El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-20

! IN the ring after the experience instead
/ Of winking to friends in the crowd.
Ministerss Favor Bill.
I During the discussion of the boxing
J bill before the Nebraska legislature It
I developed that all the ministers were
not opposed to the measure, as some OF
! them tried to make out. The Rev. c. W..
J AcCasIiu said he considered boxing
! clean sport but was afraid Of the sa-
{ loon and gambling elements getting
mixed in with it. The Rev T. J. Mack
ay said: Il have read the bill carefully
and cannot see how any man can Op-
pose il. The bill viii guarantee a clean
and manly sport and abolish prize
fights Rabbi Frederick Cohn said
OF the bill: with proper supervision
I cannot see what harm boxing will do.
As for concentrating the sport don't
we all cOmmercialiZe our abiHuesZ
Why hold it against a man because he
can make so good as a boxer that he
can make more this way than can the
amateur The above proves that even
in good town like Omaha all the
ministers are not so narrow minded
that they are afraid to give their hon
est views on the subject. AS Gene
Meiady, well known broker of that
city said: Better to have boxing I'M
der control of the authorities, which is
assurance that it is properly conducted
and according to law, than to have it
in the hands of tOughs and go back to
the old days of real prize fighting"
Callahan II Fighter.
frankie Callahan, the Brooklyn light
weight who made good recently by
knocking out Joe Rivers and beating
other good boys, has proved once more
that he is not Il flash in the pan. He
fought hard eight round battle with
Sam Robideau, of Philadelphia, at st.
Louis and any one who can travel with
the Quaker lightweight over that dis
lance without being badly wOrsted can
claim place among the real fighters.
SHyIOr to Fight Sheridan.
Milburn SaylOr, the Indianapolis
Freddy Welsh and who made such a
wonderful record while in Australia
with Ray Bronson, has been matched
to fight Mickey Sheridan at Jackson,
Mich, February %, 10 rounds. SayIor
is giving away weight, but Is willing
to keep on meeting all Hghtweights in
existence just to get another Whirl at
the champion. SaylOr may take on Pal
Brown, another tough boy, over the 20
round route. at Superior, the latter part
of this month.
WOIgast Baked.
Ad WOlgast, the former champion
lightweight, cancelled his match with
Goats Doig in Milwaukee. because he
said he refused to be cIassed with a ten
twent and thirt' performer. None Of
that for NINE" said AddOck, 'it will
be the real goods or nothing. I would
nave kept my date with Doig had the
"a Tvs btGA II OIH QUO 10 30 as agreed, O
but when / saw the bills announcing /
me to box at 25c and up I baked. Then T
l decided to tackle Joe Shugrue in New
y ork at the Garden. If they fill them
there at soc each, 1 don't care"
johnson AdVertises.
You have got to hand it to Jack
Johnson when it comes to advertising. .
Jack has been en- route from South 3
to FL PasO Tor some time but
ne never missed a chance to get into .
some argument to gain nOtoriety and /
boost the show, if he could get any /
where near a cable station. Jack acted
as cook on board ship and in Barbados J
he acted as lawyer for himself and won
n case. Then he announced that he ex-
Dected to do ant aeroplane act and fly
over Mexico to 9Uarez, but he could not (
get machine. Too bad Jack never I
took to the stage and became a real /
comedian. He could give cards and
spades to many and beat them out in
that line Of work. There is no doubt
he has made many mistakes. but he
has also been made the goat many
times by others. It is a pretty safe bet
that when Jack does land in JUarez e z
will be found to be in good shape. He
IS wise to all such doings and no doubt
mas had plenty of training en- route