Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-05
JACK DILLON AND
BAT LEv|NSKY IN
MANY RING BOUTS
These Light HeayieS Fought
More Than Fifty Times Dur
ing 1915; Bowling Congress
to Be Held Next March

- sosa,se tou~asl estcist tftstp Nlssi
New YORK Jan 1.-THE past year
has been one 81 remarkable activity
among the boxers, particularly thosN
Of the United States and Austria.
isouis ranging all the way from the
four round decisionless contests t. The
battle uf forty-fivc rounds OF q Knock
out, have been staged Ia these OF ad-
accent countries and while the shifting
OF titles have been few almost every
onn IL the recognized champions has
defended his pugilistlc crown one or
more times during 1915.
Considering All classes Of bouts,
whether short and dec!sionless or 20 a
finish. the records show thai n group
OF some fifty OF the leading puglists
fought close to 600 ring battles dur'
ing the twelve months just completed
IL the list Is enlarged 10 include Their
opponents the total number of box
sre engaged 10 these contests would
aggregate, more than one would run
into more than a million OF dollars.
A peculiar feature of the record rs
that The lists show the boxers IN the
intermediate CLASSES were the onts
that fought most Frequently Dat
illnr Levlnsky and jack Dillon. light
heavsweights. participated IN fiity-
n margin OF -four bouts over Dillon IN
the lightweight Glaze Charley White.
Freddie Welsh, Tod Lewis, Johnny
Dundee and Eddie Wallace were the
leaders In number ~ contests fought.
Among the heayywelghtA Sam Lang
ford. Sem McNey Fred Fulton, Gun
boat smith, Al Kcich and Jim Flysn
we're the buiest boxers The best
showlngs. where decision bouts only
are considered. were made by Charley
White. Les Darcy, Coffey and Fulton.
Frank Moran aud Jess WIZARD ba,tled
at 900 gait. winning every contest
in which lIey engaged although the
total number amounted TO but four
fights.
At the recent meeting Of delegates
from the numerous sport governing
bodies, held IN New York city to clai
nv the dsflnitc Of All amateur. an ell
fort was made 90 Incorporate in the
rules d clause requiring that when 40
aihlete gave away medal or prize
he should file with. tile secretary Of hir
association the name and address oi
che recipient of the gift perfect
howl Of protest aroar from those IN
attendance al tho suggestion and there
wgrr soto Norc comments aVoht
Woman IIater,Y "Sweethearta' and
other remarks which led TO the belief
that athletic medals aud trophies were
popular with tile fair set
Elaborate arrangements are beins
made for tlie sixteenth annual touffn'
ncnl of the American lowing con-
areas IN Toledo March to 20. Toledo
BOWERS are well orHanized and VIII
contribute az their share OF the entry
ahont 900 tcams heing followed bA
chicago with 100 teams, while II ~
pfedicted that the lists viii incluhr
occr 500 teams Of five men each. l..
800 teams OF two BOWERS each, and
over 1000 individuals bringing the
total cntrs fund close Ia $4,000. Two
thlraa Il this Will BE- returned to the
contestants In prizes which will APP
proxmagr $4,000.
Tho plans call for tbs installation Of
sixteen new bowling alleys ana COM
tracts have been signed Tor 500 sptr
Of hard maple pins Al are Ia bs de-
iivered four weeks prior 20 the open
ing date 81 the tournament In order
that thes may become Thoroughly az
rlluiated
Tha, Swedcns prospects for inter-
national NfHiftfE NHNfNItHHFH@H H"AANi >
nj. more than promising may he ludE
81 from the rather c0nfdant reports
made hv King Oscars national attn
letle instructor. Ernest lljeftabtfR'
who arrived here a few days ago TO
apend hrirf vaeation lllcrisbers'
who "a woli known IN America as an
aihlet. and successful trainer, says
shat Is his opinion sander. s0-year'
did student at lnsalla university. ~
fusaessea Is puwcrA of endurance ana
sufficient speed aa distance runner
10 give Kuiehmainen, the Finnish
American champion. hdrd Tao,
SahlM ~ the Mariebcrg Athletic eluh
is a Jumper from whom the national
trainer expects fine results as he mas
!. record OF IS feet ior the hop. step
and lump Wide Nuddls Of the Jota
Athletic club is tn. fasiest miller IN
that country. having mark Of 40
for the distance In addition Go these
liisrsherg has Sinh,rr. ID hieh jumper
whe has cleared the har az feet .
inehcs. and Abcrg broad iumpcr
With 4 record Of - 'rei inches an
of these starr are 20 represent swed-
az a. TIE 1916 scandinavian cham
pionshipf which are Ia hc held ip
Norway The former American traln'
~ ,Xufss.sed the opinion that there if
ma chance ior AN olympic meet until
the Eur pean war - ended ana he be-
leHes thaf such an event is fully tive
years off