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NEW CUSSES FOB BOXERS'HO'W PRESENT DAY FIGHTERS WILL BE CLASSIFIED*Question of Championship Among Pugilists at Weights Proposed by the National Boxing Association—Re-organ-Izatlon of Classes a Much-needed Reform.The question of the championships in the ! various new classes created by the National Boxing association la oue which promises much discusaion, not to speak of the claims that will bo made by the boxers who figure themselves entitled to the distinctions. Not until the new association adopts tUe scale ,ns permanent uud assigns the honors in the ; various classes tvj|] tlie matter be settled, j The ml aim,” or 203-pouud class, presents | but three men worthy of consideration, Dusty Miller of Chicago, Jltuiny Walsh of | Boston and Griff Jones of Philadelphia. Grave doubts are expressed regarding the | litter's ability tc* do the weight, but last April he stepped on the scales at lOL As Griff la a careful little fellow, fully matured, no doubt he can reach the class llg-ure. Walsh Is probably the beat man of the three. lie Is a natural born borer, fast and aggressive, ahd with a defense which always puzzles an opponent. Unless some man defeats him before next September he wUl be awarded tbc paJm.En the light hantnm class a great scarcity exists, and unless some good man .develops In the next elx oiontbM, and clearly establishes bis clnim, this riasa will probably be placed on the boards without a champion.Frankie Net! is the .bantam champion.with but three dangerous competitors. Tough ill tie Tommy- Fcltz, Johnny Regnn aud Pinky Evans arc the only high-class; men in Amerlcli capubic of doing 210 pound * I iu condition'to box.- Of these Evans look* I best- He tins always kept under cover, and j never properly .boomed. In th* lmnd* of a I aian.-Uke Sam Harris or At Uerfurd, Evans i would ,b«.a wonrfer. Ue boxed Felts n hard I -0-round diaw ledc than a year ago, and lias .recently defeated?Regan. Tn the lutter bout,!however, ub7agreement had previously been; i made that iflioth men were on their feet; jut the cud of the twentieth round a draw ipliould bo the declelon. Tliln alone kuV'.mI1 ) Regan. Bur. Tommy FelLz, when In proper, .shape, and boxing under straight rule*, con I give tiny 110-pound man living an argument and can beat them all.New Feather Weight Class, i The new light feather weight class Jn-{eludes such men as Harry .Fobea, Abe and! Moate Attoll, Joe Cherry and Chester Good-j win. - A«ttell la Uio; recognized clininplan,; nnd Cheater Goodwlu should be a close - second. This boy la not well lcnws ii In the.! West, but shrewd management has made him a good card in the Engt, where by. made hie name and money. He recently I defeated Feltz, but he luttcr gave away too much weight. Forbes looks passe, while Cherry has been poorly luuidled. Joe’s ways of llvlnfe also place him on the doubtful ih-t. Monte At tell Is a comer, {but he will never meet his brother for the ' title.• The new fwthcr.weight limit, 127 pounds, j• was not made to suit Young Corbett. us generally supposed. Corbett will not do this weight, while there are any number of men In America who cila, uud remain stroag. A liit would include McClellan,who, by the way, can make 222 pound* If; pressed; Callahan, Clarence Forties. Kid1 i Herman. Blllv Kyan. Mike Mermdc. now-1 ,arc. Dave and Tommy Sullivan, nod Hughjl . Murphy. Herman looks best, but Me-' Ctelin, In proper shape, is a letter lean' {than Herman. Before' the new class is made permanent, the two can sgttl** the; dispute. Terry McGovern would also come In this class, but Terry ha* retired to his: home Jn Brooklyn.Tte light-weight class will include XirJtt,; Martin. Cauolc. ltufe Turner. Young Corbett. Willie Fitzgerald, HonJoa and Buddy;ItyAo. Corbett looks like the champion, i with Rynn, Canole, Fitzgerald and Britt I coming next. Turner Jg a colored buy! and baa bard times making a match. Cor-Ibctt has -aown that hi.? heart Is in the right lt;ip.ace by renouncing all claims to the1 ; feather-weight.championship, and amiounc--; p« J?*s Jaleiltion anncxlag the light-.I weight title. Gaos 1s out of this chins.He has persistently refused to - make 133 ; pounds for good men. even .when the money ■ wan In sight. Gnus has always been un unpopular champion, owing partly to Hi** Mghhimded way in which he hna been, managed. If he cannot do 133 pounds and refuses to make a match at that wcJght.:, let the mcji meutloued settle -the dlspate. ’Among the I40-pounder9.McKccver. and Eddie Kennedy. Tommy Rynn claims to be able to do thig weight, hilt ho has not boxed ns low as US pound© for some time. The oid-tlmers. Matty Mn*-thcvra and Rube Ferns, also class as welterweights. Walcott is chninplou, with Cnlo aud Puffy dose seconds. Kelly nmllHmtOC,UC0m^I,e:St’ nn(I Jackson dose behind. rhe others are trial hones only.Increasing the middleweight limit from nTui n , bonnds may make Tommy Ryan nnd O Rrleu protest, hut If the clubs are?h?s tpln be atJ?*?0 two, with Jack (Twin) suimnu. are the best nnd the only highmiddleweight men before the pahllc. onT!rS^U0n ^ J ^^welght clatjs willembrace all men between middle weights nod lio pounds, George Dardlner, Bib F)i7,-oid^num _fCa.rtcr Choynskl nre tliotolu^tlTP orJcr. ’ tt°a * m*d * tMc12,0 * ^▼Twelglit rtirtalou .Terrrle* stands out in a frame marked Alone *’ t , odier candidates for honors are Jack Johnson. Ferguson. Munroe. Sam MeVcv and Tom Sharkey. The most promInlS heavyweight nod n posBlblo future cham. nlou Is Marvlu HHrt. Jcffrtoc drnws the color Hue. so Johnson and McVey tv||] have V’ contented to lend the mokes alarm. JerrileH l« appported in 2,1s stand bv the now ossodntion. which forbids Its m**m bera to ma:ch colored men ngaiiMt whlro men but tbc oQccra evidently overlook the fact that thie cannot apply to champiooahln bouts, aa both Guns and WalcottIn the light welterweight class, 140 pound?, a l-argo number of mcu on*'avail-‘ able. Of these. Gana, Mike (Twin) Rulll-! \-2LQ. Jimmy GanRner, Dave flally, MJkc ; Ward, Gus Gardner. Jack Blackburn ami i Jack O'Keefe nrc recognised aa the best i Gmw, has bee-n slightly be^ed by Biackburn ' anil Hoi}y in short G-round bouts. The^c bouts were no criterion of the colored champion’s true form. Tr Ls certain that Joe : coaid ejLsIJy defeat both, opponents. Black ibtrm defeated.Jimmy G»irdiner. whieh pula' jthe Lowe'irnwn out of the running. Jimmy, j has beaten ’.Mike 6ul!lvnn, but Sullivan! {boxed a draw with Blackburn, j Gans, in good ettapc, Iwxed Mike Ward under olean break rales, where the champion is not at rang, and Where Ward at his bt ; Ward was praxrticaJly knocked out In thetenth round. G-ans and Gun Gardner met under stralgtit nalea over n year rugo and iGanz won on a foul in the eleventh round after having been given a hard beating byGardner. Ward won again at Gardner 6u a foui In the third rouud. * after having been put ell to the bad by v as in the second.O Ko«fc outpointed Gardner la a G-roucd bout, but here da gin the DhiladaJphian is not wrong. He JJkea the loug route. TULs gets, the- 240-pound men down to Gan« O’Keefe and Gns Gardner. In a 20-rouud battle at 140 pounds. Gardner with his wonderful strength and hitting powers looks like a winner.Jo* WaJcolt Stands Alone. ’At the new vreirerweight lliiilt. Joe Walcott that ebocy piece, of greased lightning from Boston, stands oat nlone, Is'cxr come* Martin Daffy. George Cole. Mike Schrenk | Poung Peter Jackson. Itugo Kcfly, Cliarllo
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Syracuse, New York, US
Sun, Feb 14, 1904
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