if Pelky had estaDiisneo t1 t.l
 1e~ioritv over McCarty beyond Tn shadow of a. doubt he Woolo AoC D s-e+i5ad in posing as the best Wnt heavyweight. Luther. poor ienos s,, -t.5Ie he had defeated several Ialrl good men was quite some zno ea~, tbe top. and would have pee n..-a1Tel5 t, meet Willard and Srn1tf
 I S.a<+ them. before the public woul
 ISa--sIze him as the head of the al .rfeio1 Pefky was easy for secon
 x- ,v@,er7 in the East. Why J1r ro4Fav a local boxer who was elNe
 r-,cSd. trimming by Jim Flynn aftei uards. knocked him out In 1e rounds On his record peIore u -nee-tInx with E1cCarty the Ch1eope man looks anything but a nghter class. Allowing for a natural III