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

IA 7fGW YORQ, March THE fight
~ fans here have risen up in
protest against the new prac-
Ee of boxers performing two and
three times week, because even
tualln it forces the scrappers to do a
'lattof "stalling.n
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
huzzahed loudly at the gameness of
the battler. Other fighters. seeing it
was 4 fine little publicity stunt-and
incidentally a money getter-followed
suit.
For a while the pace did not affect
Levinsllv, and he went along at a
whirlwind clip. But there's a limit
TO even the greatest endurance pow
ers and the continuous performance
has begun to tell on LeviusFy. He
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.
HERE'S the hope that no ailment,
organic or otherwise, afflicts either
the oft afflicted Mr.. Richie or the
equally afflicted Mr.. Wolgast be-
fore next week, at which time, I'M
less one or the other is afflicted, they
will stage a bout.
The scrap ought to be a dandy
that is, if neither principal has an
ailment Both men are tOp-notchers
n their class, and most of the fight
fans long have felt that Wolgast de-
served a chance to try to win back his
title.
Nd rightly is called the Michigan
Bearcat" He's a real scrapper. And
so is Ritchie. Both men are natural
mixers, and it's a cinch if they get
together again the battle will be
worth the price of admission-and
Eittle- more besides.
! All signs point to the battle being
'Naged on schedule time, but when
those two little battlerS are concerned
mme never can be sure about it. Both
1HlVe a funny little habit of contract
ing sdme sort of ailment right on the
eve OF a battle and then calling the
I'D t+ie off
Wolgast, as many will remember,
decided on the eve of one of the bat
lies he was to participate in While he
was champion that he had an appen-
dix that ought to be pruned. So the
appendix was pruned. Richie was
billed to fight Tommy Murphy a few
months back and the night before
hing wrong with his sniffer. And so
lie called off the bout A short time
iater he was rematched with Murphy,
and once again, on the eve of the
scheduled bout, Richie found he had
ailment that necessitated the call
ing off of the bout.
THE public just now is demanding
4 q meeting between Battling Lee
Uigsky and Gunboat Smith, the ac-
tknoweldged leaders in the white
Nope" line Levinsky is quite will
ing to, meet Smith. but the Gunboat
person seems to be coy about swap
ring punches with the ferocious He
brew.
Smith seems to take the attitude of
when Levinsky gets a reputation, III
meet him" But, from any angle you
view II, LeNlushy reputation iiShI
how seems to DE equal, even supe-
lior. to Smiths. The battler lately
has been putting to sleep large
number of white hopes" that were
many pounds heavier than he-and
doing it with ease. Smith in the
meantime has been resting on his
laurels.
smith is afraid. to meet Levnsky,'
remarks Dan Morgan, manager of Lee
whisky He knows if they ever meet
Levinsky will put him to sleep in a
urry
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