Show I JOHN L. L COULD TRIM ENTIRE S REA HEAVY VY CROp New York Critic Declares Present Bunch Is Is' Isa a aI I Sorry Lot S Tart BY JEFF THO THOMPSON IPSO IPSO- Cop Copyright 1913 by the tho Publishers Press New ow York May Ia 10 If I If Luther Luthart McCarthy McCarthy Mc Mc- Carthy thy Is champion heavyweight heu th tho thi grade rude of heavies s just now Is lower than I ha had l thought It lt was down pretty low when Tommy i Burns held the title b by grace of Jeffries Jeffries Jeff Jeff- ries but judging b by his bout Moran the thc cowboy would woul not hay hav I been able to take the title from Tommy j I even j jMcCarthy 3 McCarthy has ha the thc physique and courage courage cour- cour age of oC a champion but he Is 15 woefully j IncIting lacking tho the punch at t loa least l so far for nu as his showing with Moran toran Indicates And Anti they the say say too too that Moran went Into the tho th fJ tight fight ht with a n game hand As J a R matter matte of or fact tact I am inclined to believe that the stage and prosperity combined ha have pretty nearly spoiled th the tho fight same game BO far as us real rea downright fighting is concerned We e have havo no such fights tights these days dara as M we wc had even a a. score or so of ot years When a man Is clever clover ho lacks hacks the pun punch h. h h 1 When n ho has the tho punch he ho hoC C cant can't n t land hand It itI I know It Is the pr proper per thing thinS these days to minimize tho the powers power of at John I t I. I L. L Sullivan I saw practically practical every ely real battle in which John 1 L. L was wn engaged engaged en- en from the thc time he fought John f Flood lood till Ull he met defeat at al' althe the hands hands' handsor of or Jim Corbett and Ive I've seen pretty I nearly all the thc latter da day fighters In Inaction Inaction Inaction action and I am ant convinced that tho the Sullivan who fought Flood od could tako takoon on the tho extra corps of ot hea heavyweights I from Cram Jack Jackson on down one a n night and anti I when ho he ha hail had finished h- h them up h ho Ito wouldn't be he breathing harsh hard Of OC cours course coursO this IH lit on only emily 1 an nn opinion but I b believe belie lIc e It 11 is time the truth S I Tomm Tommy Murphy Murph wants to tight fight WilHo Willie Ritchie flitchie Hero IB is what he says ItI Jf It I 1 can get o-et Willie Into a match said Bald Tommy Tomm and It if I L should I-should beat him Ill I'll not quibble about weights Packy McFarland would woul be bo tho thu first mun main I would want to have ha meet me in a championship bout I would not argue arguo an anything about wel weights McFArland would como come In for tor me rue at the 13 or pounds ringside It If he liked and md I. I would be willing to let the title bingo on tho the result I am sure suro I can beat Packy In our OUI lost bout In Frisco co 1 I had him hint bad toward the finish and good oo jud Judges judges' es declare I would have hMO won In a tow few rounds round And I have hll every confidence In m my to beat Such a good Ju Judge Je as Wolgast says pays I could could- too t anti ana Ad told me mo tho the day dal I left the coast cont that It If ever 0 I fought the champion he would t b bet t on me He Ho stays says I would Stol slop Ritchie Inside a fi twenty twenty- round limit Wolgast Wol and 1 are good friends He took toole his defeat gracefully and I do not think hell he'll fight tight long fights for seine seme time He ite was Just as asgood asgood asgood good when T I fought him hint as RS he ho over oer was in his life He lie says he was but t frankly a admitted that he lie was beaten heaten In the heat hent of or the excitement after tho the fight hl he thought he was tas entitled entitle to at nt least a drawS draw but hut a dR day or so later ho revised his opinion which was waa very nice of ot S |