Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-02-07 | Page 17 | English Fighters Showing Class

A I FIGHTERS GLASS CLASS More Than One Championship May BeTaken Be Taken By Britons 1 r rA A NEW BOXER FROM CHILE L 1 May Be Trained Groomed and Kicked Into Battle With Johnson Republican Special Service L New York Feb C. C G. What What Is the J matter with our little fighters UnIes Unless Un Un- less Ies something is 15 done dono pretty quick It seems certain that more moro inore than one ono t of or tho the worlds world's championships will go back to England First com comes s Jam Jem and in Jn a ten-round ten bout mak makes a J Johnny Marto look like lIko a n. preliminary fighter in a cheap show and Ow m Moran takes Harlem Tommy Murphys Murphy's m with grace erace and ease ease- It If these thesa little Ut titles are to be saved from the British lion something must be done Perhaps the tho bill which is to bo in inn introduced in- in I ln In ho tho Ne New Y Ton YOlo r legislature i to n p mal make e boxing a compulsory part of tIm 10 pUblic school curriculum will solve J the difficulty Dr Philip goners goner's coroners coroner's physician is the father ot of Ithe ho tho bill but and his Idea is not so 20 much to Pr preserve the titles tithes as to knock knack clo out Kid KJ Tuberculosis who comes pretty near being round all-round champion In tal tam aln parts of ot Now York A i. i Did you ever see a man of or robust health health-a. a man with real red blood in h his m s. s veins who veins who ho objected to boxing asks Dr 0 by way of ot arcu- arcu ct menu ment No sir he says answering his his own wn question The only ily mon men who also aise a kick against boxing as a sport and ma as a healthful exercise are tho thos' thos i j anaemic men who would rather sit it around wound and watch a sewing contest than han to go out and breathe fresh tresh air and enter into games that require tho the use iso of ot nerve and muscle Tho The whole- whole red red-bloo red blooded ed men who are tho the t backbone of ot our nation never object I to o boxing Many of our great lawmakers and our ur presidents have been admirers oC ot X the he manly art and if It It is good enough for or them It Is certainly good enough for us We expect to pass this bill bUl and ind I feel confident tho the minute W wo we have ha ave boxing installed in our public schools as one ono of ot the tho reg regular lar courses the tho dread dreaded ell fatalities of tuberculosis will decrease more than fifty per cent Dr has performed ales stes on no less than 1000 persons persona durIng during dur dur- ing lag his fifteen years years' experience In Now New York he ho says Of the tha deaths death from tuberculosis he ho says ays that 80 per cent of oC tho the victims contracted tho the disease 1 from not knowing how to breathe Wo We 0 want no moro more ot of these chicken- chicken breasted pale face boys In our schools says Dr and we vo have navo got sot to teach them how bow to breathe I You would be amazed to toI know how boW few fow of ot these those schoolboys I know how ho to tako n n. real deep breath and expand their lungs fany 1 of ot them havo never hn hind had their facet faces flushed Hushed from exercise that they took voluntarily Most l of ot the tho games ames do donot donot not Interest them but but- butI I believe o they would all nil bo Interested In boxing Boxing Is particularly good for or the schoolboy because they are compelled to breathe rapidly during the three minutes with tho the gloves During the theone theone theone one minute of rest they are arc naturally f forced to take tako deep breaths That gives ives their lungs the tho chance for tor which they hicy have hae always as waited It will make them healthy A healthy bad bod body is no feeding ground for tor or tuberculosis If this bill goes oes through In a few tew years rears New ew York may be expected 10 to 0 lick Uck the world In tho ring I The bout bet between Joe Gnus Cans and Toung oung Erne Erno scheduled to take place nt it t the Washington Sporting club of ot Philadelphia on February 10 has be n tailed ailed off oft owing to the Illness of Grins Cans Tho ho latter is now confined to his room at it t the Goldfield Gol fIeld hotel suf suffering from front neuralgIa of heart and according to toils tois his ils is physician It will be two weeks be- be before bere fore ore re the clever clover colored man will b bable be ble able to talk fight again In skirmishing for a suitable opponent op- op tO take up tho the white mans man's cause ause tuse provided led of ot course that th Jim Jeffries does not finally decide to tackle ackle the tho negro champion we aro are by Harry Pollok I larry Harry Tuthill an and a few others who Imo now something about boxing not to o John a Chilean who rho is rl right ht in our ml midst st st. The Tho South American i Is a student working his way through Columbia be induced to enter tho the t and nd d If he can Ing ng It is the Intention of ot Harry Pollok him in the tho hands of a competent com com- to place bouts bout tent trainer and get Stet him a n few I just to try him out before challenging Johnson Vu is six feet teet three and pounds He has been boxIng box- box i Ing ig g with Ith the best men ment at ut Columbia an nd id Is fast knows a a. lot about tho the and rind can hit hard enough to ame nock lock out Jeffries At least that Is hat what they tell us J Sirs Mrs Irs James J J. J Jeffries says ays that her hor f hu Mr Ill James J. J will enter the theng t. Jack John- John ring ng ag and und cross cro s bats with son n. n That settles it The rhe word of the tho other half of ot the tIle hou ouse e usually us does docs settle things and ff Is no exception In a letter to tho the writer a Frisco sport ort jort says sas that he had a talk with tho the Ito Ifo of the retired boilermaker and that lat at she said aId Jim was going to fight fiElt ana id Ld do so within the next eight months Broadway the old training ground round of Young Corbett has been warm In congratulations for the ever popular since ho he executed his great glent last Satur Saturday ay night by Locking out the tough Harry Ferns Orleans in L eleven eJe 1 rounds In New the tho battle hen rhen Ferns left here for thero era was many a sigh of relief relle from the friends of the tho kin down south ie S his finIsh finI fin alting as the they thought for Ish I. I of the toughest tough- tough For Harry Ferns is 13 one fighting hUng around this city db est t bo boys s 's now and id d although he lie has lost a decision or two In bouts at the local clubs ho hoIs hoa rough house fi fighter who rugged Is a a. rugge always ways delights tho the crowds by forcing the 0 S milling at a fast clip no matter how w hard tho the punishment comes conies