The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-02-28

THE Australian Fight TRUST
better known as Snowy" Baker,
4 IA paying this city his first visit
"Snowy" In one Of the most intetest-
Ing characters that has struck Town
in n long time. He 10 OF meoiuIn
NJ. hair In blond. He looks = good
deal like Jim Corbctt. except Tor MS
complexion. while he has = slight
etoop to his shoulders. be 10 only
twenty nine years old. rather young
10 DO able to WELD a monopoly over
Bsker 10 stopping nj the Biltmore.
having arrived from Chicago Iatc last
night. lie swcars Chicago IL the pest
foreign city he ever visited. put ~
must be remembered that he mas Only
boon here n Few hours. anu ra " ,he
before ne leaves he may declare .he
metropolis "the greatest ever" baker
N accompanied by hts wife. and IN
tends to stay with US about q week.
He In especially anxious to attend the
dinner that will be rendered the
worlds baseball tourists next week.
"From what I have seen OF Amer
ica," began Baker. who In Just as VOL
uble In conversation MS his name
sake. "HoInerun" Baker, 10 NJ nome
when at the plate. Australia 10 easily
world, In my land they conduct box
ing tust M they do vaudeville. IL q
boxer doesn't make good In ono city
| no II sent to anotherN-and maybe the
| fans in the new territory will like hin.
saturday IN the big night night and all
over the circuit shows are conducted.
There In only one preliminary OF ten
two minute rounds and the main bout
Of twenty three-minute rounds.
MAT,NEEs ARE CONDUCTED At
some OF the CLUBS.
AT some OF the clubs matinees are
women folks that there 10 nothin9
brutal about the manly art. The
women are allowed to attend the
pouts free, providing they are es-
corted. Tea and ice cream and cake
arc served between bouts. while there
10 also string orchestra to enliver
things.
"Boxers ore bcoke! just like the,
book actors. The game II on a stric'
business basis. and there Ia never any
fak,ng-that 10, a. far ~ II fnown."
Baker. who was christened Reai
Maid leslie Baker. bought tine BIZ
stadium ut Sydney where johnson
won the worlds title from Tomm!
l
Sib0, 900. Mcintosh signed an agree
ment that he wouldn't promote an!
boxing shows Cor ten years. &c tina
In the reason that Raker paid sncl
n huge sum for the enterprise. Bake
has established two clubs at Mel
. bourne, one at brisbane. another a
Adelaide, and he n now constructing
Y sixth club In New Zealand.
~ don't know how my mother eve
christened me such u swell name q
!. l bear" said Baker In MS character
!, istic mild manuet. bit i guess an
must have been reading novels he
= FORE I was born. I WAS nickname
|, SNOWY" because when was
4 youasster my hair used to be yer.
very light. In 1906. when l went I
England for the swimming cham
pionahips, I contracted typhoid feve
4 and II was all because I am a tee
a totaIlsr. You see. lot OF the boy
I. went 10 pub to get some bee
4 Everybody drank this beverage b.
d me- took water and also u lot Z
: germs alons with II. I lost all m
Z hair, and when I recovered II agai
liz was much darker than before"
: BAKER USED 70 BOX IN tn
a AMATEUR RANKS.
81 Baker IL an a.:-aroc,Id athlete. II
: used to box In the amateur rank
u and ne carries aiouaa with him
n caulifiower left ear. which he r,
ceived in the Olympic championship
70 In England In 1905. This In an III
}. usual mark for q promoter to to
- around.
= Bakers says that Eddie McGoor
= u making four or five times - mu'
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