Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-24
ENCK IN AUSTRALIA
READY FOR BOUTS
AURORA FEATHERWEIGHr MAY
HAVE TO FIGHT IN THE LIGHT.
WEIGHT CLASS OWING TO Ex.
CESS WEIGHT-OTHER AMERl.
CAN BOXERS WITH ENck.

/ CAN BOXERS WITH ENck.
Freddie Enck. Aurora feather
weight, landed at Sydney. Australia
safely December 20. newspaper clip
pings received from the far of coun
try show Evidently he has taken oil
weight and will box as a lightweight
The following clipping from The
Referee. official boxing paper of Syd
ney, was received today.
Jack Munro. with bunch of new
ly arrived American boxers in tow
broke in yesterday morning The Wis
itors-Jack Coyne twelterweighu
Matty Smith (lightweighp, and Fred
die Enck tfeatherweightJ- were
brought TO Sydney by the r. NJ. B
Sonoma a few hours before
Every man jack of the trio looks
the goods as an athlete and fghte.,
and their stories OF ring experiences
are those OF lads who have no kick
against Fortune, and have every hope
of holding the tickle jades favor du
ing their stay in Australia, and for. as
little Enck put ii. quite while fur
ther on. because said he, we are
still young, and have served search
ing apprenticeship and got into the
trade for our individual benefit.
Quite little speech. was it not?
And spoken in manly way. 1t was
Freddie who said. oh. yes when
asked if he had beaten all of NUN.
Der OF men whose names had JUS,
jotted down at his dictation. The
question should. as Enck's remark
suggested, have been unnecessary
ought to have followed his career.
All Fighters
However, they are all three mol.
est good-looking fellows and fighters,
insofar as men can be judged by what
Jack Munro termed the cut of their
jibs. also the expressions Of their
faces.
"Matty Smith will be the first mar
matched, and probably in Sydney.
Each of the trio has all our champion,
off by heart and he most desires 70
meet the Australian topnotcher in his
weight division.
Jack Coyne GA years of age and 5
feet 9A inches high has been boxing
three years. and weighs from lG.2 to
io,5 stripped. The American welter
limit Is 1912. Coyne fought and beat
Marty Cross, brother OF Leach Cross,
the famous fighting dentist and repu..
cd clever ring man, twice. He also
finished even with Johnny Grifiiths a.
Columbus (Ohio) in surrounds go
which attracted great attendance.
"Coyne must be some class. 1t Is
not against him. rather it Is In hi. IA
vor, that he began as a boxer when
q years old.
Loses Five Bouts.
"Maty Smith t5 feet 5ih inches
hlsh) has just passed his twenty-thrd
year, He hopes to pull the beam at .
stone pounds-an Australian light
weight. His wins have been oves
well.known good ones, sucn as Stan.
ley Yoakum, Benny Chavez and Co.
The latest success TO his credit was
when, week before leaving the mid
die west OF the Z. s A. for Australia,
he walloped Freddie Andrews of Mil
waukee into Submission. OF I'll con.
tests said Matt. i only lost five.
These occurred during 81 years OF a
ring career, Smith Is no stranger to
alhrounds battles. He went thru three
in one week at renver, Colo.
Freddie Enck t22 years Of age and
feet 4 inches high was a feather
weight when leaving home. He thin,
he must be lightweight now. and Is
afraid he may have to continue such
Freddie has battled in the 24-foo,
square for five years and has mussed
up the regulations Of such men a,
Jimmy Travers. Bonnie McNeill Ia,
Goodman, Jeff O'Connell, Red Dollar
and Morris Flynn. Round about CHI,
cago is his usual habitat