The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-08
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WILL HAVE BIG GATE
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does not seem possible that strong
young fellow like Carpenter will have
a great deal of trouble winning the bat
tie.
Should Mccoy beat the Frenchman it
will be the surprise of the twentieth
century. There is no doubt that Nc
Coy was wonderful fighter in his
time, but. like many before him, he has
seen his best day, and cannot be COM
pared at this time with the French
champion. The chances are that
Georges will win, and be will be a
more popular idol in the eyes of the
French boxing fans than ever before.
Both Jack Johnson and Sam Langford
have endeavored to inveigle Carpenter
into a match, but they have not sue
ceeded, and il is not probable that the
willy manager OF the French champion
will fall for anything of that kind.
Johnson ''In Bad"
Jack johnson, the heavyweight cham
pion. who is scheduled to fight for the
title with Frank Moran of Pittsburg
on June 81 in Paris, has put himself
in bad with the members of the Ma
tional Sporting club of London. Man
ager Bettinson of the y. S. G. made
Jack an offer of $4,000 purse. but
his reply to Mr. Bettinson was such
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no doubt, among the members. Johnson
tried to ridicule the offer and intimated
that such a paltry sum as $4,000 was
not enough to keep him in shoe strings.
He tried TO make out that he was the
whole works and could dictate 10 the
clubs and challengers alike.
Probably he will continue to do so
as long rs the promoters permit them
selves 70 be made goats of by the col
GerIN
$4,000 purse appeared as large TO
Ii Arthur as a mountain of gold
dust. Probably Jack will get back to
that way Of thinking some day. OF
course no one can blame him for grab
bing of all the money he can get, but
there is such q thing as being reason
able, for il is the public that pays the
bills. and not the fighters. In his reply
TO the London Sporting club Jack
Langford or any other man In his class.
That may be, but at the same time
Jack has been very persistent in rcfus.
ing TO meet LaDgford, no matter how
big the purse, and some Of them have
been very large.
Rules i'm Dispute.
There has been considerable argu.
meut In this country Of late about the
ing clean breaks, etc. Different inter.
pretatious are given by referees and box
ing commissioners regarding the rule
and as n result the boxers are mixed at
times as 90 what rule 20 follow. The
same trouble has been experienced in
England, the home Of boxing. and IN
speaking Of the matter, Mr.. Dyer writes
me ss follows:
The rules governing boxing are by
no means clear on many points, n
great deal, perhaps too much, being
left 10 the discretion Of the third
man In the ring. Especially is this
the case with the much disputed
question Of clean breaks and in
fighting. American aud British
ideas are totally at variance on the
point, though IL must be said that
the American style OF boxing is be-
coming more and more the fashion
with our leading glove artists.
The Queensberry rules contain
nothing regulating what is known
here as the clean break and a boxer
is perfectly justified in delivering
blow coming away from 4 eliueh.
IL may not look pretty and 20 some
people IL not strictly fair play. but
tkr absence Of any official ruling