Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-08
BOXING
News Of the Ring Game.

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Jimmy Grant the little Chicago ban
| tamWeight, who knocked out Soldier
! roe IN the third round last night GER
ialnly has the makinGs OF a cracker
| Jack boy. Jimmy fights like a little
| "a Wolgast, and unless we are very
| much mistaken he will be meeting the
! best bantams in the country before this
| ear is over
! Grant can easily make lie ringside
| ana carries dangerous wallop, some
thing very few of the bantains have
| these days. Charlie White is loud
| booster for Grant, and thinks Jimmy
mas great future before him.
Kid Brooks showed the white feather
! IN the first round of his go with Joe
| Superior. Joe played with brooks while
| the bout lasted. The appearance of
| Superior in front of him nearly fright
| ened Brooks to death Brooks refused
to meet Superior on winner take all
basis
In the fourth round of last nights
| go Welsh hit Whitney seven straight
| blows without return. But Frank
| never stopped coming. His exhibition
! or gameness was wonderful.
w nltDey = DeSt DlOW was IandeC IN
! The sixth round, He caught Freddie a
iolting uppercut as the Englishman was
coming in
| Jack Payne surprised the fans by his
| ability to come back after taking a hard
| blow. Several times Jack would APP
| pear to be on the verge of a knockout
at the hands OF Jack Sullivan. but he
! would always pull himself together and
| fight back hard In the seventh round
J oil
self out against Payne.
! Mike Saul was busy party refereeing
| the prelminaries and semi 7windup
Mike appeared at the Auditorium Ar
| mory with a new blue lid. having dis
carded his green kelly. After the bouts
| Mike was happy party. He was sew
eral iron men richer and refused TO no.
| tlce any OF the common folk,
Jake Abel issued a challenge to the
winner of the Welsh Whitney set-to
| Jake has been spending his time in
Chattanooga and looks to be in fairly
| good shape. However, 1t looks as If
| Jake IL nearer welterweight than a
, lightweight
| Eddie Hanlon, the local welterwelght.
/ Is after match in Cincinnati with Ed
| die Meltzer one of the best boys In the
| Ohio city. Billy Lott, manager OF Han
|
| cinnati promoters for some time. but 1t
/ looks as If Meltzer doesn't care for any
( Of Eddie's game.
4 Hanlon is certainly having the tough
I est kind of luck Although Eddie is the
! classiest boy developed around Athese
! parts in some time. local promoters are
| unable to find "A suitable opponent to
meet him. II would no be surprising
/ TO see Hanlon in a windup bout here
before long. A match between Hanlon
aud Jimmy Perry ought to prove good
drawing card.
II Willie Richie gets $4,000 for box
| ing Tommy Murphy in San Francisco on
! January 23, he will have earned nearly
$4,000 since he won the lightweight
! title from Al Wolgast year ago last
November.
And now since "Gunboat" Smith has
succeeded in disposing OF several white
hopes, his latest victim being Mr., Ar
! thur Pelky, of Canada, it Is up 10 the
begin TO reap his golden harvest In the
| way of various and sundry shekels.
| Just as we were beginning to think
that this George Chip might be regu-
lar fighter he ups and declares that he
doesn't claim the middleweight cham
pionship,
Figuring that The old man might pos
sibly have a fraction of his old wallop
stll about him, ii is Just as well that
Fitz is barred Our motto is; The
White Hopes Must BE Canned"
| 1t is undoubtedly true that footwork
| has improved. Corbett stayed away
from Fitzsimmons for twelve rounds.
| but Johnny Coulon has sidestepped Kid
| Williams for nearly two years
|
| Jack Seutell. lightweight. who is now
| IN Jacksonville, is anxious TO come TO
| Atlanta. Jack wants to meet any OF
| the lightweights around these parts. He
recently fought Terry Nelson twenty
rounds
| Nank O'Brien. another Jacksonville
ringman, wants TO get on here o. Brien
says he is open to meet any of the 1<0-
Founders.
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