Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-26
The istic Game
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by RINGsIDE
! CHICAGO. March 25.--With all due
| respect TO the old guard, il is prob
able that never before in the history
| OF the prize ring has there been such
! a plentiful supply OF classy little fell
p; lows and such :, lack of big 'uns as
! there is to-day.
/ Whereas there are more than a
! dozen boys who can do lis or even
| lis handily and leave little TO choose
! between them over u limited course.
/ there's only one heavyweight who
| seems to have the real ciass-and
! Ilueensbury save the mark--if Jess
! Willard can lie said to possess the
| high attributes such as some OF the
/ giants of other days.
HoweySr ,,s such P Pleas t,, task
| now before the public that there is no
| use TO start = long windcd argument
! ansnt the hsavyweight possibilities.
( by way Of cltuchinG the argument.
! here's a list OF active bantam weights
/ OF to-day.
Kid Herman New Orleans; Kid Will
lams. Baltimore: Johnny Ertle. 81.
! Moore. Memphis: frankie burns. Jcr-
! scy city; Johnny Su.sbcrC, Brooklyn:
Lew Tender: rhiladelphia: Al Shubert.
! boston; Dick Loadm,ln. Buffalo: Kid
I Wolfe, Cleveland. Joe Haley. Cincin
natl; Jabcz White. Albany y. y:
! Benny McNcill. Windsor. Canada, and
! OF that list, the FIRST half-dozen
named probably are the class OF the
lot. although some of Tn" others may
! show something soon that viii topic
! them over. Just how good the big
little SIN are Nigh, hr figured OH
/ The basis that johnny Coulon. who for
out and off the championship pedestal
| by Kid Williams. is doing an appar-
emily real 'comcback." lie has been
| cleaning up lately.
That figures Williams as "a hear Eut
| Kid Herman has COPIED the champs
| crown. Johnny Ertlc won from vii
liams on foul i'a. Moore beat VIII
! Burns has shown we'll against most
! Of the field. Burns can hardly I've con
! sidcred n possibility for first honors.
coulon. one OF the Er1ndcSi cham
pions Of all time. has seen his cham
pionship sun sink behind the horizon.
!, looks nov as y the honors lie be
tween Herman, Moore Williams and
Ertlc Moore Is laid M with bad
arm right nov. bat expects to bc back
III tho game shortly.
Possibly som" grizz ed fans viii re-
sent the rating az the bantaus men
TONED above anu suecr They NAV
even say that Terry Mc,;overn. George
Dixon. Harry Forbes or p"dl.r Palmer
one hand tied Maya" SO Eut our
chief argument is that there's a whole
lot OF mighty good lil,ie men showing
! days.
.Fa,her Time seems % % having one
q: la" greatest battles Of his career
II With sam LamEfo-d the Boston
( Tar Baby Cr course Than eventually
"ill take I'll" count. JUST as they all do
/ But, boy. on. boy 'hat black man,
wnu has just celebrated his forty-third
birthday, still packs TIE kick OF a
mulo. a. fighters Who Gacc him now
thd 'h"n ~ local rylnun -ium Viii
+ testify sam knows h"s slipping. and
+ that lnterna! Il; would prevent him
from ever again fitting himself for :,
bout tnHt .had . championship angle.
.. q o ~ ~ n IL
most ~ the alleged hcavics. ana thcr.
eT" e" Or them who Nan, mis- game
IN face JACK Johnson lodged SUCCESS
illly, and Joe jeanette and sam Nc
-" wer" The only ones during Tham's
iong career who really gay. him bat
rr IN" Langfcrd- .I.an"ttc- NcNcv cir
cull "ere Aot real tloodthiraty affairs
Les i,arrys dazzling appearance
/ h-T~ bids fair 70 become but = faded
@salnt; some of tie middleweigi',. or or
lign'-he1viss in Denver Branded !,
t!ackHr IN the East and Middle West
because &c ran away from Inc Euro
oean Wai. instead Of sighting with
c'h"r Australians. Darcys populari,r
~1"ed guIckly. Ne has hardly any
Dldiai"d manager who took charge
- ms a1eirs - good faIth. Greed for
American dollars apparently was the
return ana Join nc % ors.
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