The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-24
White Is Just EngEshn1an Enough
TO Get WeLsh's Lord LonsdaLe Belt

, gerous at all times and came within a
fhairbreadth of winning by a knockout.
II was in the third round that Murray
| landed several hard blows and one or
them. a left to the jaw, came very near
dropping the Oshkosh lad. He had to
clinch to save himself. In the next round
McGoorty had his revenge when he put
his left to Murray's jaw for the count OF
eight. Murray was OIL his feet before the
count OF ten and fought back in n way
that won applause from McGoorty's adj
mirers.
The author of this story is unknown.
but 1t has been going the rounds and
proves again that you can lose on a
sure thing"
! Jimmy Clabby. middleweight scrapper.
drew a seat in cafe one day alongside
a very laxative fellow. His talk was
about the ring game and prizehghters
This fellow Jimmy Clabby,' said the
stranger. rs n pretty good fighter, but /
don't like him very much personally"
THAT so?' queried Clabby. DO you
know Clabby very well?'
/ Know him? why. I've known him
since he was IA kid" responded the
stranger.
Clabby didn't recall the strangers face.
lie figured he was Boosting about his ac-
quaintanceship with fighters. as Is the
case sometimes with fight fans.
Tell you what I'll do" said Clabby.
I'm bet you ten-spot you don't know
| Clabby when you see him"
| You're on said the stranger
The ten spots were placed side by side
on the table.
How'll we prove that you know
Clabby?" asked Clabby.
Easy enough" answered the stranger.
"I'll let you be the Judge. I say that you
are Jimmy Clabby. Am ! right"
Without waiting for an answer the
stranger picked up the two tenners and
walked away, smiling at the dazed
! Clabby
There died in san Francisco last weel,
Henry CHankD Harris. Hank used to
manage the San Francisco baseball team
OF the Coast League. While he was rest
ling he did little fight promoting But
baseball WIS ever his first love. Homer
Davenport the cartoonist. made his first
real hit when he drew little caricatures
I of Harris sitting on the bench smoking
long black cigars more than twenty five
years ago Davenport laid especial stress
on the fact that Hank wore unusually
large shoes. For years Davenport drew
those big shoes on Harris.
II was n great relief to HAM; wher
Davenport pointed his face FOR the Eas
in search of fame Hank Harris was
real man. what he said never had &c
be verified.
4, Tom Andrews writes:
Trouble is brewing In Akron. ohio. re-
gardins the proposed contest between
Freddy Welsh and johnny Grifiiths Feb
ruary /, ard the chances are that II vii
not take place as scheduled. II is TIM
same old story where the boxing game
Is not legalized. The authorities will per
init the promoters to go along withou
molcstation until some wouldbe reforme
gets busy and enters "A complaint thci
the trouble starts As long as the fight
crs are not champions the reformer
seem to pay very little attention To them
but the moment a big match Is made anC
the participants are OF national reputa
ton the hammers begin to pound anC
the promoters are put to all kinds q
expense and Inconvenience. Why they
should select the stars of the arena e
knock at is hard to understand. for II II
surely much better to have clever and eX
perienced boxers TO display their box
ability than a lot of second raters. II only
: proves again that the followers of tn,
game are too slow in getting together
and forming a national organization to
their own preservation. All othe
e-aGchcs 90 src-. have thar rstlora
associations or leagues. Why not box
ing?'
Jim Shortcll was referec,ng a bout be
tween Two big motormen at the BeLfo,
club in Brooklyn one night. Jim say
they were the biggest TWO Irishmen h'
ever saw.
They didn't know thing about tin
game, but how they could slug | nevc
saw such wa.lops as they handed eacl
other in all my born days" says Jim
They We're covered with gore and
was about to stop Il on general principles
when suddenly one or the big fellows un
bucklsd a haymaker and down went III
other man with a frSghtful crash. \