Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-16
az RoekRT EpeREN

sporting Editok New York Evening
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There is no argument. oyer the fact
that long tights made great lighters.
In these kid-gloge days OF ten-round.
decisionless bouls the hsker,s chief
ambition. Il seems, is to dance about
and tap as rapidly as possible with
out taking the slightest risk And
that isn't fighting. s
But In the old days, before and dur.
ing. and even fpr time after the
Horton law, there were real fighters
and there was real fighting to be seer.
The gamenea4 Of fighters wasn't
questioned IN lose days. simply be.
cause a-man WI wasn't game didn't
last long enough to attract much at
tention. II was faken for granted that
any successful fighter was game. be-
cause he had to be game IN order to
be successful. Now it's different. To
be successful boxer must combine
all the latest tangotapping methods.
II he's as yellow as q ripe lemon and
as timid as jack rabbit his nervous
efforts to avoid punishment are re-
fened to as "a marvellous exhibition
of boxing skill . Many new follow
ers Of the sport don't know what real
boxing Is.
So I'm going to recall a few details
OF fight that was q fight II came
on in Philadelphia before the crop 81
fighters deIelop6d IN the long bouts
q the Horton laW days had forgotten
their fghtine hnbit. It was between,
two Of the best light heayyweights OF
that day, two men as diffefent IN type
aNR>wolf and lion. one was 4 tan,
slim fellow Of iather elegant figure.
with q quiet manner and refined face
and q mass Of curly black hair. who
looked like & gentleman amateur and
fought to carry out my sfmfle, like
the Arctic wolves or huslie dogs Jack
London and Rex Beach write about
The other was : blonde Norseman.
with light yellow hair, light blue ewes.
light skin. rounded muscles and the
STRAIGHTFORWARD manner Of his lighting
forefathers He was throw-back
to the ancient Bersefkers, who, once
n q fight, became 50 filed with fight.
ing rage that their one thought was
to annihilate al enemies. They new
er took q backward step. Their at.
tack was straightforward, pluneing.
curious nnceo1lnE Sc Was TIE -
tack Of Kid Carter
Mccoy and Carter Met in
KID Mccoy. the curlY.haired fighter
met blonde Kid Carter 81 Philadelphia
10 years ago. The club was packed,
for the followers Of lighting knew
both men and believed that they'd
make q great fight Carter had no
doubt be could beat the famous Nc.
Coy, and Mccoy smiled q crooked.
sneering smile as he thought OF what
he'd do to the ilaxen,haired -swede. 8
Mccoy trained wen for Carter But
as far as that went, he WAS always
IN condition then. Carter trained we'll
for Mccoy, whom he intended to
knock out. When they stepped into.
the ring theY made q handsome pair.
Carter. confident and a little grim,
Mccoy smiling his twisted smile.
They came together. Carter began
with q headlong rush. Mccoy deity
let him pass and as he vent hooked
q left fist against Carriers right eve.
Carter turned like bull ID the bull.
ring and charged again.
At the start that was the way the
fight went Mccoy. sneefing his SUI.
perior eneer, marveIouzIy skilfuI,
measured Carriers powerful blows to
an inch. avoided them, drove n punch
after punch himself, never MISSING.