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Show Pund White Hope? Genuine or Bogus? :thy, Conqueror of Carl Morris uited as Johnson's Nemesis By W. W. Naughton has Indian blood In him. Tho crowds along the vaudeville circuit will surely bo crazy to see him If he ever gets to the top of the tree. TOMMY RYAN'S middleweight novice, Hovard Morrow, Is a youth of fair promise, but the fellow who described him as a second sec-ond Stanley Ketchel shot wide of the mark. Morrow has much to learn. Ho is game and he hits a stiff punch, but as a fighter he is in the formative forma-tive stage. Ketchel, on the other hand, -was born a fighter ono turned out from nature's mould. It is doubtful if Ketchel ever improved a -whit from tho time he made his name by defeating de-feating Joo Thomas. He looked better bet-ter and ho punched better at the outset out-set of his career than ho did at any subsequent time. Tlie difference between Ketchel and Morrow is the difference between a lad who Is a fighter by instinct and naLural aptitude and one who will havo to be taught the tricks - of the trade. - WHAT has become of the Al Pal-zer-Bombardier Wells match? Soma time ngo It was announced an-nounced tliat O'Rourko's novice and the British heavy would meet in San Francisco on July 4. Lately not a word hae been hoard of the bout, and as far as can be learned there is no certainty in regard to the time of WcIIb'b departure from England. There are whispers around that the match had been cancelled, and it really begins to look aa though something hud gone wrong. Prom tho appearance of things at present, San Francisco will not bo tho tfccne of any kind of a championship champion-ship event on the Fourth of July. For this once tho inhabitants of the city by the Golden Gato will be able to observe Independence day as it should be observed and watch for tho results of championship fights at other polrils. At "Los Angeles Al Wolgost and Joe Rivers will dispute the lightweight title,, while Jack Johnson and Jim Flynn will box for heavyweight supremacy at Las Vegas. |