The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-20
BOUT BETWEEN M'FARLAND
 AND WELSH SEEMS LIKELY
Jim Corbett Says Lightweight Champion Has
 Slowed Up Lately.

that old right across he may add an-
 other knockout to his list.
 If Ad Wolgast wasn't the hard-Iuck
 little fellow that he is would not hesitate to say. that he will beat Crosss
 But with Ad of late years it is one ac-
 cident after another. He has prob
 ably broken more bones in his hands
 and arms than any fighters of modern the accident he met with in the Ematch with Welsh. and last week had his first try-out in months.
 WoFgast, the tearing in, sIugging boy of two years ago would make ICross jump out of the ring. Wolgast, different proposition. Anyone who has busted his n1aulfes as often as he
 has is bound to be trifle cautious and not take too great chances in
 leading. And Ads speciality is tear ling fn,s his best work is done at close quarters.
 We'll, we can't but admire the
 game little fellow for trying. He cer-
 tainly has the courage and if it was
 simply a question of gameness Ad
 would come down in front.
 That Havana, combination ought to l send for Sam Langford. The Cubans lstood for Young Ahearn and Willie
 Lewis, and oAght to be ripe for any
 thing in the fighting line. The Lang
 ford League'' season could be started down there as most of the colored Eboys are on the ground. Battling Jim I Johnson and Sam McVey are already I there and Joe Jeannette, I under l stand, is on the way. It's g fine I chance for Sam to fatten both his bat ting average and his bank roll at the
 same time.
 s Word comes from Sydney thai I Jeff Smith recently turned the tables Erl7a iT1 # Ia Echampjons of Australia. and accord I ing to the wise men of the game over st there that, means Jeff is champion T of the world.
 l The niddleweight title does not lacl sl claimants Smith nodest1y asserts sithat he is now the worlds champion las does Young Ahearn. Then both A Mccoy and. Jimmy Clabby have alsC Fl filed their claims to the honors. Mike sIGibbons has not yet. told anyone tha'
 The is champion, but a majority O. . the sports in this country would b. | ready to string with him if he fl , matched with any of the numerou champs"
 This is the season for Legislation And it is pleasing to note that boxini :. is coming in at last for a little re spectfuI attention from the 1awmak tl CTS in various parts of the country T Boxing bills have been. presented il 7l a number of states and the prospect
 at this time are that the good ol' z sport will be revived in a number o F localities where it has been taboo fo years.
 Here in.New York considerable dis l satisfaction has been expressed at tn : manner in which the commissioner 3 have handled the sport, and while ) bill has been drafted that would pu
 a stop to boxing it is not thought ther l is a ghost of a chance of it's bein 3 done. Governor Whitman is know s to favor boxing and as long as his ex . cellency is disposed to be friendly tn l fans will have small cause for worr
 over the situation.
 s IN believe with MT. whitman tha 9 the members of the boxing commis s sion should be paid salaries. and sub c stantial ones at that. While distr1c e attorney he kept in touch with tn }. sport and realizes that boxing has be : come popular with men in all walk
 of life The governor can be depend ! ed upon to do the right thing by tn ? sport.