The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-04-11
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Enoiand Looks Upon Gunboat
Smith as Americas Real
Heavyweight Champion - Al
Mccoy Is Entitled to the
Crown.

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- UNBOAT SMITHS agreement 30
" box Levinsky will not interfere
in any way with his acceptance
Of the Olympia Clubs London)
$4,000 offer for a fight with Carpen-
tier.
Manager Jim Buckley didn't Sign
10 have Gunboat meet I,evinsky May
.. ~ some have claimed. He signed
articles for a Smith Levinsky match.
Il was stipulated that Smith would
meet Levinsky in Gunboat's next bout
IN New York. There was TO be moth
Ing IN this to interfere with Gunboat's
nghtins anywhere else. any number
OF times. before the Levinsky bout.
No date was set for Smith Levinsky.
The London clubs offer OF n SIS 900
purse for Gunboat Smith Carpenter
0ght II the biggest offer made any
pair Of boxers In England in many
years. It has been eQualled only once,
when the National Sporting Club Of
fored q similar sum for a Johnson
Lansford fight.
The offer OF such a sum by an
Eogiish club Is practically recogni-
tioa Of the fact that Gunboat smith
= American heavyweight champion
at this time.
Smith ranks above all but johnson.
who 10 TO be regarded AZ champion as
long a. he defends the title and Is
uu0efeated. There was q strong dis
position on tho part Of sporting men
70 consider johnson an ex-champion
bocause he failed to defend his right
70 the title when challenged by n
legitimate contender. Decision on
that point will have to be reserved
Until after the Moran f,ght. when It
WI b known whether johnson In
1913 TO hight or stall In the future.
On course, a victory by Moran would
automatically settle all disputes.
ounboat Smiths position as best
Of al heavyweights now residing in
the United States has been demon-
etrated by his victories over Bonn
bArdier Wells. Frank Moran. Jess
willard. Carl Morris. Pelky. Rodcl.
Flynn. Ross, Miller and. most impor-
tant Of all. Sam Langford. In 1919
smith won eleven fights. seven OF
them with knockouts. Pretty good
record.
OMINICK BUCKLEY. brother OF
IL Jim Buckley. who has Tommy
Murphy on the coast 20 fight
: Willie Richie for the worlds cham
piOnship next week. has Just re-
cslved a letter from Richie. In II
the champion says that ne is in good
shape for Tommy. and that. painful
- Il may be. since Dominick In such
. sood friend Of his. he intends TO win
decisiveiy.
Tommy Murphy is said to be even
moro popular than Richie In Call
4 fornia. He has done his best fighting
q the coast. and has made such an
aggression that the California fight
followers think he's the hardest man
IA the world TO beat.
sflitchie In a great little fighter and
! gentleman" says Dominick. but
loR course. Tommy Murphy has beer
twaiting a long time for his chance
10 Win the championship. and w
hope he'll do It."
ltVWYHAT claim has Al Mccoy u
w the middleweight cham.
picnship?" writes a gentle.
man from Pittsburgh. "What II III
did happen TO land Il knockout blow
On Chip In the first round? Every
body knows he couldn't beat Chi
again In a hundred years. and Chi
will knock him out IL he ever gets I
chance"
y Championships, old top. are decide,
BIZ the blows that land, not those tina
might have landed or that may LAM
n anne future time.
In any case, It's not Mt all sur
that Mccoy couldn't beat Chip again
when Chip knocked out Klaus IL wa
the general opinion that the blow wa
q "huke."' and that Klaus woul
surely polish of Chip IL the two me
again. They met. Klaus was knocke
out more easily In the second fight
New champions seldom get full
credit for their performances. II
hard TO forget that only little Will
before they we're mere outsiders.
8ome people said Bob Fitzsimmon
knocked out Jim Corbett with fiuk
punch At Carson. Two days befor
that fight Fitz told me he'd knoc
Corbett out with a shift and a lei
nearly slowed in my lower ribs givin
me an illustration. Jeff's left 10
that noored Fitzsimmons at Cone
was spoken OF as 'fiuke" until lie
landed It on others. Joe Cans knocke
Frank Erne out with CAREFUL
planned right handler on the chin,
the first round. and some though
that was q "fuke."
To some people the unexpected
always "huky." Usually, though.
10 the unexpected that wins.
IF tho Federal League has not ben,
rted baseball players In any 9th
way. 1t should be given credit 4
forcing organized baseball TO cut Of
The ten-day release clause. Til
clause has made every organized bias
ball players contract unfair. II
club has been able TO hold the pla
ors, under their contracts. and Il
players have Pat been able to no
the clubs. II waa q one-sided agre
mont, and the clubs have had ali Il
~ of II, styt