Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06

and match him against some husky
youngster. or better still. match Benny
and Charlie. for they were rivals In 1900
and some fighters. too.
Let the youngsters have their time and
forget about trying to bring the veterans
back into the game.
There seems to be a feeling among the
better class OF boxers nowadays that il
Is very necessary to follow the straight
and narrow path in order to keep up with
the procession. the same as with the
base ball players of the big leagues to-
day.
Pal Brown. the Minnesota lightweight.
who is rapidly coming to the front among
the 133-pounders and who has been prom
ised match with Willie Richie. pro-
viding he keeps up his standing. is just
another such a lad as Richie when IL
comes to home conditions. etc.
Pal Is good name for the boy. for
he has been a real pal to his friends up
north and there is nothing that he en-
joys more than to mingle with the lum-
berjacks when they are driving logs or
to mix with the miners on the iron range.
He Is one who likes the. open air at all
times and IL II were not that he needs
boxing to keep his eye right for dis
lance, ETC., he would do all his work out
doors while training for contests He Ia
just in his twentieth year. does not drink
nor smoke and has helped support his
family for the past two years; in fact.
Pal has been the handspring OF the
Brown family.
Pal started lighting in 1909. when only
career has had over seventy-five battles.
| many OF them over the fifteen-round
route. He has not picked easy marks. as
his record will show, having met such
boys as Billy Allen, Maurice Sayers.
Sammy Trott. Joe Thomas. Ray Temple.
Frankie White, Tommy Gany. Dick Hy-
land. Young Sayior, Danny Goodman.
Steve Ketchell and Jack Redmond. His
defeat of Jack Redmond and Steve ket-
chel brought him to the attention OF the
promoters, as they all recognized that
both boys were good. and for Brown to
beat them meant that he must be better.
Pal realized some time ago that he need
ed more boxing experience, and he en-
gagged Jack Dougherty to train and box
| with him, which has helped him con-
siderably.
Recently Tommy Burns tried to get the
management Of Pal, as he realized. after
watching him defeat Dick Hyland. that
he must have the goods but Pal declined
to take on a new manager just now.
| being content with Mr.. Munroe, his old
friend and adviser, at home. Pal says he
has one ambition now-that is to win the
lightweight championship-and Willie
Richie has been kind enough to say that
| IL he ever does lose the title he hopes 1t
will be to a boy like Pal
Very frequently boxing fans will be
heard to remark that such and such
fighter had cold feet" and reports arc
often sent to papers throughout the coun-
try that a certain fighter refused to 60
on because Of ''cold feet" ETC..
Ia n really a case of "cold feet with
some boxers or q severe case OF nerv-
BUSINESS, which oftentimes brings on
sudden illness? The split between Eddie
McGoorty and his manager, Marty For
kins has been the means OF bringing our
reports that McGoorty was none too
game, and that he has had cold feet
at times. 1t was stated that ne hao them
when he was to have fought Frank Klaus
in Milwaukee In 1910. but II u nara 20
believe. 1t is true that the night of the
proposed contest McGoorty was taken III
with fever and had temperature or iOs
or 1O4. Afterward DIR. Frew explained
to me that McGoorty was trained pretty
fine, and that no doubt his fever was
brought on by nervous tension and strain
under which he was working. There WAS
no reason why he should be afraid or
Klaus, for he had fought Hugo Keuy,
at that time considered better than
Klaus, and other good men without nav
ing the least fear.
McGoorty also went to England with
Patsy Callahan and fought men mucn
heavier than himself and offered to put
up big forfeits Tor at least Callahan did
to fight any man in the middIeweight
class at that time. including Billy Papke
and Georges Carpenter. the French
champion. -
One OF the RTedleSI uilOuiCWS AShSo
produced about the middle west quit the
game because Of his extreme nervous
ness before a contest. That was Tea
Malone a Milwaukee boy. who fought a
number of battles and defeated some OF
the best fighters around the west during
the period of 1904-5. Malone was not only
clever, but could hit like a big heavy
weight. and he handled most OF the middle
weights he boxed with. like babes. On
two or three occasions he was matched
up and each time he had to call off the
bout because of illness. Give him one
days notice and take him out Of the
gymnasium and he would beat most any
man Of his weight he met One day L
asked DR.. O'Brien. his physician. the
cause of his illness and asked whether
it was fear at all. mot much" replied
DR.. O'Brien. THE boy is highly nervous.
especially when in training. and he thinks
TOO much of the contest in view He
keeps 1t in mind all the while and as
result cannot sleep. Soon his nerves give
way and he is a wreck until the strain
is passed. 1t is the same with any highly
nervous athlete and also with morse.
1t is not fear or cowardice-it is simply
the nerves"
And that is probably the case with most
boxers when the sports say they have
''cold feet"