Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-23
SPORTS throu6hI


ties and barred Sikh from boxing in
New York state. And as other COM
missions will follow Mr.. Mpldoon's lead,
as usual. it is unlikely that Sikh will
be allowed to come here and box unless
he is first reinstated by the French
men.
Looks as if Sikh is up against an
awful proposition. He may have to 80
to work.
When the French authorities added
to Skis troubles by arresting him for
putting on his war uniform on arm
istice day, charging him with unlaw-
fully wearing a military uniform, it
seems as if they were rather piling it
on the simple S~enegalese.
The Color Line
Going back a bit in this story. the
action Of the British officials in ruling
against a mixed match" in England
is amusing to us in America. For
years the British have assumed an at
titude Of superior virtue whenever any
American white boxer drew the color
line. In England. for centuries, there
has been no color line.
The English were rather proud of
it. and inclined to call attention to
their broad minded policy. For many
| years white and black boxers have been
on almost an equal footing in England.
Nearly two centuries ago Molineaux,
and American negro fighter. met Crib
| for the championship of England. Mol
! ineaux was ieered and abused by the
! crowd. but perhaps that was more be-
cause he was a foreigner fighting y
British champion than because of his
| color.
When he asked Crib for a return
match Crib paid no attention to the
| challenge until Molineaux put cut a
public letter repeating the challenge
and saying that he hoped Crib would
not hold prejudice against him las a
man of color" Crib Immediately ac-
cepted the challenge.
When Peter Jackson went to Eng
land and beat Frank Slavin at the Ma
tional Sporting club Peter became so
popular that he died from the effects
of dissipation within Il few years. lie
was royalty entertained while he stay
ed in England, and came back through
America on his way home, a physical
wreck.
/ was in London during an interna-
tional tournament in the National
Sporting club in 1902. where several
Americans fought. Billy Madden had
IlS huutu iHu bcANeA ~ -
over there. and the white and the
black heavyweight trained together at
Working. Gus told me that he could
not understand the English people.
Denver Ed Martin
When he went out to run on the
road nobody paid any attention to him.
but big Denver Martin was stopped
and entertained everywhere to such an
extent that he couldn't half train.
Rubin was actually jealous of Den
yer Ed.
Rubin knocked out Tom Sharkey
and got some credit for it, but wher
Denver Ed flattened Sandy Ferguson
he was hailed as another Peter Jack
son. Perhaps that was why Ed de
veloped a glass jaw" a year or Sc
later. It was fatal to be a popular
black champion in England in those
days.
McVey and many other colored fight
ers have been welcomed in England
:. Frank Craig. the Harlem coffee cool
or. was treated so well there that h
moved over, married and settled down
10 do the rest Of his boxing i'll Eng
lish rings.
In fact the first color line drawn il
England. it seems. is against Six
Perhaps the authorities figure tina
Sikh is likely to knock out Joe Beckett
!, and that this is no time in the world
mixed up affairs to allow an EnglisI
champion to be beaten by an African
\ tribesman.