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Show CREATE NEW CLASS FOR LITTLE FELLOWS Flyweights to Have Division; Divi-sion; Ritchie and Shugrue Matched for Oct 4. By T. S. ANDREWS. Special to The Tribune. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept. 11. Since the American Boxing association was formed in Cleveland, Ohio, a week or two ago, many arguments and discussions dis-cussions nave sprung up in regard to various classes, etc. It was announced at the meeting t hat a new class the flyweight should he established, as in England, for it will give the boys around 112 pounds a chance. The first person to put in a claim at the new weight is Joseph Sarno of St. Lotus, who lays claim to the title in tho following fol-lowing plea to the secretary of the association: as-sociation: Now that the American Boxing association has been formed and the weights in the various lasses announced, an-nounced, J am going to claim the flyweight championship for " Y'oung Zulu hid."' His record speaks for itself and T am sure entitles him to everv consideration. He has usually usual-ly given away from ten to eighteen pounds to opponents. I hope that the A mericari boxing enthusiasts, with the help of the association, will try to make the flyweight title as popular as other riug titles. This is a w eight that we have needed very badly and must have. There are, and always will be, many boxers box-ers who will never be able to scale over 110 to U2 pounds and it is too much to ask them to give away weight to the top-notchers in a class at 1 16 or 1 IS pounds. Sarno is right regarding the flyweight fly-weight class. There are many good boys around that weight who arc too small to tackle boxers liko Kid Williams, Frankie Burns and Jimmy MiirraA, and for that reasou the special class should prove popular, both to the boxers and the public. Ted Lewis ( lever. While a great deal of praise has been handed out of late to some of the fighters fight-ers in the lightweight class, there is one bov who seems to get very little credit for what he does in that division. The lightweight in rpiestion is Ted Lewis, the former British featherweight champion, who has decided to make New York his home and who has been living there since his return from Australia Aus-tralia two years ago. Ixwis was never abused of beiDg a hard hitter, but evidently he has unproved un-proved in that line of work, too, for he has been beating some of the best boys in the east much heavier than nimseU and handing them beatings that only boxen with a punh can dish out. The New York papers the past five months have credited him with wins over several sev-eral top note hers, including Jack Brit-ton, Brit-ton, Kid Graves, Mike ("Hover and oTn-era oTn-era He received the referee's decision over Jack BrittOfl at Boston. Jimmy Johnston, who handles Lewis, savs he is onen to meet any ligfctweight in the world, for the title or otherwise, ami he would especially like to get him on with Charlie White. Willie Ritchie and Johnny Dundee. Weinert and Cowler. There is talk in New York of match ing Charley Weinert, the Brooklyn heavyweight, with Tom Cowler, the protege pro-tege of Jim ( orbett, fur a contest, the winner to go against Jin Coffey. Weinert Wein-ert has been coming along fine of nff and, outside of his knockout by Jack 1 il Ion, has made a good record. He gave 4'm Savagp a beating last week, although it must be remembered that Jim i a veteran alongside of Weinert. However, Weinert showed that he has the ability to go on with the best. About the tame time Tom Cowler met the rising young heavyweight from-the coast, .lack Hem pie; whi had been touted tout-ed highly, and knocked him out in three rounds. "That gave Jim orbett and his boxer more confidence than ever and they are now after a match with Coffey, Cof-fey, but the latter is seeking a match with Jess Willard first. Cowler and Weinert would prove a big attraction, but the latter will have to give considerable con-siderable weight away, as he scales only a! out l'1, while Cowler goes over the .10 notch. Kred Fulton, the young giant from Minnesota, whom Miko Col-fins Col-fins is grounding for big things, is also going east and will throw down the gauntlet to the whole bunch of heavyweights. heavy-weights. Weils-Smith Mutch. The propose! match between Bom bardlet Wells, the British heav weight champion, ami Dlcfc Smith, for the title, has been Called off for the present. Both Smith and WeTJa were liable to be called to the front at any time and tho club wonted to hurry the match. Smith wonted better terms and the match fell through. Wells then announced that aijV time Smith seeks another match he will have to come across with the usual $on side bet, Dick Burgo, tho for raer lightweight champion of England, who had made -) r offer for the Wells Smith match, has left London for the shooting range- and expert to go to the front in France any time. The Inst big match Buige had was when he f origin Kid Lavigne for the world B title in June, 1896, being beaten La seventeen rounds. Ritchie vs. Shugrtie. Willie Kit ch ie. former Lightweight champion, is uchoduloO to meet Joe Bhugrne Id New York Octobor i in a ten round bout. Shugrue came near Lot ing his right last fall, followiny an in jury to his ee. and for several months he was iii a bad way. lie is reported all right again and ins many friends trust there will be no ill effects from the operations rtOCessary to help him. Previous to that Shugrae had visited Australia and made a splendid showing :i;:a insl the lightweights In that noon try. Ritchie lias been training in the tUOUH tains near Ban Kraucisro for t hi past month and should be in the best of shape. There Ifl one match which the fans are pager to a ne between Ritchie and Char 11 fl White. These boys pn up ;. wonderful fight when Itilrhie wan chain plon and White won the VOrdlel of 1 he press in the len round go. White has always wauled since theft bO have anoth embattle and prove, as he iayS, that he is the rightful, one to meet Freddy Welsh lor the championships In the meantime there are other light w.ti::Ms coming alone who make il in down, but he came back and P'J ui battle, t d. , papers bemg a draw. The J showed improvement over P" ties and looks like s dange? TrTj or nnv of the boys '"fl'tall mark. Onh recently best of Ad Wolgast. scccrcuig Buffalo papers. I terestihg for both of the challengers mentioned. Johnny Griffiths, Ted Lewis and Johnny Dundee are boys to be considered, con-sidered, verv much, also Jack Hritton. If Jimmy Dully, the Buffalo light freight, comes back nit right after his auto accident, he will also haveto be considered, for Duffy has gone through pretty much the entire bunch With nearly an even break. ItiilTv announces that he will be back in October, so there will be more trouble for some ot the star Labor Day Bouts. Labor day boxing is becoming almost as popular as other national holidays, such as Christmas and New Y ear's. Many contests were held in various paits ot the country, one of the best bemg between be-tween .lack Hritton and Johnity Griffiths Grif-fiths at Canton. Ohio! where the two cleyer lightweights (ought a twelve round draw, according to popular decision: de-cision: I'roin all aeeounts it was a great battle and there was little to hoose between them at the finish. Griffiths Grif-fiths has been coming alontt at n rapid gait and he will l)C tight ing for the llghtweighi championship before long it he Continues tO improve the way he has boon doing in his recent contests lie is edging right along with Charlie White and .lock Hritton and it h not lung ago that lie gave Willie Ivitehie a battle In the east. Champion Johnny Rilbane had easy locking at Cedar Point, Ohio, where he easilv outpointed a yonngster named Al vie Miller. Tho latter was not willing 1 to mix matters, keeping in his shell, and as a result the bout was not up to expectations. ex-pectations. No fighter can make a show ing when his opponent remains entered ent-ered up. There should be come ruling gainst this continual "shell game." Battler Punished. Poor Battling Nelson took another chance In nu, vul .,t Jnarej, Mov. ng)iinst a tough young t'eliow named Bobby Waugh, a native of Texas.' They battled tvventv rounds and the Durable I lane was there at the liuislt. but he took o lot of punishment before the lino round was reached and lost the point decision, five years ago the Bat tier would have walked through a do en such lad- without trouble, but the vim is not there nnv more, although Nelson showed remarkable stamina. It is too bad that the Battler vv,ll insist on fight ing when In his heart h0 must know that his time is gone as a champion. It was just a bit different with 'be Attell. the former featherweight chain toon. Abe was matched to fight Toniuiv Houck at i doversv ille. N. V.,but weight interfered, so Prankio Callahan was substituted. sub-stituted. Attell surprised everyone present bv putting Callahan out in'threc ' ids. Attell had his old cleverness but whether he could travel al n hot' puce with a tough yonngster is a ones tion. Al Ruffttlo Jon Man, lot had a hard nine w.ih Rocky Kansas, b oth,., of Toe Kansas, a verv good lightweight, b" kv got home with a back hand an tug tu the jaw in the fourth and put Jos |