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Show D OWNING 'S FIGHT DOPE By Hardy K Downing, THR nrftii ruling of the Nw York boilng com ml a Ion that a boiar under ! yar of ag could not partlolpal la a bout of more than sis rounds duration la undoubtedly a good thing taken generally, but In soma cases It appoar to be rather rldlruloua, a in the caae of lat rkad. who has been boxing for a number of year and haa fought the lie at In th country. Including Jack Prltlon, whom h has fought for the welterweight welter-weight championship of th world twir and fell just short both times. Hnad la not yet 10 yar of age, and a a consequence im barred from taking part In any main vnts In Jw York stai until h haa attained th ag of In. which, by th way. Is only a short tlm, so it will not afreet him materially, although had th ruling b-n pas ami sapenil months ngo When ho first went Kast It would certainly have meant a lot to him. Th same ruling mans that lxu I'aluso. th lorul product, will not h llglbl to partloipata In anything hut preliminaries In New York until a yoar from neit Auguat, but Io F. Klynn had no Intsntion of shooting him gainst th topnntchers be for a that tlm anvwsy, so It raally wtll not affe.-t tha local boy. In fart, It would ba a good thing for him wer it not for th fart that his manager Is wl enough to sr that fur ahoad without th ncalty of the ruling. Mom boxers matur sooner than others and ar ready for the tough I gam be for they are 20, but In most cssea the ruling will work to tha betterment of the game. YV will no doubt find that If thla rule is parried aot th champions wtll Inst longer, forthey will not have burned up too much energy before properly matured. a a LOU PALUSO, tha popular leeal featherweight who haa bn doing aom groat work in tha East during the pat aix months, returned to Ssit Lake last weak and axpeta ta ram in here until the latter part of Auguat, whan he will meat eoma good bey In on of the preliminary beuta to tha propoead Dempeey-irennan battla In Miohigan City an Labor I day. I Lou haa bean a busy bey meeting all hi old tlm frlsnde, and seams , t ba glad to get bach ta his hem town for a little raet- Peluea haa nt hangd materially, eaeept for a mora matured appear I naa. Tha anly noticeable ahange ia the polish ha hae acquired in hobnobbing I with tha ehempiena, and ha atill maintama th gentlemanly appearanoa and ' manner that haa made him the Idol of tha loeai fana. If he aentinuee ta aarry himself in tha aame manner and maintains hia preeant unassuming attitude, if ha aver eueeaede In elimbing to the tap of tha ehampionship i loader which Is far from impeeeible ha will be one of th moot popular boMre the country haa aver known not only here In hia home town but the country aver. Ha haa a likeable personality, and if hia future euooea doeent turn hia heed any mora than tha laurels he haa already won ha will be an Idol ef tha boxing game If ha aver landa an top. a FRANK IK F ARK KM of Ban Francisco, who recently return.! from th East, and whom I had selected to meet Hpug Meyers for the hig Fourth of July data In Hocatelln, Is evidently slowing up. probably a a reault , of tha K. O. wallop handed him by WIUIs Jackson of Now York. Ha just recently fought a slow four-round draw with Young Carmen, a prao- I finally unheard of youngstsr, at Oakland last wek, and as a cnnsn,unr ! 1 have advlaad Promoter C K. Stoneclpher to honk Hobby Michaels of New York, 'on of Leo P. Klynn'a K. O. lightweight. . to meet Meyers on the July date. Farren was a mighty good boy a short tlm ago and figured to give the Pocaiello boy real battle, but ha evidently Is still suffering from the affects of a K. O. wallop. a,nd In view of th fact that I had secured him to meet Meyers aa the reetllt of a challenge by the Pocatello hoy and hia ! . frfends to get a boy who could beat him, I did not feel that 1 could afford to send Farren In view of hia recent performance, and switched to Hobby j Michaels, who le undoubtedly a better boy and holds a recent win over Farren. Ha haa also beaten such boys ss Tommy Noble, Kdilie II indlcy, ! Itud Ridley and several other good boys. a a TOHN HANNA, tha aonsatienal youngster from Pocatello, who stopped , I several bays at tha Manhattan elub last winter just before tha aeason ; I closed and haa bean following up tha good work through Idaho, where j he haa beaten everything ha has been cent agamst by tha K. O. route will get real teat In the ei -round semi wind ug ta tha Spug Meyers-Bobby , Miehaela bout In Paeatelle an July 4, when h maete Jay Solomon, th hard ' hitting I coal weet aide bay. Beth af theea boys ara tarrtfia punchara and . aheuld gurnlsh ana ef tha g real eat pratlminarlaa aver aeon around here, and 1 M Hanna aan maintain hia K. O. record tha reet of tha lightwwightc around Kara ara going to hava a new eentender ta worry about tha aoming aeason. "A BIE M18IIKIXD, the local lishtweight, haa Wn matchtnl t1 J mprt JiramJe Sacco of Boston in Vancouver on July 4, and will l'ave the firat part of thia weok tor the Northwest. 1 While the match wai just cloacd yfitrrday, the local boy has been notfotiatinpr for acvcrHl Haxn.and haa kcrt himnelf in training j in anticipation of the match, and ia in pretty good ahape. |
