The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-26
WILLARD BEST, QUALIFIED
 TO TACKLE JACK JOHNSON
Jim Corbett Says Levinsky= Smith Bout
 Won't Amount.to Much

watching a bout now and then-fhrew up his hands in horror '.It would thought of at alI'-and a lot of stuff about the storm of opposition such a proposition would meet with.
 Australia is many miles away from us, geographically speaking, and just about as far ahead of us in common sense, so it would appear. Instead of vetoing Bakers plan without giving it a trial the authorities in the differ ent Antipodean cities elected to give Snowy a free hand-and to aid him in every possible way. With the result that boxing is now quite as important a part of the high school curriculum as algebra geometry and the rest of the layout.
 Jim Cofroth, the San Francisco promoter. baked at Johnny Kilbane S demand for $5,00O to box Abe AttelI twenty rounds. James claimed the match was not worth that much for the pair, let alone one. But Tom Mo Carey apparently thinks differently. Anyway Tom has guaranteed K1I- bane $5,O0e and. AtteI1 s$2,50O to ''en- zcore' their cha.npi onship battle of two years ago.
 Sentiment and feeling may cut con- siderable figure in drawing big crowd to the, box office. AttelI is a. native son. and very popular on the coastZsince his defeat at KiIbane's s hands. Peculiarity of California is that the average sporting gentleman is jealous of one of his own who has made good in any line of sport, and just won't enthuse until he has been beaten by some man of reputation. In other words the average Californian sport will not take his own represen- stative in sport seriously until beaten. | know whereof I speak. and Jimmy Britt and others could tell you the same tale.
 I visited San Francisco when cham pion with my theatrical company ex- pecting to get a decent we1come-as had been received in every other state in a manner that made me look for something worth while in a .swel- come home" line in my Birthplace. Instead of playing to good business, which I had been doing in every other city, town and hamlet on the way to the coast. looked out at empty seats in my home town. | had more visitors at the stage door than in the front of the house. In other words I was an awful bust as a theatrical attraction in the city figured on breaking re- cords.
 am not reminiscing in a spirit of jealously or i'll feeling because, had even entertained such thoughts, they were long ago dfspel1ed; for many the trip had back to the Coast metropo- lis since that eventful visit,, and the receptions extended were beyond all expectations. In fact, have been giv- en to understand in recent years that California appreciates one Of her own who makes good in any heId-but they never tipped it off to me until after had lost the title.
 Jimmy Britt made money in Cali fornia as a boxer. But the crowd used to go and hoot against him. They wanted to see him beaten. The same with AttelI. One of the greatest feath- #reweights in the history of the ring. Abe was never appreciated at home until. he is now an ssea', and they will be hooting for him strong on October 15, when he boxes Kifbane.
 On the dope it doesn't seem much Of fight But one never can tell. If Atten has been taking care of himself and he says he has-he may have some fight left in hin-and may give KiIbane an argument for a few rounds But I think Johnny great fighter, and every bit as good as Abe was in his palmiest days So what chance has Abe.
 James J. Corbett