Show TION AMONG THE HEAVIES LOOKING UP BT Br JAMES TAMES J. J CORBETT er ler Heavyweight Champion of ot the World ritten itten for tor The Tho Herald Horald iere er re 1 IB Ss a n. renewed activity in the theof iks k o of th the heavyweights that su SUCKS SUC sug- KS ts ts a busy fall tall and winter season big fellows What with Jack neon Jumping his ball bail ball Sam Langd Lang- Lang d and Joe Jeanette threatening to tok tok tok k up In the near future and Billy ason son on matchmaker for tor the big Ma Madi- Madi H- H Square Garden boxing organize organize- p planning to stage a series of ot ofte otts its ts to decide the white champlon- champlon i p PD the heavies heavIes' are arc surely coming comingo o their own uther McCartys McCarty's death left the tho situation in rather a atlo tb state so BO o f far r as the whites are and Gibson has undertaken J task of straightening out mat- mat With this idea uppermost In his id d ho he is pushing pushing- his scheme to bring best of the bl big big- fellows together have them thorn settle the question of ot in the good g old fashioned y 3 Gibson has already Invited Gunt Gun it t l Smith Jess Josa Willard Arthur PelAl Pel- Pel tAl Al and Jim Fl Flynn nn to enter tournament and will win also entertain from lesser lights whose entitle them to consideration nager Gibsons Gibson's elimination series to bo ho an improvement over McCarey's McCare s tourney of or last winter ii h In number of ot entries and ad in the of ot the contestants It will be bo that Luther McCarty McCart was d champion after victories over ovel Fl Flynn nn and Al That tour- tour r. r was all right a ae as far tar as It went It two of the best men In the division Knot nol participate for some Iome reason or er ier Jess Willard who had pre- pre McCarty In a ten- ten nd bout and Gunboat Smith ose record gave gae him a claim to equal id to with the tho three ee contest contest- t e t I I IS wt wez- wez were g ICU a will be bo open to all an o of standing and the winner of ot the tho el 1 bout will havo have every right to cansel call can self sel the white champion One Dig Obstacle he Phe one big lg obstacle In the tho wn way of zu success cess of ot the proposed tournament in the failure of the boxing boxing- com com- to revoke their ruling pro- pro lUng referees referees' decisions Can you gins a promoter trying to settle Hettle a championship under the SS S'S n In vogue in New l' York where here the they y I possible way 11 for tor a boxer to get dit for a victory is to knock his hlll man within the ten round limit He Hent fit Erht nt outpoint his opponent the pro- pro bial mile but if the tho other fellow on on his feet at the termination of or match It goes In the record books a no decision contest js long as aN tho the no decision rule ds da good It would be useless to at- at opt pt to settle the Heavyweight or orY Y other championship in this city disputed champions with clear rights their titles will become extinct if It i Now ow York scheme Is adopted gen gen- fly lly Never before in the tho history of i sport port has such confusion contusion existed th the several divisions of or pugilism as present an and the short no de deion glon jt t is responsible When referees referees' were permitted it was waa an iv 3 matter to sift the tho bad from tho the thea a d. d to eliminate the dead dearl ones and boxer with the goods could get et to tol l 1 top on his merits In short order wada wadas s the bum fighter looks s sn ry n bit as good as the clever one In 1 record books t the present time there are cham- cham ns In In four foUl divisions of or pu pugilism the thc the heavy light feather teather and bann ban- ban n classes And If Ir Jack Johnson is ough the heavyweight title will also jon t on the market As the thc tendency ou hout the country Is to limit to six and ten rounds and are naturally infrequent oc oc- oc I in short contests It Is not exaggerating tho the condition of ot pugilIstic pugilistic pugilistic affairs one ono Iota lota to predict that within ten years or so genuine blown blown- the in boxing exhibitions will have ceased to exist If anything should happen to prevent pro the remainIng remainIng remaining remain- remain Ing from entering the ring In defense of their championships ItIs ItIs it itis is possible the they would have o no successors sue suc tho the wa way things are arc going Should the California legislature de decide deIde de- de cide ido Ide to kill tho twenty round boxing ma match h In that state at the next session session ses ses- sion and a vigorous fight tight has been waged was along that line lino for several years ears now now b boxing champions would be bea a thing of ot the past so 50 far tar as the U U. U S. S A. A are concerned Will Be lie Some Sonic da day I 1 hope the reaction will set In and common sense will rule but just ju t now the fanatics seem eem to havu ha hatho the tho upper hand all along the line As goes New York so goes the tho nation and if iC local fight tight followers would s sa save the thc game from going to the tion wows bow-wows It behooves them to get on the Job and set an example to the rest of the country Speaking of champions Jack Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son has done cone gone and left lett us Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son did not nol advertise his intention of oC leaving the country countr at this time not time not so you Ou could notice It Now v that he lie has successfully evaded the tho federal authorities it Is to be hoped that he will elect to remain in St. St Petersburg or or wherever it is lies he's headed for tor He certainly Is not wanted In this country Johnson was a disgrace disgrace disgrace dis dis- grace to pugilism pug and his continued presence was a menace to the sport While in Canada last week Johnson announced that ho he had signed to fight Sam Langford somewhere on the thc other side I 1 sincerely hope that's true It would be a a. splendid thing for the game gamo If It Johnson was whipped and whipped thoroughly and If anyone can do the thc trick right now Sam looks like the thep p part party arty Good Floor Finder George Boor Door Hodel Rodel may ma not be much of ot a fighter and his chances of ot ever annexing the heavyweight championshIp championship championship cham cham- may be mighty might slim but it must be said in his favor that he Is Js tho the best little floor loor hitter that ever eer climbed d through the ropes If I am amnot amnot amnot not mistaken holds the record for fol tho number of flops lops during a ten- ten round contest made in his first battle with Gunboat Smith several months a ago o I think he hit lilt the floor ten times In iii that contest or on an average of ot otone one fall to each round Last week at the Garden ho he started out to make a. a new record and probably probably probably ably would have succeeded had the referee not ordered Gunboat to de desIst desist tie tie- In the tho third round round while while tho the re redoubtable redoubtable ro- ro doubtable Boer Doer warrior was occupying his hla usual recumbent position on the floor of ot the ring While George had hadnot hadnot hadnot not broken his own record up to that time It looked as If l he would surely have hung hunS up a new mark had the thc referee not Interfered It wa was about the poorest exhibition of fighting two big men ever put up and that's sa saying a great deal when whon the quality of or the present da day heavy Is r d. d Rodel Hodel simply wont won't do He Is a poor excuse for a n. tighter fighter There Thelo are preliminary boxers around hero who can beat him As for Smith he lie did not fight anything anything anything any any- thing like the champion his manager sa says sas s he lie Is His attempts to box were ludicrous Gunboats sole sale asset Is ls his hs wallop wallop and and its it's a peach theres there's no noden denying den But how he lie ever managed to stay stav In the same ring with Jess Willard for tor twenty rounds will always remain a mystery to mo mc I believe I could teach Willard VIllard enough h In half halt an hours hour's time to enable him him with his physical advantages to stop Smith within ten rounds As a championship possibility the Gunboat Is not there thereat at all at all |