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Show Sammies 'Over Ther May Have a Chancy See Titular Mq National Sporting Club of London Anxiot on Some Real Battles Between Champs rious Classes; Willie Meehan Gets Fr and Lays Claim to Heavyweight Tit1 By T. S. ANDREWS. Special to The Tribune. MILWAUKEE, 6ept. 21. The committee com-mittee in charge of the boxing tournaments at the National Sporting club, London, which j have been given for the benefit I of the American soldiers and sailors ev- 1 ery Wednesday night, have other plans in view for the entertainment of the I Yankees. It is the intention of the com- j mittee to try and bring about some real big bouts, of an international character, and among the stars and champions of the various classes. There are some very good men over 1 there now who could be matched with the 1 stars of America and the men in charge of the arrangements, especially Eugene , Corri and James H. Douglas, are very j anxious to have real championship con- j tests. Bombardier Wells Is still a great i card over there and a match between j "Bomy" and Jack Dempsey would at- i tract great attention. 1 Another would be between Jimmy 1 Wilde, the world's flyweight champion, and the American champion in either the flyweight or bantamweight class. Wilde has been fighting men much heavier than himself and is willing to concede considerable weight to take on the bantams. Mike O'Dowd. the cham- 1 pion middleweight, is over there now and a match could he arranged with Mike Gibbons, Marry Greb or Eddie MnGoorty. and it would settle the world's title, for Mike may be matched in the meantime with the" European titleholder. There is no one to meet Benny Leonard in the lightweight class, but Jem Dris- i coll might be induced to meet Johnny Kilbane for the featherweight title, but : If not, there is Tommy Noble and Joe Conn, clever featherweights, who would , be glaj of the chance. 1 The above plan of the committee is j baed on the a-ssumpiion thai the war j will continue for some lime, but even ' though it is terminated quicker than ex- I pected, the commitee will endeavor to ' bring about such matters just the same. Morland Was Game Sport. j The recent theft of three of George , Morland 's wonderful paintings at the Brine ; Baths hotel, Nant wich, England, recalls to mind a remarkable fiaraoter among fighters in the days when Tom Johnson, Ian Mer.doz;i and other noted pugilists were in the height of their glory. George Morland was qui te a boxer himself, but he preferred the company of a bunch of pus to an a:idlepce w;th the king or queen of Encland. In writing of the man, II. E Cleveland of Birmingham says: "As an artist George Morland was su- ; preme in his own line. In animal paint- : insra it is said that not even Sir Erf win Landseer was his equal and his delinea- ! tions of farmyards, fishermen and smugglers smug-glers on the sea coast are inimitable for j their racy vigor and fidelity to nature. 1 Yet with all these splendid artistic gifts ! he would rather have won renown as a pugilttt or a jockey. He made money rapidly but he spent it as fast a he got It. H is tavern suppers, .lus midnight j frolics, h's pro'use libent'ity. his absurd; extra vac:-- e he had a dozen horses, all j !-uj.nd.ng uj, j t livery at once his pas- sion for be.ir-b;viing. bull-balting. cock! j righting and loing speedily plunged him! I into debt, lie was surrounded day and j ! nb-'M with parasites of the lowest order., . who po!iKLd on him incessantly. Some of his finest plot ures were painted in 1 taverns, whilst his companions were ! carousing on gin and red herrings around 1 him. 1 "Mnrland's favorite sport was pugilism. He was hind in glove with all the noted nqhtlng men of his day Harry Sellars. Tom Johnson Taoklink,'), Joe Hood, te- , phen Oliver (Heat hi. Pan Mendor-. ; 'Gentleman' Pick Humphries. Big Ben i Br:' In. Bhl Warr and the rest of them. Bui. like too many of their class, t hey we-e an ungrateful crew, and took every available mean advantage of the foolish generosity of their patron. "The close of Morland's life was a miserable mis-erable one. He had been perpetually changing his quarters, to avoid the pursuit pur-suit of his creditors, one of whom, however, how-ever, ran him to eArth. and he was clapped Into prison at Coldbath Fields, where he died on October 29, 1S04. "Pome of the masterpieces of this great painter adorn the walls of the National j gallery. and aro considered priceless 1 treasures by the boo t judges of art.'' O'Lcary Wants to Do Bit. j Con O' Leary, t he former champion ' lightweight of Wisconsin and at one time ; considered one of the best ISS-pounders , in CanaiK, wants to go across and do his bit as boxing instructor for 1" nele Sam. even if he is beyond the half-century mark. Con has had many peculiar experiences around Wisconsin n,l has written many interesting verses of poetry about tho same. The one thing that bothered Con . at times was to train he alwavs felt 1 that he could beat anyone, whether he 1 worked or not. I While out of condition he battled a j strong yoiim; fellow named Al Moss, back : in tho early '!H's. Tho llrst time they ; foucht a six -round draw, and it was a . rHl battle and with almost bare 1 knuckles. The next time Con won on ! points, after the fellow had put htm down once nnd nearly out. Moss would ; not be. convinced, so a third match was made. This time O'l.enry wax in a little bet- tor shape, hut fjtxt an he put Al down ho would bound up aain. it beimr im-poMtible im-poMtible for Con to put him out. In the t third round O'Loary started an upper- : cm from the floor nnd It caught poor 1 Moss under the chin. Ho was lifted off t the floor and put out for Tlve minutes. 1 When ho came lo he looked around nnd j said: ; "Pid O'lxvtrv start that uppercut yet?" 1 L-uor Con trained a Polo named Jark ! Book for a unish battle with Prank , Srhu.e, another Polo. Con found hi snuui , t mining with H'O-pound dumboUs and , his muscles us bard as Iron, but ho : changed his system mid did the best bo could. They mot on the south side of ' the . iiy for ; nMo bet of $.10 eai ooln. I in the fourth round Knok wanted to quit, j but Con ur;,cd li 1 111 on and told htm the I oih.-r iVliow was about lo quit. "Just co out nml plain (he tuv on tbe J shoulder jimt push hhn over," suld Con; I Il,d that is jual what II00U did. Joe j Mergler, the second V 5 "Wh? x g6t Up V. ny, you're not ot-'- ' Schuae was apparenS. he peeped from Sifc , Mergler yelled at him a-: vTei 5es' Iam- J' Jack Dempsey, the c.a ! djd not have thA Jz ' j Willie Meehan. Pati ic''- 1 pion, and the bov whn I weight in various clas-I clas-I heavyweight class, 1 a four-round bout at week. According to 7-ports. 7-ports. Meehan won t: points and immediate" heavyweight title Dempsey said he had could not put his punches, but in the sec -- : down with a right srrl put Fred Fulton to thT' w-as up in a hurry ar all he was worth. It was the only and this leads to the V Jack did not trv his b--not in shape for a - There is no doubt's-ability doubt's-ability to hit, but he arable ar-able to take a wallop c It was a benefit af'sir probably took it too : However, it mav be ing him more careful i-- As to the claim of triors tri-ors by Meehan, why ik it. In the first place champion, and even j C could not lay claim to result of getting a ;had contest. Charley Mitchell fcnVv livan down in a fonr-r:-- son Square Garden. Nes when both were aiive a:j but no one thoueh:" o'"c champion as a result of l Fred Fulton did the Sc--Willard in an eshibiiioi: ter, Minn., but that d:d 1 erick champion. Then l-Herrera. l-Herrera. the best Vazi developed, knocked Terr-1' and nearly out in Qzlzi was on top as feather;: not make Hen-era c:-- If Meehan seeks chi-the chi-the only way to reach tiff, get Mr. Willard into 1 r: Dempsey in a real barJi-:: ner have it out with ;. Aids Salvation Am. Gene Melady. the Ori -moter and business ? a real sport last weeki.-. when he engineered t1. letic cami-al for the rti' vation Army. Xotoji:. get up the big she r. known boxers and went out with th? ""-t made speeches at thiccrr ed Dr. Knowles a!cr ru , I in raising over $S'V?. I And that was net ii 1 boxers as Bi'iy Misl-ie. Jc- : 1 Malone. Billy Kra-s.- : : Johnny Sehauer. Jack I eree Harry Stout aj ' their "bit" on the iri?:"-and iri?:"-and General Pershir: ic' rious crowd ail for:r.e-Over for:r.e-Over $5000 was r'-T $5000 was gathered ar.c :: eral fund, which shows do some good. All the boys fot ttt their expenses and d:? ' Melady. whom theT si good fellow and thorr;-- " last year the Nehrssia f-came f-came within one vote c. ing bill and it is a pre:? if Gene Melady P'f1""'-,, next session it vl l1 u a doubt. |
