The sun., 1916-08-20
Many CLASSY Youngsters,
Champions Of the Future,
Out for Recognition.
YOUNG ZULU KID Is
A PROMISING BOY
List Of Top Notchers Com.
prises Several Classy
L~ightweights.
~ n VETERAN.

Public attention IL 20 closely focused
on the champions and the chaiiengers in
the various ~classes. that the big cluster
Of newcomers. any M OF whom may
win a title. IL lost sight Of. The pre-.
liminary boy Of to-day MAJ b the
wearer Of the class crown next year. and
while these future champions are COM
PEELED to bask In the reflected iish;
shed by the title holders. yet brief
reference TO some Of The promising
youngsters should not be without inter-
est.
There 10 q little chap named Frankie
Demelh. who. after long apprenticeship.
has reached the M OF main svents.
who might. II not forced to give AWAY
90 much weight to e~cntenders. have .
chance Of developing Into q dangerous
contender for the bantam title. But
Demelr. who boxes under the singular
ring name Of Young Zulu Kid. seldom
goes into the ring that he does not ON.
ponents, and In the case Of heavy punch
ers like Pal Moore and Dutch Brandt
that much weight 10 o decided handicap.
benefits normal weight 10 liz pounds.
and II WINS at this weight that he gave
Ertle all kewpie desired in Q ten-round
bout At the Clermont A. c.
Excellent Boxer.
Demein Is one Of the best boxers seen
In local rings In a long time. and while
he Is not 4 slugger he hits hard enough
nent.
He has speed. Is game and never fails
to give onlookers a full return for their
expenditures.
The danger Ia that Demeih will be
thrown into the ring against heavy. hard
hitting boys till he IL compelled to quit
or take the Inevitable knockout.
II Is to be hoped that the youngster
will not be forced to battle against such
heavy odds and that he gradually may
b. permitted to boz his way along till
he acquires moro avoirdupois.
Another exceptionally clever boxer
who recently made his professional de-
but II Benny volgar. who was amateur
bantam champion before he Joined the
money chssers.
volgaP Another Conner.
voigar Is built on the lean. ransy
order Of the deerhotnd and has all the
speed Of hat animal. He has an unusu-
ally long reach. and when he Jabs for
the face the other chat IL lucky to avoid
Il Volgar also uses . right hook and a
right uppercut with good effect.
volgar has won all his professional
bouts. and unless he IL forced to tackle
game that In too large he doubtless will
make his mark In the bantam ranks.
Richard Henry Mitchell Is the man
that boxing patrons Of the Foam City
confidently believe will be the man to
take the lightweight crown from Freddie
Welsh unless Charley White intercepta
Welsh on Labor Day.
Milwaukee, Choice.
Richie Mitchell. who Is ~ years old
and scales 1856. Is one Of the cleveres:
boxers ever developed In the Middls
West. He has shown his skill against
leaders In the class like Dundee and
Welsh and has not had any the worst
Of the encounters. In fact. he claims hs
outpointed Welsh.
Mitchell also met Kilbane In the rinl
that the featherweiGht champion de-
clined another engagement except at q
weight Mitchell could not make.
Mitchell has confined his boxing II
the West. and therefore Is not 30 well
known in the East as his merits warrant
II Is said no will make Q tour Of the
Eastern clubs during the coming season
JOnHny LcdTys VINO Wo8 oitShittetcd
from the inner circles Of the lightweight
class by his knockout at the hands Of
Dundee, looked very promising. OLeary
who IL Of the rugged type Of fighter. H. q
native OF Seattle and claims to be thu
lightweight champion Of Canada by rea'
son OF a victory over the title holder {"
Vancouver.
winnipeg a year ago. and then CANT
East nitchipU his tent at AuYalO
He has done great work In upstate
rings and also In Boston. where he re
Gently beat Ever Hammer.
O'Leary Pronisins.
Up to the time Of his knockout b,
Dundee O'Ieary looked to be a formi
dable contender. In a previous bout will
Dundee In Buffalo O'Leary made a cred
liable fight with the speedy Italian,
Jimmy Pappas. a Greek bantam Of 81
Louis. Is q strong challenger for the it'll
and Is a clever. rugged little chap. :.
match between Pappas n Demeli
would be interesting.
Incidentally Demsln and Psppas ar,
the only little men In America VIII
would have a chance against the wonder
ful Jimmy Wilde. nyweight champion o
England.
A man who il declared by many OK
perts to have a good chance to win tn
middle and light heavyweight titles !
Bob Moha Of Milwaukee. It 10 charges
that the only reason he does moi vii
the championships 10 that he does no
get . chance to hsht for them. Mohi
is ~ years of age. short but massive II
build. and claims he could make tn
m'ddleweight limit Of 100 pounds !
necessary. Mona IL eager to tackle JAG
Dillon in a battle for the light heavy
weight title. and. while Dillon 10 re
puted to be afraid Of no one, he doe
not show any ~alacrity In signing arti
cles for a battle with the Busting Nil