Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-02-26

Cowboy Padgett and Sailor
Danny Burns showed a few of
their PAGES at the Moose hall yes
terday afternoon and while neither
put on the gloves, it looked like
the half had not been said about
either boys ability. Both have
speed and If good physical condi-
ton and punches of muscle dis
tributed in the places where they
are supposed to do the most good
have anything to do with a wallop,
both lads are packing around one
which would floor an OK.
Lacking sparring partners and
both still a little stiff from their
Washington's birthday bouts,
neither lad exchanged punches
with any of the local hopefuls, but
this afternoon. starting at o'clock
they will begin training in earnest
The fans are invited to drop in and
look 'em over.
Who's Here?
Sailor Danny Burns, who boxes
the main event on March with
Cowboy PadEett on the Veterans
Ol UltlBH w al ittlug Is II bDdplA
the only professional boxer in the
world who lives up to the COM
mon saying, "I'll fight him if he
weighs a ton" Sailor claims that
and does. What's more, he gets
away with It.
A welterweight, weighing in the
early forties, Sailor has taken on
heavyweights with the same speed
as welters and on many occasions
has brought home the bacon.
1t don't just seem real, but lit
tie Danny, then 140-pound "gob"
on a U. s. S. dreadnaught, copied
the heavyweight army and navy
championship which was held I'M
der the auspices Of the Y. NJ c. A.
at Brest, France, in 1919 and
what's more, he received the medal
direct from the hand of Rear Adj
niral Halstead, commander of the
II. s. naval forces in France. Sailor
knocked out Mike Howell army
heavyweight champion in the third
round.
So size doesn't make much diff
ference to Sailor, as he demon
strated again Washington's birth
day at Prescott, Ariz., when he
went up against Jack Lynch. Jack
had expected to get down to 1853.
pounds, but failed and went into
the ring with 162 pounds draped
over and including his more than
six foot pile of bones. He was so
tall Sailor had to jump into the air
to land on his chin. Lynch Just
got the decision and judging from
the story about the bout, Sailor
either carried the fight to the giant
or tried to in every round.
Sailors real name is Dan Riggio.
but he took his present ring name
while in the navy and has carried
1t around with him ever since. He
comes from Walsenburg, colo.
Quits Punchin' cattle.
Cowboy Patdgett was punchin'
cattle quiet and contented like
around the Dolores range when the
war broke out and he started in to
learn to keep his seat on a buckin'
airplane. When he came back
from the war he started to take
up the cowboy life again, but
about the third day he was home
there was a cowhand general
rackus around the corral and when
II ended Padgett was standing
alone.
Jack Edwards. one time trainer
of Battling Nelson, heard of the
row and its outcome and went right
over to Dolores and the next thing
Padgett knew he was shadow box
ing and skipping rope. The next
thing he realized was that a ref
cree was holding UP his hand show
ing that he had cleaned somebody
in the squared ring. He's been go
ing eve" since and it's almost a
habit for referees to stick his hand
into the air.
Padgett has boxed all through
the west and southwest. taking the
welterweights as they come and
stuck considerable feather In his
cap last week when he boxed
draw With Warnie Smith at Okla
homa City Not that the lariat
thrower hasn't beaten better boys,
but because II was generally doped
that he wouldn't beat or even stay
with Smith. There are a lot of
fans boosting Smith as the lad who
will cop the weller belt within the
next few months or years.
Now that Lee Anderson. Gorilla
Jones and several of the other
boys of about his avoirdupois con-
tinue to sidestep Al Smaulding,
there is talk of letting local fans
have another peep at Al in Action
by matching him with some one in
an exhibition bout to precede the
main event on the veterans card
on the night of March 2.
Although AL is a native of the
Duke City, local fans have not seen
him in action for several years