Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-14

ing was the truly marvellous exh1pluon OF
boxing delivered by Patsey Kelley. a boy
barely out of short trousers, who gave
Charley Givens colder, moro experienced,
heavier and far stronger) as pretty
boxing lesson as has ever been handed
out in any ring. The spectators refer
red to Kelley as g. baby, but when the
boy started and showed his wonderful
cleverness their sympathy turned to ad-
miration. Kelley Is mere STRIPPING.
but a great boxer" From the above 1t
can be judged that young Mr.. Kelley
must be somewhere around the sixteen
year-old mark and the chances are that
when he is twenty-five he will be consid-
cred one Of the has beens, providing
he should remain in the boxing game
That was the case with Pal Moore. one
Of the very clever boys turned out In
Philadelphia. Pal started before he was
sixteen, but when he was merely past
twenty he was considered a veteran and
Of late has been looked upon as out Of
tho running.
Information comes from Australia that
Milburn Saylor, the Indianapolis light.
weight, who has made such a successful
tour under the management OF Ray
Bronson, will be back in the states a about .oods
to put on a big show in INDIANAPOLIS
July 4, with Saylor as the star attraction.
Charley White has been offered match
for that date with the Hoosier, but Nate
Lewis. manager Of White, thinks he can
do better by taking his protege out to
the coast. Saylor has been wonderfully
successful in Australia and there Is no
reason why he should not be given
chance at the title against Willie Richie
claimed that Saylor knocked out Welsh
in their contest at Winnipeg and should
never have been credited with losing on
foul. From the way saylor was putting
them to- sleep In Australia. 1t Is very evl-
dent that he will prove tough game for
Mr.. Richie. or, in fact. for any OF the
lightweights he may meet In this country.
His record while abroad certainly EMU
tied him to q meeting with the best we
have in this country.
Since Charlie White was credited with
a point decision over Willie Richie, the
lightweight champion. many of the 1888
Founders about the country have been
putting in claims for championship. or
Morgan, manager Of Jack Britton, an
nounces that Jack should really be
classed as a champion. for he defeated
Charlie White in eighteen rounds at New
Orleans. and claims that Freddy Welsh.
the British champion. has sidestepped
him more than Willie Ritchie has side
stepped Freddy Welsh. However, there
will be verY little argument about the
matter, as Richie holds the American
championship and Freddie Welsh is the
The winner of a match between these
two, which will in all probability be held
in London, July 4. will be recognized as
the worlds title holder in the lightweight
he will have plenty of challengers. and
the first one will be Charlie White, the
Chicago boy, who handed Willie Richie
a whipping in Milwaukee. May g.
Whether Charlie can repeat over the
marathon route is another question and
will have to be ancwered when he gets in
the ring with Mr.. Richie.
Ray Campbell. the Pacific coast light
weight, who made a recent tour Of the
country under the management OF Joe
Sullivan, has the Australian bee buzzing
| in his upper story, and the chances
| are that he will go to the antipodes
not have much of a chance to show him
self in the east, although in the few
bouts in which he participated he
| demonstrated that he was above the
average, with a very promising future.
At present he Is back in San Francisco.
! and will endeavor to get on with some
of the good boys out that way before
sailing for the home OF Snowy no 6 Baker;
| lightweight, is another boy who wants
to get out and show that he is Of high
class caliber. For a time Frankie was
| Mandot Of the south, but he seemed to
Of for a time OF late. however, he has
been coming along nicely, and expects
to get on with The best in the land
I the long distance route July 4, when
| he meets Frankie Gage at Juarez.
Mexico, which is just across the river
| from Ell Paso.
| We have a new bantamweight champion
kid Williams of Baltimore-and must
now class Johnny coulon Of Chicago as
of boxing who will be sorry to see the
! little Chicago lad going about without
his title, not because they begrudge the
honor to the Baltimore lad, but because
Johnny was a fine chap. great fighter
in his day and little gentleman. When
Johnny lost his pal-his father-he seemed
| to forget that he ever was champion-in
fact. he never was the same bow after
ward and his long illness left him but
| a shell Of his former self. He thought he
could build up again and be strong and
agile. but he found out that he could not
Johnny, met Williams in scheduled
itwentyzround battle at Los Angeles this
week and was put out in the third round
had look-in and he seemed to know
that he was not able to cope with his
husky young rival. Williams Is great
little fighter and should have no trouble
European champion-Charles Ledoux of
NFrance. In fact. Williams can well lay
Iclaim now to the worlds title, for he has
a victory to his credit over Ledoux.
| The habit of clfnching and covering up
which American boxers have gotten into
the past few years, is not helping the
| boxing game any. And promoters all
over the country are beginning to make
a kick against this manner of fighting
| The spectators of a boxing match do not
like the idea of watching two men go
! through six or eight rounds and do MOTH
ling but clinch. In Philadelphia a few