New Britain herald., 1914-08-29
,Ebbets Trying 10 SfAge
 Bouts in Ball Grounds
Let Him Go to It, Says Jim Corbett His Letter the
 Herald-Outdoor Boxing Good Stunt, He Thinks.

! pionship battle.
 MT. Young Ahearn. ] That great battle between Gun boat Smith and Young Ahearn, Great Britain's newest candidate for cham 1 pionship honors, has, I note, been of l ficially called off. Just As\well prob l ably for the sport in England. If a l New York promoter suggested such l a match the papers would nominate l him for the foolish ia ctory stakes. Young Ahearn was always pretty shifty sort of boxer. He could step around the ring at lively gait, but unless he had a sucker who didn t know what to do With his hands his great speed and agility didn't get him very far. I remember when Ahearn was matched with Mike Gibbons. It looked like a real soft thing for Mike, and so it proved to be. Why even Packey Mcfarland, who took any chances of injuring his hands, found Ahearn's jaw so glassy that he slammed over a "k. O. on John
 Bulls latest candidate for the heavy weight title.
 When Ahearn last appeared here he was in the welterweight division.
 Or at least he posed welter About a year ago Danny McKettrick took him abroad along with Joe Jeannette and Frank Moran ana the former Brooklynite picked up weight so fast that Dan had to send him against middleweights. As there is not first class middleweight in Europe outside of the few Americans who may be sojourning there it was not much of task to make a big rep for Ahearn. However, ne continued to take on weight so rapidly that there was nothing to do but point him for the heavier honors. Foxy McKet- trick, when in London, made such feature of the fact that Jake had been born in England that the fighter was adopted as a native son. and his campaign financed by a wealthy Brit on who likes the game.
 Ahearn was matched with Bonn bardier Wells, but the latter had to return to his duties in the army. Then Gunboat Smith was substituted for the English champion. But Dan Mo Kettrick knows what the Gunboat can do when he has a glass jawed fighter in the ring with him, and thought discretion the better part of valor. Anyway Ahearn found he had
 
 was called off.
 If Ahearn ever develops into a seri- ous contender for the championship, I will be willing to admit that I know nothing about the game.
 Levfnsky Getting Restless.
 Gunboat Smith may find our busy friend. Battling Levinsky, all cooked and primed when he gets back to his native shore-if they ever let Jim Buckley's "Gooner" get away from England. Danny Morgan, the local hustler, looks after Levinskys affairs and has his man matched to meet a a number of second and third raters mostly third-in anticipation of Sm1ths early return from abroad and the prospect of match between the Hebrew and the Turk.
 Levlnsky is the idol of his race put Withal an interesting one. Against the big clumsy fellows he shines but mas never been able to do more than hold his own in the middleweieht division. In fact the Battler has not yet shown class when opposed to only 1alrly good men. He will have to step his liveliest to last ten rounds with the Gunboat if the match goes through. Levinsky Is easy to hit and the Gunner carries the punch. That ought to give us a line on what will happen.
 Lev1nsky is the idol of his race locally and the Hebrew sports are l confident their man can beat Smith There is only one way to convince them they are wrong, and that is for Gunboat to beat the Battler. The match will pack any of. the bie arenas after the cool weather has set in.
 Young Saylor, the Indianapol,s boxer, must have greatly improved in his lighting since he left America a year ago, Judging from the battle with Young Shugrue, whom he de- feated on points in Australia last week. SaylOr was an in-an-outer around these parts. His career was started with a blaze of glory and ne was heralded as the coming light weight champion-as all youngsters who achieve few victories via the knockout route always are. But when pitted against cIass-at that it may have been too early in his career he slumped frightruIly. Jack Brit i ton had little trouble in stopping him 1 on two occasions and Britton was 1 never much of a punisher.
 1 In Australia Saylor defeated num- Der of supposedly good men, but his greatest feat was to win over Snug rue. The latter lert these shores rated as one of the top-notch young sters, his record having established him as championship contender of the first quality. If Saylor beat him decisively, then the only conclusion to ], be drawn is that Saylor has improved /! a great deal.
 l There will be an exodus of Ameri- 1 can boxers from Australia before l long. Saylor and Shugrue will be l among those who are due to sail for l home in the very near future who,,