Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-28
BY T. s. ANDREWS.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, June 27.-There
is one rule in the Queensberry code that
few boxers ever live up to. and that is
in regard to conduct after knocking down
an opponent. The rule states plainly that
in the event of one boxer being knocked
down the other shall retire to his corner,
and il the knockdown happens to occur
in that boxers corner. then he shall re-
tire to a neutral corner. But in most
cases the boxer who has scored the
knockdown tries to stand over his OPP
ponent or directly behind the referee
who is counting. in order to gain an ad-
vantage the moment the man on the mat
rises. This thing happened in one of the
preliminary bouts at Hudson, Wis. last
week. where the Pal Brown-Johnny Till
man contest was held. The bout In
question was between two welterwefghts.
and one of them scored clean knock
down. The referee had to push the man
away so that he was better able to count
over the fallen man. In the excitement
the referee. who knew better, forgot to
send the man to his corner. The thing
happens at nearly every boxing show
where a knockdown is scored. 1t is up
to the promoters and managers OF clubs
to see that the referees are thoroughly
instructed on this point and have them
warn boxers regarding 1t. There is no
reason why a boxer should try to stand
over man who is knocked down in or
der to gain an advantage.
Charley White, the Chicago lightweight,
is going to have a rough time in Dem
yer July 10, when he meets Stanley Yoak-
UNI, who is considered another Battling
Nelson in that district. They are to meet
ncf md n
form, Charley should be able to make
the Yoakum boy see several kinds OF
stars But one never can tell what these
rough-and-ready fighters will do. Yoak-
UNI fought twenty-round draw with
Rudy Unholz at Las Vegas, N. NJ, the
night before the Johnson-Flynn cham
sionship battle Since then he has been
meeting some very good boys around
Denver, and he has been showing i'm
provement right along-so much, in fact,
that the followers of the game in Colo
RADIO are ready to back him against any
man at his weight. And they think he
will be able to lower Whites colors
when they meet.
Young Ahern, who was known around
the dancing master" has been meeting
with tremendous success in England and
France-not only among the welter-
weights, but among the mtddleweights as
well. Ahern is a native Of England and
under the rules of the London Sporting
Club he is eligible to enter for the Ions
dale belts over there. He has taken on
weight since leaving the United, States
and is now able to fight in the middle
weight division very comfortably. Dan
McKetrick, manager Of Ahern, has come
out with a rather startling challenge
which has set the British all agog. Nc
Ketrick has issued a challenge to the
effect that he will back Ahern against
any middleweight in England for 900
a side, and il the middleweights are shy
about accepting the same. he will put up
a side bet of $500 against any light
heavyweight in Great Britain. Not only
that, but he has offered to match Ahern
against Bombardier Wells at any old
weight, which shows that little Daniel
has every confidence in his former dane
ing master" 1t is evident that Ahern is
going great guns just now and IL he keeps
on he will have chance to bid for the
middleweight championship when he gets
back here, meeting such stars as Jimmy
Clabby, Eddie McGoorty, Jeff Smith and
Jack. Dillon. not forgetting Michael Glib
bons.
The boxing game was given big boost
when the committee of the International
Athletic Association voted to have box
ing included in the 1916 Olympic games
at Berlin. Efforts were made to prevent
boxing being included in the program. but
COnmlCIee, AFTER giving II every Sou-
sideration, decided that boxing was en-
titled to place, and as a result there
will be all kinds OF amateur boxing events
at the games in Berlin in 1916. There is
no reason why boxing should be barred
from these games, for it is certainly one
of the oldest of athletic sports, and dates
back to the time of the Romans. There
are many high-class amateur boxers in
Europe, especially in England, and most
Of them are very well to do. 1t is certain
That the United States will send a large
delegation of amateurs to compete in the
tournament to. be held in Berlin. and
there is little doubt but that Australia
will follow suit. France has taken such
a great interest in the fighting game the
past few years that they will no doubt
have a full entry from the amateur ranks,
and the same can be said of England.
SO that all in all there should be some
very interesting contests as a result.
Ad wolgast the little Michigan bear
cat, has arrived at his training quarters
in Los Angeles, to finish his training for
the twenty-round battle with his old ri
val-Joe Rivers-before Tom McCarey's
club at Vernon. 1t will be the first
marathon contest Ad has had since Tom
my Murphy shaded him at San Francis
CO and he announced his retirement as
a twenty-round fighter. Since then, how
ever, Ad has tried himself out thorough
ly and feels convinced that he can go
the distance without any Inconvenience
to himself in his ten-round, contests
with Willie Richie and Charley White In
Milwaukee he gave ample demonstration
that he could got at top speed for ten
rounds; in fact, he felt SO good at the |
completion of the inflammation that he |
wanted to try himself again over the |
twenty -round route. That is why he ac-
copied the Rivers match. Ad claims that ]
he always had the Indian sign on Joe |
and that he viii simply add another win ]
to his record when they clash July 4. II
confidence counts for ANYTHING Wolgast