Evening star., 1914-02-09
STAR BOXERS HARDER THAN
OPERA QUEENS TO HANDLE
Preliminary Fighters Have Difficulty Reaching the Top
and When Once There Want
Be Dictators.

me the following bit of news from the
antipodes:
We all arrived here in fine shape and
We're delighted with the reception given
to US.
Il have just returned from the Mccoy
Stone fight at the stadium and | must
say that Stone certainly got his. This
boy. Mccoy, is a star, and he will be
able to give any of the welterweights in
the business the hardest kind of run.
In my judgment he had fourteen of the
twenty rounds and how the referee could
give Stone the decision beats my time.
Il also attended the contest between
Pal Brown of Minnesota and Harry
Stone, and l was again surprised that
the referee should give Stone the de-
csion. Stone had much the best OF the
weight. but despite this Brown carried
the tight to him in every round and his
punches were real ones, while Stone did
nothing but tap the man and run away.
He has very clever left hand and used
it Well, but my what runner he is. He
really ran twenty miles in his match
with Brown and would not stand up for a
second and fight him. Brown had to do
all the forcing and / think It was great
injustice to him to have the referee call
it draw. Of course, Stone was there
with the SNOWY stuff. but that is not
real fighting.
''McGoorty repeated in his fight with
Dave Smith by knocking him out in one
round. 1t was certainly a staggering
blow to the fans of Sydney and Mel
bourne. They must have had close to a
$50 900 house. 1t certainly took the con
ceit out of Mr.. Smith.
'tAs for myself. | got away very bad in
my first tight, losing this decision TO Wade
mar Hoiberg. ] was too anxious to make
a good showing and did all my fighting
in the gymnasium. There was no snap
to my punches and to that is what l
attribute my poor showing. OF course.
went the twenty rounds all right, but
should have done better. / expect to bo
rematched with Holbers and you can
gamble there will be a different ending
this time.
'Saylor had his first fight with Alf
Morey. the west Australia lightweight,
and it was crackerjack. Saylor put up
u splendid contest and pleased the fans
greatly. knocking his man out in the
fourteenth round. I expect that Saylor
will now be matched with Hughie Mehe-
gan, the Australian champion. and also
with young Kid Mccoy. who really looks
to me like great fighter
THE American boys here are being
well taken care OF and shown every
my second trip here and I am enjoying
it more than l did the first time
With kind regards to all our friends
RAY BRONSON"
Hat poAiIie 10 III iilSu IdtOF IN Eng
land and other parts of Europe, espe-'
cially France, has been demonstrated
many times of late. Writing of the
game, one of the best posted men in
London says:
1T is really wonderful the strides that
boxing has made over here 1t is very
doubtful if any sport has attained such a
degree of popularity. and that in such a
short space of time. Fifteen years ago
boxing could only be seen in the tough
districts of London. and at that was at
tended with deal of risk The boxers
came from the very lowest ranks of So
ciety and it was but natural that their
supporters came from the same class.
"Jt was conducted by promoters whose
sole aim was pecuniary gain, and SO long