The Calumet news., 1914-08-27
SINGLE PUNCH
CLOSES CAREER
Many Fighters Unable to Recover
From Severe Defeat

Chicago, Aug. 27.-It is strange
thing in the boxing game that a single
defeat frequently will change mans
entire career and transform him from
a most promising lighting machine
into a ring nonentity. 1t often hap
pens that single defeat will not
change man much, excepting for the
better. making him train more dill
gently and fight more carefully and
desperately. Then again single de-
feat is apt to completely ruin a mans
future and put him into the pugillstic
scrap heap for all time to come
Take the case OF Al Kaufman, Of
San Francisco, as an instance OF how
single defeat will completely upset
mans future and make OF him an
easy victim OF all comers after that.
Ony the other. night out in San Fran
cisco Kaufman, after running into his
fifth knockout in less than three years,
announced that he was through with
the game and never again would don
pair Of boxing gloves. And Al at
one time was the bright shining star
among the big fellows and considered
about as good material for the future
as any that we had.
Indeed Barney Girard, the theatrical
manager, after looking Al over and
associating with him to learn his
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contract at s50.O0O a year, Al to battle
such men as Girard saw fit and to
work on n regular salary, Girard 10
take the profits, or all over $4,000
that he could secure. OF course il
didn't work out the way Glrard ex-
to show to what heights Kaufman had
scared in the estimation OF many sup
posedly good critics OF the ring.
The one defeat that swept Kaufman
into the discard. though 1t was not
known that il was as severe as that at.
the time, was administered to the
good-looking San Francisco boy by
Jim Flynn in a ring at Kansas City,
May 6, 1911. Kaufman had been mar
ried but a short time before that and
was on his honeymoon at the time.
Happening into Kansas City he was
hailed by Cas- Welch and induced to
take the Flynn match on short notice
and while practically all out Of con-
dition. Al believed Jim TO be easy
having disposed OF him previously in
nine rounds in Los Angeles. But
Flynn never was easy for any Of
them, and in this case being in the
finest condition, he proceeded to wear
Kaufman down, finally knocking him
out completely in 10 rounds.
In rapid succession Kaufman fell be-
fore Al Palzer, Ave rounds, lost de-
cision to Charley Miller in four. was
knocked out by Luther Mccarthy. two
rounds, Kid Kenenth in eight and Tom
McMshon in few seconds The
only bright spot In his record since
Flynn gave him his disastrous defeat
vas four-round decision over Jack
Lester which wasn't such a whale OF
a performance.
Early in his career Kaufman was
badly overmatched when they stacked
him up against Jack O'Brlen, who cut
him into ribbons in IL rounds. But
Kaufman lived through that. and up
TO the time that he battled Flynn the |
second time had whipped many good |
second rater Al is only 2s years old |
now and ought to be right at his best |
instead OF announcing his retirement !
because Of successive defeats. It's too !
one of the incest boys that ever en-
tered the game-so much OF n man |
that he never lost a friend. And every
body will wish him luck in whatever
new line of endeavor he may under
lake.