Omaha daily bee., 1918-06-23
BELGIAN SPEED
DEMON BOOSTER
Of BOXING GAME
Arthur Duray Attributes the |
Awakening Of French Ma
tion to Athletic Possibili-
ties to Ring Sport.
By RINGSIDER.

Chicago, June ZZ.-Boxing IS PAID
high tribute by Alfred Duray, famous
Belgian automobile driver, who is in
Chicago to enter the fourth auto
derby here. To it he attributed the
awakening of the French nation to its
athletic possibilities and the new
fighting spirit which is bringing glory
to is sturdy people.
Duray tells entertaining stories OF
athletes and sportsmen abroad, as
we'll as stories of the war. in which
he haa seen much active service.
Boxing is an avocation with him
He loves it, he says, but did not learn
to do so until American promoters
introduced it among the French. He
has often worn the gloves, and has
met several notables in the boxing
world, including Georges Carpenter
pronounced Ko-pon-sh-ay-whom
he believes one of the greatest fight
ing men in the ring, and out.
Il saw Georges just before sailing
from France for America" he said in
an interview, He was in Paris on
furlough ad seemed in the best of
shape. l spoke of boxing, but he said
he has put it out of his mind for the
present, although he has had the
gloves on several times in aviation
camps to steady his nerves and keep
himself in condition.
"He would not take on any ring
matches, however, as long as the war
lasts, even if he could get permis-
sion.
Punches Lightly.
ITO have had the honor to box with
him consider a great pleasure. for
he is the greatest athlete in the world,
l believe. He never punches hard in
friendly bout, but he caught me a
couple of what he probably consid.
cred light ones on the nose-what
power there was back OF them!
1T is true the French people idol.
ize him, but it must not be forgotten
that they have other good boxers in
all the different classes. Many have
been taken by the war, but they are
all brave men and never hesitated to
take up arms pour la France. >"
Boxing, Duray said, has been
adopted in the French army as in the
American camps, and that is con-
sidered one of the greatest relaxa.
tons for soldiers.
Fulton In Training.
The Fourth of July bout which he
is to put on with Jack Dempsey has
called Fred Fulton into hard train
ing. This means that the Minnesota
lanky's injured hand has healed, and
! that he is ready for action in earnest
Most of his training his manager
Mike Collins, announces will occur
in New York, in order to stimulate
interest there in the bout.
Dempsey's manager, Jack Kearns
is hopeful, sending word from some.
where in the west" where the con.
testant for honors is boxing daily
that there is little work necessary to
make the fighter fit. Kearns adds tina,
Dempsey will tip 100 pounds when he
squares off in the ring.
1t is understood that in this bout
which is a heavyweight elimination
contest, the purse of $25.000 will be
split hfty-hfty between the men.
Lewis and Tillman.
Ted Lewis and Johnny Tillman
Minneapolis welterweights, who put
on a welterweight championship bout
at Denver recently, have been invited
to St. Paul to stage ten-round fight
the latter part of June. Acceptance
or agreement has not yet been made
public.
Boost for Cline.
Skill? Well, he is one of the most
skillful kids / ever saw"
Irish Patsy" Cline of New York
was the subject and Nate Lewis was
speaking after watching the comical
lad go through few stunts in train
ing.
You can afford to watch Patsy
therefore, for Nate Lewis, who ha:
not only seen all the great boxers ii
action in the last twenty-five years
but has handled two of the chief con
tenders for the lightweight title-Kit
Herman and Charley White-know'
what he's talking about.
Cline and his manager, Harry Pol
lok, dropped into Chicago for ar
afternoon to give Patsy some joint
loosening exercises. He had boxec
Battling Thorpe and Jimmy Hanlor
in Joplin, Mo-, and Des Moines, Ia
and was on his way to Buffalo to taxi
on Jimmy Duffy of Lockport for {
ten-round party.
Twenty Years Old.
Patsy is 20 years old and a boxe
for all Of his years. He is said t
be coming into his own-that h.
was never content with being grea
boxer. but wants to be known world
wide as great fighter.
And he's doing it, too. Back OF I
fine, square, look-you-in-the-face jaw
there fits a whimsical smile tina
says, "I'm really good natured
though here to fight" He is comica
in talk and is constantly turning |
quip or jest. He talks everything bu
fight. which he doesn't have to talk
because his fists take care OF that.