Show I GOTHAM BOXING I II I ON HIGH HI PlANE SA YS CORBETT Because McGoorty Failed to Best Hicks Experts sI Get Out Hammers I SMOKE AFTER AL HV fly j. j r. r Hem Champion of the ord Written for The Herald Republican Governor Sulzer Suitor has hae thrown a s scare ro Into the promoters of ot prore professional boxIng boxing box box- ing lag in iz his state His excellency threatens threat threat- ens ons to ask aak the legislature to repeal ropal the law la- unless the character of 01 the Is ls Proved to such an nn extent oi that It 1 cloeR cs not offend th the public mor- mor als filo Mr Sulzer claims to have evidence ID that exhibitions frequently descend to the level ol of slugging ml tche and declares de de- de- de clares dares that In the future nil all con contests teste must ho 10 conducted on a n. clean sd- sd basis otherwise he will wipe Iho tim law off tn tho ho statute books entire entirely it If the governor will take tho the trouble to Investigate the situation I am am confident conti- conti dent ho u vill find that there Is la no ca call for tor such action o on his part The state tate mont that boxing In New w York has tins degenerated de- de generated Into lino brutal prize prUe fl fighting Is s not supported b by facts acts At no ii in the tho history o of tho the ring ht has the sport been boen cleaner or better conducted Of course boxing Is not exactly n a parlor game ame as the governor Eto well wll knows know 1 and anda a Cl little of or tho the rough stuff IB Is bound to crop out now and then during a n contest of ot skill but It Is seldom the limits units of decency have been overstepped o or public morals off offended to the tho extent that It has been found necessary to stop atop P. P bou bout boutI 1 I am nm afraid tho tIme governor ha has derived his ils h from a source SO which to pui VU IL ji jimmy is too 00 to LU ne 00 neair I fair air In representing tho the state of affairs Barring a few minor features and I which time alone will remedy boxing I exhibitions In New York h have he e been Pretty thoroughly cleansed and the tho ob- ob features practically eliminated na nat tell e d Eddie In Hod Eddie McGoorty got In had with local critics as nR a result of his failure to stop Fr Freddie Hicks at a local club l last st week weel A V boxer of reputation has his work cut cutout cutout cutout out to everybody c If H he falls fails to tout i put ut over the k Ic o. o o punch on a less clever opponent tho the experts accuse him ilm of or not tr trying And I If he does doea land the he wallop the tho reformers holler about the brutality of the sport But Thit McGoorty did not show tho the form orm that hat Is 15 to be expected from a boxer who ho claims the thC middleweight ht champion champion- ship hip Either Eddie nc neglected d training or the layoff ott of several months slowed him up tip a 0 great t e deal for tor his performance perform perform- ance anco was not pot impressive At that Hicks Hickss is IR s a tou tough h proposition for tor tora a clever boxer box- box h or er r to handle He lIe generally manages a to o stick the limit with Ith the best of them IT Tf ITA i- i ii i to f n 4 tn n 1 11 r n. n t t i let ot t McGoorty ic rt d do the fighting ht g. g and nd I It Va was because he did not care tl 0 take unnecessary risks of or breaking a n hand on Hicks Hicks' head hend or r elbows that did not force forC matters more Philadelphia laek OBrien O'Brien claims that ha reused ell to 0 hoC box his pro- pro tege Jock Jack McCarron at tho the middle middle- limit of or 1 pounds ringside which according to the tho loquacious trent from rom the tue Quaker City eliminates Hdward Rdward from the the- contest t for th the title It t Is m my opinion that Fildie days s 's for 18 58 ringside are arc over That he can an not noto ilo o himself Justice JUll nt at tho weight was wan demonstrated mon In the ten round PO I O with VIko Gibbons last December r. I J doubt douht If It F. F EddIe would make malc t a show show- with a rugged d fighter such ns as Frnnk T Klaus or Jack Dillon at nt the tho middleweight limit At IG which Is 11 about his mark It might be a 3 dl different rent story Out Omit Speaking of nr contenders for th tho middleweight mid mid- championship I hear that Sailor Ballor Burke Is In tho the field The Tho Bailor lor dont don't weigh an Rn ounce over or The Th last Int time I saw W Bur Burke Burko o he was on the receiving end In a A. mill with Bob I tho the licking the sailor that nl night ht had taken all desire to fight ht out of or him but here b h Is la back once more mOrr What hat a hear bear Burke wa was when hen facing a dub And how Vin VIA hI 1 clo floe dor It when un against a R o d m n. Dan Dnn manager of or Joe annette Is lEI now In Jn France endeavoring oring I to have h his h's boxer hoxer substituted 1 for or Al In the toRd w l ht with Tack Johnson on n next ct Tune June V letter from fromAl fromAl fromAl Al the American mana manager ar associated asso asso- with th the French promoters In Inform Informs informs In- In forms form me that there Is not the tho slightest slight slight- est Mt chance ch for and that Mc- Mc tc- tc s 's errand rr n will prove prO fruitless s. s else mn may be said of nt Johnson John Ron son h he I Is for from a A. hoob boon In a n hu business waY To expect him hint to consent to tho the of th the l experienced rl and dan dan- crotis crO for the tho green Is too absurd to be t a thought hv in- tho those thOp e eho who ho know lenow the champion fi and his methods S pInt J J. J Even Kven should tho the financial Inducements Induce induCe- ments meats ho greater It is doubtful If Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son would consent to box Jeannette It must be remembered that he has been oen out of or tho the ring for tOI a n long bug time If we mR may except the little fracas with Jim FI Flynn nn last summer and It remains to tobo tobo tobo bo seen If It he retains much of his former for tor- mer iner ability At an any rate there thero in II no dancer of or his taking on Jeannette when shen h a t t ho o can command for a 3 bout boul with witha novice Willie says sars he ho will defend the he lightweight ht championship at 13 pounds ringside the weight at which he won the title from Ad Mt Wo Wolgast ast Ritchie flitchie and his fox foxy manager evidently decided that It would not be a move o to raise tho the limIt Unit as ns long as ns McFarland McFarland Mc- Mc Fa Farland land Is ablo abl abl to sit In the game gamp Los Angeles Angelen fans tans v. will see sec a great greal slugging match when n Joe RI Rivers and arid Knock Out Brown clash on Washington's Washington's Washing Washing- tons ton's birthday If It nothing else Iso can be said in his favor favot Knock Out Is one ont of the most willing tiling little mixers in the division dl It matters rs not to tn the Dutchman Dutchman Dutchman Dutch Dutch- I man whom his opponent may be Tho They Thoy all look alike to him He do does doos os his best beat bestall all nn the time When hen he lie boxed Wolgast I In Philadelphia and Now cw York K 0 O was vita only a kid but h he did not let tho the reputation of the tIme champion scare him himIn himIn himin In tho the least Althou Although h Rivers ers can hardly be bl classed as a scientific boxer he hp is a n master mechanic me n-me- hanlo alongside of oC Brown K 0 O knows only one thing and that is to keep slamming with his left which is his dangerous hand And mn may find his awkward rl foot forwar stylI stile hard to fathom for a n. few rounds I note where Toe Joe Mandot who sa saw Brown box In Now ow Orleans predicts that K 0 O will out and ind outfight Rivers According to Mandot Ih the Mexican Max Mex ican Is strictly a front runner nn and curls up when the thc other follow fellow beats him to tot t Im Vi o nun h one OlP to arise and d Inquire n juire when Il jn and r rf where here h r Mandot Mandot Man Man- rn dot acquired this Information He Ho certainly certainly did not take tako advantage e of ot his knowledge of oC Rivers' Rivers weakness In their Thanksgiving day meeting In that hout bout Rivers Rivera completely outclassed the New W f Orleans ns be boy While hIJ Brown and Rivers will wilt be ha fiX ev- chan lnA compliments and ond punches at atIAS Loa Ls An Angeles eles Mandot Mandol sail and Tommy Murphy Mur Mur- u phy will entertain San ran Francisco sports Jim Coffroth hns has booked the hoys boys for his holiday y card arid rl to jud e from the form Harlem Tommy has hAR displayed inthe In the tho recent bout hout with Frankie Burns there Is a huge surprise o In store forIr for Mr Ir Mandot his hlA thirteen years ear earIn In the ring Murphy Is far nr from tram a mem member man man-i- her ber of the has hap been heen society Th The I twenty round affairs suit hl his style much bettor belter than the short da dashes he to which ho was formerly accustomed Inthe Inthe In the tho east t. t |