Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-21
BY T. S. ANDREWS.


Spcriai Dispatch TO The Star.
MILWAUKEE. Wis, June 20.-John-
ny Tillman, the Minneapolis light
weight is most promising boy in his
class. and if he keeps on improving at
the rate he has been going since he
appeared against Len Rowlands In
Milwaukee six months ago he will de-
velop into another Frank Erne Johnny
is tall for lightweight, as tall as
Richie. and has an extraordinarily
long reach. He has lot to learn yet
in a boxing way. but he Is fast to pick
UP the finer points Of the game and
that is what makes him look so prom
Using at the present time. Til1man has
had very few boys Of class to go
against as yet. his most notable OPP
ponent being Pal Brown. the Hibbing
lightweight. whom he has met twice
in ten-round bouts. In the contest at
Hudson. Wis. Monday night the Min
neapolis lad put up a clever battle
against his more experienced opponent
and II there was q shade to be given
the shade was with Tillman, as he
jabbed at long range many times and
reached home with his long left, but
in aggressive work Brown was there,
landed some severe wallops on John
ny's body and head. Pal did, not seem
to be the Brown Of old. He seemed to
lack the steam to his punches that
has been his strong fort heretofore
and in the clinches he did not have
much on the minneapolis boy when It
came to short-arm work. Pal seemed
to improve as he went along and in
the tenth he did his best work. show
ing conclusively that the long distance
game is his strongest point That Is
where he made his reputation in Aus
tralia- The two Minnesota boys are
so evenly matched that 1t will require
a twenty-round battle to settle the
Arthur Pelkey. the French-Canadian
heavyweight. whom Tommy Burns
brought out as a white hope more than
a year ago. has been put out of the run
tunate battle with Luther Mccarthy in
the northwestern province of Canada he
was heralded as the white champion OF
the world. However. he ran against a
snag on the Pacific coast when he met
Gunhoat Smith. But he was not dis
couraged and went to Australia with
Tommy to regain his lost laurels. Last
week Pelkey met Sam McVey. the col
ored heavyweight Of California (and later
Of France). in a twenty-round battle at
Melbourne. but the finish came in the
fourth round. when Pelkey was knocked
out. McEey Is no spring chicken at the
game himself. and the fact that he beat
Pelkey so decisively and in such short
Some OF the British boxing promoters
seem TO be as backward as their Ameri-
can cousins in taking a tip from head
quarters. Some time ago it was limited
very strongly by the British minister OF
foreign affairs that he would not toler-
ate match between a colored fighter
and a white man. This expression from
the government was intended as a point
er for those promoters who had beer
TRYING to match up Jack Johnson and
Bombardier Wells: also Gunboat Smith
and Sam Langford and Langford anG
wells. But they failed to take the hint
and went right along trying to match VI
the colored star with white man. AS
result the government official last week
gave the promoters to understand Just
where they were at and intimated tina,
any attempt to hold such contest woulG
not only be nipped in the bud but thai
II might hurt the boxing game in general
In other words. the promoter was told t.
keep within the limit. otherwise he woulG
be put out of business. The reason fol
this stand by the government is the fac,
that Britain has many colonies with mil
lions of colored subjects and reports suct
as went out at the time johnson beat
Jeffries did a great deal of harm. Con
tests Of a minor nature between white
and colored boxers would not be inter
fered with. but the moment the promi
nent ones are brought into the Nmehgh
II is an entirely different question. AND
that seems to be the view taken by tn,
New York boxing commission during tn,
past year.
Johnny Griffith, the Akron, Ohio, light
weight. made a statement less than si1
months ago that he would be fighting