The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-23
new YORK YEARNS
FOR FIST|C GAME
Boxing Promoters Hope to
Continue Sport Under
Some Plan; Test Cases.
NEARY BACK IN GAME
Several American Boxers
Make Pilgrimage to Pan
anna, Where Sport Is.

The boxing promoters in New YORK
state-that is, some of them-are de-
termined to make fight to continue
boxing under some plan. The Broad
way Sporting club of Brooklyn held
bouts two weeks ago to make test
case of it. and last week held another
show by getting out an injunction
against interference by the authorities
II the clubs continue to get injunctions
there will be some amusement for the
fans, at any rate. but how long 1t Will
last is hard to say. 1t Is known thal
many of the officials in the big cities
are favorable to boxing. and the fact
that boxing Journeys are being held at
all the army camps makes it so much
| stronger in their favor.
| Neary Tries Come Back.
| Several boxers have endeavored to
i, make come backs during the past yeal
or two and now comes word that
Charlie Neary, the idol of Milwaukee
eight years ago. will try his hand
| Charlie started fighting about the same
time Jack Britton entered the arena
and is going on 35 years of age. How.
ever, Neary has always led very
clean life and never drank, which is al
in his favor He has always kept II
light training, and is in better shape
right now than most of the boys fight
ing. Neary was induced to try himsel
out by an offer of $4,000 for thre'
fights from old Board of Trade friends
, who felt convinced he could make good
| and he took regular course of train
ing for six weeks before giving his an
swer, Now he is certain The can com
back successfully.
Interest in Leonard.
: Benny Leonard's trip to Denver mus
!, have created considerable interes
+, among the followers of boxing in tina
} part of the country, for no less tina
l five queries have been received froi
Colorado the past few days as
whether Benny had more knockouts
his credit than Charlie White. Accord
;. ing. to the records, there is just or
= difference between the two, White ha>
), ing 40 to his credit and Leonard 4
, which includes his last victory ov'
p Sailor kirke at Denver.
When it comes to the knockout pa
, of the game. these two lightweight
r. appear to be almost on an equality, a
d though Leonard is by far the pretti
: boxer and considered more clever TN;
white. There is no doubt that Charl
j. carries a sleep produced in both han
It and the same can be said for Leonal
9, although it is usually the right hal
d that Benny puts over when he wan
&c to score the kayo.
Panama Bright Spot.
Panama permits the staging of
W round bouts, and several Americ
* boxers who have been down there S
As that boxing is growing in POPULAR
1e with the passing of every month.
III But Panama is by no means the OF
VI spot where promoters are keeping
on things fistical. On the far-aw
III Pacific coast. Jimmy Coffroth and sc
'y eral others. including Jack Kearns.
u" hiding their time in the hope of pu
ing off a number of big championsl
~ fights at Tia Juana. The main dra
-. back is the fact that Tia Juana Is j
:. about 5000 leagues from nowhere.
~, in this day and age a promoter has
~ hang a large and juicy bundle OF
- before the eyes OF any champion
ed entice him into the ring for n I
&C. match. So. for the present. the
in Juana dream Is rather uncert
proposition.