Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-24
BY T. S. ANDREWS.

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| MILWAUKEE,, Wis, February 22-Re
ports from California state that Jim
my Clabby's showing against Sailor Pc
troskey before Tom McCarey's club. al
Los Angeles, was not so brilliant as some
| of the fans expected. despite the fact that
| the Milwaukee boy won a clean-cut vic
| tory over the navy man. Many Of the
followers of the game looked for a knock
| out on the part Of Clabby, basing their
| judgment on his former showing against
| Petroskey, when he defeated him at San
! Francisco after twenty rounds Of hard
1, fighting. The trouble is that Jimmy is
| not what one would term a Furnishing
F., lighter. If he has his man under control
and winning, he does not seem at all anx-
| ious to rush in and play for a knockout.
the same as many other good fighters.
Just because boxer fails to put his man
| to sleep is no indication that he cannot
| do so if he is so inclined. 1t was this
same fault that cost Jimmy a big match
in England in 1911. although he was not
entirely to blame. as he had q bad hand
at the time. After his tour IN Australia
Jimmy went to England and was to have
been matched by Hugh D. Mcintosh
against Jim Sullivan for the champion
ship OF Great Britain. Mr.. Mcintosh
wanted to introduce him first and match
ed him against Harry Duncan, a fair
man at his weight. Clabby should have
stopped the fellow in one or two rounds
at most, as Duncan was almost scared
to death the first round
Jimmy had only to hit his man. as the
fellow offered practically no defense. but
I Jeems wanted to take his time and enjoy
h ms 10 ia
about him until his seconds yelled for
him to go in and win. Even Mr.. McIn-
tosh howled at Jimmy. but the latter took
his time. Then he discovered that his
sore right hand was hurt again and he
could not use it, and Duncan, who had
been smothered without suffering much
injury, began to get some nerve. The re-
suit was that the bout went twenty
rounds when it should have gone two.
With the extra distance Jimmy hurt his
hand still more and had to lay of for
several months. The little fooling he
did with Duncan cost him several thou
sand dollars. Jimmy is. without doubt.
the cleverest middleweight in the world
today. but he must be in shape to go the
distance or some one is going to cop him
sure, and from reports received here was
not in very good condition for Petroskey.
1t may teach Jimmy a lesson, however,
and he will now get down to solid train
ing for his next battle. With McGoorty
be fine chance for real championship
contest between the two Wisconsin lads
at either Los Angeles or San Francisco.
Willie Hoppe mot the billiard expert.
but a clever little Pacific coast boxer.
who lost two fingers of each hand in an
explosion of toy cannot last Fourth or
July, made a comeback in the fight
games a few nights ago, when he fought
Solly Salvatore, considered clever liz ht-
weight. of Sacramento. Cal. Hoppe won
the four-round decision and displayed
enough ability with four fingers missing
to entitle him to another try at the
game This recalls to mind the fact that
Joe Walcott. the famous colored giant
killer, fought under similar conditions
after having part of his hand shot away
in a mix-up in Boston some years ago.
Toe retired for time, but later got into
the game and was matched with JACK
Dougherty, the Milwaukee welterweight
This was July 10. 1906, and the fight took
place at Chelsea Mass. just outside of
Boston. For seven rounds Dougherty
beat Walcott and was making splendld
showing, when in the eighth Joe put over
his right to the jaw and Jack went to
sleep for several minutes. Frank Null
kern the Milwaukee newsboy millionaire
of those days, was with Jack, ana ne
happened to be in Walcotts corner when
ticed that Joe had a big leather pad to
it his hand and it was as hard as q
niece Of iron. No wonder poor Jack
took the count when Joe landed with
the leather mitt!
In a recent article Hugh Fullerton OF
Chicago pointed out that while Chicas0
fans would like to put pohnS oiii
through the legislature, they would never
stand for such bill as is now opelaIins
in Wisconsin. The writer points out ena'
some boxers have not been paid ior con-
tests they took part in and that the COM
mission has picked out certain boxers 10
vent their spite against. meaning. y,
course, the action in suspending Faches
Mcfarland for one year. The Wisconsin
hill is ali right and will work out to the
satisfaction of every one II given tne
nroper chance Many laws have been
passed and found wanting at frst, Out
have come out all right AS 10 boxers
not being paid for their services. .nat .h ,s
true in measure, but not whefe tne
old clubs in Milwaukee are concerned,
for 1t can be said that during the past
fifteen years there has not been an m
stance where a Milwaukee cluo ever iaIi
ed 10 nav every cent due boxer Tor
services rendered. This is outside Of the
arguments that Kid Williams ana ms
manager got into in Milwaukee ana also
Johnny Griffiths. The commission mas no
ak to grind and is simply endeavorins 70
conduct the sport on a clean plane T ehe
same as the A. A. L. in athletics. Inc
Mcfarland incident was unfortunate. ana
no doubt was brought about by the &C
tons of Packey during the day OF lhe
contest. when he tried to ignore the com
mission Wolgast was not barred. out
simply reprimanded for aiieseo roush
work in the clinches. which the commits
sion had a right to do. AS to any news
naner writer lending himself to lot OF
Gamblers by giving unfair decisions. l
cannot say. but cannot believe such a
thing possible Any writer who would
lower his dignity by such methods shouid
he barred the same as any boxer snouio
he thrown out for taking. Milwaukee
reputation, as far as boxing is concerned.
has been clean and above reproach ana
that is what the commission aims at now.
There is only one way to keep the game
clean and that is to be on the square.
Joe Woodman, manager OF sam Lang
ford is having a merry time in old Eng
land irving to get Jack johnson into
match with the tar baby but the foxy
Joseph is not permitting I'll Arthur 10
have everything his own way. Joe says
he is willing to give Jack the best OF the
money end of the deal, but not 70 sucn
an extent as to rob Samuel OF his just
dues. And Jack is finding Joe some
financial genius to cope with. Announce
rnents have been made that the two col
ored giants will meet in Olympia Han
next June. but from inside sources IT IS
said that the contest will not be per-
mttted A prominent English writer sends
me the following letter regarding the
affair:
through. for il they try to bring on a
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