El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-02

TEW YORK, Aug. 2-The best
M looking bout on the cards for
- the coming week is the Jim
Flynn 'Gunboat' Smith 1O-round bat
tie, with which matchmaker Billy Glib
son will reopen the big Madison
Square Garden arena, next Friday
night
It is surprising the amount of inter-
est this match has aroused among 10
cal sporting folk. The demand for
seats is unusually heavy considering
the time of the year and the big local
slump local boxing has experienced the
past six months.
The outcome of the bout. will mean
a great deal more to Smith than to
Flynn. If the "GunbOat' wins in an
impressive manner he viii stand out
above the other white heavies, and the
public will not regard the heavy
weight situation. so Tar as the White
men are concerned, as entirely hope
less. While on the other hand should
Flynn emerge the victor we will be
forced to look to some one of the other
hopes for assistance in the attempt
to bring back the crown that Jeffries
surrendered to Johnson, at Reno three
years ago. Flynn'S capabilities in the
fighting line are too well known to
consider him as championship material
The "GunbOat' has everything in his
favor, with the single exception of eN-
perience. And he has had enough of
LIdls II SGtLlS 10 me- 10 answer ali re-
qu1rementS- Smith is a much younger
man than his opponent, has a punch
that has brought him to his present
position IN pugil1sm. without the as
sistance of anything that suggests box
ing skill, and for the first time since
he came before the public prominently
will not be giving a ton of weight
away. Flynn and Smith viii scale, 1
should think, at about the same pound
age And the "GunbOats'' weight will
be made up of good bone and muscle,
while Flynn will be carrying consider
able flesh, that viii be more of a han
dicap than help On the dope I look
for the "GuR boat to get the decision,
and will not be surprised if he puts
the veteran away before the 10 rounds
are up.
If Tommy Burns does not exercise a
bit more discretion in the direction of
Arthur Pelky's affairs he will get that
young man in as bad" with the pub
lie as ne himself was few years back,
when parading as champion of the
world and avoiding the best men in
that division. Tommy was champion,
only by the grace of Jim Jeffriess re-
tirement from the ring, and his claim
to the title was a weak one indeed,
based as it was on decision on points
over Marvin Hart, a heavyweight of
the second class and who would have
been considered lucky to stay two
rounds with Jeffries had that great
fighter elected to remain in the game.
Burns has signed a contract calling
for Pelky's appearance over a western
vaudeville circuit for 10 weeks. It's all
right for a fighter to get the money
as easily as he can but in this case
it looks as though Tommy was at
to gather the 'kaIe" under
false pretenses. Trying to make cap
itaI out of such a tragic accident as
that which resulted in the death of
Luther McCarty will not make a hit
with the sporting public, and I think
Tommy and Arthur will soon discover
as much The pUblic's interest in
Pelky lies in his ring accomplishments
alone, and from what he has shown US
here in the east they are nothing much
to brag about.
If Burns intended doing the right |
thing by Pelky he would arrange a
few matches and show the sports !
what his man can do. 7 understand /
Tom Jones tried hard to persuade |
Tommy to match Pelky with Jess Will |
ard, and that Burns fatty refused to ]
consider Jess at all Willard and 4
2elky boxed 10 rounds at Madison |
Square Garden, last summer and while |
both men stacked up as third raters J