Show I PHILADELPHIA JACK OBRIEN in inI I I t il I II I i pJ I n V i I II I j 1 I I P dic 14 J iv IlP I ui I I o 4 Review Between now and the time lime set for forthe forthe forthe the battle balUe in I London ondon in May la there aro are some somo important bouts scheduled in the boxing world but It Is to 10 ho be hoped that Battling Nel Nei Nelson son Coulon Hugo Kelly iCell Jim Jimmy Jimmy my m Clab e anti and others involving cham championships also get matches soon In the tho matches already made mallo there thero does not appear according In to dope opo much difficulty in picking tho the winner and in so doing there Is reason to be believe lieve 1100 that holders rB of titles s will con continue continue to keep them Take the heavyweights for Cor instance theres Johnson who looks like hike a asure asure asure sure bet against Langford then hei theres Ketchel who looks good gool goodenough goodenough enough to lo beat Philadelphia Jack OBrien theres Bill booked to lo I beat heat Jim Battling Nelson a api pipe pi po against Dick Hyland and there Is Jimmy Gardner Gardnel who looks ooS good goodenough goodenough enough to win when whon he meets Bill Me Mc McKinnon Ic Kinnon and thoro there Is Johnny Thomp Thompson son who will be favorite l III his fight light against Mickey Icke Gannon Cannon And in play pla I ing the favorites flor les past performance p skill lighting fighting t ability abil ity and temperament Is Ig considered A little In iu tho the bouts already cinched will not nol be b amiss at a this time I although sonic of tho bouts houts may ma bo be I called off orr o or changes made in tho the lino line up lip Jack Johnson once beat tSam Lang ford foid and to hold bold a victory Ictor over a man means additional confidence for the second meeting If I there i 1 one ono ad nd advantage advantage vantage that Langford Lansford may ma have on Johnson it ii is his ability to hit harder hut there is a chance for fOi an argo argument ment on ou that lint point Johnson Is ex ox exceptionally exceptionally fast much faster than ho il gets Jets credit for The negro champion has hag the edge in height weight and roach r important factors in the tho pugilistic game Why Vh not then j Jack be touted to boat the little big fellow tellow At that is a ti In the ring antI and he can cnn give giveand Ivo and take much mitch punishment and while he lie is as tough as nB can call ho bo found in the tho lightweight class claaR or even ovon in the tho heavy class clas there is good R Xh reason to that ho lie Is ts not pite good enough to take luke Johnsons Johnson measure Philadelphia fans should see ECO somo great groat sport when hooks up with OBrien It will he ito a n case CaSC of oC box boxIng boxIng boxIng Ing by b tho the Quaker pugilist anti and fight lIght fighting lug ing In by h the Grand Rapids wonder But Dul ButIn DulIn ButIn In this case ca although the tho bout is only six rounds Ketch Kotch should damage OBrien considerably It n will of course ho bo Jacks intention to lo stay atar away awn from front th lh Michigan man mall and be content with boxing him But Jacks Jackg plans will hardly carry as ls is Stanley Stan Icy fights from Crom the opening boll bell and there will be he no stalling but brit real fighting and OBrien will have to take tako and give giveAnd Io And in mixing It up and in lighting fighting OBrien though a star atar man maxi Is hardly la In class ch II The Tho match Is like lIko oft agin on but If the two l o clash on SL Patricks day d as asper asper asper per schedule Fighting Dick Is In ID Inv v p I for a lacing folo Nelson was a 1 champion he lie gave gao Dick a tine fino trim trimming ming ining out wet west l and Is due to repeat like most of oC the lightweights Is not cut out to take tako the punishment the UIO Hegewisch wonder inflicts upon his opponents On March Zarch arch JIT 17 J Bill and anti Jim Hut Flynn FI nn the lC Pueblo fireman are booked for a ring rill argument in Los Log Angeles Ancle It looks from front hero here like a case cose of o good oyo bO y Jim Jin as is too taut fast fi and too strong for the Colorado man nina manIn manIn In fact Is too fast fust for Cor all pugs barring and never neer did display much class The Tho third raters he has beaten heaten in tho the west look liko like easy em money moner There bo e a contest conlest In Now York on Ott February 29 between Johnny Thompson and an Mickey Gannon which will be worth going many miles to see soo Two good sluggers each with a R wal with wallop wallop lop are to mix and while Thompson may riia IlIa look like a winner to westerners fans of tho the ast will m back Gannon The latter laller Is i a n star stara atara a hard bard bitter hitter and fast fighter fi It be bo surprising It If Thompson lost out Thompson is far from a classy fighter hut but he lie always makes a good showing works all the time and fans Cans like to seLl see him In action because thor they get set their moneys mones worth One Ono of oC the latest matches for Cor the east cast is that between Al AI Kuklak and Al Kaufmann They The meet in New York tho the first wook in March and tho the out outcome outcome come of that thal battle means much to the big fellow Both Bath would like to bo be champion and the loser will be counted out In the running The match Is booked for Cor only on 10 rounds but In that period fans should not have hae much trouble In picking the tho bettor better man un on unless onless less of course both are arc very er evenly matched Kaufmann will have the ad all advantage vantage of experience and being sec see seconded seconded by b one of the best men in the th world Billy Delaney Delanc But Dut has been going along alon fine for a so called youngster Should he hc beat heat Kauf Kaufman man which ich is not Improbable ho will stand a good chance to get a match with Johnson At this writing there Is nothing do doIng doIng doing Ing so 50 far as Battling Nelson and Fred Freddie Freddie die 1110 Welsh are arc concerned But Dut wires arc being worked to get the two bo boys s sto to hook up tip for a long distance bout boutI I received receded a letter from Welsh in which he says sa s he lie will continue to go after Nelson until he lands a match maleh Welsh elsh put pitt up a grand rand bout hout against young oung Erne at Now Orleans the other night and again displayed that he lie is isa isa isa a clever boxer Erne has without doubt tho the best loft left in the business but oven even that good point p did not help him hima a great deal against ug the foreigner Welsh It appears is loo ll to fast fasL Welsh and If thoy tho wore In Inthe inthe the same weight class give a grand exhibition 1 From Paris Parl France comes the infer Information mation that Sam McVey MeVey defeated Joe Jeanetto Jeanette In iii a bout which attracted a big crowd Those Paris Parisians inns ians certainly stand for a lot of oC tl American followers of tho ho game not harbor Just Imagine what a good I American boxer could do In that thal coun country countr country try tr If Ii McVey makes a hit with a man manof manI manof of or caliber The Tho report says I the tho fans fan carried ca leYe on their shout shoulders shoulders ders In triumph from the We ring If Mc Me over oser fight Johnson or Kaufmann thor thoy the will carry carr hint him out of or ortho the tho ring too but it will bo ho after aCter the count of or 10 has been made Champion Johnny Coulon the ban han bantam hanI bantam I tam has made quite finite a hit lilt In la the east Ho met a few New Yorkers and easily beat them Queer how little attention Is being b paid to tho thu little fellows When Jimmy JIma Barn Darry was in his prime primo he lie received as much attention as did dill some of the tho heavier healer champions Coul Coui Coition Coulon on should clean up all tho the bantams be because because cause camlO he can deliver deller the goods Jock Kid Murphy hr Young YounS OLeary OLcan Patsey Patse Brannigan all look alike to the little Illinois lighting fighting machine ADAM GOD CHARGED WITH MURDER OF OFFICER Kansas City CIl March G John Sharp bettor better known as a Adam God and his wife Melissa Sharp were welo given givon bl on a pre pro preliminary I hearing here today and were sero hold held lo to the thc criminal court charged chaE with the murder of o Patrolman Michael On December or o last year rear Sharp a u religious fanatic and John John his first t Pratt disciple in company with their families attacked tho the city police here resulting in tho the death ot if two to Pratt Pratts old daughter and a z bystander WANT ADS BRING BIG L f I 7 r 1 |