Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-19

the east by New Year time. While Jess
is taking care of the eastern hopes.
| Mike Collins is preparing his Minnesota
hope-Fred Fulton-for crack at the
champion later in tine season. There is
talk of matching Colin Bell, the Aus
tralian. who trained Jack Johnson,
with Fulton for a ten-round bout.
When Sam Mcvey and Sam Laneford.
colored heavyweight stars, clash at
Denver September 80 there should be
some real battling. These men have
met several times, but there seems to
be such rivalry between them that it
is case of fight every time they do
meet. l saw these same men fight
twenty rounds AT Paris four years ago,
and it was certainly a desperate battle
all the way. McVey used a straight
left on Sans forehead above his right
eye. and it looked like a young ostrich
egg before the fight had gone fifteen
| rounds. However McVey did rot es-
| Dummeling his body in great shape.
The winner of this match should be
.ermed the coiored heavyweight cham-
pion. for jack Johnson no doubt has
retired for ali time.
The suggestion in these columns last
week that a tourna ment be arranged TO
decide a f"weight champion under the
new acale of weights proposed by the
American Boxing Association has
brought forth several claimants and
chaliengers. Zulu Kid Of st. Louis
claimed the title at 112 pounds and Of
fsred to defend it against all corners.
Now comes Harry James of Chicago
who wants to match frankie 1zzo of
that city against Zulu Kid the winner
to be declared the title holder JOHNNY
Ertle of 81. Paul also was after it. but
he will likely devote oil his time to
also are getting busy and want
cha nee at it. SO that Mess-s. Zulu and
Izzo are liable to be kept busy. In
England there are q number Of very
clever hyweights. and once we have
champion here it will be an easy mat
ter 10 arrange an international match
| for the world championship.
Kid Williams. the bantam champion.
had close call at st. Paul last week
when he bumped into Johnny Erle and
lost on foul in the fifth round. Up to
that time the newspaper accounts
stated that Williams was having the
best of it. Hc was disqualified for hit
ting low, something the Kid has very
seldom been accused of. The laws of
Minnesota saved the Kid from the pos
sible loss of his title. for it is stipu-
lated that no decision of any kind be
tie on foul. 1t will be remembered
that Ad Wolgast lost his title to Willie
Richie on foul in the sixteenth
round, but the conditions were very
the twenty-round route and for the
championship. Williams and ErtIc
boxed ten-round. no-decision contest
at lis pounds. which is not the correct
not having been adopted as yeti, and
it would be hard to take a champion
ship away from a holder under those
conditions. still. if it had been a clean
have recognized Ertle as the champion.
1t will. no doubt, make Williams be
more careful in the future.
. 1t may sound strange to hear that
boxers or fighters of the o!den DAYS
trained on gunpowder. Recently there
have been reports about the discovery
of the remedial quality of gunpowder,
and this has brought response from
an English clergyman-the Rev. Fuller
Mills of Abertjllery, England In the
cary SIXTIES when Tom Sayers, Tom
King, John c. Heenan and Dick Stevens
were at the top of their glory in the
ring, the Rev. Mr.. Mills was a clerk
fighters of those days trained. Mr..
Mills tells the story as follows: "It was
about 1860 that Dick Stevens was
matched to meet big fellow known as
came to the store for his weekly re-
quirements. which were of the plainest
and simplest kind. for such men have
to bring the body in to subsection in
an ounce or two ou,ces of gunpowder
I asked him via: he used it for. His
reply was: 7 mix 1t with my gravy
when have dinner and swallow it. II |
prevents the flesh from easily putting
under the hard blows of an opponent
The cuts and bruises are not SO hurt
full and more easily healed" In con
clusion. Mr.. Mills asks. Had Stevens
and his feIlow-fighters more than ffty
years ago discovered the remedial QUAIL
ity of gunpowder, the credit for which
is now given to John H. Clarke, M. D. 81
Bob Scanlon. the American colored
boxer who has been abroad for the ma at
few years. is fighting in the trenches
in northern France. and has been there
since the outbreak of the European
war. Bob got the war fever and en-
listed at the outbreak, and from recent
reports he is still alive and holding
down his job. Writing to a friend. Bob
says: II have just been flirting with
the angels and they have treated me
good, I must say" Bob was anxious
to get his record of fights, but the
chances are he will have to foreeo that !
pleasure for the time being, as he gave
no address when he sent his letter
Jack johnson made a great deal Of |
noise about Joining the forces last
year, but when 1t came to cases JacE
HE'D himself to dear old Lunnon" and