Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-10
to his rescue and getting him out OF
his difficulties.
Ahearn Forcing Recognition

:, Ahenrn Forcing Recognition.
Young Ahearn. who came back from
England last fall with Victories over
weight to his credit. only to find him
SELF no moro In demand among Ameri-
can can promoters than before. has de-
termined to force recognition of his
aDlity Since he went out of his
weight class to beat Jack Dillon In
Philndelphia, last week-Dillon has
grown into light heavyweight in the
last year.the promoters have begun to
sit UP and take notice OF him. When
Ahearn left our shores about thirteen
ne was known as The Dancing Mas
ter" The title still clings to him, but
ne Is s1 som, more than dancer
true sense OF the word since visiting
across the ocean. He mikes up his
m yYI,h footwork and fancy boxing
IKE rush that has not failed once thus
FAR TO carry trouble to his opponent
~ me promoters only knew how to
advertise Ahearn, he would be n fine
drawing card for them. lie is an Eng
iishman by birth, and could be offered
ro ahe of fh ms as one. though he spent
hall him as their champion-or. at
least, they did up to the time he left
me Isles after the declaration of war.
SO what would be the matter with
matching him against some or the lead
Ing. American middleweights In Inter-
national bouts? He makes every fight
:" SPSSldCuidT one IuIl OF action, but
since growing into a middlewe eight has
not had an opportunity to meet citizens
IKE Jim Ciabby. Mike Gibbons. George
IMP ana Al Mccoy. Dillon whom he
gument against other leading middle
weights when &c was one OF the class,
ana anearn. by his victory. Is qualified
to meet tho best of them.
Charley White An Artist.
rrhst,. Mhitc, who soon Is to meet
II, Igf In l,t
ma the first exponent of the acknow-
iiedsed correct idea I'm scientific boxing
!, Is necessary to go back TO Jim Cor
beit; The basic principle in Corbetts
m.Ihods was to waste not one ounce OF
enort. to make every cxertion count
New Workers saw White give such an
exhibition here in his bout with Joe
Shugruc The latter was Il complete
contrast to the Chicagoan. He con-
sthntiy rushed and ran about the ring.
70, 10 no purpose whatever. most Of the
time. He would punch. punch, punch
shooting forth his fist fully three times
as often as did his foe. Yet White
blows. White did not start punch
unless ne saw n pretty sure chance to
land II. And when he did land. he
more total punishment than White in
spite OF his great activity. for Charley
stopped or duckcd at least two-thirds
general direction. He, in the mean
time. ~as saving his strength while
Snhsruc was wasting his, and by the
time the tenth round arrived was fresh
as daisy. Shugruc up to that time
was perhaps little ahead of the Chi
caso Henrew on points. IL aggressive
ness is included as a score in his favor
but he was n toy in Charleys hands In
the tenth round. What would have
happened II tho bout had gone on for
ten rounds more is hard to foretcll, OF
course. but IL looked as IL White could
nave made mincemeat out of the Jcr-
sey boy had the match been over a
right. by his heady exhibition, to the
return meeting with Champion Welsh
In Willard Growing Taller.
IS Jess Willard growing tallc-? Prob
abiy not, Yet this mammoth OF man is
so huge that every time you look at
him n. seems bigger than the time be-
fore. The gigantic cowboy now IS max
ing hay while the sun shines by doing
one might stands in various small time
vaudeville houses In Gotham, at the
same time killing another bird with
the one stone in helping advertise his
coming clash with Jack Johnson It's
funny thing the way the promoters
OF that event keep making different
announcements as to the time and
10 cause speculation and discussion
over the affair, thereby booming the
gate receipts. However, II was an
nounccd In this column two months ago
that Juarez. Mexico, would be the
place. and ST. Patricks Day, March II.
the tlIne. Just keep that in mind and
see II II doesn't turn out right though
recently the projectors have been muir
murinE something about March 6. They
probably will shift the time and place
ut least half q dozen more times before
the bout comes off.