El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-14
WHO SEEK FAME SHOULD
REGIN To ADVERTISE THEMSELVES
Clever Men Who Start on ste Careers Often Lost
in Oblivion Because They Have Not the Initiative
to Start Publicity ampaigns to Attract
Public Attention in Their Behalf.
BY JACK skELLY.

dangerous big men I ever saw IN the
ring He had a powerful Wallop, Dut
was always more or less uIiAor tuilAtS
in most Of his cOmbats- he was L0OlSU
and robbed out OF his fights Wlth Z - =
simmons, and was never trained or
handled properly for an important con-
There we're many other mighty fistie
gIadiators who were never crowned
CHAMPIONS Such great ughters as
Peter Jackson. Frank P Slayin. Tom
Sbarlev. Gus Rubin and Charley
Mitchell. for example
Rfngsters Who Deserve Recognition.
There are a number Of worthy, clever
fighters in the ring today who do not
get proper recognition and credit Tor
their fistic talent Probably IN most
cases because they lack newspaper
booming or they are too modest to
proclaim their fine fighting qualities
from the housetops-
For example. there's Bill Mckinnon,
OF Boston, who has shown great class
in the ring with such noted opponents
as Nike Gibbons. Jack Dillon, Eddie
1fcGoorty "Bearcat' Tom Mcmahon and
other nigh rollers McKinnon IS in
deed wonderful scientific boxer with
all the old and new tricks OF his trade
at his fingers end He recently put
George ROdel. the heavyweight Boer
in the hospital from a beating he gave
him over in Brooklyn This was more
than Young Ahern could do with the
big Boer. / consider Bill McKinnon as
clever as many in the game at present
He was indeed fistic revelation ana
a surprise to those who saw him IN
action recently. without any press
agent bunk" or great predictions And
vet Bill is only a midleWelghC, but IS
always willing to go out Of his class
to get a crack at the big fellows for
any reasonable purse
However. that very clever manager
OF fighters, Johnny Mack. is back in
the game again. and has taken Nc
Kiunon and another unappreclated MO.
dleweight. Bob MOha. Of Milwaukee.
under his wing. and that IS guarantees
enough TO me that both these great
ringsters will soon hit the ltmehghr
and give the other stars in their di-
vision a hard run for honOrs this COM
Difficult to Gain Reputation
As boxing is conducted in such a
slfpshod, disOrganized manner in this
country especially. it's very difficult
indeed for a young unknown fighter
to get 10 the front Dozens OF them
in various parts Of the country are
continually writing me for an OppOrtu-
nifty to show their proves In the ring
This country Just at present seems 10
be glutted with young fellows anxious
and ambitious TO shine within the ropes
but il would take a lot OF time and
trouble to weed the good from the bad
and place the talented y0ungster on
the high road to success.
It's a pity that Tom Andrews's ef
fort to properly organize boxing fell
down. for the want OF appreciation and
cooperation on the part OF the other
fistic promoters. It might have de-
velOped to a very beneficial federation
for the uplift OF the game all around
1t might have helped the hundreds OF
aspiring young boxers to get a chance
to exhibit their ability, and probably
produce a wonderful lot Of high-class
ringsters now cropping up.