El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-31
By James
J. Corbett

will need more than five months to train
If he is going to lick anybody worthy the
name Of fighter It viii not take any Lang
ford to beat Johnson Johnson is not there
any more, or else don't know thing
about a mans condition"
The letter is interesting in that # hands
US some new dope on the champions present
been written and cabled over here in the
past year we have pictured Johnson as a
regular fat guy-one SO big and gross tnat
1t would take many months TO work the
surplus weight off
Pittsburger Is Taking Chance.
AS for Frank MOran's chances Of beat
ing Johnson-if the match ever should take
place-weIl, the Pitsburger is simply taking
a chance He has nothing to lose IN the
matter Of reputation and whole LOT 70 gam
Danny Mckettrlck ms manager, KNOWS -
and if Johnson really is not there any more
then Moran or any other fighter would nave
a good chance to lick him
However, Moran is not the fighter would
choose to send after the title. Frank IS an
earnest and willing fellow. but when that's
lows in this cOuntry-white men az tnaI-
who can beat Moran At least, 1 think so.
man, and that happened before the gunner
was as good as he is right now Moran
latest mill on this side was with Al Palzer.
and when he beat that giant We thoughL ne
might amount to something after an. But
in the light of recent developments con-
corning Palzer's condition at the time
Franks stock has taken sharp slump
Sickness had robbed Palzer OF much OF MS
strength and he proved an easy victim for
Moran, as he was again a few weeks later
on in the bout with Dan DAILY, Jimmy Dimes
heavyweight.
would stop fellow like Moran inside OF 10
rounds In fact, I think Willard could trim
any white heavyweight and possibly the
blacks, if he could but be developed into
an aggressive fighter. 'Gunboat smith is
another whose record .entllles MN 10
chance at the champion over Moran
Ordering Flowers for Coulon.
They are already ordering. flowers to dec
crate Johnny COulOns pugllistlc grave The
bantam champion returned to the ring last
week and, according to advices, failed to
show his old time form
The critics should not be so impatient.
Naturally after a long spell Of idleness Cou-
Ion could not be expected to show at his
best. Keep a boxer out OF the ring and out
Of training for more than year ana 1t
takes several bouts and plenty Of boxing in
training to resume his judgment Of distance
which is a very important part OF sue
cessful fighters box Of tricks
Report stated that COulon was wild and
that he failed to land time and again when
opportunity presented ITSELF winch goes to
prove what I said above
to beat kid" Williams 1t is a question
whether he can beat MiiiHEams ln4er any
conditions. For the Baltimore whirlwind
looks like coming champion. and is one
of the hardest kids to beat that I've seen
in many a day
Richie Seems to Scale An Right.
A story is being circulated that difficulty
in making weight is the real cause Of Will
lie Ritchie's asking for a postponement Of
the match with Tommy Murphy. Until sew
rression Judging from his appearance and
from what / had been told, that Willie could
not make the lightweight limit without
weakening himself. But while the cham
pion was in New York training for the bout
with Leach Cross called at his quarters
several days before the fight took place, and
to prove that 1873 pounds was no great task
for him the champion jumped on the scales
in my presence Now this was not a frame
IN or anything like that as Richie was not
expecting a visit from me at all But he
knew that I had expressed the opinion that
he was rather a big lightweight and wanted
to convince me that I was wrong. Willie
weighed at the time exactly 1873 y pounds
This was about three days before the Cross
match and the conditions called for 1876 at
6 o'clock in the evening, if 1 remember cor
rectIy Anyway that is what the champion
weighed-133 and he had not INDUCED IN
very vigorous training stunts either.
The weight conditions for the Richie
Murphy match were the same as for the
Rftchie-Cross bout. I hardly think he has
grown so much in the last month or two
that he now finds it impossible to scale 135
several hours before ring time. But the
knockers must have some excuse for panning
him; they all have to admit that once in
the ring Richie is some fighter There lis
no chance to find fault with him for lack
of ability in that direction.