Show LIKELY TO MEET FT LI A ATTELL Former Formel Is the Legitimate Claimant for the Championship Championship Cham Cham- Title POOR PURSES IN LONDON Fitzsimmons Will Return to His Pumpkin Patch When He Gets Home BY Br JEFF THOMPSON THO Special Service Now v York Feb 13 Tho Tho next champIonship championship cham chain battle battlo may be between Al Abe e Attell and Jem Tern The Tho recent of ot tho the hitting hard little HUlo Brit Brit- isher on hl his hh latest trip to tho United madol him bin a Q legitimate Claimant Claimant- or tho title ta Is compelled to Joa tor for England En land tho the latter Jatter part or ot this month and Alton's AlteUs engagements will not permit p him to take talt on BO so dangerous n n. proposition us ns until somo nomo time in March so there thoro IB ii little likelihood ot of a n light soon Boon on side sido o ot of tho the water wat r. r At- At toll says e however If lr Jem wont won't fight me inthe In Inthe Inthe the United States Ill I'll go to his bla own country countr un ant ana l' l lot let him bun chall challenge ngo mo roe on British Ush soil oIl If U necessary 1 I The old discussion as to tho the weights h ts at nt which pugilistic championships should be decided and who are arc the present champions has hs been revived One Ono expert export answers answer those these questions In the following tables and tho the an answer answer an- an appeals to mo me as pretty nearly right t Class paper weight best beat champion cham pion Jimmy larry Barry present champion J J. J Coulon Class bantam vel weight ht hG HC best beat champion George O Dixon present champion foun Young OLear OLeary Class feather weight 1 2 best beat champion T. T McGovern ern present chain cham champion pion Ion Abo Aba Attell Class heavy henvy feather eather r weight lS best champion Young Corbett present champion J. J Driscoll Class light weight best champion cham chain chamIon pion Ion Teo Joo Gans Cans present champion Nel Nel- son on Class welter weight 11 st oSt champion J. J Walcott present C sn- sn plea plon J. J Blackburn Class light middle weight 10 best champion Jack Dempsey present champion J. J Gardner Class middle weight 18 best champion Fitzsimmons Fitasimmons present champion champion champion cham cham- pion S. S Ketchel Class light lIht heavy weight best beat champion J. J present chamIon champion cham cham- liOn pion Ion S. S Langford Class heavy weight over best I champion J present champion I J. J Johnson I 0 Ohio Is Ie now closed ground round to tho shall han beheld bu IJu pugilist o I o prize fighting lighting held In Ohio so Ion long as I am urn governor gover gover- Harmon following following follow tono nor said Governor ing a u. visit o ot of Mayor C. C A. A Bond of ot Co Co- lumbus s. s When hen the tho late Governor George Georgo K 1 Nash threatened to call out the tho militia to stop the fight light In Cincinnati some soven or eight elch t years ago o. the present governor called Inas In Inas inas as counsel was WIlS a potent factor on pre pre- venting the tho fight Sight Its It's back to the pumpkins on his farm at Dunellen N. N T J. J for tor Bob ob Fits Fits- when tho freckle faced gladiator glad glad- later lator completes his theatrical tour In Europe pe When Fits sailed for tor Europe oaTh early In December the old war of ot th the tho ring had visions of picking up upa a JL wad of ot long lon green by meeting Je Tem Jem Roche noche Jack Palmer Gunner Moir anc and other before the National Sporting club of London L In tact fact officials of the London club cabled to tho the Cornishman before his departure depart depart- uro ure that there would bo an excellent chance of making hn hay while tho sun shines during hi his stay on tho the other othor side bido of or the Atlantic Fits was led to lo believe that the London Lon Lon- don cIon club would be bo willing to guarantee him at least for a series of but the former champion was fights sadly adl mistaken when he hl began to talk business with tho the English sports ac according according ac- ac received recent letter latter cording to a from tho the Cornishman that the tho Fitz declared In his hla letter is 18 dead o er there and ame lighting fighting game t club clur that the highest J I hest price the London would offer for c. c fi tIght ht between him and any nn of ot tho British fighters lighters was waH pounds or Ot about OO 00 his that Fits stated In his hla letter l theatrical tour has b ben been Eon en a huge sue suc- i wherever he has In towns cess celis Ireland and Franco France In In England I In the particularly country his native district the people went w wild lc Cornwall Mrs Irs ritz Fits and he and his show t over tour of ot that HOC will mal make e another return return- Britain before lloa of ot Great log ins Frank Gotch did not return from from tho the theother of the ocean with empty other side wil he lie come como back IJ d did hands nor od ed Inthis in inthis all that he ho might have havo hayo It If ho coull coul have hava goods this worlds world's with U made mado a match England immediately Immediate Gotch struck verbal to sot ovo over ovel after the tho acidulous and not so o very tho Olympic tho the Ramos games amos cabling of t the y s' s version tong long after Golch Gotch and Hack of tit f tho thio match natch between In this country countr In whir li In 10 not lIot 3 any allY 13 I the he hi high tin tinto tu were wrestler b behalf half f Vf of the American 1 |