The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-28
(By James J. Corbett, Former HeaVy- weight Champion of the World.).

fRv 5ar,es II Ccr.F,eft Former Heavy
 weight Champion of the Worio.)'
 New York. MareA 28-There may be those among us who do not afWayse approve of silent Dan TOT gan methods of securing publicity Tor ms large stable of boxers, but there IS no saiusayine that those methods are certainly effective. For a boxer lo get in Dams stable, means that ne will be plentifully supplied with rnafches-if possessed xsof ordinary sbility-and through his well orga-. nized press department Daniel fre-s ouentIy manages to obtain a great deal more publicity than the merits of his men call for.
 Take for example the case of Bat sfffrg I,evinsKx. For several years this individual was boxing under the name e,f Barney WflliannsHand getting all occasional match here and there But outside of his home town or PnIiaoel-s phta, and possibly Buffalo, there were few sports who even knew he was on earth During one of Dan'ss trips out of town he saw .sWillians' perform, and the obvious ability of the young man was patent to the discerning AForzan. Mfac i'm m ediateIy far1an GedFto take him under his protecting wing.
 The first thing Morgan did was to discard the assumed name of Will Hams, and make Levinslxy travel un- der his proper monicker- Daniel, be- ing ss above intirnated, a shrewd mana ger realized that the making sublie of his boxers proper name would not injure his drawing powers here in New York where it was plan ned to have him fight a majority of. his battles, and where more than a. million of Levinsky's own race hang. 5their hats Crazy like fox, that Morgan He knew that Barney Wtl-s liams'' might do outside of the city, putSthat sLevinsky' was worth more money in New York
 Outside of that Morgan has shown a great deal of talent in making Lev insky's matches He was sllrew d enough to grasp the idea that the Baftler who was fairly fast and clever, would have no great trouble in short bouts with the average white heavyweight of today. So Morgan great bulk, and of practically no skill or experience, and thereby has built quite a, reputation for Levinsky-- which always comes to a fighter who comedies weight to his opponents and gets away with it. Seldom does the public take into consid eration the fact that weight and strength are worthless to man in the ring, if he doesn't know enough about boxing to benefit by those advantages.
 However, Isevinsky has about gone the limit with the second and third raters and in so doing has accunu- lated much desirable experience and a talent for administering and avoid ing punishment that could not be de- veloped in ten years gymnasium work. That Levinsky has profited in the school of experience there can be no doubt he is a much better boxer right now than he was six months ago when Morgan grabbed hin-i1 the critics who have followed his career closely that they may keep the k<1 1,< T@<aTfe sonally. I can't say as the only time l ever saw him in the ring was the night he boxed Jim Coffey, and while he certainly was entitled to at least a draw decision on that occasion I did not permit the fact that he was me in trying to estimate his real worth.
 But to get back to Morgan. Since managing Eevinsky he has made few mistakes in the matchmaking line once when he arranged the bout with Sob McAIlister. My representative-- who is present at all importan matches that can't attend-inform- ed me that McA1lister made Letinsk5 look ridiculous, and when it is re- called that several weeks later Mike Gibbons, weighing in the neighbor- hood of 15O pounds, put the Ca1ifor- nian out we have a much better line on Levinsky's worth, and also fai1 notion of what he might accom- plish in a bout with a Heavyweight of experience and skill.
 Then, again, permitting Levinslxy te go against the tough Bob Moha when according to reputable authority, he was in poor condition, was a regular bone" And experts about; here think he has pulled another in match ing the Batt1er with Gunboat Smith Dan pestered Jim Buckley, the Gun boats manager, so persiste entity thai Buck1ey's Irish finally got the better of him, and he consented to a matct the date set for May 8 next. Nor gan believes that Leyinsky knows more about the game, than Smith ane that he will not only hold his own bui will easily earn the popular verdict Dan must be extremely confident fol he was sincere in his. efforts to get 2 match That he was not bluf1ng if evident by the way he went after Buok1ey's goat There is notf1ins the genial Jim dfslikes more than te have anyone beHtt1e the Gunboat'. lighting abilty-and that's exactly - what Morgan did, knowing full wei that that would be the very best sys tenn to use to get Buck1ey's consent te a match. The latter, by the way thinks Gunboat the greatest hghtel that ever climbed into a ring, ant when Morgan began to question Smiths courage and prowess it wa DO much for Jim's Irish blood. $, the match was made.
 1t IS too far off just now to go int ~etails concerning the chances of tn men. Suffice it to say for the presen that from this distance it appears t be match between a fairly Scleve hoxer-onIy fairly clever, mind you TssE rc great punishing powers, and
 man scarcely less scientific and wit the kick of 9 mule in either hand
 We will have more to say about tfi match later on.
 Speak king Of heavy weights, tn match arranged for next Hume be tween Jack Johnson and Frank Mo =.-r.