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Show Jabs and Uppercuts The matching of Jimmy dabby, world's champion welter weight, with Mike Oik-bona Oik-bona of Be Paul kaa attracted nnueual attention at-tention around Milwaukee, aepeoialiy la view of the Intereat taken la the McPar-land-Wolgaat bout, which foiiowa tire weeks later. Clabby and Olbbon ware to have met Labor day, but the Badser Athletie olub oonaldered It poor Judim.nt In view of the fast that tha Ooteh-Hack-enacnmldt match will take place In Chicago Chi-cago Labor day arurnooa. ao tha data for Clabby and Oibboaa ha bean aot for September Sep-tember 1 at the tarmlaal building, Milwaukee. Mil-waukee. This wtll probably be Oebbr'S laat match there before h aaile for Auatralia, where he goea for -tan matekee unoer Hugh D. Molntoeh. Clabby ha beea raoognlaed aa the world's ehampion welter wel-ter weight elnoe bla ft of the Ausi rail ra-il aa champion Ou Devltt and Mark Higglna and of Harry Duncan In fcng-vn1 fcng-vn1 Tha Lawta bova and Mlka (Twin) Sullivan, alao Jimmy Oardnar. cannot make tha weight any snore, aa there are tew to lay elalm to tha title outside at Mlka Olbbon. and ha think he can make Clabby extend hrrreelf and foro him Into a longer match for the honor. Olbbon loat to Clabby nearly two year ago, but alnoa that time haa been coming feet and hla ahowlag la Milwaukee against Oua Christie on two oooaalon waa a surprise to the boxing fana here. With Clabby working batter and faster thaa aver and Olbbona at hla beat tha boat ebould be a remarkably aa. one. There baa been .eon1drabI. erttleirm about Ad Wolgast making a bad match with Park ay McFarlaad. that la aa far a weight la concerned, and a great many boxing fana are of th opinio that th little champion made a mistake. Aooord-Ing Aooord-Ing to Ad. ha doe not share the vlewe of th fna. and In a letter to hi favorite sparring partner. Young Dougherty, who haa been In Lo Angela, h aaya: "I gueea It len t euch a bad match when you figure the advertising I have received. If a boxer one get a managar k le always looked upon aa a man who haan't aenee enough to attend to hla own affair. The manager gate credit for ell the clever tricks that are put over whlk tka boxer la charged with the mistakes. ... "I see on writer aaya tkat I did net have brain enough to protect myself on the picture prlvllegea. No. I didn't. I only get II par cent of the picture. If they ara taken. Tell Tom MeCery not to worry about McParland beating m. 1 will have Pacbey tin canning It all ever the ring In every round after the flrat one. I wtll work eronnd th farm her In Cadillac Ca-dillac until September 1. when I will uke up my training In Milwaukee for the laat week. I want you kere ky September I, sure, aa don't diaappolnt me." Vt hue Wolgaat la confident that be mad a good match for hlmaelf. the f Hands of Packey McParland ara Just a certain that the etoca yarda boy got by far tha beet of the bargain In welghta. They claim that packey would never have been able to make the weight two houra before the contest, and be right, but that b will be strong weighing In at I o clock. In the Washington Sport Ike club at Baltimore laat night the eoethern ban-lam ban-lam weight champion, Oeorxe Cheney, knocked out Young McCua, former holder of tha title. In to third. Th opening of boxing In New York under protection of the law haa created no end of Intereet and dlacuaoton. W. W. Kaughton. th San Frencleco writer, In telklng about the former kingpins, aaya: "Assuredly many good ling men have gone out of commission, and the fact that tha majority of them turned their barks on the game before they reached the age of IS le teetlmeny that puglllem le e etrenudue profession. A glance at the records mokes evident that eld Boh Fiig-slmmona Fiig-slmmona waa the wonder of flghtere ef ell agee, not only a a workman, kut ao far aa endurance le concerned. The freckled one fought hla first battle when ?T yeera old. he won the middle weight chempionahlp from Jack Dempeey at I. defeated Jim Corbet! for the heavy weight title at 14. and held It until he wee paet 17. He loet to Jeffrie, but 'run. heck' year later, and made chop, ring bloka of Oua Rtihlln and Tom Sharkey Shar-key Flta did not know when to atop. Only a couple of yeare ago he took up the game again, and loot to Bill Lng In Hydnev. At thet time Pita waa 47 year of age. and had been a ecore of yeere tn harness. Where In the annals ef flstlana has such a career beea duplicated? A filet tnct eontraet to the gtory of Bob Fttsjlmmons' ring life waa that of Tjiif Hanlon of San Prandeco. who probably -holds the record for quirk aging. Eddie was at fighting at I, waa on tha down crade at r. and waa revarded aa a good old 'haa been' at 1 He pottered along a while, end drvrtped completely out of the gam at II. How old waa Jim Oor-bett Oor-bett when he won the rhamplonahlpf waa naked of the writer recently. In order to heed off elmllar queries. I posted myself regarding the oomlng end going of aU heavy weight champloaa from John L. Sullivan's time. Sullivan waa 14 year old when he became champion, under the old rule. When 14 be loet to Jim Corbett. under the Que. ne berry system of milling. Corbett era 24 when he became world champion, and be held It until be wa II. giving wav to Pltaalmmona. Pita, aa I have already atated. bcam keavy weight champion at 14. and en toyed the distinction for two years. Jim Jeffrie wea 14 yeare old when be defeated Fits-Immoral Fits-Immoral et Coney Island. Big Jim retired re-tired from tha ling eo ba waa 14. and was coaxed back Into th storm region, ta hla sorrow, when he was 14. Jack John-eon John-eon waa 2 year old When be d'4 or J.(-jfiiee J.(-jfiiee at Reno. Jimmy Huret. manager of Tornmr Wt-oa. Wt-oa. Kansas City's "hop" In the Tom An-drewe An-drewe New Orleana toumey next month, hee received two nattering afters fo. hla protege one to meet Jack hit, th Chlcage feather weight, before the Dayton Day-ton Athletie club of Dayton. O.. and ana from Port Smith. Ark., to stark hla abii-ltr abii-ltr .gainst that of Eddie Robinson meal ticket. "Togo," tha diminutive Jaeneee. Huret i offered flat aum of Vu tr Tommy to box Togo aept.mb.r n lie hee accepted the offer. In boxing Ihe Oklahoma Jea, Dixon 1 picking a rei live one. Tog. several ereek ago ga.e Harrv Forbes fifteen round of bard fighting at McAleeter. Okie. It arse a very rough mill end waa a good draw. Over In Fort Smith last Friday nisit Togo fought a "grudtre flgM" with an Arkanaaa keavy weight "nope who scaled around the too -pound mark. 1 e mlkeda fighter welshed leee than l. pounds, but knocked out bis opponent tn eleven rounds. Bo the Ja evioeni'v mana hustnees when be get to e -i n Hp A defeat probably would ahut ma off from participating a tie creeoeat e.s elimination tourney. |