Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1915 — FIGHTER HAS FEW FRIENDS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FIGHTER HAS FEW FRIENDS

Bantamweight Champion 5 ' Williams HU Remarkably Slim Following— He Is a Very Clever Boxer. Considering his great work in the ring and since winning the bantamweight championship, Kid Williams has made remarkably few friends. It

fa hard *o account for this. According to the Baltimore Viking should have the, fistic world at his feet, for he Is the only champion who

is doing any real fighting worth men* tioning. If Williams were merely * a crude slugger, his reckless Way of risking his title would be less worthy of note. But he is a dever boxer when he cares to play the game that way. He proved that when he out-boxed Johnny Coulon in that ten-round bout at Madison Square garden. Terry McGovern, Battling Nelßon, Ad Wolgast and others of that type, who are constantly referred to as Ideal champions, were hard fighters, but they knew no other way of milling. Had they been adepts at the hit-and-get-away style they might not have been so willing td make a fight of all their bouts. Williams, having two courses to choose from, deserves all the more credit.

Kid Williams, Bantamweight Champion.