Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29
BOXING EXPERT TOM ANDREWS
REVIEWS THE RECENT SCRAPS
Says Levinsky Was Stale When He Fought Moha
Carpenter Deserves Credit for Showing
Against Jeanette.

recognized champions in their respective
countries, and the result of such meet
ing would settle the question OF worlds
champion in the lightweight division.
What's In a name?'~ This expression
is frequently heard and in this case there
seems to be considerable in it, Eddie
Coulon is the name of a New Orleans
boy who promises to become Quite
factor in the bantamweight division. He
has the same name as the bantamweight
champion, Johnny Coulon of Chicago.
and if he proves to be anything like
his namesake ne is liable to be wear
ing the bantamweight crown before
great while. Eddie Coulon has come
to the front within the past six months
in New Orleans. In the Crescent city
they think he is one of the greatest
bantams ever developed in the south.
Already they have visions of battle
between Eddie and either Johnny or
Kid Williams for the championship.
Eddie was going along very nicely. but
his greatest boost came week or two
ago when he was matched with Dick
Loadman Of Milwaukee. formerly of
Pittsburgh. According to all accounts
Eddie gave Loadman quite trimming,
and. basing this showing on former dope,
he should be pretty near in line for
big match. Loadman took on Kid Will
liams for ten rounds in Milwaukee last
fall with only a couple of days notice
but he managed to stay through the
ten rounds and give the Baltimore kid
quite an argument. The New Orleans
fans figure that Eddie gave Richard
worse beating than Williams. and that
he is right in line for the Baltimore
boy. or at least Johnny Coulon. His
manager. Remy Dorr, is so elated over
the boys showing that he has decided
to make an eastern tour with him.
There are plenty of good bantamweights
in the east. and If Eddie can run the
gantlet in that section of the country
he is strictly o. K
Joe BorrelI, the Philadelphia middle
weight. who recently went over to Eng
land under contract to the clubs there
for several matches, has decided that he
is good enough to tackle any of the
heavyweights on the other side of the
Atlantic. After winning his first battle
from Bernard. the Frenchman, Joe i'm
mediately issued challenge to Bonn
bardier Wells and other heavyweights.
and to make good his defy he deposited
$1,000 in real money to bind a match.
Joe made quite record in Philadelphia
until he bumped into George Chip. who
is one of the claimants of the middle
weight title However, Rorrell has
proven himself first-class middleweght.
and the chances are he will defeat most ,
of the men on the other side.
a wise act when it passed rule barring
any man from entering the ring who was
over forty years Of age and under eight
cen. This rule was brought about by
the efforts of Bob Fitzsimmons to get
back into the roped arena and pick up
some of the easy money down east
against some of the alleged white hopes.
There is no doubt that Ruby Roberts
would defeat most of the white hopes in
the ring today, even though he is around
the half century mark. but just the same
If he happened 10 run against a real
"a
entirely different from what Bob or his
friends would expect The game needs
all the protection possible, for there are
always plenty of knockers. no matter
whether there Is any cause or not. II
is a well known fact that boxers as |
rule are about through with the ring |
when they get between thirty and forty |
years of age. and the safest way is to |
put a limit as to the age of the con- |
the same as the New York |
other states might follow to good ad-
For lightweight who WIS supposed to
have seen his best days year ago, Gro
yer Hayes of Philadelphia has been max
ng a remarkable showing of late. After
mis- return from Australia he seemed TO
De in rather poor shape for time, but
soon recovered his bearings and began to
show the form that made him such a
'avorite in Philadelphia for several years.
Grover went out west and twice fought
Zoe Azevedo the Oakland lightweight.
making such good showing that the
promoters there matched him again with
nome boys. About this time Willard
stuart who formerly managed Grover.
lrifted out to the coast and the two again
decided to share their fortunes. Stuart
s one of the real clever managers of
boxers and he is also first-class press
agent, which Is valuable asset to
lighter. He is endeavoring to arrange
match on the coast with either Freddy
Welsh or Joe Rivers. Hayes has been
lighting for the past ten years as a high
class lightweight, and while he has never
been in a championship contest. he has
always been meeting the top notchers.
He has had probably more battles than
my of the lightweights now before the
public and there are very few losing de-
.isions to his credit.