Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-12-24 | Page 20 | Tom Cowler Worthy of Chance at Heavy Crown

TOM COWLER WORTHY OF CHANCE AT HEAVY CROWN fl 4 t I p i Jc i 1 t 1 t S p r Tom Cowler I YORK Dec Dee 23 Tom Tom Cowler IN NEW tho the speedy heavyweight hea looks to tobe tobe tobe be ono ore one of the tho most promising candidates candidates candi candi- dates for Jess Willards Willard's title that the class can show at present Cowler has the strength and reach roach of the best In his class clau and i is 18 said to surpass them In speed and antI cleverness Ho Is la 6 G feet 3 inches tall and weighs in at no pounds He lie Is la on only I 24 years old And though ho he has haa been fighting the best bost of the the- heavies for but buta a R short while ho ime hohas hohas has a n list Hat of or victories that most of ot th the veteran battlers battler would woul be bo glad to bra brag about Cowler was born in Cumberland England and worked on a farm farma till he was 16 16 when he ho went to J London amII and amI after alter several cral years of ot schooling became I interested In the fight game and do de I to fro go into It professionally Most lost of or his fighting has haa been d done c cIn in America as ho came camo hero here shortly after alter ho he took u up the game gamo He Ha has bas defeated Gunboat Smith Smith Battling Lo- Lo Porky Flynn licked l K O. O Brennan twice and knocked out Tom McCarthy Just now he is eager cager to get a chance chance- at Joss Jose Willards Willard's title and andIs andi andis i is willing to make any army a crt t of or terms that will get got him a no chance at t the tho crown Cowler has the bulge on most of ot his competitors in that ho he is remarkably fast and tricky trick for tor so large a bo boy Jim Corbett who has a good eye ee for cleverness clever cle ness In a a. big man has d declared that Cowler Is tho the fastest boxer the tho game gamo haM ban seen since the days dilTS of or the old English English Eng Eng- lish battler Charlie Mitchell Cowler is Js also ablo able to hit harder than roost moat anyone h he has lias me mot met