Evening star., 1915-09-12
By T. S. ANDREWS.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. September IL
Since the American Boxing Associa-
tion was formed at Cleveland, a week
or two ago, many arguments and DIS
cussions have sprung up in regard to
various classes. etc. 1t was announced
at the meeting that a new class-the
fyweight-should be established. the
same as in England. for it will give
boys around 112 pounds a chance. The
first person to put in claim at the
new weight is Joseph Sarno of st.
Louis. who lays claim to the title in
the following plea to the secretary of
the association:
Now that the American Boxing AS
sociation has been formed and the
weights in the various classes an
nounced. I am going to claim the iy-
weight championship for Young Zulu
Kid His record speaks for itself. and
1 am sure entities him to every con-
sideration. He has usually given away
from ten to eighteen pounds to ops
ponents. l hope that the American
boxing enthusiasts. with the help of
the association, will try to make the
flyweight title as popular as \other
ring titles. This is weight that we
have needed badly and must have
There are. and always will be, many
boxers who never will be able to scale
more than 110 or 112 pounds, and IT Is
too much to ask them to give away
weight to the top-notchers in a class
at 116 or 11S pounds. I hope the public
will recognize the new title weight and
give the smaller boys chance, for
they surely give the public the best
kind Of contests for their money. The
bantamweight limit of 11S pounds, as
suggested by the association. is wise
move. OF course, it will suit KID
Williams better, but then we must al
work together if we hope to accom-
plish anything. I understand thai
a legitimate 112-pounder. In that case
let Ertle and Zulu Kid fight it out foi
the title, and we can start the class
of with a real champion and soor
match him against the European title
holder for a real international match
will have the final say regarding the
titles. 1t is a good move, and l, for
one. will be willing to abide by its
decision. If there are any other boys
around the 110 or 112 pound notch who
dispute the claim with Zulu Kid. let
them come along, and we will be will
ing to match up quickly to settle the
title question"
Mr.. Sarpo is right as regards the fly
weight class. There are many good
boys around that weight who are toe
small to tackle boxers like Kid Will
llams. frankie Burns and Jimmy Muir
ray. and for that reason the special
class should prove popular, both with
the boxers and the public.
While a great deal of praise has been
handed out of late to some of the
fighters in the lightweight class, there
is one boy who seems to get very little
credit for what he does in that di-
vision. The lightweight in question is
Ted Lewis, the former British cham
pion featherweight. who has decided
to make New York his home. and who
from Australia twoS years ago. Lewis
was never accused Of being a hard
hitter. but evidently he has improved
in that line OF work. too. for he has
been beating some of the best boys ir
the east much heavier than himself
and handing them heatines that only
boxers with punch can dish out. Tht
New York papers the pas. five month:
have credited him with wins over sew
eral tnn-notchers. irrlnding Jack Brit
ton. Kid Graves. Mike Glover and
others. He received the referees de-
cision over Jack Britton at Boston
Jimmy Johnston, who handles Lewis
SAYS he is open to meet any light
weight in the world. for the title or
otherwise. and he would especially like
TO get him on with Charlie White, Will
lie Ritchie and Johnny Dundee.
There is talk in New York cf match
ing Charley Weinert. the BROOKLYN
heavyweight. with Tom Cowler. the
nroteee of Jim Corbett. for contest
the winner to go against Jim Coffev
Weinert has been coming alone fine nf
late. and. outside of the Knockout fr
Tack Dillon. has made a good record
He gave Jim Savage beating last
week, although 1t must be remembered
49, Jim is vster1r We,aert a9tssns sho,e o.
NAT he has the ability to go on 18th
the best. About the same timn Ton,
Cowler mot the rising vo"n- '"Hvy-
weight from the coast-Jack i"nT 10
who had been tonted high. ""'
knocked him out in three rounds That
gave Jim Corbett ard his boxer more
confidence th-n ever. and they are now
j, flor = match with Corey. hut tho
'"+-~r is se"kir~ match with less
wil'"~d first. cowler and Weincrt
latter will have tn give away corsid :
e-able weight. as he scales ONLY abn"'
1Sa. white Coular go"s ove- the 21"
notch Fred Fulton. the voune eiart
from, Minnnsotn. whom Mike Collins is
,-oomirc fo- h'o thir~a Is also go'r r.
aast ara viii throw down the e,untlet
to the whole bunch ~ heavyweights.
The prc~nsed match between Bonn
bardinr Wells the R-itish heavy
weight chr rmpinn. and Dick Smith for
the title, has been called of for the
present. Both Smith and Wells were
liable to be called to the front at anv
time. and thn club war+ed 10 hurry
the r,atch Smith wanted b"t+e- t"rms
and the match fell through. Wells then
announced that any time Smith seeks
another match he will have tn come
a cross with tn" usual thonsanddol1sr r
side bet, Dick Burpe the former li~ht-
weieht chamnion of Frgla~d. who h" =
made an oTe~ for the Wells-Smith
match. has left London for the shoot
Ing ranges and expects to e" to tho
front in France any time. The last