Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-07
NEW YORK FANS
WAR AGAINST
BUSY FIGHTERS
Boxing Followers Claim That the
Ringmen Are Forced to "StaII"
When Rushed Into Battles,
Bv Frank G.. Menke.

TEW YORQ, March THE fight
fans here have risen up in
protest against the new prac-
r,ce Of boxers performing two and
three times week, because even
ually it forces the scrappers to do
lot Of "stalling."
Battling Levinsky, white hope
and war horse, started the fashion
here some months ago when he min
sled in about three bouts each and
every week. For a while the public
ruzzahed loudly at the gameness of
the battler Other fighters, Seeing it
was fine little publicity stunt-and
incidentally a money getter-followed
suit
For while the pace did not affect
Lcyinsky. and he went along at
vhrIwind clip. But there's a limit
TO even the greatest endurance pow
ers and the continuous performance
has begun to tell on LeVinsky. lie
has been forced to slow up, and in
most of his recent bouts he has been
inclined to stall" and thereby save
his strength for the next battle. The
same is true of the other ring war
riors. The result is that most of the
recent bouts around here have been
little more than "stalling matches
and the public has called halt.
HERES the hope that no ailment
organic or otherwise, afflicts either
the oft-afflicted Nh Richie or the
equally oft-afflicted Mr.. Wolgast be-
fore next week, at which. time, un-
less one or the other is afflicted, they
will stage a bout.
The scrap ought to be a dandy
HAT is. if neither principal has an
r.lment Both men are top-notchersI
10 their class, and most of the fight
fans long have felt that Wolgast de-
served a chance to try to win back his
title
Ad rightly is called the michigan
Boarcat" He's a real scrapper. And
SO is Richie. Both men are natural
mixers, and it's a cinch if they get
together again the battle VIII be
worth the price of admssion-and a
little more besides.
AIT signs point to the battle being
staged on schedule time but when
INhSf INb niue DdllttIS dit tOiNCli lId
one never can be sure about it. Both
lave a funny little habit of contract
ing some sort of ailment right on the
eve of a battle and then calling the
battle off.
WolgaSt as many will remember,
decided on the eve of one of the bat
Hes ne was to participate in while he
was champion that he had an appen-
aiE that ought to be pruned. So the
tpp"ndiX was pruned. Richie was
billed to fight Tommy Murphy few
months back, and the night before
The battle he found there was some
thing wrong with his sniffer And so
be called off the bout. A short time
later ne was rematched with Murphy,
and once again. on the eve of the
scheduled bout, Richie found he had
an ailment that necessitated the CALI
ing off of the bout
THE public just now is demanding
meeting between Battling Lee
whisky and Gunboat Smith, the ac-
knoWeldged leaders in the white
ope' line. Levinsky is quite will
1E to meet Smith. but the Gunbcat
Agson seems to he coy about swap
ping punches with the ferocious He
brew
Smith seems to take the attitude OF
when Levinsky gets reputation. III
meet him But, from any angle you
View it. Levinsky's reputation right
loW seems to be equal, even supe-
l.or to Smiths The battler lately
has been putting to sleep a large
number of white hopes that were
many pounds heavier than he-and
Going it with ease. Smith in the
meantime has been resting on his
.agFcls
smith is afraid to meet LeVnsky,
remarks Dan Morgan, manager of Lee
Whisky. He knows if they ever meet
-evinsky win put him to sleep in a
hurry"
How about it, Mister Gunboat?