Show H NO MORE HEAVIES FOR TOM TAlENT FOR EAST New York Will Get Best of Big Boys as Result of An Announcement AnI An- An I J. J t MORAN M Mc OR A N LOOKING GOOD c r BY JAMES J. J CORBETT i Former Heavyweight ht Champion of ot the World World Tom McCarcy's McCarey's announcement that i 1 he Is 13 through with heavyweights and andI I that ho he will sta stage o no moro morn battles bottles bo- bo I t cen big biff men of or the tho ring at his Vernon Ver- Ver V Vernon ernon er- er non arena means that a a. number of or BO- BO called white hopes will make moko the tho J grand trond rush In n the general direction of ot Now New York and other eastern cities clUes g whore the sport thrives In fact the tho rush may be said to have J already begun Charley Charle Miller the San SanI I I Francisco giant gLant beat the flag and has been In our midst for tor the last two weeps weeks Charley Charlo was Introduced from the ring the night of or the Moran and Igo-and and resembled nothing so much In his street to tons togs s as a husk husky young oung ele ele- ele- ele The verdict of at those fight fans who had a glimpse at the tho big fellow tellow Is that he can quail qualify in the matter of I size sizo at any rate I am told he scales in In the neighborhood of or In fighting shape r The probability Is Now No York will be overrun with big fellows this winter and local boxing promoters are quite enthusiastic over tho the prospects for tor matches matche between tho the best men In the thelI division lI on With Gunboat Smith Frank Moran and Miller Uller on tho the gr ground und and Arthur Jess Willard and Carl Morris expected to bu bust t In any time tho the chances look pretty good for tor some lively doings during the thc cold months Plenty of good material in that bunch of huskies and b by the tho time spring has rolled rotted around we e ought to have a good goodline goodline goodline line on the chances for an nn early carly re- re re resumption gumption of ot white rule rute In The process of ot eliminating heavyweights heavyweights heavy heavy- weights for the championship race was renewed with l I last t weeks week's battle between between be be- tw tween en Frank Moran the much improved improved im Im- proved pro Pittsburgh h boxer and Al who up to lo the time had been locally regarded reg-at-ded as the real lender leader o of the white division In spite o of his setback b by Luther Luther Luther Lu Lu- ther McCarty last winter Morans Moran's s victory victor was a 0 bin big surprise and completely eliminated as os a a. championship possibility for all time loran lor Greatly Improved Moran loran im certainly Improved a great deal since he was last seen in this city and look looked d more like a 0 regular fight- fight i r I than an any ot or his rivals in the white hope division not excepting tho the fermi- fermi daole Gunboat Frank gave an exhibition exhibition ex ox- of o coolness 5 and head work that surprised and grent greatly Impressed the big crowd lowd that saw sa him put the gl gigantic a way away aj in seven ven rounds Moran oran al alto alFO o demonstrated that Smith is not the only big white heavy who carries a knockout and knows how to administer administer admin admin- cold Frank ister It In knocking r accomplished a feat that no other fighter has lias ever performed Consensus of o local expert opinion Is that the white h heavyweight weight class has improved wonderfully within th the p past st twelve o months It Is contended that thatch such uch ch men as Pal and Carl Morris were recognized recognised as who one year Ial ago leaders ot of the division dl have hae been relegated relo- relo gated to to o the rear reu beyond all hope of ot redemption and that the pr present sent stars Smith Moran Willard and ha have haL L graduated radu ted from the tho joke joke class in pu pugilism and must mast he be given serious consideration n as contenders for or the heavyweight wel ht championship from now now on Of the quartet mentioned Smith and Moran loran look a shade better than the other pair or on the dope but blit that ma may he be dup due to the fact that their opportunities op op- have b been cn greater Willard Villard looked like a fighter when he was In Now W York last and there Is little doubt that J Policy has improved cd a great deal since tince Tommy Burns Burn took toole him In hand Plenty nt of or Work ark Gunboat Smith will have his work cut ut ul out for him If he decides to box Moran The They have already met once fore fore-al at man ban an Francisco in a twenty twenty- round bout bout and and Smith was given the decision It looks like a sure bet het taking tak tak- ing lines from tim tho recent performances p of tit both t boys bOY f In this city thet the next time they thc clash the mill will go 10 that len length th Both Smith anti ami Moran loran arc sluggers and should furnish the crowd crowdu u with Hh one on- of those tho e whirlwind affairs thy so to o delight in looking ln at Local fans tans are clamoring for this match to bo be clinched It is doubtful however 1 If the bout is arranged ed for foi forthe the vcr very near future as there is a a 0 deadlock between the men mon on tho the question ques ques- question tion of location It appears that the Madison Square Garden management has Smiths Smith's sl signature to box at that arena while tho the St. St as s Athletic club matchmaker claims that Moran loran has agreed to box only at nt his clubhouse club club- house And there you are arc If the managers of the fighters and the club representatives can como to an agreement agreement agreement agree agree- ment it is probable the bout will be bo staged carl early In n October But ju Just t now the thc outlook for the match Is not so sota ta favorable Before last weeks week's battle was considered by local wiseacres as the Gunboats most moat formidable rival In Inthe inthe the tho hope stakes and Moran loran by virtue virtue virtue vir vir- I tue of or his easy cas victory victor has taken Als Al's place In heavyweight ht pugilism A match between Frank and anti Gunboat is greatly to be desired and th the tho 0 natural natural natu natu- tural tu- tu ral sequence o of last weeks week's happen happen- Ins inns And It looks like lIko the tho very vory vor best drawing card in sight I sincerely hope tho the parties concerned will not permit their differences of or opinion as asto asto asto to which arena the bout should be staged to Interfere with what looks the best heavyweight match of the year ear nL As S for he has been a great grent disappointment to his friends and to his handler and trainer Tom Still SUll has not yet et lost all faith In his big fighter and believes that proper training will enable Al to give a better account of himself than ho rendered in in the tho Moran fight Tom Is not crying to alibi his man admits that Al was beaten fairly and squarely and ant antall all that but argues that the time allowed for training was entirely too short to enable to get rl right ht says Al took off oft twenty five pounds In three or four tour weeks and overtaxed his strength which to his wa way of thinking explains s I failure to show even eyen a flash lash of the form which mado him look tho the one best bet among the hopes a 0 year or so back Al AI Must Munt Anew If that's the way feels about It t there Is only one thing for tor him to do That is to make bogin begin bein be- be gin in all over again If It the big fellow Is the man Tom thinks ho may succeed succeed succeed suc suc- in fighting his way back into tho the front ranks again But he will havo have to fight I ht oftener than heretofore Two matches In a year yea are not enough for tor fora tora a fellow tellow of his type who needs plenty I of ot work is in need o of ring ex experience ex- ex and the only place to got get ot itis Itis it itis is in the ring and in actual battle Al liar has the physique and the courage too Personally I think he is a trine trifle shy in tho the mental equipment nece necessary sar tp develop Into a great reat fighter But ButIr if Ir he decides to start at the bottom again and try tn to fight himself back Into popular favor faor he will have havo plenty plent I of or rooters For as a n. fi fight ht fan tan said salt to me mo tho the other da day You have got to tc admire a fellow with courage And AndAl AndAl AndAl Al is as ns game a man as I Ive I've vo ever over seen seer under punishment The Garden and St. St Nicholas clubs have also locked horns over the thc proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed Langford Jeanette match doth oth Institutions claim tho the bout and neither is sure where It stands Langford has expressed a preference for the tho Garden on on account of ot its greater seating capacity while Jeannette's manager Dan Mckettrick lc Is thou thought ht to be bo Interested in interested interested In- In in the mana management ement of or the St. St t Nicholas and naturally would like to have havo the mill held there Toe Joe Woodman Langfords Langford's manager told mo the other day that there Is no truth in the cabled story that tho the Jack Johnson Johnson Langford Langford bout Is off ocr Joe says the bout is a sure thing for December Do- Do cember 20 2 in Paris and that tho the only thing that can now prevent the match is a deliberate flunk Junk on Johnsons Johnson's part parL I Heres Here's r s 's a n Good One An Indignant reader of or this column has hns written me a lengthy rebuke be because because because be- be cause as ns he puts It it I praised the tho ability ability abil abil- It ity of Freddy Welsh in n a recent article 1 My corre correspondent says I 1 go out of or my way to boost foreign boxers and to be belittle belittle be- be little c tho the Americans etc etc Also that I should give ive Ritchie credit for winning the title from one of ot the greatest lightweight champions In the history of or American pugilism Tho The letter 1 Is certainly the thc limit To ro Topan pan me mc for boosting Freddy Welsh elsh and roasting Willie Ritchie Tho The article article article ar ar- the particular correspondent re refers refers re- re fers to was printed in this column la last l week and had hat my mv peevish critic tal taken en time to read it it carefully he lie would have bave discovered that I picked ed Ritchie to win over Welsh At that readers I dont don't think Willie will have such a cinch as some people seem to think Welsh is a a. groat great boxer and can step fifteen rounds to as lively a 1 tune tuno as anyone anone in tho the game can play for him Freddy is not a novice novice novice-he he Isae is isaa isas aa as much a champion as Ritchie himself him him- self No dub can enn win the lightweight championship of ot Great Britain and Welsh has twice turned the trick Dont Don't let anyone anone tell you ou Freddy Fredd hasn't a chance with any boxer of ot his weight In tho the game gamo today |