Evening star., 1915-12-11
BOXING GAME IN FRANCE
CRIPPLED BY THE WAR
Carpenter About the Only Fiirst-Class Man
Left, the Others Being Dead or
Badly Wounded.

own words: 1T was a raw deal hand
ed to Jimmy. First of all he was call
ed upon to fight man who was nearer
middleweight, and who should have
been fighting Young Ahearn or Mike
Gibbons. After the referee had in
structed the boxers to shake hands,
when they came out Of their corners
in the first round. Lewis took ter
rifle smash at Duffy's jaw instead Of
accepting the hand proffered in good
faith. by Duffy. The blow knocked
Duffy down and dazed him, but he was
on his feet before the count of ten
stopped the bout, and there and then
gave Lewis the decision. Now Duffy
has been ready to bet any part of
$4,000 and make the match on a win
ner take ALI basis that he can whip
Lewis. The match probably will be
made before long and will take place
in Boston" 1t seems strange that none
OF the Boston papers made mention of
the fact that Lewis took advantage of
Duffy in shaking hands. Whether 1t
is correct or not, l cannot say, but it
seems strange that Lewis. who has
never been accused of anything of that
kind before, should try to spring
trick like that. There must have been
some misunderstanding, for Lewis, to
my mind, is not that kind of boy.
The fact that he defeated Duffy in less
than a round demonstrates that he is
of the highest class In boxing. but it
does seem that Duffy is entitled to a
little consideration in recognition Of
his past performances.
After the many battles that Sam
Langford and Sam McVea, colored
heavyweights, have had. it was rather
pleasing to the great multitude Of box>-
ing fans throughout the country to
round contest in New York that was
voted to be absolutely square from
beginning to end. Those two men have
met frequently and reports have often
through their ten-round stunt to get
the money. 1 doubt whether such
was the case. They became so ac-
customed to meeting each other and
it was hard matter for either one to
gain decisive victory. Even in this
case there was little to choose be-
tween them. According to most of
credit of having the shade. it was a
hard battle all the way and the two
colored giants worked harder than
usual. so that there could be no mis-
take about their being out to win If
they could. The management of the
show had announced that the money
would be refunded if the people were
not satisfied with the contest. but
right then and there the crowd decided
that the two Sans had given them
their moneys worth and there was not
even one request for rain check"
Langford seems to be going backward
a little and it appears now as though
McVea had the edge on the famous
tar baby" There is no doubt that
McVea is about the best colored heavy
weight in the world today, not except
ing Jack Johnson.
What promises to be one of the
classiest battles of the year is booked
for st. Paul December 10. when Mike
hn ,Io
Ahearn of New York. who holds a
European championship. meet. These
boys have been talking a match for
long time and it was generally sup
posed by the fans that they would
never get together, but 1t seems that
after Gibbons came out of the woods
ne felt so good that he decided to
eake c1aie,o on II the sd man whom Dan Mcketrick
weights. There is no doubt that Ahearn
is one OF the cleverest men in that di-
vision. and as Michael also is credited
with being in class by himself re-
very scientific affair. Ahearn, how
ever, carries a wallop as we'll as
great deal of science, and from this
distance it looks like real battle be-
tween the two. 1t is too bad that they
are not going over the twenty-round
route instead of ten. for then there
would be better chance to have a
decisive result. However, there is no
such thing as twenty-round battles in
thls part of the country and the fans
VIII nave to be satisfied with half the
number. o
Usually when a boxer delivers a blow
tnat carries a great deal of weight
with 1t and lands hard on his opponent
the latter goes down for the count of
ten. However, Len Rowlands, the Mil
waukee welterweight, tells of an ex-
perience he had at New Orleans a year
ago when lust the reverse occurred
Len was fighting a New Orleans well
terweight by the name of Young Denny
before the club run by Dominick Tor
torich. 1t was a fifteen-round contest
and the boys started of at a very fast
pace. In the fourth round Denny
landed a wild swing back of Rowiand's
ear Len says that he did not feel the
blow at the time and kept right on
lighting for fully half a minute. Then.
all OF sudden, while he was standing
In position to box and Denny was about
to get away from him, he began to get
very dizzy. It Waa all he could do tQ