El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-21

. slowly, and gets better as a bout
progresses and if Ad couldn't hold him
even for 10 rounds it would seem that
20 rounds would spell defeat for him.
In the match here with Leach Cross
"a dangerous man toO-the champion
vas going very strong at the, finish,
ana unpreJudiced eye witnesses of the
Milwaukee affair have informed me
that he was strong as bull when
the bell rang for the end of the 10
round setto with Wolgast.
COffrOth Called the Turn.
Jim Coffroth, the California fight
promoter, has convinced local sports
that he is quite a, student of fighters
A day or two before the Ritchie-W oil
CAST meeting, when asked for an ad-
vance opinion on the battle, Sunny
Jeems" let himself loose of the fol-
lowing WisdOm-Which came pretty
close to calling the turn:
If Wolgast is in good condition he
may hold Richie to a draw. My opin-
ion is based on the battle in which
Richie won the title on a foul. In
the early part of that melee it was all
WOlgast and not until the ninth OF
10th round did Willie get going nicely.
Richie. is great fighter, but he is
not six or 10 round artist. He needs
a longer route to show at his best"
Jim was not so far out of the way.
While nearly all the Chicago papers
gave the decision to the champion,
the Milwaukee scribes were about
evenly divided in opinion
All of which leads up to the ques-
ton of what California promoter will
land the return 20-round match Ny
opinion is that Coffroth will outbid
his rivals.
Coffey's Left Hand Hook.
was an interested spectator at the
l0-round session between big Jim
COffey and Battling Levinsky last
week, and because I called on Coffey
after the bout in sompany with his
manager Billy Gibson, Snowy
q EaT n Fufr
to show him a thing or two in the
boxing line that may prove a big
help to him in the future I have been
extensively quoted" as predicting a
Some have even gone so far as to say
that have picked" Coffey as the
coming worlds champion
It doesn't take much to get a sport
and he is good for a couple Of col
umns-if his sporting editor will
stand for it. Any way I was mis-
quoted IN regard to COffey. What I
reauy did tell Gibson was that Big
Jim had the best left hand hook that
I've seen in some time, and that il
1t was property cultivated it would
make him a hard man to beat after he
has had a bit more of experience.
Where His Mistake Lies.
COREY, like all the rest of the big /
white men of today, doesn't know /
what to do when he gets a good punch !
thing applies when he lands an eff |
fective blow on his opponent After |
watching COffey's work in the Levin (
sky match for couple of rounds I /
advised Gibson to tell him to use his /
left hook Oftener. Billy told Coffey |
to do it. and that the blow was not /
-elished by Levinslly was evident /
rom the way he grabbed and hung !
IN T. the big fellow every time it /
anded. But when Coffey would hurt 4
levinsky with the punch he would try
% sail in and finish the Job with
lights. Now everyone with experience !
n the ring knows that a fighter who
las been badly stUng will be on the
Fauch Tor right hand punch, and if
lie can't protect himself from any /
'ther blow viii instinctiveIy try to
suard against a right to the jaw
several times COffey landed his left
look on Levinsky's jaw, jarring him
considerably, and every time he would
poll 1t all by rushing in with wild |
light swings-which was just what