Show II BOXERS TODAY NOT EQUAL TO MASTERS OF YEARS GONE BY BYI I I Sharkey Comments That He Could Have Eaten All Hopes at One Gulp BY B JEFF THOMPSON IPSO Cop Copyright 1913 b by 13 Publishers Press EW YORK Jan 1 Art l. Aro tho ho boxers NEW NE' N of oC today tho thu equal of those of ur a a. generation ago ugo That's u p. question frequently asked 11 1 and 1 mighty might hard hurd to answer nfl or Harking hack back to the days ars of ot JOB JOhi Coburn Billy Edwards Edward Arthur Chambers Paddy n all Hyan John I. I L. L un Sullivan Jack Demp cy Jack and their heir 1110 0 und amid corning com corn ing on down lown to tho list lIat of ot time tho present da day champions champion I am nm Inclined to hue lino up tip with tho the old and while willing t to admit that hat somo some of these latter ela day pus pugs may bo be nub ablo to o buttle battlo hn as us did tho time wm U Kin j n in OL Ul mo lIC ILl nunu vi them do I U Tom foUl Sharkey Sharl who was seine Fomo h fl-h fighter ter terIn In his day Ia after actor seeing tho ho Kearns fight remarked Ive I Kr seen n cia cm all McCarty Willard i Kearns arns all and amid the time oth others TK and there aint one o 0 them worth a silver r quarter These big guys guyLl nowadays don't dont know how to fight They just Junt stand up imp and maul each other othol getting the dough h as C easy eay UI as DR tho they cnn can mn may havo have boon boona a 5 dead ono one When Johnson boat beat him but when h ho was right t like th thi time hue ho lie fought mo me at Coney Conc Island nobody could havo whipped 11 him him Old oW lob Hob could havo hao slopped oh nil these hero ro white hopes In the time fame amne 1 ring the tho same sante night an rind the same saute goes goos for me mite l' l Id I'd havo o CR eaten ten cm cm up In iii one ono big gulp Fight memorable fight rIght with fries at the will always bo ho rL fL i sore core spot with the Ih oln eminent nt savor a of ot ottha this the Ion long green For t or elgh eighteen teen rou rounds nels l Sharkey r. r carried tho Ito fight to tho time but that lint it was U u a te cam u ful rul slaughter Sharkey hail had two o ribs broken while his lils nose was WEts and his ri right ht hand band wits was crippled Ret Ret- orce G George orge SlIer properly rl riy declared J s th tho winner considering the condition o or of the men at tho time cud of the mill but Sharkey insisted tia that bo Ito hall hail been heon robbed Tho rho best proof that Sharkey labored under a IL ol j ho however o er la lay In the fact while that ho lie was h lif ln taken In ho an nn ambulance to a Brooklyn hospital Jeffries was vas S I Just tho lie arena popping jokes I for tor an nn admiring thron throng admits now that tha t he was yas tell beaten heaten ten I I do not know JOlO I If it could have ha beaten all the while white lio cs In ont ono nl night ht hut but he ho sure surely would have tia made n nf on n. I nf th It t IB is doubtful o i th Ir If it- there r ver er three such champions sumo samo l time hue OH as the time Throe Three Jacks an hea heavy Dempsey middle and t flA light JIg There here certainly Is la not nut now There Is 18 a l. l disposition on lii tho part of oC seine of the tho nc hew w u II of or exports to 10 p old r John hll J. J L. L all but bitt 1 2 l' l dont don't see am any tit ot the time s successors of ur John L. L fI fighting all comers comer guaranteeIng guarantee guarantee- log Ing to put nn any one uric of then timen out in lit four lour rounds and anil do o It It j L I 1 I I I I Old Time lime Talking of ot old times In n tho fl tight fight ht game recalls naturally George Slier He lie was one ono of or the be best t referees who whoever ever er made the third man in the ring When hen It camo came to a n question of de deciding de- de a a. bout boul on points ho 1 Was walt In his hula I element clement Slier Siler always alwa's Kept Jept track of n blows landed lends leads defensive tactIcs tactic with the arms 1 anti and general genera t tI style lie Ira caused a sensation In Chicago Chi o cag-o once b by declaring t 4 winner In th the case cas of or a Do boxer who had hall ben been knocked knocke senseless five rhe seconds before time tio boi boll ended the last round Tho Tho fallen boxer boxe had scored the gl greater greter ter number o of points In nine rounds and and watt was far th the better hetter man In this respect so that In In- In as lie V wasn't technical knocked out In the t tenth V nth as tho lie result resul of or a n luck lucky punch b by lila Ills adversary nd Slier Siler ruled that h ha was S on entitled titled to a 0 Ictor victory Slier Siler died several years n ago age o and It was said that he was practically 1 broke 0 If lie IO had been dishonest ho could June Intro mn made e a n for thousands thousands thou thou- sands sancia of at dollars were wn r cl on tho tIme battles over o which he be presided ell and the gamblers s were always 8 read ready to fix 11 h him III im in I Boxers Boxer and C C Not ot ever every box Iwho who has hns he beaten t n a champion has b bean bead credited with tho the title tHle and many who never had bad an any claim to a ii Ii championship has gayly graded aa as a the titular head of a class t I In the teather featherweight division three men who won on tho beyond nil mill doubt never were credited cd with tha tb-i cham chain The They sire are Soil Soli Solly Smith Dave Davo Sullivan and nd Brooklyn Tommy Sul Sul- h ivan livan Smith got Rot a referees referee's decision over George Georgo Dh n. n in San Francisco o in 1897 and ond was th tM champion of Qt th the class t until the following year cir eor when h lie i mot moot v lav Dave Sullivan SulU at nt Coney 1 Smith suffered red a ti brok broken n arm In tho the fifth firth round Jo was as compelled to stop and Sulivan Sul- Sul limn ivan l became champion ion Three months later Dixon took on Dave Davo nt at tho the Le Lenox lOx A A. A C. C C. C ii In New cw York YorI and amid beat him decisive decisively Ul tho 1 negro ro thus thull regaining the time title which ho lie i n l l until ho lie was knocked out by Terr Terry McGovern After young o Corbett retired from f he lime featherweight division in 1901 nu and amid threw lila his hat Into time the J lightweight ht ling Attell claimed the featherweight honors Among those who disputed hn lie claim chain wa WaH Brooklyn roolIn Tommy Sulli van V who wiio to put Ahee Abeo to sloop in him five fhe rounds thus winning winning- tho the lUc tIVe c. c In 1905 Abe Abc knock knocked ell out sum Sulli van Vf In four rounds regaining the honors honor h Through ref refusal of oC time the authorities to Solly Smith as the Amerl- Amerl can nn title holder hoMer h ha he lost Jost a chance to P Pen n Jordan for fOI the worlds world's r f featherweight ht title DI Dixon was Tilt put forward for a mutch with Jordan and wa vas beaten heaten 1 t ky tho tito This 5 bout boul took look pl place t between the time time Dix Dix- rn Con lost ost lust Jils title HUe tn to Smith and lh the tho bout hout in which ho regained It from Sullivan an Although h Jordan homo wept went con con- vince ho hit hl hail had won on time tho worlds world's title HUe ho lie o was mistaken for tor Dixon was vms not tho tilO American champion at tho the time the tho bout hout took place pace |