Show I Li IU ll 1 T FI I 1 Probably the most famous battle ever pulled off in Toledo Spain Spain not not Ohio was between tho AlanI Alanl and the goths the knockout coming in There was no referee and no picture rights Theodoric king of the was the Tex Rickard of the event Spaniards pronounce it Jess WIllard calls it rich Which Reminds Us Of Of- Of CHALLE CHALLENGE I I GE-I I Elizabeth Wilkinson Wilkin Wilkin- son of having had some words with Hannah Hyfield and re requiring requiring requiring re- re quiring satisfaction do invite her to meet me upon the stage and box me mo for three guineas each pach woman holdIng holdIng holdIng hold- hold Ing half halt a crown in each hand and the f woman that drops drop the money to lose the ba battle tle That was issued in the eighteenth century in Jn England But If prize fighters these days had hadt t to hold a dollar in each hand losing a a. about about bout when the coin was as dropped Jess Willard never could be wedged loose from the championship Al Right flight says Jess never dropped a dollar in his life that once he let go of a dime i but it was T worn rather thin Getting Back to the Ladies Ladies Ladies- I Hannah Hy Hyfield of Newgate Newgale Market Market Mar Mar- ket hearing of the resoluteness of Elizabeth Elizabeth Eliz- Eliz abeth Wilkinson will not fail God willing willing- willingto to give gi her more blows than words desiring and from her no favor She ma may expect a good thumping That was the way Miss Hannah came back at Miss Elizabeth No dickerIng dickering dickering dicker dicker- ing over terms division of purse or I third man in the ring Nowadays if ladles battled d with with oo rons rs In their fi fists fist t some rim I I i would display the adv 0 of a a. bargain I sale and how and how those coins would drop I Figg first champion of the English English English Eng Eng- lish prize ring opened a theater in Oxford road London where the sword and single stick slick and occasionally the fists were royally ally patronized That was sport news in 17 1730 I They celebrated July Fourth in Long Island City in in 1886 with a championship championship championship champion champion- I ship dog fight You may be glad to I learn that of Newark nearlY I II bit the head off of Patsy of New Kew York winning 1000 for his owner I On July 4 1776 II Sellers challenged challenged challenged chal chal- P P. P Corcoran for the championship championship championship champion champion- ship of the world and a 50 purse t On that same day G G. Washington was challenging George III 4 Can You Imagine the Excited Fans Cheering Him In R R. R Howell Rowell Springfield Mass in 1885 went a mile in 2 49 on a tricycle i iDo Do you remember when fire companies companies companies compa compa- nies had playing contests o oft on In Independence Independence Independence In- In dependence da day When Boxing Was a Baby The ancient Trojans entertained guests at funerals by staging prize prizefights fights The first reported championship championship champion champlon- ship bout was pulled off at the funeral of ot I son of fought taught Eu- Eu son of ot Homer Romer first of sport writers gives details of the contest In The Iliad book scored the first knockout history history history his his- I tory remembers As Homer explains the knockout came in the last round which is a habit knockouts outs have I lands a mighty blow upon the cheek of and knocks him senseless so that he lies floundering on earth earth- But brave took him by the hand And raised him Thereby showing courtesy and generosity gen- gen to a fa fallen lIen foe |