San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-25
Deliberate But, on 0ccas-
on, FerociOus Cleveland
er Comes Fast.
LITTLE MAN, BIG PUNCH
Knockout of Curtin Recent
ly Caused Fight World
to Really Sit Up.
BY ROBERT EDGREN.


eral months has been hot on the trail
OF Joe Lynch. the title-holder in the
class. He will beat Lynch if he can
get him into match, / sincerely be-
lieve.
One Of Carl's recent feats was the
knocking out of Johnny Curtin of
Jersey City, a rugged bantam, who
I was generally supposed to be in line
for a championship chance. The blow
with which Tremaine finished Cur
Tin was an uppercut to the solar
I plexus, landed with a thud that could
be heard plainly all around the ring
side. 1t ended a fight in which Ire
maine showed New Workers his class
by driving stout little Curtin around
the ring and along the ropes with a
relentless two-handed attack that dis
counted Curtin's heaviest punches.
But the Curtin fight was only one
OF the side events in Tremaine's list
of battles. On previous visits 10 New
York he knocked out Mike BallerinO.
Martin Collins and Harold Faress, all
of whom might easily be classed with
Curtin. He has knocked out Roy
Moore, Eddie Gallagher, Terry Nc
Hugh, and has fought Joe Burman
and Pal Moore several no-decision
bouts.
A French Canadian.
Tremaine is a Canadian, of French
Canadian parentage. The French-Ca-
madam produce nearly all of the best
boxers developed in Canada. Tommy
Burns. smallest man that ever held
the worlds heavyweight championship,
is a French-Canadian. His real name
is Noah BruSso.
Carl was born at Listwell, Onta-
rio, and is % years old. There were
eight children in the family, six boys
and two girls. His old brothers were
all boxers. So Carl began boxing when
he was small. He had to, to hold his
own in the family circle.
Tremaine began as an amateur. In
his first year he won the 1OS-pound
championship of Michigan, where he
was living at the time. His prize
was a suit and an overcoat. Carl
went on as an amateur until he was
II. winning 40 amateur fights and
losing only one decision.
As an amateur he developed the
winning habit. and still has it. In 101
ring battles Carl Tremaine has been
out6oxed only once, and that time by
Memphis Pal Moore. That's running
nearly 100 per cent.
One of Carl's early knockout vic
tins, when a flyweight, was frankie
Mason. who claimed the flyweight Ii
tie. Afterward Carl grew into ban
tam and tried hard to get a champion
ship bout with Johnny Buff, but Joe
Lynch beat him to it and got Johnny
first.
Works Like 0ld-timer.
Tremaine looks like an old-timer in
action. He knows the game. In
stead of rushing in headlong with a
wild flock of swings, hooks, jabs and
uppercuts like most of the limited
round boxers of today. he starts with
cold deliberation and times and places
every punch. He seldom misses. Yet
when in full action Tremaine hits as
fast as any other boxer, ard more ef-
fectively than any I've seen among
the bantams in a long time.
Carl has the trick of swaying the
weight Of his body into a punch, COM
ing up on his toe and driving the
strength OF his legs into each blow.
He hits with lot of speed, but speed
doesn't interfere with his punch. He
uses hooks and even swings instead
of sticking TO straight punches, but
times them so well that the seldom
miss. He hold his hands low. watches
for openings. waits deliberately, and
strikes so suddenly that it's almost
impossible to know what he is going
TO do and to offer a defense.
Joe Lynch, bantam champion, has
been a great little fighter ever since
he knocked out Kid Williams in 1918,
lust before he went to war as a fight
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infantry regiment. Lynch is a game
cock for fighting. 1t never comes too
fast for him. But, clever as Lynch
is. he'll find Tremaine as fast and
clever. And Tremaine is a harder
hitter than Joe Beside all of which
Tremaine is coming. and Lynch is
slipping back. All chances favor Ire
maine as a coming champion in his
class.
In some ways Tremane is differ
ont from all other fighters of his
ability. Terry McGovern. before n
fight. was all bottled fighting speed
and fury. which fairly exploded into
action as he ran across the ring and
the instant the first bell rang. George
Dixon was deliberate. Kid Williams
is much like McGoyern is wanting to
rush into action and keep both hands
going. Johnny Coulon was an old
time boxer, very deliberate even in
the furry of a flying mixup.
Walks Out With Baby Stare.
Tremaine comes out from his cor
uer cool and unconcerned. He shows
10 bottled-up energy. His legs don't
tremble with eagerness. He doesn't
hop around like Doug Fairbanks on
the screen. He just s,rOlls out with
baby stare and an air Of indiffcr-
ence, walks within range-and then
everything begins to happen at once.
Since his first year in the ring
Carl has seen the tOpnotchers in his
class grow more and more coy about
fighting him. He has had TO take
on many bouts with second-string men.
Whenever he gets a match with some
bantam who is in the limelight be
wins quickly, showing what he can
do when he wants to.
Jimmy Dunn, CGrls manager, who
brought out Johnny Kilbane, says
that Tremaine will be his next cham
pion. Dunn goes with Tremaine to
handle his trainin and boxes and
works with him just as he did with
Kilbane. There is no better boxing
coach among the managers and train