Show COFFEY AND MORAN WilL ML START BALLI BALL I I ROLLING ROLLINGS S Two Mix It Tuesday in First of Heavy Weight Elimination Battles When Jim Coffey and Frank Moran Moran Moran Mor- Mor an meet in a ten round contest at Madison Square Garden New York city Tuesday night the battle will mark the start of a proposed elimination cumin atlon tournament to determine determine the best white heavyweight to face Jess I Willard for the championship The I field of really good heavies has been narrowed down to a point where there are arc not more than half a dozen huskies worthy of consideration Coffey Cof Cof- Coffey fey and Moran naturally rank closest to Willard and following them come Charley Chancy Weinert Fred Fulton Al AI Gunboat Smith Jim Flynn the veteran and Andre Anderson the latest entrant in the merry whirl of white hopes Al AI Reich at one time looked pretty good but the collegian was put out of the running by his miserable showIng show show- Ing Just a few nights ago with Gunboat Gunboat Gunboat Gun Gun- boat Smith The latter by the way did not create any favorable impression sion slon through this contest either A Afew Afew Afew few years ago Smith was at the height of his fame farne his fighting was marked by headlong aggressiveness He had the wallop and was not afraid to take a punch or two In order or der to land one But this willing spirit spir spir- it is absent in the Smith of today Now he Is trying to be clever and andas andas andas as a consequence his work is not as Impressive as it was In the past Just at the present time boxing fans In the east cast are discussing the nn possibilities of Andre Anderson a nn possibilities of Andre Anderson a converted wrestler Anderson made his New York debut in a blaze of glory when he thoroughly beat up Battling Johnson a tough trial horse for ambitious heavies Referee Billy Roche was forced to stop this contest contest con con- test In the ninth round as Johnson was so weak it would hav have been Inhumane inhumane in In- humane to have forced him to continue con continue fighting Andersons Anderson's exploits to date probably are unknown to the average ring fan He is s a tremendously tremendous tremendous- ly big fellow modeled somewhat on the order of Willard Two years ago he was a member of the wrestling fraternity around Chicago but as the mat game was at low ebb Anderson I decided to try his luck at th the the- padded I mitts He tried himself out on a lot lotof lotof lotof of third raters and having made good goodat at t ls he elected to tackle tougher game For his first pretentious effort I he matched himself with Jack Dillon the Indianapolis husky In In ring parlance Dillon knocked I Anderson loose from his shoes Thelast Thelast The Thelast last punch Dillon landed sent Anderson An derson reeling through the ropes ropes' and andas andas as he fell his his' head hit one of the posts and Andre was thoroughly done i for That setback however did not I discourage urage Anderson He kept on trying try try- ing and he he has made mad g good od to su suh h an extent that eastern cities are beginning beginning begin begin- ning fling to look favorably upon his pretensions pre pre- tensions Referee Roche claims that I Anderson is the best looking green prospect that has appeared in a Gotham ring since the day Willard first gave the easterners a peek at athis athis athis his massive proportions The entry of Anderson and of Fred Fulton has Injected new Interest In the doings of the big fellows |