The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-06
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IN III NAi.t r. OF ~ Blsiill I -
getting your name In the pa.
per-is very valuable asset
In these times OF high-priced press
agents. To be able 10 step TO the
front nowadays in your chosen pro
fession. be II sports or other lines
% endeavor. means being well
known.
There is no better example OF
what publicity will do In the way
OF making an athlete than the case
Of Eddie Pinkman. Eddie was con-
tinually doing something 10 get his
name in the papers before he went
into retirement. Since he decided
TO quit the boxing game you do not
notice him dashing around the
prominent corners bedecked in
green shirts and such.
In his time. Pinkman has got a
million dollars worth OF publicity
and was the best drawing card in
the local boxing game.
Compare him to a fellow like
George Ingle George is top
notch boxer in these parts and
capable Of putting on a fight that
Is every bit as good to look at as
any in which Pinkman has shown.
Take Pinkman's greatest battle
from a spectators point .of view
and then compare II to the won
cerful showing that Ingle made
with Willie Hoppe
Funny thing. eh9 It's all I'm get.
ting talked about a bit and Kid.
ding the public along.
"MUFT'' BRONSON's defeat at
the hands Of Peter Mitschie. in
Vancouver. wash. July 4. appears
TO be the beginning OF the end OF
Bronson as a popular idol in Port.
land. where he has held undisput-
ed sway with the boxing followers
for more than a year.
Bronson was at his best as a
featherweight. He fought some
mighty nifty battles in that class.
but when he began taking on
weight II seemed that he not only
slowed up but lost some OF his hit.
ting power as well.
When Bronson first showed In
Seattle, the time he knocked Joe
Harrahan out I'm the second round.
he was Just beginning to get heavy.
Looking back now. we are inclined
&c believe that II IS a lucky thing
for him that he knocked Leo Houck
cold in the first round OF his sec.
ond fight in Seattle. Leo is
tough boy, and II he had weathered
the storm Of that blow in the first
round and got to going, the affair
mighty nifty battles in that class.
is all past now, however
Bronson's terrific fights with
Lloyd Madden seems TO have
taken the pep out Of him. and Mad
cen az wei. Neither has been the
boy he was before they tangled
"CARUSO" DAN SALT arises to
remark that Eddie CamDi was
given the worst OF It in the de-
cision rendered at Everett. giving
harry Anderson a draw with the
Coast featherweight champion.
THAT is neither here nor there.
however" says Dan Camp Ia
willing, even anxious. to meet An.
derson again. and the bout may be
arranged"
Salt favors putting on the 20 in
Seattle. but IT. would seem like
good move 10 stage the bout some
Saturday night in Victoria. n
would be over the l0round routs,
end. with seats at a nominal price,
there II no reason why Seattle fans
would not 20 up in a boatload to
see Anderson and Campi in a long
distance fight. We have often
heard local fans who have never
seen Campi 20 over four rounds ex-
press themselves as wanting 10 see
him step over a long distance.
With a boy like Anderson, who is
equally as well known In Seattle
S Campi, and who has a draw with
him for It goes into the records,
even tho protested--in the ring
with the clever Eddie. It should be
n bout worth going out OF the way
to give the uncover.