El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-29

. - uInn recently attention was
called to the wonderful revival
! Of public interest IN professional box
I ing in Great Britain. Now the English
/ men have gone on record as leaders IN
| the successful movement to include
/ boxing in the Olympic games at Berlin
| next year And TO their credit it can
! be said that when British spOrtsmen
] want anything real bad they generally
| manage TO land their game. Anyway
I their Influence added the grand old
| sport 70 the list Of competitions among
Z the Olympic sports
| Lord LOnsdale-One of Britain's most
ardent boxing enthusiasts and sponsors
Tor many years-has organized q com
mittee, which he heads, 10 endeavOr to
have boxing placed on the same status
IN Great Brttain's leading schools and
I colleges as other sports An appeal
has been made TO the athletic commit
etc OF both oxford and Cambridge ask
ing that a fun blue" be granted for
/ boxing championships At the present
time only half a blue" is bestowed
upon the youths who win the boxing
titles In the college tournaments
Need LOnsdnIe in Z. 5.
If we had a few men of the Lonsdale
type in this country-real sportsmen
who would come TO the front so nobly
for boXing-the sport would not be
confined to a few localities as at pres
emit but would flourish from one end
Of the land to the other. There is no
other sport in which its opponents
must be such splendid samples of
sturdy MANDOLIN every sense the
phrase implies-as boxing.
While the sport IS enjoying q boom
aoroad-Where loyal supporters are en-
deavOring to put il on a higher plane
than ever before in its histOry-out
San Francisco way the supervisors
came pretty near putting the kibosh
on boxing altogether. A motion 10 re-
woke all licenses to conduct boxing eN-
hibitiOns recently came UP and IL was
ma in Of nHfnHa
that the proposition was killed
Whether the movement is due to a de-
sire TO bring about a real reform in
the manner boxing is conducted-the I
exhibitions Of recent months not hav-
ing been anything TO brag abOut-or
10 the usual petty quarrelling among /
promoters IS not generally known, but /
there IS no doubt that boxing as a !
licensed sport in san Francisco has had |
very narrow escape
mith-Carpentier July I6.
note that the Gunboat Smith 1
Georges Carpenter match is assured ]
for July l6 at the Olympic in London /
Both men have kicked in with their ]
$4,000 forfeits for appearance, and have !
gone into training for the international i
white hope" championship.
Carpenter is an established favOrite /
in London. where he recently stopped |
Bombardier Wells without half irving.
and despite the remarkable reception Z
given to the GunbOat on his arrival in
England / viii not be surprised If the
rules the favOrite in the {
Smith slam his sparrinE partners about
In training quarters the English sports I
may change their minds on the betting
Ny opinion is the Gunboat will stop
Carpenter inside Of ten rounds The
French boy is possibly a clever boxer I
and hard hitter but his classified
ton as such has been earned against !
the weak hitting and even weaker [
hearted heavies England has been cul-
-ivating the past few years
Picks Gunboat to Win.
Having seen Gunboat in action and |
showing the caliber Of the big guns I
he carries. also realizing that under !
lis awllwardness and all that he knows /
low 70 use his right hand TO the
'reatesL advantage, I look on the com 1
ng battle as an easy money PROPOSE
ion for the American entrant
Again speaking OF Old England, that
,olo victory leaves US just a few more
hances 10 get even on the year. In
he pugiisriC line Willie Richie Will
ave TO subdue Freddy Welsh or we
VII begin TO suspect that even Tom
Upton is due to come across the fin
shing line first with his latest edition
Z Shamrocls.
Reich Coming Fast.
Big Al Reich. former national ANA
eur heavyweight champion, has been |
oming along fast the past few months. I
When Al first broke into the profes-
iOnal ranks last fail he made a great
on local sports. I don't
now who managed his affairs at the
ime-that seems to me something OF
secret-but whoever it was jumped
light into the boob class when he
latched Al for his second start as a I
pro with big Carl Norris Reich a Z
lg fellow himself weighing about zoo
I the time, was OutWeighed and COM |
letely outclassed by the numbering /
ghter from Oklahoma. Al was so un- /
erved by the fact that he was facing (
ne Of the leading white heavies that ]
e didn't know whether ne was in a