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lensers In Recent Battles, the Cham
Pion Heavyweight Will Hold on to
His Honors For Years.
The heavyweight class still is suffer
ing from a dearth of talent. Judging
by the outcome of the Gunboat Smith
Charley Weinert bout and a few 9th
ers between the challengers of Jess
Willard, 1t will be some time before
any of the contenders can be taken
very seriously. Apparently champion
ship matches in which the challenger
has a reasonable chance are going to
be just as scarce as when Jack John
son was on top
Although Weinert outpointed Smith
without much difficulty, it cannot be
said that he made Il very favorable
impression viewed as n contender for
the title. The Newark On. j. young
ster is clever enough at scoring tech
nical points, but that is all. AS yet he
is altogether too immature for any
thing more serious than to demonstrate
that his rivals are very weak in gen.
eralship.
Perhaps in time Weinert will de-
velop wallop, but that is very doubt
full He shows little signs of promise
in that direction. Apparently he will
never be more than a fancy boxer
Right now Weinert probably could
take the measure of Jim Coffey. but
for all that the Irishman seems to be
the most likely candidate for titular
honors. In the long run Coffey is sure
to wear better and go further. AL
though somewhat under cloud at
present owing to his failure to suppress
the veteran Jim Flynn in a more
convincing manner, Coffey has more
real fighting ability than the Newark
youngster. For one thing, Coffey is a
two handed man, while Weinert de-
Ponds altogether on his LEFT. The Irish
man uses every blow in the list with
out favoring any particular one. 1t is
possible for him to change his style to
fit the occasion. On the other hand
Weinert has one set form of attack. He
gives the impression that when he
meets an opponent with Il good defense
for a left hook he will find himself al
the end of his resources.
The entry of Tom Cowler, Jim Cor
belts man, among the list of chal
lengers will be viewed with interes
I'm the hope that the newcomer will ado
strength to the class. The newcome
met with great success in Australia
but that means little as the Australian
heavieS are q VIGOROUSLY poor lot
COwler is very much of n novice as yet
and even IL he should happen to b
of the right material he viii be sadl
handicapped by his lack of experience
Therefore if Corbett really has an
faith in the future of his protege b
probably will be in no hurry to fore
him to the front
If Al Reich can win n few bouts
will not be long before he is in line 70
another chance at Coffey. That is tn
New Workers. one ambition just now
and as New York promoters are an
ious to stage the bout he may obtai
his wish in a few weeks.
Reports from France that George
Carpenter, who still is safe and sounC
hopes to pay America n visit if he SUI
wives the war would be highly interes
ing If there were an immediate pro
pect that hostilities would ceas
There is little doubt that if Carpenti,
had remained i'll the ring he would
regarded as Wizards most dangerol
rival at the present time. English DO
ing critics now assert that the your
Frenchman could have taken job
sons measure had he been given Il
match that fell to Frank Moran.
Whether Carpenter could do an
thing with the gigantic Willard in
championship battle over a distance
doubtful, but, judging by the shOwil
he made against Joe Jeanette ~
allowing for the fact that his physiq
has filed out considerably, he won
make things decidedly interesting f
the Kansan in ten rounds. If such
match ever is made there is no dou
that it will break all attendance n
ords in New York.