The evening world., 1914-05-26
N0land Favors Boxing Tourna.
ment 40 Part Of Next Olympic
\ Games in Berlin.
o''"s rs. r. IF sI r: e Hsss o.

''si s. ~ n. sc r. fI r eEs sis o"
wants boxing in the
ilVE next Olympic Games. Boxing
llih was included on the programme
4 ben the Olympics were held In Lon
|, 30. SIX years ago. Al that time our
~ friend. Snowy Baker Of Aus
sfalia. an amateur with the gloves.
\ sas one Of the competitors.
NJ The reason for Ensland's coming
MI In favor Of having boxing In
! faded A. an Olympic sport 10 easy to
|, ~. England needs to develop some
pxsrs to uphold her tottering fistic
A SDputatioa.
|llIThs English professionals In the
\ 1eevisr classes don't amount to much.
l4erhaps by training amateurs for
llHhs Olympic meets some good big
\ nan may be developed. Tho rea-
II - England develops 20 few good
! 1eavywsishts now 10 that a. soon
Ill., one Of these hard hitting and
II poressive bruissrs Gets . little
putation be finds that he can
'lnAks an easy living with q road.
.ieo1e pub" Until recently there
,'Hasn't much money In lighting in
nsland. Most OF the English boxers
nve turned to inn keeping. It's q
stsr life than that of the ring, and
~ can got all the "'aif and a,r'.
pey want without having TO frht for
- money to pay the score T,hi.
ll4me custom has prevented MANY
S@lelng English heavyweiEhts from
II ve!oping into really good men. Bar-
Y ping ana lighting don't mix anv
- IMAM OIL and water, and the
oser trained on ale and stout usu.
inPlU hes . snort career In the ring.
SECOND thought along IN.
VA same line. Possibly Ensisud
W. has discovered In amateur bog.
- one athlstic event In which abe
|, - hope TO beat the Americana. ~
ooatsur boxing isn't hirhly de-.
ryesoped in this country. A team of
oeusn boxers came to this country
Mw years ago and made q very
TACK JOHNSON has informed
sA promoter Jim Coffroth Of Cali
tornia that he has been "playing
Nx In taking on the Moran match,
40 that he Is In as good fighting
addition A. ever.
's"sA number of Southern frlsnds Of
|. Rlne. who have had a chance IN
10y tho African In his adopted
ysSqMg'c. are OF the same opinion.
SE! tell you." said one Of them q
OF two ago. "a big Zulu like
a Raneon isn't like any other man.
I've known a lot OF them, ana thew
fIver grow old or lose their siren I'm
1edpation doesn't affect them At An.
- u they carry II far enough 10
an ordinary human being.
=. Johnson will be good a. ever
o he's nifty. no matter how be
}yHATS . pretty strong opinion.
But We have had some husky
dark battlers OF unknown age
- showed no signs Of stifYening
lnts or softsning muscles. There
- "Parson Jones'" Down In Aus
NE the hardest hitting heavy
lsAt they have Is Jerry jerome, an
eorigtnai. Jerome lives CLOSE to
1ture." When he fights tho govern
noat takes care Of his winnings for
shl0 and gives him an allowance to
No on. Jerome has no cares or wor-
- He never trains. He IL forty
= eght years old. He Is skinny legged,
- Dok armed and pot bellied. And he
- run . hundred yards close to ten
=, 66oeads any day without training. OF
Qght twenty rounds. or shoot a clay
pigeon match. His eyesight Is per.
&Quct He's the most famous "tracker
~ Australia, and can follow week.
old trail across sandy desert or rocky
xrhl1ls. They say Jerry Jerome can,
~ hurt by punch. and he's forty.
7 alsht.
- There Is something in the life o,
"A - suncivilixed man that makes hin
1ongh a. long as he's kept away from
civilization. A few generations agt
Jack Johnson's ancestors were Xix,
MONTY Jerome'R. although living on
= different continent. johnson has In
!. AGfited the strength and enduranc,
'ISohey developed through the centuries
Inst how much OF that Is left ate
= q khnson's "civllized' life In a ques
tNou. Well know more about 1t alto
~ fsshts Moran,
~ Nike Gibbons In matched will
~ BILLY Murray wen see real fight
. sM Murray will 20 at Gibbons as har,
TX ~ he did ut Mccoy. and Gibbons will
q ~ shifty. but won't make a back-ul
sOAGht Of It.
snSa0u everything that has been show
fdeI either man In this city Gibbon
~ more class as we'll as more ex
- 1orlonce than the youngster fror
u Dealuma. OF course Murray In yer
sNotgresslve and is a fairly hard hittel
Gn6 Gibbons has shown one or tw
~ fights when pitted against me
~ can't be discouraged. That's tn
10y thing that promises Murray
vtsu0koncs 10 win.
}teSsAD far ps boxing goes. Mike Is kin
- al the middle weights. The on
Hing Mike DOESN'T lie particular,
ma heav, punch. such az McGoort
II Murray can show some
sGh)nG Of that sort he needn't be niue
a. ~ shovt.endcr.
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