Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-21
ALL LATEST BOXING NEWS ~
GATHERED BY TOM ANDREWS
Lightweight Johnny Tillman Looked Upon as Conner.
Arthur Pelkey Shattered White Hope.
British Promoters Backward.

for the title within two years. and from
| the way Johnny is travelling just now, 1t
| will not be surprising if the prediction
| comes true. He Is certainly one of the
! fastest and cleverest boxers in the coun-
try today. But in most Of his battles he
apparently lacked the knockout punch.
| Johnny showed splendid form in his con-
| test with Charley White Of Chicago. And
| last week he showed that he is developing
| punch by knocking out Willie Jones of
Brooklyn, N. Y, in five rounds. Just now
| Johnny is busy trying to get on match
| with Charley White or Wolgast, as he
| figures that a match with Champion
Richie depends great deal on what he
can do against the little Michigan bear
cat and the Chicago Hebrew fighter If
Saylor returns to the states in time it is
possible that Griffith will be matched
with the Hoosier boy for July or one of
| the best dates in August.
Kid Lewis, who was featherweight
champion Of England less than a year
ago, and who went to Australia under the
contract Of Snowy Baker. has developed
into a high-class lightweight in England.
Lewis proved himself to be a very good
| boy in the featherweight class and won
| the title, but it was hardly thought that
| he could jump right into the lightweight
division and defeat the stars. It was not
| as many of the boys have done in the
past. but simply case Of natural de-
velopment. Lewis was sent against one
or the hardest propositions in Australia
when he landed there-Herbert Mccoy
who is considered the equal of any light
weight in the antipodes. In this battle
Lewis proved himself the better fighter
by outpointtng the clever Mccoy all the
way. He followed this by defeating
Hughie Michigan. the Australian cham
pion, over the twenty-round route. And
now there is talk Of matching him with
either Young Shugrue, the sensational
New York lightweight or Milburn Saylor,
the indianapolis boy, who has made good
during his stay there. From all accounts
Lewis must be of the highest class and
the chances are that he will be heard
from in his division when he gets back
to England.
Johnny Coulon. the little bantamweigft
| champion. who lost his crown to Kid Will
Hams at Los Angeles last week, is going
to make the same mistake that SO many
boxers before his time have made, and
that Is, trying to come back when he
must know In his own heart that there is
not one chance in ten of being able to get
in such condition that he could win back
the title from the Baltimore lad Reports
emanating from the west say that Johnny
intends to start a regular course of train
Ing. and then arrange a few battles with
| real tough boys, to be followed with a
championship contest with Williams 1t
| sounds well. but 1t Is not logical, as has
been proven in dozens of cases before
Johnnys time. Jim Jeffries thought he
could do the same thing, but to the sor-
| row OF the sporting world ne failed.
Johnny is boy who is well fixed f1nan-
cially, and he can well afford to retire
| on his past laurels instead of trying to
| suffer humiliation from boxers who a few
years ago would have had no chance on
earth against him. A few sparring exhi-
billions would not hurt Couon, but let US
hope that Johnny will retire for all time
| now.
colored champion. will defend his title
| for the first time since he met Jim Flynn
at Las Vegas, n. NJ. two years ago. A
champion is supposed to defend his title
at least every six months, but Jack has
ignored all traditions in that respect. He
will meet Frank Moran of Pittsburgh,
heavyweight who is considered very
promising by many good judges. but by
no means at the head of the white
| heayies. Moran may be the best of all
the white hopes. but he has never met
| thenl-that is, the best of them-to prove
that such is the case. Moran was con-
| sidered a conner in 1911 when he was in
| France. but he was taken Ill at that
time and was left in a weakened condi-
| ton. He regained his health and again
started after the top-notchers. and under
the careful guidance Of clever Dan Ket-
rick of New York, he was very success
|
| the Moran-Johnson match in Paris, and
you can bet few pennies that Danny
will have his say in the argument when
| 1t comes to financial matters. AS to the
fight itself. there is much speculation.
johnson at his best would no doubt de-
| feat Moran, but will LII Arthur be near
the form he displayed against Jeffries
| and Flynn? He Is no chicken any more
and he has neglected his stomach, so that
| 1t is only natural to suppose that his
condition is not within 20 per cent of
+, what it was. In that case Moran, pro-
viding he can show anything like high
| class form for a heavyweight. Will have
| a splendid chance to win back the title
for the whites. There have been many
surprises among the champions the past
| few months. Will there be another sur
prise for the fans June q?
/ Joe Mandot, the southern lightweight
champion, has a hard match on his hands
! for July 4, when he tackles Johnny Dun
! dee for ten rounds at New Orleans. Joe
| has shown the past few months that he is
i really good again, but he will have to be
very good to beat the Dundee boy. Johnny
Il has been going against hard game and
i winning and this week he gave more
il evidence Of his abolity when he stopped
II Johnny Gallant, the tough Boston light.
weight, in eight rounds. If Joe can wealth
er through the first few rounds he Is ha-
BILE to keep Johnny busy and the contest
should prove good one. 1t will be
toss-up between them. Mandot had a
chance to meet Pal Brown at Superior.
Wis. July 4. but accepted the Dundee
match instead. It Is likely that the win
ner OF the New Orleans match will meet
either Pal or Johnny Tillman at the
northern Wisconsin club later on.
The boxing commission of Montana has
taken action regarding boxers who "stall'
in bouts The commission held up the re-
ceipts of the Dillon-Moha contest. June
Is, on the ground that Mocha did not do
his best. It IL hard to believe that Bob
would be guilty Of deliberately trying to
stall" for In al hlS battles here ha has