| Show RODEL BOUTAS BOUT WAS AS BIG SURPRISE Critics Expected Boer to Succumb Succumb Succumb Suc Suc- cumb to Gunboats Gunboat's Deadly S S Right Copyright t t by Publisher Press s BY JEFF JElF THOMPSON N New w York lork April 20 That That Gunboat Smith failed to put out George Geore Rodel In their recent bout boul was rather ather a a sur i prise It was no ncr news that tho the Gunboat Gun Gin boat does not yet et pr probably babl never will shine as a boxer but but It was th thought th the Boer would hJ cas easy meat for tor him Had I been referee of at that fight with power to give a decision I should have been inclined jogl to It to l rom from om tho thie fact that lio ho i repeatedly t sent ee the th Boer to the floor but perhaps under the law a draw was sas a a. fair decision That Tho t right hand swing that Smith SmithIs Is staking making famous is tho the subject o of at much discussion in pugilistic circles just now Some Somo of ot the veteran teran sportIng sport- sport i Ing men who saw the tho old time old fighters In their palmy days lays are arc deeply Im Impressed Jm- Jm pressed with it and and others think that Smith punch simply has has' merit by con con- There are fe few fighters in the ring today that toda-that that is Is in tho the hea heavyweight wel ht class who class who arc are masters of any anyone one par par- U ular punch that is effective as a hamak haymaker r. r As fights are fought In Inthis Inthis inthis this period its it's almost altogether a a. case of strong boxer battering battering bat bat- his weaker opponent down by degrees not degreeS not by hy a n. quick wallop S If II a a boxer has a a. snap in his punch there is no course of at training he lie can canT take that will produce better r results than t to concentrate his attention upon the development of that punch rather than to acquiring a a. arlot variety Smiths Smith's right swing carries with It double the force torce that is contained in inthe the blows of ot men much stron stronger er than he It Is 18 the nearest approach to the Fitzsimmons short arm arn punch that tha ha has been seen in I s t t tt tho ring in many a cay aay Ia Poor Old Bat Ot r Willie Ritchie the lightweight champion sent a letter from froni St. St Paul enclosing n a a clipping clipping- from Crom a western paper in III which Billy Nol Nolan n. n his manager man- man aser ager is quoted as sll saying that he Nolan Nolan No No- lan Ian fears that D Battling Nelson Jelson will eventually meet meat his death ii In In Inthe the prize ring ring- The fh Dane Is fighting crazy Nolan said lie Ho sh should uld not be allowed to go on I know the boy better than anyone anon else He is as game as they make them Unless he lie is stopped he will be killed In the ring and with his death will be sounded the tho knell of or boxIng boxing box- box Ing In the United States This all may be bc true but from what T I have seen of Bat he had sooner die dlo In the ring than live IIvo outside it Abe Abc Attell Is deserving of oC more than mere mention for Cor J his ls recent good showing In Ia the ring The t same mc willpower will willpower power that he lie displayed cd when he determined de tic to get at the top tot of oC the he featherweight featherweight feath feath- division of fighters as ho lie used In it tho the last Jast five fire months ever months ever since the evening Ollie Kirk forced him to quit and use snap lent Judgment on his future as a 0 boxer I After a l little deliberation Abe Abc decided decided de de- de- de i clde that ho was not through His pride was hurt and he decided hed he'd go no goback o back and tal take e just one more whirl He lie know kneW why Wily he hc had fallen before such a a ano no novice Ice as Kirk Late hours were the cause caURe of or it Straight away went vent Able to a training camp lIe He did not three three- sheet heet the town with his Intentions The earl early to bell bed and early to rise rIso maxim he decided t to toll follow ow and although It was vas laid hard at nt first he stuck to it and when he thought he had conic come back baele to toa toa toa a little of or his ol old sel self he lie sought ama a ma match tel He not got ot it Ho lIo wasn't quite lUite back baek to his former Cormer form so ho hn worked some more They w were re long da days R in the raining camp camp but Able was WIlS game ame and arill then hen came canue the fight with wit Jimmy Welsh He Lie won and ii In doing so ho displayed ed so much of or his old form Corm that now there are those who sn say 55 ho he will bo be his his' old self In a n. month or two The ten round journey is easy now non Weariness doesn't overtake O him before tho the finish as as' as the tho Walsh bout proved |
