Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-24


cnaed ropea. satin upholstered seats.
carpet on the foor. ana tho low necks
OF the ladies' and the hinh necks %
tia gentlemen. Talk about claws
friends o. mino-~thoNe parislans do
poseoas tho claws" II looked more
IKE an opera than a pflse 0sht. Win
al tho men in "swaller Italia" and al
the women In evening gowns ana
iewclry. and l0rnnettna and every
fhiEe. and ranged around In those
easy chairs. tier on tier. 20 thu top %
the huildlna--lt Was surely modern
colosseum Ana OIL the men and wo-
men (notc use Of the word women ,
IL Paris the ladies attend the Nights
~ we'll a. the gentlemen. There
seemed 60 be 81 many women present
~ men. and they we're just as Inter-
ested. and famed Win equal On,
thuslasm. their beautiful gowns and
liashlnw fngefs adding life md color
10 the scene. aad | thought Of the
hot. crowded. and smokc-iillcd box.
ing cluhN ID home. Then came the
nqht aud the referee. The referee
Was more interesting than the mRht.
Shouldn't say referee, though. 'Difec-
tcur'' he In ,cailed, ana director he ~,
for ne has no oHlciai power 10 give
decisions except when = boxer breaks
the rules The decisions are awarded
bv three Judges who have seats IN
di0erent parts az the house But
directing" a contest Ia Paris Is quite
some duty when You understand mat
absolutely straight rules are fought.
aud the slightest lnfraction ot a rule
calls fnr Intervention hy tho director,
who warns the offending boxer. a
hoxer is warned tWicc--the third limo
he is disqualified.
In this nrhs Klaus accumulated two
WARNINGS ia the first round for slap
ping Papke on the back In the
clinnhos. and durlng the rest OF the
fiaht he spent half his time and
energy In trying not 90 do u "a third
time. a. for Papke. he got enough
about the fftoenth round ana delih"r-
ately quit by gently batting Klaus
three times IN succession, thus gnin-
inr IA decentralization for himself. Nice
ana nifty way ~ losing n hght WITH
ont losing your reputation. And "a"
audlence-they applnuded Papkg Tor
hls game" showing. and sympaihlzea
with him for his disqualification. fnnf
Buli lie divided a $4,000 purse WIN
klaus
Klaus Is now a hero over here, and
Il regarded ns the champion 81 tue
world. They have never heard of NC
clearly or Mike gibbons Georges
Carpenter Is still the national IDOL,
lie is the only 1gbier IN the world
Who can remain a great fighter and
lose all his fights.
Iedeoux II, without doubt, the best
fighter the French have al any weight
Thcv have new middle we!sht !,
Adrian Hogan, by name, who Is apoul
as good rs our own pride, "one-Afm
Hogan. They have any number OF
ooys whom they will rave about, And
tell Won that they are Corners but
we can hear an the "ravinss' we WISH
In America. 49,.
one thing Is ccrtain--unless the
French learn little ganenets along
With their boxing. they viii never pro-
duee any champions. It's very seldom
that "a tighter Is knocked out mere
then an ault when things look DARK.
Carpenter has quit the last Two times
out and even the aggressive NIUE
I.cdeoux has 2-round stop to ms
credit
A. looked around the Cirque de
Paris again and noted the weh-reRn
lated routine. tho perfect order that ~
kent. the absence Of smoke ana con b
fusion and bolsterousness, the ihnt
WAS emphasized that the French can
certainly SHOW us how to produce
fights. hut we can show them now
Ia 0uht 'em Oh .